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Epoxidized Sucrose Soyate as a Primary Binder in Particleboard
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Wood composites industry has been growing for decades. However, wood composites have been associated with some health concerns due to the presence of formaldehyde. A promising bio-based resin Epoxidized Sucrose Soyate (ESS) ...
Numerical Simulations of Electrohydrodynamic Evolution of Thin Polymer Films
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Recently developed needleless electrospinning and electrolithography are two successful techniques that have been utilized extensively for low-cost, scalable, and continuous nano-fabrication. Rational understanding of the ...
The Dynamics of Viscous Droplets near Micro-Patterned Solid Surfaces in Creeping Flow
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
The interaction between droplets and solid surfaces is of great importance in industrial applications, biochemical processes, and fundamental materials research on surface wettability. In this work, a three-dimensional ...
Fatigue Behavior of Flax Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Bio-based flax fiber polymer composites (FFPC) have the potential to replace metals and synthetic fibers in certain applications due to their unique mechanical properties. However, the long term reliability of FFPC needs ...
Additive Manufacturing of Short-Fiber Composites via Stereolithography
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
The effectiveness of using a dual curing system, consisting of a photo and thermal initiator, for the additive manufacturing of carbon fiber short-fiber composites via stereolithography was investigated. The necessary ...
Design and Control of a Micro/Nano Load Stage for In-Situ AFM Observation and Nanoscale Structural and Mechanical Characterization of MWCNT-Epoxy Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Nanomaterial composites hold improvement potential for many materials. Improvements arise through known material behaviors and unique nanoscale effects to improve performance in areas including elastic modulus and damping ...
Processing and Manufacture of Soybean and Wheat Straw Medium Density Fiberboard Utilizing Epoxidized Sucrose Soyate Resin
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Soybean straw and wheat straw show promise as annually renewable alternative to traditional wood sources for fiberboard. Epoxidized sucrose soyate has shown high performance as a thermosetting resin and could be adapted ...
Theoretical Study on Thin Film Dye Sensitized Photovoltaic Solar Cells
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
This thesis presents two models of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC): diffusion model and electrical model. The main purpose is to investigate interfacial charge transfer and charge transport within the semiconductor/electrolyte ...
Properties of Flax Fiber Reinforced Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
In the field of renewable materials, natural fiber composites demonstrate the capacity to be a viable structural material. When normalized by density, flax fiber mechanical properties are competitive with E-glass fibers. ...
Minimum Favorable Conditions for Hydrogen-Diesel Combustion
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
A test apparatus was designed and fabricated that allowed very small amounts of diesel fuel to be injected into a hydrogen-air mixture. This apparatus was designed to be able to operate near the limits of diesel fuel ...