The problem of longitudinal shear of bimaterial with thin nonlinear elastic inclusion at the interface of matrix materials is considered. Solution of the problem is constructed using the boundary value problem of combining analytical functions and jump functions method. The model of the thin inclusion with nonlinear resilient parameters is built. Solution of the problem is reduced to a system of singular integral equations with variable coefficients. The convergent iterative method for solving such a system is offered for various nonlinear strain models, including Ramberg-Osgood law. Numerical calculations are carried out for different values of non-linearity characteristic parameters for the inclusion material. Their parameters are analysed for the tensely-deformed matrix under loading a uniformly distributed shear stresses and for a balanced system of the concentrated forces.
Contact angle and surface free energy of electron-beam irradiated polymer composites Summary-The effects of the electron radiation dose and of compatibilizers on the contact angle and surface free energy (SFE) of the composites made of low-density polyethylene (PE-LD), high-density polyethylene (PE-HD), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) were studied. Use of the high-energy electron radiation with doses up to 300 kGy and of compatibilizers was done to reach better mechanical and adhesion properties of the composites studied and, at the same time, to investigate the possibility of applying of this technique in the processes of polymeric materials recycling. The compatibilizers were the styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene elastomer grafted with maleic anhydride (SEBS-g-MA), added at the amounts of 5, 10 or 15 wt. %, and trimethylol propane trimethylacrylate (TMPTA), added at the amounts of 1, 2 or 3 wt. %. The effects, discussed in the present article, are: enhancement of wettability and increase in SFE of the composites studied. It was found that the contact angle steadily decreased and SFE of the composites increased with the rising dose of the electron radiation and that TMPTA intensified these tendencies.
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