본 논문은 그래핀 혈소판(GPL)으로 보강되고 내부 균열을 가진 원통 복합 구조물에 대한 임계 좌굴하중의 수치적 고찰을 다루고 있다. 임계 좌굴하중을 정확하게 평가하기 위해 이차원 자연요소법(NEM) 기반으로 개발한 효과적인 위상필드 균열모델을 제시하였 다. 그래핀 혈소판은 두께방향으로 특정한 기능적 분포패턴으로 원통형 구조물에 삽입되어 있다. 수치적으로 균열의 존재를 표현하 는 전통적인 절점분리 기법은 모델링의 번거로움은 물론 수치적 불안정성을 야기할 수 있다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해 본 논문 에서의 위상필드 정식화에서는 수치 그리드의 복잡한 작업 없이 위상 필드를 도입하여 균열을 표현하였다. 개발된 수치기법의 안정 성과 신뢰성은 그리드 밀도에 따른 수렴성과 참고문헌과의 비교를 통해 입증하였으며, 그래핀이 보강된 원통 복합재의 좌굴특성을 관련된 주요 인자들에 따른 파라메트릭 수치실험을 통해 고찰하였다.

In this paper, the performance evaluation of Al-graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) composites surface engineered by a modified friction stir processing (FSP) is reported. Here, multiple micro channels (MCRF) are used to incorporate GNPs in the aluminium matrix instead of a single large groove (SCRF) that is usually used in conventional FSP. With the MCRF approach, ~ 18% higher peak temperature (compared to SCRF) was observed owing to the presence of aluminium sandwiched between consecutive microgrooves and higher heat accumulation in the stir zone. The MCRF approach have significantly reduced the coefficient of friction and wear rates of the processed composites by ~ 14% and ~ 57%, respectively as compared to the SCRF approach. The proposed reinforcement filling method significantly improves the particle dispersion in the matrix, which in turn changes the adhesion mode of wear in SCRF to abrasive mode in MCRF fabricated composites. The uniformly squeezed out GNP tribolayer prevented the direct metal to metal contact between composite and its counterpart which have effectively reduced the deterioration rates.

Plasma-sprayed HA coatings on metallic implants are widely used for clinical applications. However, typical lamellar structure along with plasma-sprayed coatings usually leads to weak inter-splat adhesion and impair their mechanical properties. In this research, graphene nanosheet (GNS) reinforced HA coatings were fabricated using plasma spray; these GNSs retained their original structure and distributed homogeneously in the as-sprayed coatings. On the basis of instrumented microindentation tests with and without multiple partial unloading, as compared with the monolithic HA coating, the inter-splat friction force increased by ~ 8.7% for the 1.0 wt% GNS/HA coating, and it slightly decreased to ~ 6.5% for the 2.0 wt% GNS/ HA coating due to GNS agglomeration. Meanwhile, the added GNSs contributed greatly to the indentation yield strength of the HA coatings. These results illustrated that these embedded GNSs at splat boundaries are potential in splat-boundary strengthening and resisting splat sliding.