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Elaboration and modeling of the cyclic behavior of shape memory polymers
No full textLe polyuréthane thermoplastique à mémoire de forme est un matériau "intelligent", réactif, capable de répondre à un stimulus thermique en déployant de grandes déformations et de retrouver ensuite sa forme initiale lors d’un cycle thermomécanique. Cette réversibilité totale est possible sur plusieurs cycles. Afin de Dimensionner un composant à mémoire de forme dans un système mécanique, un modèle de simulation numérique thermo-viscoélastique en grandes déformations de l’effet mémoire de forme est proposé. L’identification des paramètres de ce modèle est réalisée sur la base d’essais thermomécaniques (analyse mécanique dynamique DMA, traction-relaxation en température, recouvrements libres et contraints). La loi de comportement ainsi formulée, qui découple la contrainte hyperélastique et la contrainte viscoélastique, est programmée dans le logiciel de simulation numérique Comsol Multiphysics. Les résultats de la simulation montrent une très bonne concordance avec la réponse expérimentale du matériau au cours de plusieurs cycles de mémoire de forme. Afin d'améliorer les performances mécaniques statiques et dynamiques du polymère à mémoire de forme du polyuréthane thermoplastique (TPU), nous proposons d’ajouter des faibles pourcentages de nanotubes de halloysite (HNT) en utilisant un processus d’extrusion à l'état fondu avec du polyuréthane thermoplastique. Ce processus a induit une répartition homogène et une bonne dispersion de nanotubes dans toute la matrice TPU. Les essais mécaniques en tension ont démontré que la force et le module des nanocomposites augmentaient de manière significative avec l'ajout de halloysites sans perte de ductilité. En outre, les tests de mémoire cyclique en grande souplesse ont montré que les propriétés de la mémoire de forme, principalement la vitesse de récupération, étaient également améliorées. Nous avons, finalement, étudié l'effet de l’ajout des nanotubes sur les paramètres mécaniques du modèle proposé.The semi-crystalline thermoplastic shape memory polyurethane (TPU-SMPU) is a smart material which has the ability to return to its original shape after applying a large strain thermo-mechanical cycle when it is stimulated by heating. This smart material has the advantage of recovering even after more than 100% of strain during several thermo-mechanical cycles. To explore the performance of a smart component in a mechanical system, it is mandatory to master the prediction of its behavior through a numerical model. A constitutive model is, then, proposed to describe its thermo-mechanical behavior and to predict the shape memory response. Uniaxial tensile tests at small strain rates were performed at 60°C in order to analyze the hyper-elastic response for each cycle. Relaxation tests were carried out at the end of the previous tensile loading to highlight the viscoelastic response during the shape memory cycle. These experimental data were, then, used in a curve-fitting algorithm employing least-squares optimization approach in order to identify the parameters of the proposed model. At last, the shape memory effect was investigated by means of free and constrained recovery experiments. The proposed model was then implemented into Comsol Multiphysics. It predicts quite well the experimental results in all cycles. In order to assess its predictability, this model has, then, been applied to the design of 3D structures. Furthermore, the mechanical performance and the shape memory properties have been improved by the addition of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) with different weight percentages of nanotubes contents using a melt extrusion process. This process induced a homogeneous distribution and a good dispersion of nanotubes throughout the TPU matrix. Mechanical tests in tension demonstrated that strength and modulus of the nanocomposites significantly increase with addition of halloysites without significant loss of ductility. Moreover, cyclic shape memory tests under large strain showed that shape memory properties, mainly the recovery speed, were also enhanced. Using a thermo-visco-hyperelastic model for shape memory polymers, we have investigated the effect of nanotubes addition on the mechanical parameters
Compounding of biodegradable polymer blends and nanocomposites with isolated soy proteins by extrusion
No full textLes protéines isolées végétales sont une source renouvelable de matière première, disponible en grande quantité. Malgré des propriétés mécaniques faibles par rapport aux polymères traditionnels, elles possèdent d’autres spécificités intéressantes comme leur biodégradabilité, leur filmabilité et leur absence de toxicité. Cette étude s’est focalisée sur l’influence du procédé d’élaboration, la compatibilité et l’ajout de nanocharges sur les propriétés de mélanges poly(butylène succinate - co - adipate)/protéines de soja isolées plastifiées (PBSA/PISP). Dans un premier temps, les protéines de soja sont plastifiées et mélangées au poly(butylène succinate - co - adipate), dans des proportions différentes et extrudées simultanément en une étape d’extrusion. Ensuite, l’effet de l’ajout du poly(2-éthyl-oxazoline) comme compatibilisant a été étudié. L’addition de ce compatibilisant permet d’améliorer l’interface et les propriétés thermiques. En outre, l’addition de nanotubes d’halloysite permet d’améliorer certaines propriétés mécaniques et thermiques. Enfin dans le cas de films préparés avec une composition PBSA/PISP égale (50/50), le compatibilisant améliore les propriétés optiques, tandis que l’ajout des nanotubes d’halloysite améliore les propriétés de barrière à la vapeur d’eau et retarde la dégradation du film enfoui dans un sol. L’ensemble des résultats donne de premières indications sur l’usage potentiel de ces films dans le domaine de l’emballage et éventuellement dans le biomédical.Vegetable isolated proteins are a renewable source of raw material, available in the large quantities. In spite of weak mechanical properties compared with the traditional polymers, they possess other important characteristics such as biodegradability, filmability and they are non-toxic. This study investigated the effect of processing type, compatibilization and addition of nanofillers on the properties of poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate)/plasticized isolated soy protein blends (PBSA/PISP). Initially, plasticizing and blending of soy protein with poly (butylene succinate-co-adipate) at various composition were carried out simultaneously in a single step extrusion. Then, the effect of adding poly(2-ethyl oxazoline) as compatibilizer has been studied. Addition of compatibilizer improves the interface and thermal properties of the blends. Besides, addition of halloysite nanotubes improves some mechanical and thermal properties. Finally, in the case of blend films prepared with equal PBSA/PISP composition (50/50), the compatibilizer increases the optical properties whereas addition of halloysite nanotubes improves the water vapour barrier properties and delay the degradation of blends as tested by soil buriel test. The overall results gives preliminary insights into potential usage of these films in packaging and possibly in biomedical sector
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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