In this work the effect of heat treatments on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a secondary Al-Si-Cu alloy is studied. A Design of Experiments (DoE) was developed in order to optimize the heat treatment parameters and analyze the dissolution and fragmentation of the iron-rich inclusions as well as the improvement of the mechanical properties by non-equilibrium heat treatments. The iron-rich intermetallic inclusions were characterized as-cast and after heat treatment both by two-dimensional metallography ...

Rheological properties of polyoxymethylene (POM) and ethylene–octene copolymer (EOC) in solid and melt states were investigated. Blends were prepared with a twin screw extruder at broad component wt-to-wt ratios (10, 30, 50, 70, 90 wt% of EOC). The morphology as well as calorimetric, rheological, and elastic properties of the blends were studied. The investigation showed that POM/EOC blends were heterogeneous in nature and had a broad phase transition region between 30 and 70 wt% of POM. Because during processing ...

This contribution focuses on an innovative composite material consisting of textile layers made from continuous wooden fibers embedded in a thermoplastic matrix. A finite element simulation of potential use‐cases is planned to support the development process and to study the suitability of the material in an architectural context. The simulation is based on a constitutive model assuming homogenous orthotropic elastic behavior and will be expanded to include multiscale modeling in future research. The material parameters ...

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit werden mikroanalytische Verfahren zur Untersuchung der verschiedenen Aspekte der Rissinitiierung und –Ausbreitung unter zyklischer Belastung angewendet und gekoppelt, um somit die Informationstiefe durch Korrelation der Ergebnisse zu vergrößern. Die eingesetzten mikroanalytischen Verfahren werden auf verschiedene polykristalline Werkstoffe mit kubisch-raumzentrierter und kubisch-flächenzentierter Gitterstruktur angewendet. Dabei steht der Einfluss der Mikrostruktur auf die Ausbreitung ...