Colloquium aankondiging
Faculteit Engineering Technology
Afdeling Dynamics Based Maintenance (MS3)
Master opleiding Mechanical Engineering
In het kader van zijn/haar doctoraalopdracht zal
Ruiter, T.H. de (Thomas)
een voordracht houden getiteld:
Towards the Characterisation and Development of Shape-Stabilised Phase-Changing materials for tunable material properties
| Datum | 12-12-2025 |
| Tijd | 10:00 |
| Zaal | HT900 |
Samenvatting
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.
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voorzitter Handtekening 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 |
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