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A Materials Science-Based Approach to Characterizing Fire Resistive Materials

April 9, 2009
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Christopher C. White, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Daniel R. Flynn, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan
While ASTM E119-07a is commonly employed to establish a fire rating for a fire resistive material (FRM)/steel assembly, the test method provides little quantitative information on either the thermophysical or adhesion properties of the FRM, beyond

Impact of polymer modulus on water accumulation at polymer / metal oxide interfaces

April 1, 2009
Author(s)
Alper Karul, Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Steve marshall, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija, Christopher Soles, Bryan D. Vogt
Ambient moisture is known to accumulate at the interface between polymers and metal oxides, leading to detrimental consequences on physical properties such as modulus and adhesion. Direct measurement of the interfacial profile has utilized neutron

Development of a Powered Outdoor Sealant Fatigue Test Apparatus

March 18, 2009
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, R. S. Williams, Steve Lacher, Corey C. Halpin
A new cyclic fatigue test apparatus (CFTA) was developed at the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. The new CFTA is computer-controlled and powered by electric linear actuators. Computer control allows the CFTA to subject specimens to specific

Effect of Strain on the Modulus of Sealants Exposed to the Outdoors

March 11, 2009
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan
The effects of applied strain on sealants exposed to outdoor weathering were examined for two sealant formulations, sealants A and C. Both static and dynamic strain was applied to the sealants during the summer in a Gaithersburg, MD-outdoor location. Both

Impact of Polymer Chemistry on the Durability of Model Adhesives Supported on SiOx Substrates in Humid Environments Using Homologous Series of Poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)s

January 7, 2009
Author(s)
Kar T. Tan, Bryan D. Vogt, Christopher C. White, Kristen Hamilton, Nicholas Wagman, Joshua E. Goldman, Jessica M. Torres, Kristen L. Steffens, Cyril Clerici, Sushil K. Satija, Donald L. Hunston
There are many advantages that structural adhesives can offer compared to the more traditional joining methods, such as welding, bolting, mechanical fastening, etc. However, there are some issues that currently limit the wider application of adhesives. One

Impact of Adhesive Modulus on Humidity Induced Failure

December 17, 2008
Author(s)
Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White, Kristen Hamilton, Nicholas Wagman, Joshua E. Goldman, Alper Karul, Jessica M. Torres, Sushil K. Satija, Cyril Clerici, Donald L. Hunston, Bryan D. Vogt

Technique for Monitoring Environmentally Induced Changes in Polymeric Sealants

December 17, 2008
Author(s)
Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White
A new procedure was developed to utilize stress relaxation tests to monitor damage induced in sealant materials exposed to environmental variables and changing strains. By combining tension and compression tests, it was possible to monitor both molecular

Durability of Building Joint Sealants

December 12, 2008
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Kar T. Tan, Donald L. Hunston
Predicting the service life of building joint sealants exposed to service environments in less than real times has been a need of the sealant community for many decades. Despite extensive research efforts have been made to design laboratory accelerated

Mechanisms of Moisture Attack in Adhesive bonds Exposed to High Humidity

July 23, 2008
Author(s)
Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White, Cyril Clerici, Donald L. Hunston, Bryan D. Vogt, Sushil K. Satija, Joshua E. Goldman, Kristen L. Steffens
Studies have show that certain adhesive joints exhibit a dramatic loss of strength when exposed to humidities above a certain critical value. Although much is know about this effect, questions still exist. This study combines neutron reflectivity

ADHESION TEST METHOD FOR SPRAYED APPLIED FIRE RESISTANT MATERIALS

March 12, 2008
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Kar T. Tan, Donald L. Hunston
Fire resistive materials are exceptional at providing an effective thermal barrier to structural steel from the heat flux from a fire, provided it is in close proximity to the steel during the fire event. The adhesion of the fire resistive materials is

Challenges in Characterizing Sealant

September 14, 2005
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston
Sealant is one of the very few major consumer products valued primarily for its rheological and adhesive properties. While, these materials may appear to be simple elastic solids, upon further examination, their behavior can be extremely complex. In this

Design, Development and Testing of a Hybrid Device for In-Situ Testing of Sealant

January 19, 2005
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, E Embree, C Buch
A new hybrid in-situ sealant-testing device that uses movement to both characterize and fatigue standard ASTM C719 sealant samples is described. This five sample device, records the force-response data for every deformation cycle of every sample. From this
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