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International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to develop a new biocomposite material with high deforma... more ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to develop a new biocomposite material with high deformation ability. In this regard, the thermal, rheological, and thermophysical properties of this new composite were characterized as a function of temperature and filler concentration. High density polyethylene (HDPE) was the matrix of this new composite which was reinforced with six sawdust con-centrations 0%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60%. Maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene (PE-g-MA) was used as coupling agent. Addi-tion of sawdust with PE-g-MA increased significantly the complex viscosity, the storage modulus (G0), and loss modulus (G00) of the matrix. The superposition of the complex viscosity curves using temperature dependent shift factor, allowed the construction of a vis-cosity master curve covering a wide range of temperatures. Arrhenius law was used for the relationship of the shift factor to tempera-ture. Furthermore, method of Van Gurp and Palmen (tan delta vs. G*) is also used...

Journal of Renewable Materials, 2020

This work reports a comprehensive study on poly (Ethylmethacrylateco-Acrylonitrile) Poly(EMA-AN) ... more This work reports a comprehensive study on poly (Ethylmethacrylateco-Acrylonitrile) Poly(EMA-AN) nanocomposites reinforced with a hybrid mixture of nanoreiforcements based on nanocrystals of cellulose (NCC) (1 or 5% wt) and halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) (1 or 5% wt). The morphology, thermal and mechanical properties of these nanocomposites were characterized. Homogeneous dispersion of the nanofillers has been shown by scanning electron microscopy. A significant increase of the rubbery modulus and glass transition temperature were obtained upon filler addition, due to the reduction of mobility of the matrix macromolecular chains. On the other hand, compared with the neat Poly(EMA-AN), the storage modulus of the nanocomposites increased by a factor 38 when adding 5 wt% NCC and by 17 for the same concentration of HNTs. mechanical properties of ternary nanocomposites were furthers increased resulting from a synergistic effect of these two nanofillers.

Materials Today Communications, 2020

This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the ad... more This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019

The anisotropic problem of thermal conduction in a solid is generally treated in a reference coor... more The anisotropic problem of thermal conduction in a solid is generally treated in a reference coordinate system, which adequately describes its thermal conductivity tensor (Cartesian, cylindrical or spherical). For this problem, numerical treatment is difficult, especially if the thermophysical properties are nonlinear or if the anisotropic medium undergoes a phase change. In this paper, we propose an approach using a Cartesian reference system to treat the anisotropic thermal conduction of problems for which the solid medium is characterized by a set of tensors of thermal conductivity of different natures (Cartesian and/or cylindrical and/or spherical), with or without phase change. For this purpose, we the anisotropic thermal conductivity tensor, with respect to a cylindrical or spherical coordinate system, is transformed by an equivalent tensor into global Cartesian coordinates. The nonlinear heat conduction problem involving phase changes, such as wood freezing, is solved using hybrid three-dimensional volumetric specific enthalpy based on finite-element analysis. The proposed approach is validated with analytical testing for two anisotropic media and with two experimental tests related to the heating of frozen woods. As an application, we have numerically quantified, on the one hand, the minimum time required for the thaw and, on the other hand, the freezing of a log of wood, such as white pine, according to the length of its radius (7.5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm). The thermophysical properties are a function of temperature, moisture content and structural orientation.

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016

The full potential of plastic gear usage is limited by not only poor mechanical properties but al... more The full potential of plastic gear usage is limited by not only poor mechanical properties but also equally poor temperature limits and poor heat conduction properties. Cooling holes were developed to decrease the amount of thermal damage on the contact surface. These cooling holes promote increased stress and tooth deflection, thus exerting a negative effect. This article compares various cooling holes for plastic gear configurations and proposes novel cooling holes. Thermal and mechanical simulations that consider specific aspects of plastic gear meshing were performed. The main objective of this article was to verify the best methods for reducing thermal damage through cooling holes. The results indicate the best compromise between the temperature reduction and the mechanical properties of the new tooth geometry. The results also indicate that the simple variations in the cooling holes proposed can improve tooth performance.

Polymer Composites, 2016

In the present work, wood flour reinforced thermoplastic polymer composites, with and without cou... more In the present work, wood flour reinforced thermoplastic polymer composites, with and without coupling agents, were prepared by melt processing, and their mechanical and thermal behaviors were analyzed. For preparation of polymer composites, six different formulations were used. On the other side, the degradation of wood fillers up to 97 days and water uptake in composites up to 10 weeks was evaluated, respectively, using fungi specie (Gloephyllyllum trabeum) and water absorption tests. To study the morphological changes resulting from microorganism activity, scanning electron microscopy was used. The obtained results indicate that the addition of wood fillers to the polyethylene matrix increases the degree of crystallinity, and tensile strength. On the contrary, resistance to fungi decay and water absorption decrease as a function of the wood fillers content thus the composite becomes more vulnerable to moisture uptake and microorganism attack, which can change the morphological and mechanical strength of composite. Based on the obtained results, microorganisms mainly affect the surface of composite and the adhesion of wood and polymer matrix. An optimized amount of filler content can reinforce the polymeric matrix more efficiently while decrease the rate of degradation of wood fillers as well.

Polymers, 2021

In this work, laminated polyester thermoset composites based on palm tree fibers extracted from p... more In this work, laminated polyester thermoset composites based on palm tree fibers extracted from palms leaflets and glass mats fibers were manufactured to develop hybrid compositions with good mechanical properties; the mixture of fibers was elaborated to not exceed 25 vol.%. Samples were prepared with a resin transfer molding (RTM) method and mechanically characterized using tensile and flexural, hardness, and impact tests, and ultrasonic waves as a non-destructive technique. The water sorption of these composite materials was carried out in addition to solar irradiation aging for approximately 300 days to predict the applicability and the long-term performance of the manufactured composites. Results have shown that the use of glass fibers significantly increased all properties; however, an optimum combination of the mixture could be interesting and could be developed with less glass sheet and more natural fibers, which is the goal of this study. On the other hand, exposure to natur...

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The combined effect of the liquid flow slip and wall heat flux on the flow in a microchannel betw... more The combined effect of the liquid flow slip and wall heat flux on the flow in a microchannel between two parallel plates was investigated. The pressure-driven flow and the electroosmosis were taken into account. To find the electric potential, the flow and the thermal parameters, the Poisson-Boltzmann, the modified Navier-Stokes and the energy equations were solved for a hydraulic and thermal steady fully-developed laminar flow of an incompressible fluid. The results achieved revealed the influence of the slip velocity, the pressure difference and the heat flux on the flow and heat transfer characteristics. To validate the developed approach, a comparison of results was made.

Cmes-computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 2011

During the design process of membrane structure to resist to high pressure loading, and the chara... more During the design process of membrane structure to resist to high pressure loading, and the characterization of hyperelastic material, a structure made up of thin rubber undergoes large deformation and rotation under high pressure loading out of high pressurized gas. Until recently, to simulate the inflation of the hyperelastic membrane, a uniform pressure based on thermodynamic model or experimental tests is applied to the structure, as boundary conditions. From a computational time point of view, this approach is very fast, since no computational fluid dynamics is involved in the simulation. However, at the late stage of the membrane inflation, uniform pressure simulations lead to numerical instability due to the lack of fluid that generates damping effects and prevent numerical instability. Thus the uniform pressure assumption is unstable at the end phase of the inflation for long time duration. To simulate accurately the inflation process, computational fluid dynamics in a movin...

Multiphysics Simulations in Automotive and Aerospace Applications, 2021

Abstract Simulation of airbag and membrane deployment under pressurized gas problems becomes more... more Abstract Simulation of airbag and membrane deployment under pressurized gas problems becomes more and more the focus of computational engineering, where finite element methods (FEMs) for structural mechanics and finite volume for computational fluid dynamics are dominant. New formulations have been developed for fluid structure interaction (FSI) applications using mesh free methods as smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) method. Up to these days very little has been done to compare different methods and assess which one would be more suitable. For small deformation, FEM Lagrangian formulation can solve structure interface and material boundary accurately, the main limitation of the formulation is high mesh distortion for large deformation and moving structure. One of the commonly used approaches to solve these problems is the arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation which has been used with success in the simulation of FSI with large structure motion such as sloshing fuel tank in automotive industry and bird impact in aeronautic industry. For some applications, including bird impact and high velocity impact problems, engineers have switched from ALE to SPH method to reduce central processing unit (CPU) time and save memory allocation. Both ALE and SPH methods are described and compared here using similar mesh size, each ALE element is replaced by an SPH particle at the element center. From different simulation, it has been observed that for the SPH method to provide similar results as ALE or Lagrangian formulations, the SPH meshing needs to be finer than the ALE mesh. A contact algorithm is performed at the FSI for both SPH and ALE formulations. A simulation of airbag membrane deployment generated by high pressurized gas is performed.

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2017

This study deals with the investigation of three immiscible fluids in a microchannel consisting o... more This study deals with the investigation of three immiscible fluids in a microchannel consisting of two parallel plates. These fluids were composed of two electric conducting fluids and one electric nonconducting fluid. The concept of pumping a nonconducting fluid using interfacial viscous shear stress was applied accounting for the effect of the electroosmosis and pressure gradient. The electric potential and the flow parameters were found resolving the Poisson-Boltzmann equation and the modified Navier-Stokes equations for a hydraulic steady fully-developed laminar flow of an incompressible fluid. The results achieved revealed the influence of the wall and interfacial zeta potentials, the pressure difference, and the dynamic fluid viscosity ratio on the flow characteristics of the three immiscible fluids. The developed approach was compared with a model of two immiscible flows to highlight the relevance of this work.

Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2016

Abstract In the last decades, research on atmospheric icing of structures such as power transmiss... more Abstract In the last decades, research on atmospheric icing of structures such as power transmission lines has attracted much interest. Accumulation and the shedding of atmospheric ice from overhead transmission lines and ground wires may cause their rupture and tower collapses, leading to power outages. The present work concerns a study of the compressive strength of atmospheric ice, under different experimental conditions such as strain rate, temperature, and porosity. For this reason, ice was accumulated in the closed loop wind tunnel at CIGELE (Industrial Chair on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment), under three temperatures (− 20, − 15 and − 5 °C). The wind speed inside the tunnel was set at 20 m/s in order to obtain a mean volume droplet diameter (MVD) of 40 μm and a liquid water content (LWC) of 2.5 g/m 3 . Each type of ice was tested at the same temperature at which it had been accumulated. A tomographic analysis was carried out on a small specimen (cylinder of 1 cm diameter × 2 cm length) for each temperature in order to quantify the porosity and determine the grain size and their distribution. The obtained results show a strong dependence of the compressive strength on temperature, strain rate and porosity. The ductile–brittle transition was identified within a strain rate ranging between 10 − 4 s − 1 and 10 − 3 s − 1 . It was found that compressive strength increases with decreasing temperature for deaerated ice. However, for atmospheric porous ice, compressive strength increases until − 15 °C, then decreases for lower temperatures. Compressive strength of atmospheric ice is highly dependent on porosity, which is related to the amount, size and distribution of pores inside the ice.