Colloquium announcement
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Department Dynamics Based Maintenance (MS3)
Master programme Mechanical Engineering
As part of his / her master assignment
Ruiter, T.H. de (Thomas)
will hold a speech entitled:
Towards the Characterisation and Development of Shape-Stabilised Phase-Changing materials for tunable material properties
| Date | 12-12-2025 |
| Time | 10:00 |
| Room | HT900 |
Summary
This thesis explores Shape-Stabilized Phase Changing Materials (SSPCMs) for temperature-dependent tuning of stiffness and damping. While literature and a reassessment of previous work showed a proof of concept between a decrease in stiffness due to chain mobility and an increase in stiffness due to thermal wax expansion, it did not provide enough accuracy. To obtain more reliable insight, in-house SSPCMs were designed, manufactured and characterized using DMA and TMA machine. Small, well-controlled specimens allowed direct measurement of viscoelastic properties revealing clear tunable behaviour linked to the wax transition. The results demonstrate that SSPCM functionality becomes evident only under controlled testing environments.
Assessment committee |
chair Signature d.d. |
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| dr. D. Di Maio dr.ing. A.G. Rege Ed Habtour prof.dr. A. Blume dr. J.A. Araujo Morera |
(chair) (internal member) (external member) (external member) (external member) |
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