In this study, the pre-stress characteristics of magnetic rheological rubber, an intelligent material widely applied to mechanical systems, are measured. Intelligent materials are substances that change their properties in response to external inputs and are extensively used in mechanical systems. Magnetic rheological rubber is a representative intelligent material that can exhibit variable characteristics depending on the conditions. When measuring the physical properties of magnetic rheological rubber, it is placed in a magnetic field application device, where a magnetic field is applied, and the material is subjected to pre-stress. Similarly, when manufacturing intelligent mechanical systems using magnetic rheological rubber, pre-stress is induced by components used to apply the magnetic field. Generally, when a material is subjected to pre-stress, its properties change. Consequently, the performance of magnetic rheological rubber under pre-stress also varies. If the characteristics of the material under pre-stress change, the expected performance during design may deviate, leading to differences in the mechanical system's performance from the intended design. This variability makes it challenging to design mechanical systems based on intelligent materials, highlighting the importance of experimentally investigating their characteristics. Therefore, this study measures and identifies the pre-stress characteristics of magnetic rheological rubber under pre-stress. These findings can be applied to improve the measurement methods and design approaches for magnetic rheological rubber in pre-stressed conditions.

In this study, we investigated the shear properties of pultruded fiber reinforced polymer plastic (PFRP) composites. Especially, we focused on the relationship between the shear properties of PFRP and other mechanical properties of PFRP composites by comparing the experimental results with the theoretical results. We compared the shear characteristics obtained by the tensile test and calculated from the theoretical equation proposed in previous work. It was found that the shear modulus of elasticity predicted by using the theoretical formula is close to the shear modulus of elasticity obtained by the 45° off-axis tensile test.

PURPOSES: To characterize the aging effect on asphalt binder, dynamic shear modulus mastercurve of two typical asphalt binders are developed. METHODS: To develop dynamic shear modulus mastercurve, dynamic shear modulus at high temperature and creep stiffness at low temperature are measured by temperature sweep test and bending beam rheometer test, respectively. RESULTS: It is observed that the aging effect on asphalt binder can be clearly observed from dynamic shear modulus mastercurve and the mastercurve can be utilized to predict behavior of asphalt binder at wide range of temperature. CONCLUSIONS: It is confirmed that SBS 5% modified binder has more desirable mechanical property at low and high temperature as a pavement material comparing to PG64-22 binder and the mastercurve is an effective tool to evaluate the property of asphalt binder.