Utjecaj uvjeta grijanja na strukturnu jednolikost i lomno naprezanje aluminijske pjene

In this paper, the possibility to create uniform porous structure for non- symmetric precursor heating was investigated together with changes in collapse stress and their reproducibility. The statistic relative standard deviation (RSD) of pore size was used to determine the structural uniformity. It was shown that proper adjustment of the foaming parameters leads to formation of the uniform foam structure. The compression testing showed that standard deviation of collapse stress was higher for uniform structure than those obtained for non- uniform structure.U ovome radu istražena je mogućnost stvaranja jednolike porozne strukture nesimetričnim zagrijavanjem prekursora, te su isto tako istražene promjene lomnog naprezanja i njihova ponovljivost. Statistička relativna standardna devijacija (RSD) veličine pora koristila se za određivanje strukturne jednolikosti. Pokazano je da pravilan odabir parametara upjenjavanja dovodi do nastajanja jednolike strukture. Tlačna proba je pokazala da je vrijednost standardne devijacije lomnog naprezanja veća za jednoličnu strukturu od onih ostvarenih za nejednoliku strukturu

Use of generated artificial road profiles in road roughness evaluation

In the evaluation of road roughness and its effects on vehicles response in terms of ride quality, loads induced on pavement, drivers’ comfort, etc., it is very common to generate road profiles based on the equation provided by ISO 8608 standard, according to which it is possible to group road surface profiles into eight different classes. However, real profiles are significantly different from the artificial ones because of the non-stationary feature of the first ones and the not full capability of the ISO 8608 equation to correctly describe the frequency content of real road profiles. In this paper, the international roughness index, the frequency-weighted vertical acceleration awz according to ISO 2631, and the dynamic load index are applied both on artificial and real profiles, highlighting the different results obtained. The analysis carried out in this work has highlighted some limitation of the ISO 8608 approach in the description of performance and conditions of real pavement profiles. Furthermore, the different sensitivity of the various indices to the fitted power spectral density parameters is shown, which should be taken into account when performing analysis using artificial profiles