Durability of polyimide to titanium bonds

Titanium and its alloys are usually bonded together using a high temperature resistant polyimide or epoxy adhesives. Such adhesives can withstand temperatures from 200°C to300°C. Earlier research work indicates that Surface modification of titanium with mechanical treatment and atmospheric pressure plasma treatment techniques leads to improved...

Moisture absorption analysis of high performance polyimide adhesive

The high temperature resistant polymers and metal composites are used widely in aviation, space, automotive and electronics industry. The high temperature resistant polymers and metals are joined together using high temperature adhesives. Polyimide and epoxy adhesives that can withstand high temperature (200 °C-300 °C) are commonly used for...

Surface modification of polyimide by atmospheric pressure plasma for adhesive bonding with titanium and its application to aviation and space

It is noted that in search of long term and efficient service performance in the context of future generation of aerospace materials, there is increasing need of metal-high performance polymer composite. Based on these considerations, high temperature resistant polymeric sheet such as Polyimide Meldin7001 sheet, is joined with Titanium sheet by...

Surface Modification of Titanium by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment for Adhesive Bonding and Its Application to Aviation and Space

Titanium is one of the most effective materials for structural application of space craft and aviation. Titanium alloys are widely used in solid rocket booster cases, guidance control pressure vessel and other different applications demanding light weight and reliability. Aerospace industry is also a larger market for titanium products and...

Hierarchical Economic Optimization of Oil Production from Petroleum Reservoirs

In oil production waterflooding is a popular recovery technology, which involves the injection of water into an oil reservoir. Studies on model-based dynamic optimization of waterflooding strategies have demonstrated that there is a signifcant potential to increase life-cycle performance, measured in Net Present Value. However, in these studies...

Model-Based Control and Optimization of Large Scale Physical Systems - Challenges in Reservoir Engineering

Due to urgent needs to increase efficiency in oil recovery from subsurface reservoirs new technology is developed that allows more detailed sensing and actuation of multiphase flow properties in oil reservoirs. One of the examples is the controlled injection of water through injection wells with the purpose to displace the oil in an appropriate...

Kinetic Characterisation of Molding Compounds

Use of POD in control of flow through porous media

During the design of development concepts for the exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs, frequent use is made of numerical simulation of the flow of multi-phase fluids through porous rock. Recently, increased attention has been paid to systematic optimization of well positions and operating parameters (rates, pressures) over the life of the...