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Design Guidance for Electrospun Nylon 6 Nanofiber Morphology through Design of Experiment and Statistical Analysis Method and Mechanical Properties Characterization
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Electrospinning is an efficient and versatile technique to fabricate polymer nanofibers. In this study, ultrafine Nylon 6 nanofibers were successfully fabricated by the electrospinning technique. The electrospinning voltage, solution concentration and flow rate are three parameters that have been...
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Fall 2015
Steel has traditionally been used as the material of choice for concrete reinforcement, due in part to its combination of high strength, stiffness, and ductility. However, steel rebar is susceptible to corrosion when exposed to moisture and salts, which can lead to delamination between the steel...
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A study on the effect of print parameters on mechanical properties of parts manufactured using additive manufacturing
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This thesis presents an investigation on material-process interaction of vat-photopolymerization processes. The effect of different printing factors on tensile properties is studied. Two vat-photopolymerization processes are considered: Digital Light Processing (DLP) and Stereolithography (SLA)....
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Design and Development of a New Model for Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Three-Dimensional Braided Composite Materials
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Three-dimensional (3D) braided composite materials have been used in the transportation, aviation, and military applications because of their many beneficial attributes. Included in these attributes is their increased through thickness properties that make them an idea replacement for composites...
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Fall 2018
Naturally derived or “green” based materials are increasing in demand for use as reinforcement and matrix materials in composites. However, it is still relatively unknown how well these materials can perform as constituents in tubular braided composite materials. In this work, tubular braided...
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Spring 2018
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) can be used in many critical applications, including biomedical and aerospace fields, due to their ability to recover their original/permanent shape from a deformed/temporary shape upon application of a stimulus. SMPs are subjected to bending in a large number of...
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Fabrication and Wettability Characterization of Electrospun Fibrous Nylon 6/Silica Nanocomposites
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Electrospinning is a simple and versatile method to fabricate polymeric nanofibers and nanocomposites fibers for a wide range of applications。 Electrospun Nylon 6 nanofiber mats have been used in tissue engineering, filtration and protective clothing. Silica nanoparticles are a type of popular...
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Fall 2018
Creep is defined as the “progressive deformation of a material with time under constant load” and is of primary concern in structural design. This research sought to study the creep behaviour of braided composites. This information could be used to infer how fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) rebars,...
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Spring 2019
Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing (EBAM), also known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing, is a manufacturing technique in which a desired object is formed by repetitive process of extrusion and deposition of thin layers of molten material through a nozzle in...
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Fall 2020
Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the most commonly utilized additive manufacturing (AM) technologies around the world. It produces components via depositing materials layer by layer. Compared with traditional manufacturing methods, as well as other additive manufacturing techniques, FDM...