Biaxial Stress Testing of Intraply Hybrid Composites

The article analyzes factors that affect growth of the share of non-performing loans in the loan portfolio of Russian banks and proposes approaches for this share forecasting on the basis of dynamics of macroeconomic indicators. It also deals with methodological issues of remote stress-test of lending agencies. Using the results of conducted stress-test of Russian banks the authors assess their perspective capital needs in 2010 and estimate the share of government assistance in capital injections. Furthermore, the authors define the scale of vulnerable banks groups in the Russian banking sector.

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Morphology and properties of PA6 hybrid composites filled with short carbon fibers and organoclay

Polymer materials and technologies ◽

10.32864/polymmattech-2016-2-3-47-57 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 47-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

S.S. Pesetskii ◽

S.P. Bogdanovich ◽

V.V. Dubrovskii ◽

T.M. Sodyleva ◽

V.N. Aderikha ◽

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Keyword(s):

Carbon Fibers ◽

Hybrid Composites ◽

Short Carbon

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Influence of Multiwall Carbon Nanotube on mechanical and wear properties of Copper – Iron composite

International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.15282/ijame.17.1.2020.06.0561 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 7570-7576 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

H. Sh. Hammood ◽

S. S. Irhayyim ◽

A. Y. Awad ◽

H. A. Abdulhadi

Keyword(s):

Carbon Nanotubes ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Hybrid Composites ◽

Hydraulic Press ◽

Dry Sliding Wear ◽

Multiwall Carbon Nanotube ◽

Wear Properties ◽

Sem Images ◽

Wear Rates ◽

Multiwall Carbon

Multiwall Carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are frequently attractive due to their novel physical and chemical characteristics, as well as their larger aspect ratio and higher conductivity. Therefore, MWCNTs can allow tremendous possibilities for the improvement of the necessarily unique composite materials system. The present work deals with the fabrication of Cu-Fe/CNTs hybrid composites manufactured by powder metallurgy techniques. Copper powder with 10 vol. % of iron powder and different volume fractions of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) were mixed to get hybrid composites. The hybrid composites were fabricated by adding 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, and 1.2 vol.% of MWCNTs to Cu- 10% Fe mixture using a mechanical mixer. The samples were compressed under a load of 700 MPa using a hydraulic press to compact the samples. Sintering was done at 900°C for 2 h at 5ºC/min heating rate. The microscopic structure was studied using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The effect of CNTs on the mechanical and wear properties, such as micro-hardness, dry sliding wear, density, and porosity were studied in detail. The wear tests were carried out at a fixed time of 20 minutes while the applied loads were varied (5, 10, 15, and 20 N). SEM images revealed that CNTs were uniformly distributed with relative agglomeration within the Cu/Fe matrix. The results showed that the hardness, density, and wear rates decreased while the percentage of porosity increased with increasing the CNT volume fraction. Furthermore, the wear rate for all the CNTs contents increased with the applied load.

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