Suppression of Frost Propagation With Micropillar Structure Engineered Surface

Author(s):  
Yugang Zhao ◽  
Chun Yang

Despite that using surface-roughness-induced superhydrophobic surface as a solution for ice/snow accretion issues has achieved extensive progresses, its icephobicity breaks down in case of condensation frosting, while the high aspect ratio structure brings more concerns on its durability and sustainability. In this work we investigated condensate frosting on substrates fabricated with patterned micropillars having a small aspect ratio, and studied the freezing propagation with different pattern sizes. The results show that a coarse patterned substrate can effectively suppress the freeing propagation while a fine patterned one can drastically promote the freezing propagation. Frost coverage can also be reduced with proper pattern design. A theoretical model was developed to explain the mechanism of surface ice propagation, and agrees well in tendency with experiment measurements. The aim of this study is to provide some new insights on the influence of surface morphology on ice growth.

2013 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Yao ◽  
Shaohua Chen

Surface modifications are known as efficient technologies for advanced carbon fibers to achieve significant improvement of interface adhesion in composites, one of which is to increase the surface roughness in the fiber's longitudinal direction in practice. As a result, many microridges and grooves are produced on carbon fiber's surfaces. How does the surface roughness influence the carbon fiber's pull-out behavior? Are there any restrictions on the relation between the aspect ratio and surface roughness of fibers in order to obtain an optimal interface? Considering the real morphology on carbon fiber's surface, i.e., longitudinal roughness, an improved shear-lag theoretical model is developed in this paper in order to investigate the interface characteristics and fiber pull-out for carbon fiber-reinforced thermosetting epoxy resin (brittle) composites. Closed-form solutions to the carbon fiber stress are obtained as well as the analytical load-displacement relation during pullout, and the apparent interfacial shear strength (IFSS). It is found that the interfacial adhesion and the apparent IFSS are effectively strengthened and improved due to the surface roughness of carbon fibers. Under a given tensile load, an increasing roughness will result in a decreasing fiber stress in the debonded zone and a decreasing debonded length. Furthermore, it is interesting to find that, for a determined surface roughness, an optimal aspect ratio, about 30∼45, of carbon fibers exists, at which the apparent IFSS could achieve the maximum. Comparison to the existing experiments shows that the theoretical model is feasible and reasonable to predict the experimental results, and the theoretical results should have an instructive significance for practical designs of carbon/epoxy composites.


Author(s):  
Siyan Yang ◽  
Tingting Hao ◽  
Mucan Liu ◽  
Xingtong Yu ◽  
Xuehu Ma

Abstract Droplets bouncing off cold surfaces before being frozen is one way to achieve anti-icing, in which process superhydrophobic surfaces have been proven to play an important role. By using template-assisted method, three types of copper nanowired superhydrophobic surfaces (NSHSs) with mainly two morphologies (aggregated and upright) are fabricated. CuO nanograssed superhydrophobic surface (SHS) and copper smooth hydrophobic surface (HS) are also fabricated as a comparison. Compared with smooth HS and nanograssed SHS, all NSHSs exhibit better performance in repelling impacting droplet. In detail, on three types of NSHSs with temperatures ranging from 20 °C to −20 °C, impacting droplets can totally rebound. Among the three types, nanowires aggregated most exhibit the best water-repellency performance. The different performances among the five surfaces are due to surface temperature and surface morphology parameters, including micro/nano-size and surface roughness.


2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Ping Shen ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Qiankun Yang ◽  
Zhiqi Zeng ◽  
Kenan Ai ◽  
...  

In 38MnVS6 steel, the morphology of sulfide inclusion has a strong influence on the fatigue life and machinability of the steel. In most cases, the MnS inclusions show strip morphology after rolling, which significantly affects the steel quality. Usually, the MnS inclusion with a spherical morphology is the best morphology for the steel quality. In the present work, tellurium was applied to 38MnVS6 micro-alloyed steel to control the MnS inclusion. Trace tellurium was added into 38MnVS6 steel and the effect of Te on the morphology, composition, size and distribution of MnS inclusions were investigated. Experimental results show that with the increase of Te content, the equivalent diameter and the aspect ratio of inclusion decrease strikingly, and the number of inclusions with small aspect ratio increases. The inclusions are dissociated and spherized. The SEM-EDS analysis indicates that the trace Te mainly dissolves in MnS inclusion. Once the MnS is saturated with Te, MnTe starts to generate and wraps MnS. The critical Te/S value for the formation of MnTe in the 38MnV6 steel is determined to be approximately 0.075. With the increase of Te/S ratio, the aspect ratio of MnS inclusion decreases and gradually reaches a constant level. The Te/S value in the 38MnVS6 steel corresponding to the change of aspect ratio from decreasing to constant ranges from 0.096 to 0.255. This is most likely to be caused by the saturation of Te in the MnS inclusion. After adding Te in the steel, rod-like MnS inclusion is modified to small inclusion and the smaller the MnS inclusion, the lower the aspect ratio.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 168781402110118
Author(s):  
Zenan Chu ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Qiang He ◽  
Kai Zhao

To solve the problems of low processing efficiency and poor glass surface quality when using rare earth polishing powder to grind super-hard K9 glass. The potential, phase structure, surface morphology, and particle size distribution of the nano-rare earth polishing powder were characterized. Compare the evaluation indexes such as polishing efficiency, surface morphology, and contact angle after the polishing process is changed. The results of the comparative study show that the average surface roughness of the glass after heating ultrasonic polishing process is 0.9064 nm, the polishing rate reaches 0.748 μm/min, the average surface roughness of the glass without heating ultrasonic polishing process is 1.3175 nm, and the polishing rate reaches 0.586 μm/min, the ultrasonic assisted polishing process is superior to the conventional polishing process. The heating ultrasonic method provides experimental basis for precise and rapid processing.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kankan Ji ◽  
Xingquan Zhang ◽  
Shubao Yang ◽  
Liping Shi ◽  
Shiyi Wang ◽  
...  

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate surface integrity of quenched steel 1045 ground drily by the brazed cubic boron nitride (CBN) grinding wheel and the black SiC wheel, respectively. Surface integrity, including surface roughness, sub-surface hardness, residual stresses and surface morphology, was investigated in detail, and the surface quality of samples ground by two grinding wheels was compared. Design/methodology/approach In the present work, surface integrity of quenched steel 1045 machined by the CBN grinding wheel and the SiC wheel was investigated systematically. All the specimens were machined with a single pass in the down-cutting mode of dry condition. Surface morphology of the ground specimen was observed by using OLYMPUS BX51M optical microscopy. Surface roughness of seven points was measured by using a surface roughness tester at a cut-off length of 1.8 mm and the measurement traces were perpendicular to the grinding direction. Sub-surface micro-hardness was measured by using HVS-1000 digital micro-hardness tester after the cross-section surface was polished. The residual stress was tested by using X-350A X-ray stress analyzer. Findings When the cut depth is increased from 0.01 to 0.07 mm, the steel surface machined by the CBN wheel remains clear grinding mark, lower roughness, higher micro-hardness and higher magnitude of compressive stress and fine microstructure, while the surface machined by the SiC grinding wheel becomes worse with increasing of cut depth. The value of micro-hardness decreases, and the surface roughness increases, and the surface compressive stress turns into tensile stress. Some micro-cracks and voids occur when the sample is processed by the SiC grinding wheel with cut depth 0.07 mm. Originality/value In this paper, the specimens of quenched steel 1045 were machined by the CBN grinding wheel and the SiC wheel with various cutting depths. The processing quality resulted from the CBN grinding wheel is better than that resulted from the SiC grinding wheel.


2012 ◽  
Vol 500 ◽  
pp. 308-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Qiang Guo ◽  
Zhi Qiang Liu ◽  
Xiao Hu Zheng ◽  
Ming Chen

This paper investigates the effects of MQL system on the grinding performance of Ti-6Al-4V using SiC abrasive, the evaluation of the performance consisted of analyzing the grinding force, surface roughness and surface morphology. The experiment result indicated that the favorable lubricating effect of MQL oil makes it has the lowest value of grinding force, specific energy and force raito. MQL has better surface finish than dry grinding and fluid grinding has the lowest value of surface roughness under different grinding depth. Surface damages such as: side flow, plastic deformation, redeposition are present in dry and fluid grinding. As grinding depth increased, the damages become much more severe. But in MQL condition, it gives better surface integrity than dry and fluid grinding.


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