关于举行澳大利亚Flinders大学Tang Youhong博士学术报告会的通知

Tang Youhong博士学术报告会的通知

报告题目：Nanoparticle-enabled Large-scale Advanced Composites and Structures
报告人： Youhong Tang, PhD PMP, Flinders University, Australia
时间：2014年12月25日上午10:00
地点：国重502会议室

Abstract
In the past decades, extensive studies have been conducted for enhancing the mechanical performance of polymers using various nanofillers because of their ability to act as a reinforcing phase at the nanoscale. Some efforts have also been made to improve the performance of continuous fiber reinforced polymer composites and structures such as carbon fibre/epoxy (CF/EP) and glass fibre/epoxy (GF/EP) laminate with modified epoxy resins. This presentation is to articulate how the improvement for nanofiller-modified epoxy resins translates into CF/EP and GF/EP composite laminates. Some available data are reviewed, addressing the effects of nanoparticles and fabrication methods. In particular, some recent results on interlaminar fracture, impact damage resistance and compression after impact (CAI) on CF/EP and GF/EP composite laminates with nanosilica and carbon black are highlighted. The electrical conductivity based on percolation network of nanoparticles in GF/EP laminates renders a unique opportunity to monitor delamination growth and impact damage in GF/EP laminates based on electrical impedance tomography.

Biography
Dr. Youhong Tang is a senior lecturer and an Australian Research Council-Discovery Early Career Researcher (ARC-DECRA) fellow at Flinders University. He is a research leader in Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology, and Centre for Maritime Engineering, Control and Imaging. He obtained his PhD degree in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2007. He moved to Flinders University in 2012 from Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, the University of Sydney. He is a material science and engineering researcher with research interests mainly focused on structure-process-property relation of (a) particulate and fibre composites, (b) polymeric materials and nanocomposites and (c) marine composites and structures. In the last 5 years, he has published 74 SCI journal papers, >20 conference papers, 3 book chapters and 2 books. He is a referee for >30 SCI journals, including Polymer, Macromolecules, Journal of Chemical Physics, Composites Science and Technology. From 2012, his group has secured 4 funds from Australia Research Council, 1 fund from Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative and 1 fund from South Australian Government.