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Are VMware slowly becoming the new Oracle? That was the question being asked after the backlash to their initial vRAM licensing model at the launch of vSphere 5. With VMware's somewhat quick retraction, it was ensured that any unsavoury Larry Ellison comparisons were quickly put to bed. Despite this it was still a signal of intent and an indication of VMware's recognition of its ever growing influence and clout. Now as VMware make serious manoeuvers into the PaaS space, a VMware based Cloud monitoring solution is a must. So with this in mind what is to be made of the huge marketing and push for their customers to adopt their VM monitoring tool vCenter Operations 5.0?
Back when VMware was only considered ideal for virtualizing test and development environments, the native alarms and performance graphs of the then termed Virtual Center were more than adequate for general monitoring purposes. As the vSphere revolution began with the average customer having VMs numbering in the hundreds, VMware generously allowed a plethora of third-party performance and capacity tools to plug into vCenter via their SDK. Suddenly every subsequent VMworld trade show would get bigger not just by the number of attendees but by the number of VM monitoring companies and tools such as vKernel vOPS, Veeam Monitor, VMTurbo Operations Manager, Quest vFoglight and Xanagti VI to name just a few. So when in February 2011 VMware eventually did enter the monitoring space with the purchase of Integrien's Alive and its later relaunch and rebranding as vCenter Operations Manager, there wasn't anything majorly distinctive between what were already mature and in most cases cheaper solutions. More than a year later, a huge marketing campaign and a revamped version, vCenter Operations 5.0 is slowly gaining traction amongst end users as the VM monitoring tool of choice but how much of this is related to its actual capabilities as opposed to VMware driving an agenda to monopolise a market segment that is clearly profitable?
To answer this, the first thing to do is to assess whether there is a need for such a tool, whether it's any good and what distinction, if any does it bring from the competition? The truth is that anyone who has had to troubleshoot a VMware environment, or gauge the capacity or performance, regardless of the size of the infrastructure will testify that the default tools are simply not sufficient. Add the factor that more and more business critical applications are now virtualised with virtual environments growing at an immense rate, then an enterprise-grade performance, capacity and monitoring tool is a necessity.
So looking at the vCenter Operations Manager vApp (from now on to be referred as VCOPs) the first thing to note is that it collects data not only from VMware's vCenter Server but also from vCenter Configuration Manager as well as third-party data sources such as SNMP. This collected data is then processed by the vCenter Operations Manager Analytics VM which presents the results through the rather colourful looking GUI. Compared to its predecessor the most notable change with the VCOPs 5.0 GUI is its integration with vCenter's navigation/inventory pane. This small yet effective change makes it look much more like a VMware product as opposed to the bolt-on appearance that both Integrien and previous VCOPs versions possessed.
vCenter Operations Manager now incorporates the vCenter navigation pane |
Using the themes / badges of Health, Risk and Efficiency, the GUI organises the view of an entire infrastructure onto a main dashboard that can be drilled down to root causes and further details. Utilising a green, yellow, red scheme where green means good and red is bad, the badges are a quick indication of areas of concern or that require investigating. By seeing something as red, a couple of clicks and simple drill down will show you the relevant VMs and their affected hosts as well as any shared or affected datastores. Furthermore each badge carries a score where a high number is good for the Health and Efficiency badges but potentially detrimental for the Risk badge as a low risk is optimum for your environment. All of this enables quicker troubleshooting in large VM environments as issues can be quickly pinpointed from a very high level view down to the granular detail in just seconds.
vCenter Operations enables easy drill downs to granular details from high level overviews |
The Health badge identifies current problems in the system and highlights issues that require immediate resolution. Using a heatmap, the end user has a quick health overview of all parent and child objects such as virtual machines and hosts that can also be rewound by up to six hours to track back trends. The Risk badge identifies exactly that and uses data based on infrastructure stress, time and capacity remaining. It also identifies potential issues that could impact the infrastructure's performance and can also be trended back to seven days worth of data. Finally the Efficiency Badge, which takes advantage of the now integrated CapacityIQ tool, is used for capacity planning where CPU, memory and disk space resource metrics are referred to for identifying overprovisioned, under-utilised or optimally resourced VMs.
A single dashboard can highlight issues from numerous objects such as datastores, clusters and VMs |
As well as the Badges and their drill down details, VCOPs also has several menu tabs such as Operations, Planning, Alerts, Analysis, and Reports. Of most interest in the Operations tab is the Environmental section where a visual representation of objects such as the associated vCenter Server, datacenters, datastores, hosts, and virtual machines are presented alongside their scores and relationship. This is an excellent feature that enables the end user to quickly drill down, identify and investigate more granular objects of concern and their health status. The Planning section also contains a very useful summary section that provides a visual overview in graphs and tables of capacity for any selected object enabling you to easily switch between deployed and remaining capacity. Here VCOPs provides the ability to have extended forecasts of remaining capacity for up to several months, an essential value add especially as environments grow at such a radical pace.
The integration of CapacityIQ and VCOPs' predictive analytics enables forecasted capacity planning capabilities |
In addition to the capacity planning and forecasting features, it's also good to see VCOPs incorporate what-if scenarios. Now becoming common amongst several VM monitoring tools, what-if scenarios are a useful addition to any VM environment especially as they allow you to foresee the impact on capacity and workload on your virtual environment prior to making any actual changes.
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Finally the area in which VCOPs really stands out from the competition, is its unique and new vCenter Infrastructure Navigator feature. With the understanding that paramount to any business, monitoring solutions that look at the performance of their applications as opposed to just their infrastructure are far more attractive, VMware's vCenter Infrastructure Navigator has been introduced to automatically discover application services and map their dependencies and relationships. One of the main benefits of having a knowledge of the application and virtual infrastructure's interdependencies is that it will immediately help reduce MTTR by either eliminating or implicating the infrastructure as a cause of application slowdowns. Furthermore as key applications and their underlying infrastructure are constantly identified and monitored the end user can quickly ensure that the right level of resources are allocated and that priority is given to those VMs that actually need it.
When you put this in the context of disaster recovery and more specifically VMware's latest version of Site Recovery Manager, end users now have the opportunity to create recovery plans and protection groups that are aligned to the applications that reside on their VCOPs monitored VMs. This is a far cry from the competition whose equivalent Disaster Recovery solutions still don't allow you to automatically failback or even failover multiple VMs simultaneously. Using VCOPs' metrics and mapping of application interdependencies with VMs and underlying hosts, the level of sophistication in Disaster Recovery planning is raised significantly in that it's now related to what matters to the business most, namely the apps.
vCenter Infrastructure Navigator provides VCOPs a unique visibility of application interdependency mappings |
So while this all sounds great does VCOPs really spell the end of other VM monitoring solutions and a consequent reduction of third party stalls and their scantily clad glamour models at VMworld? Does it really constitute a comprehensive Cloud monitoring solution? At present, probably not. VCOPs is still more expensive than most of its competitors with a per VM pricing model and still has some limitations, most significantly its inability to monitor physical servers in the same way it monitors VMs. It also has to gain a market share by going against already popular and seasoned solutions that have already existent end users and champions. In saying that, this is VCOPs 5 and is merely the beginning.
Looking firstly at the price challenge, VCOPs is software and indeed it would be foolhardy to not expect the pricing model to change and become more attractive to new customers or even bundled in with new hypervisor purchases. When looking at the bigger picture, VMware are clearly focusing further up the stack with a PaaS offering and it would also be short-sighted to think VMware only see VCOPs as a single entity product that just monitors the infrastructure space. If anything it's an investment to what will be an integral component to a comprehensive Cloud monitoring package that enables successful migrations to VMware's PaaS offerings. In such a scenario it would be ideal for VMware to have a PaaS offering that was already built on an IaaS monitoring, management and orchestration solution that they themselves have developed. Furthermore should the next version of VCOPs or the package that it comes with include the ability to monitor analytics that incorporate physical blades we could well have an integrated monitoring tool that's impossible to compete with. Just imagine being able to run a what if scenario on a physical blade prior to virtualizing it onto a VM so that you're able to size up the resources accurately not based just on current metrics but also analysed and predicted growth?
So taking a step back and looking at the whole VMware portfolio it seems that the heavy investment and marketing of VCOPs is more a ploy of eventually tying in many of their separate solutions as a single comprehensive management, orchestration and Cloud monitoring package that is managed singlehandedly via the vCenter interface. Currently VMware is littered with lots of separate solutions that include vCloud Director and vCenter Chargeback Manager but if they were fully integrated with VCOPs they would make a tasty introduction package to those looking to deploy a Private Cloud. Then there's VMware's Hyperic which has the ability to close the aforementioned physical gap as it can monitor the physical environment underlying vSphere hence providing performance management of applications in both physical and virtual environments.Therefore it's not impossible even today for a Cloud infrastructure's components to be monitored with a bolted together Hyperic and VCOPs solution, with Hyperic monitoring the applications and the processes running on vCloud Director, which in turn is conveyed to VCOPs which is monitoring the VMs and consequently other components such as vShield Manager.
But for VMware to be successful in the PaaS sphere they need to enter and engage with a market segment they've had little exposure to i.e. the application owners. Looking at VMware's vFabric Application Performance Manager (driven by AppInsight) as part of a fully integrated package of VCOPs, vCloud Director, Hyperic etc. could be they key that opens the door to application owners. It would also provide VMware a true Cloud monitoring solution that could provide real-time visibility and control from application to infrastructure via a single management interface.
Integration with vFabric AppInsight could provide a comprehensive Cloud monitoring solution that looks from infrastructure all the way up to the application layer |
Ultimately this requires a lot of development work and effort from VMware and will eventually bring them into competition with a new breed of vendors that specialize in Cloud management and monitoring. The point is as good as VCOPs is and as good as the competitors are it's important not to get blinkered and avoid the bigger picture of what VCOPs may eventually become part of. Either way VCOPs' current competitors need to up their game quick or find alternative features to their solutions – to survive in this game it's clear, you're either big or niche.
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WASHOUGAL — The debate over whether Washougal should give money to a nonprofit loosely affiliated with medical clinics that provide information about abortion elicited plenty of reaction Monday but little action.
In front of a standing-room-only crowd, the Washougal City Council voted 5-2 to postpone a planned discussion of the city's budget so members could discuss changes to the budget at their next meeting, scheduled for Dec. 9. Council members Paul Greenlee and Caryn Plinski voted against tabling the budget.
• What's happened: City council members Dave Shoemaker and Connie Jo Freeman voiced reservations Nov. 18 about providing a $7,500 subsidy to Children's Home Society of Washington, which has an office in Washougal, in the city's 2014 budget because the nonprofit circulates a list of medical clinics that are not expressly anti-abortion.
• What's new: The city council tabled a discussion about the budget at its Monday meeting in front of a full house.
• What's next: Council will readdress the budget at its next meeting, 7 p.m. Dec. 9.
Until then, at least, the city won't take action on the budget, despite mounting interest.
One question in particular has marked a dividing line within the community for the past week: Whether the city should set aside $7,500 for the Children's Home Society of Washington, a nonprofit housed in a city-owned building across from City Hall.
The organization is a catchall of sorts, providing some services on its own — including food and clothing drives — and referring clients elsewhere for others.
Council members Dave Shoemaker and Connie Jo Freeman said they had serious reservations about subsidizing the nonprofit, in part because it provides clients with a list of medical clinics that are not expressly anti-abortion. At a Nov. 18 city council meeting, Freeman said it made no sense for the city to give money to an organization that sends people to a clinic that "doesn't care or take care of women and the unborn child in the fashion that should be done."
One of those clinics, Sea Mar Community Health Services in Vancouver, disseminates information, at a woman's request, about where to have an abortion. Shoemaker and Freeman have suggested the Children's Home Society instead only provide information about Camas' Community Pregnancy Clinic, a Christian clinic opposed to abortion.
Even though the city postponed making a decision on the budget, that didn't stop those in attendance from speaking their minds on what should be done about the Children's Home Society.
Dan Duringer said he toured the nonprofit with Freeman and came away impressed.
He said he opposes abortion but added he didn't think that was a major issue for the organization.
"I'd like to see the city support the center," he said. "On abortion issues, though, I don't think they help our community. I'd like to see them refer to our local community pregnancy center more. And I would like to see that somehow verified."
Marilyn Tyrrell, a regular attendee of council meetings, said she found the rationale for not giving the organization money "disturbing."
She said the purpose of the nonprofit was to provide resources to the city's neediest residents.
Washougal resident Ken Bork agreed with Tyrrell, saying he didn't think Shoemaker and Freeman provided a valid reason for yanking the city's subsidy.
But at Monday's meeting Freeman reiterated her belief that Children's Home Society should provide clients with more information about the Community Pregnancy Clinic. She said the clinic provides educational resources to pregnant women free of charge.
"They want the girls to be informed," Freeman said. "That's what we all want. Everybody in this generation says people should be educated and informed, so they can make a choice."
She added that the clinic informs women that if they choose abortion, "there's one dead and one injured."
Shoemaker has been at loggerheads over giving the nonprofit money in the past. He previously opposed a $7,500 subsidy to the organization last year, arguing that the city doesn't have the money to spend on social services. On his personal website, Shoemaker writes that charity is a "function poorly and inefficiently performed by government agencies and should be performed by the private sector."
But without the city's subsidy, the Children's Home Society, with state headquarters in Seattle, would have to contemplate scaling back its services in Washougal or stopping them altogether, its director Cathy Garland has said.
Washougal Mayor Sean Guard said if that happened, he would support a fundraising campaign to keep the nonprofit afloat.
Shoemaker said people's concerns were misplaced and they were upset "for nothing."
"I am not in favor of closing out (Children's Home Society)," Shoemaker said. "I think they do some good work in Washougal. I applaud them for that. They (also) do some things I don't approve of."
In the last week, since vocalizing his concerns, he said he's been on the receiving end of abusive phone calls and other mean-spirited messages, and called for civil discourse.
Some attendees of the meeting pointed out that discourse was cut short by the city council's tabling of the budget.
"I'd be glad to debate anybody, so long as I can have a civil debate on this, which is not what I've had in the past couple of days," Shoemaker said. "I will debate anyone, anytime, anywhere on the subject, as long as it's civil."


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Julia Cain called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. and attendance was taken.
Jack Baker, Julia Cain, Ed Day, Megan Hammond, Kay Kenison, Kevin Kimball, Riley LaMie, Caitlin Morrison, Stephanie Oberlander, Scott Robinson, Brook Rutledge, Brent Weisel, and Wendy Williams.
Scott Robinson moved to approve the minutes as presented. Caitlin Morrison seconded. Motion carried. (All in favor)
The Central Theatre Club is interested in bringing the Tiayuan Puppet Company to Central's campus. The events are planned for March 9-12, 2009 and would include two performances of Budai Xi (Taiwanese Glove Puppetry); several hands-on workshops on puppet design and construction, and performance techniques; and a dinner and special lecture presentation (by invitation only) featuring Dr. Ruizendaal. It will be open to the general public and all CWU faculty, staff and students. No admission will be charged for any of these events. The total budget is $7,514.00 with $1,120.00 from sponsors leaving the total request from S&A of $6,394.00. There were questions on publicity and a request for a further breakdown. Several questions and comments on the amount suggested for dinner and the lecture, and whether S&A should cover the cost of food. The supplemental request will be voted at the next meeting of the S&A Committee.
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MOTION: Stephanie Oberlander made a motion to allocate $5,000 for the CWU Leadership Conference on Friday, March 6, 2009. Motion died for lack of a second.
S&A committee members discussed food purchased with S&A funds. Funding for food as part of a request for student's traveling should be looked at differently than food as part of a conference or training. When S&A funds are requests, we are giving them the funds they request, but if they choose to change how the funds are spent, we have no recourse, except to take that into consideration the next time they come before this committee.
MOTION: Riley LaMie made a motion to fund the CWU Leadership Conference scheduled for March 6, 2009 for the requested amount of $5,000. Stephanie Oberlander seconded. Motion carried. (6 yes, 3 no and 2 abstentions)
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, at 5:30 p.m. No meeting is scheduled for November 26, 2008.
Purchase of Food: There was a discussion regarding the creation of guidelines on food purchases, or determining purchases on an individual basis. There will be further discussion.
Accountability: it was suggested a brief report from recipients of supplemental funds is needed to report back to the committee on how the funds were spent.
Adjourn: Brent Weisel moved to adjourn, Scott Robinson seconded. Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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Massaman curry | |
Chicken massaman | |
Type | Curry |
Place of origin | Thailand |
Main ingredients | Meat (beef, duck, tofu, chicken), coconut milk, onion, peanuts or cashews, potatoes, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, star anise, palm sugar, fish sauce, chili and tamarind sauce |
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Massaman curry | |
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Place of origin | Thailand |
Main ingredients | Meat (beef, duck, tofu, chicken), coconut milk, onion, peanuts or cashews, potatoes, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, star anise, palm sugar, fish sauce, chili and tamarind sauce |
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Massaman curry (Thai: แกงมัสมั่น, RTGS: kaeng matsaman, IPA: [kɛːŋ mát.sa.màn]) is a rich, relatively mild Thai curry that is an interpretation of a Persian dish.[1]
Massaman or matsaman is not a native Thai word. It is generally thought to refer to the Muslims with earlier writers from the mid-19th century calling the dish "Mussulman curry"; Mussulman being an archaic form of the word Muslim.[2][3]
According to Thai food expert David Thompson, as well as Thai journalist and scholar Santi Sawetwimon, the dish originated in 17th century Central Thailand at the cosmopolitan court of Ayutthaya, through the Persian merchant Sheik Ahmad Qomi from whom the Thai noble family of Bunnag descends.[4] Other theories contend that massaman is a southern Thai dish, influenced by Malay and Indian cuisine,[5] or that its name is derived from the Malay word masam, which means "sour".[citation needed]
The curry is extolled in a poem from the end of the 18th century, attributed to Prince Itsarasunthon of Siam, the later King Rama II (1767-1824). It is dedicated to a lady who is believed to be Princess Bunrot, the later Queen Sri Suriyendra, wife of King Rama II. The second stanza of the poem reads:[6][7]
มัสมั่นแกงแก้วตา หอมยี่หร่ารสร้อนแรง - Massaman, a curry made by my beloved, is fragrant of cumin and strong spices.
ชายใดได้กลืนแกง แรงอยากให้ใฝ่ฝันหา - Any man who has swallowed the curry is bound to long for her.
Due to its Muslim roots and therefore Islamic dietary laws, this curry is most commonly made with beef, but there are also variations on this dish using duck, chicken, mutton, goat, or, less commonly so, pork.[8][9] As pork is haram meat - forbidden food in Islam - this last variant is of course not eaten by observant Thai Muslims. Vegetarians and vegans have created their own versions of this dish.
The flavors of the massaman curry paste (nam phrik kaeng matsaman) come from spices that are not frequently used in other Thai curries. Cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, cumin, bay leaves, nutmeg and mace would, in the 17th century, have been brought to Thailand from the Malay Archipelago and South Asia by foreigners, a trade originally dominated by Muslim traders from the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and from the archipelago itself, but increasingly threatened by the Portuguese, the Dutch and French East India Company.[10] These are combined with local produce such as dried chili peppers,[11] cilantro (coriander) seeds, lemongrass, galangal, white pepper, shrimp paste, shallots and garlic to make the massaman curry paste. This paste is first fried with coconut cream, and only then are meat, potatoes, onions, fish sauce or salt, tamarind paste, sugar, coconut milk and peanuts added.[12][13] Massaman is usually eaten with rice, in a meal together with other dishes. There are also traditional versions using oranges, orange juice, or pineapple juice as additional ingredients.[14][15]
In 2011 CNNGo ranked Massaman curry as number one in an article titled World's 50 most delicious foods.[16] However, CNN's voter's survey later that year ranked it only 10th.[17]
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I wear a helmet, RED impact shorts and RED wrist guards. The shorts I have are the ones that have foam as well as hard plastic plates. I picked them up a couple of days after I hit my tailbone on a rail and never looked back - you barely notice them and they save a lot of pain on falls, plus they keep your butt warm on the chair!
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Wrist strains are just a pain in the ass for a few days and that may not be enough reason to wear wrist guards. However, the wrist is a beautiful union of 8 small bones that don't handle being broken as well as some other bones in body might. One of these bones, called the scaphoid, is commonly broken during falls onto the palm of an out-strecthed hand. I don't care how experienced you are, it is a natural reaction when falling forward (i.e. if your board slips out from underneath you) to put your arm out to break your fall. Usually that means you fall onto the palm of your out-strethed hand. Anyway, when you break this bone it is at a high risk of developing something called avascular necrosis - which basically means it is going to rot away and die no matter what surgery you have or how long you are in a cast. If you value moving your hand around, you don't want that to happen... Probably more detail than necessary, but the important point with this is that if you are going to bother getting wrist guards they should have the brace on the top and bottom of the wrist - if anything the top is more important to prevent the injury described above. I wear the triple 8 under cover wrist guards - they are about $20, generally comfortable, and fit into most gloves without much trouble. They may not really serve any purpose most of the time when I'm riding, but I'd rather that than have a random bad fall and end up getting stuck with only using my left hand for the rest of my life. |
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I wear that thing when on my yamaha R6 motorcycle, but I think for myself it's a little overkill for snowboarding. I will say that thing saved my back when I went down last May.
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I have my form connecting to my MS Access database. i am creating a login page where there are two text boxes userID and pin.
what i would like to happen is if the user enters a userID starting with R and the password is right then they should be brought to one page but if the user enters a userID starting with L then they are brought to a different page.
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use the Login1.LoggedIn (assuming you are using the Login control) for post login processing...just Response.Redirect(...) accordingly
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No i'm using two texboxes and a button
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In your bottons event handling where you check if it's the right userId and pin you have to write a little bit more if the user exists....
if (theTextBoxWithUserName.Text.Trim().StartsWith("s"))
else if (theTextBoxWithuserName.Text.Trim().StartsWith("R"))
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THat was the answer. Thanks
do you know how to imput data into 2 tables in my database at the same time?
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One thing you have to be aware of is that (I think it's so) that my suggestion is case sensitive. That means if the user writes "s" and you only ask for "S" it wil refuse to go into the if statement.
Make you string to upper- or lower case like this before you do your if statement;
string test2 = "Hi"; string test3 = test2.ToLower(); string test4 = test2.ToUpper();
and then make the if statement on test3 or test4 (what you want to use);
Regarding input to 2 tables - you have to make to inserts;
insert into table1 (name, address) VALUES ("Martin", "Schmidt")
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ABSTRACT: Load transfer efficiency from matrix to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) plays an important role in the mechanical response of CNTs nanocomposites as it may affect the effectiveness of the nano-reinforcements. For double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs), the outer graphene layer as well as the inner layer may be responsible for the load bearing capacity. In this study, the load transfer efficiency within DWCNTs was investigated using a multiscale simulation scheme. The multiscale simulation consists of two steps. First, the atomistic behaviors between the adjacent graphite layers in DWCNTs were characterized using molecular dynamic (MD) simulation, from which a cylindrical equivalent continuum solid of DWCNTs with embedded spring elements was proposed to describe the interactions of neighboring graphene layers. Two kinds of interatomistic properties in DWCNTs, i.e., van der Walls (vdW) interactions and artificial build-up covalent bonds, were considered in the equivalent solid. Subsequently, the equivalent solid was implemented as reinforcement in the micromechanical model of CNTs nanocomposites for evaluating the load transfer efficiency. Results indicated that the DWCNTs with covalent bonds exhibit superior load transfer efficiency than those with only vdW interactions. In addition, when the DWCNTs get long, the load transfer efficiency of DWCNTs increases accordingly.Composites Part B Engineering 01/2013; 44(1):394–402. · 2.60 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This research aims to investigate the damping responses of the epoxy-based nanocomposites as well as the composite sandwich structures with the nanocomposite as core materials. Both the silica nanoparticles and the rubber particles (CSR, CTBN) were introduced in the epoxy matrix through the sonication process to form the nanocomposites. Furthermore, the nanocomposites were sandwiched between the unidirectional composites laminates to fabricate the nanocomposite sandwich structures. The damping performances of the nanocomposites as well as their sandwich structures were determined from the forced vibration technique together with the half-power method. Meanwhile, the flexural stiffness of the material systems was evaluated by the resonance frequency obtained from the vibration tests. Results indicated that either silica nanoparticles or rubber particles can improve the damping responses of the epoxy-based nanocomposites. However, it was found that when the rubber particles were present alone, the stiffness of the nanocomposites was dramatically reduced. By introducing the hybrid material systems (10 wt% silica nanoparticles and 10 wt% rubber particles), the superior damping properties and flexural stiffness can be concurrently accomplished. Moreover, when the hybrid material system was employed as core materials in the sandwich structures, this enhanced damping property can also be observed in the vibration tests.Journal of Composite Materials 09/2011; 45(21):2157-2164. · 1.26 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The stress distribution of CNTs embedded within polyimide matrix subjected to applied loading was investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The purpose of evaluating the stress distribution of CNTs is to characterize the loading transfer efficiency between the nano-reinforcement and surrounding polyimide matrix, which basically is an essential factor controlling the mechanical properties of nanocomposites. Three different interfacial adhesions between the CNTs and polyimide molecular were considered, that is, vdW interaction, CNTs with surface modification, and covalent bond. The stress distribution of the CNTs was calculated by using the Lutsko atomistic stress formulation1,2 and by taking the derivative of the potential functions as well. Results revealed that when the CNTs surface was modified, the higher load transfer efficiency from the polyimide to the CNTs was observed resulting in the higher modulus of the nanocomposites. It is noted that, if no surface modification on CNTs, the load transfer efficiency which basically depends on the intensities of the vdW interaction is relatively low. As a result, the surface modification on CNTs is an effective manner to improve the load transfer efficiency as well as the modulus of nanocomposite, which should be suggested in the fabrication of CNTs nanocomposites.Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites 06/2011; 30(11):922-931. · 1.19 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The fracture behavior of a graphene sheet, containing a center crack (length of 2a) was characterized based on the atomistic simulation and the concept of continuum mechanics. Two failure modes, i.e., opening mode (Mode I) and sliding mode (Mode II), were considered by applying remote tensile and shear loading, respectively, on the graphene sheet. In the atomistic simulation, the equilibrium configurations of the cracked graphene subjected to applied loadings, before and after the crack extension of 2Δa, were determined through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, from which the variation of the potential energy and the strain energy release rate of the discrete graphene sheet because of crack extension was calculated accordingly. It is noted that because of the discrete attribute, there is no stress singularity near the crack tip, and thus, the concept of stress intensity factor that is generally employed in the continuum mechanics may not be suitable for modeling the crack behavior in the atomistic structures. For the sake of comparison, the continuum finite element model with the same geometric parameters and material properties as the atomistic graphene sheet was constructed, and the corresponding strain energy release rate was calculated from the crack closure method. Results indicated that the strain energy release rates obtained from the continuum model exhibit good agreement with those derived from discrete atomistic model. Therefore, it is suggested that the strain energy release rate is an appropriate parameter, which can be employed in the atomistic model and the continuum model for describing the fracture of covalently bonded graphene sheet.International Journal of Solids and Structures 02/2010; 47(3):503-509. · 2.04 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The mechanical properties of graphite in the forms of single graphene layer and graphite flakes (containing several graphene layers) were investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The in-plane properties, Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, and shear modulus, were measured, respectively, by applying axial tensile stress and in-plane shear stress on the simulation box through the modified NPT ensemble. In order to validate the results, the conventional NVT ensemble with the applied uniform strain filed in the simulation box was adopted in the MD simulation. Results indicated that the modified NPT ensemble is capable of characterizing the material properties of atomistic structures with accuracy. In addition, it was found the graphene layers exhibit higher moduli than the graphite flakes; thus, it was suggested that the graphite flakes have to be expanded and exfoliated into numbers of single graphene layers in order to provide better reinforcement effect in nanocomposites.Materials and Design 01/2010; 31(1):194–199. · 3.17 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This research is aimed at characterizing the elastic properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced polyimide nanocomposites using a multi-scale simulation approach. The hollow cylindrical molecular structures of CNTs were modeled as a transverse isotropic solid, the equivalent elastic properties of which were determined from the molecular mechanics calculations in conjunction with the energy equivalent concept. Subsequently, the molecular structures of the CNTs/polyimide nanocomposites were established through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, from which the non-bonded gap as well as the non-bonded energy between the CNTs and the surrounding polyimide were evaluated. It was postulated that the normalized non-bonded energy (non-bonded energy divided by surface area of the CNTs) is correlated with the extent of the interfacial interaction. Afterwards, an effective interphase was introduced between the CNTs and polyimide polymer to characterize the degree of non-bonded interaction. The dimension of the interphase was assumed equal to the non-bonded gap, and the corresponding elastic stiffness was calculated from the normalized non-bonded energy. The elastic properties of the CNT nanocomposites were predicted by a three-phase micromechanical model in which the equivalent solid cylinder of CNTs, polyimide matrix, and the effective interphase were included. Results indicated that the longitudinal moduli of the nanocomposites obtained based on the three-phase model were in good agreement with those calculated from MD simulation. Moreover, they fit well with the conventional rule of mixture predictions. On the other hand, in the transverse direction, the three-phase model is superior to the conventional micromechanical model since it is capable of predicting the dependence of transverse modulus on the radii of nanotubes.Composites Part B Engineering 01/2010; · 2.60 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The load transfer efficiency from surrounding matrix to the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the CNTs reinforced nanocomposites was studied. Both single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) and multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs) were taken into account in the investigation. A cylindrical representative volume element (RVE) containing the CNTs and matrix phases were employed in the shear lag analysis from which the axial stress distribution as well as the load transfer efficiency in the CNTs was characterized. The effects of the layer number, atomistic interaction of graphite layers, and the aspect ratio of the CNTs on the load transfer efficiency were of concern. Results indicated that the SWCNTs exhibit a greater load transfer efficiency than MWCNTs associated with the same CNTs volume fraction in the nanocomposites. Moreover, the incompetent behaviors of the MWCNTs would become substantial as the number of graphite layers increases, and the deficient load transfer efficiency in the MWCNTs would not be modified effectively even though the chemical bonding between the graphite layers were constructed.Composite Structures 09/2009; 90(2):172-179. · 3.12 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The flexural damping behaviors of composite laminates were characterized analytically in this study. A 2-D analytical model was developed based on the extension of Ni–Adams model [Ni RG, Adams RD. The damping and dynamic moduli of symmetric laminated composite beams—theoretical and experimental results. J Compos Mater 1984;18(2):104–21] accounting for the energy dissipation contributed by the laminar stresses of σxy and σyy. The specific damping capacity (SDC) of the composite was determined in accordance with the energy dissipation concept, which was defined as the ratio of the dissipated energy to the stored energy for per circle of vibration. The 2-D analytical model was validated by comparing the SDC of [0/−60/60]s and [0/90/45/−45]s laminates with the experimental data and the finite element (FEM) results. In addition, the effects of interlaminar stress on the flexural damping responses of laminated plates were also characterized in the 3-D FEM analysis. Results indicated that the interlaminar stress effect may not be so significant that the current 2-D model is adequate for the evaluation of the damping responses of the composite laminates. Furthermore, the present predictions, as compared to the Ni–Adams [Ni RG, Adams RD. The damping and dynamic moduli of symmetric laminated composite beams—theoretical and experimental results. J Compos Mater 1984;18(2):104–21] and Adams–Maheri [Adams RD, Maheri MR. Dynamic flexural properties of anisotropic fibrous composite beams. Compos Sci Technol 1994;50(4):497–514] models, generally demonstrate good agreements with the experimental data and the FEM results.Composite Structures 07/2009; 89(3):443-447. · 3.12 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the fiber array effect on modal damping behaviors of fiber composites. Three different fiber arrays, i.e., square edge packing (SEP), square diagonal packing (SDP), and hexagonal packing (HP), were considered to represent the microstructures of the unidirectional composites. Repeating unit cells (RUCs) suitable for describing the characteristics of the microstructure were adopted in the generalized method of cell (GMC) micromechanical analysis. The energy dissipation concept was then employed to calculate the specific damping capacities of composites in the material principal directions. The specific damping capacities obtained from micromechanical analysis were regarded as the equivalent damping properties homogenizing in the composites. In conjunction with the modal shapes of the composite structures determined from the finite element analysis, the specific damping capacity was extended to characterize the corresponding modal damping of the composite rods and plates. Both free–free and clamped-free boundary conditions were taken into account in the composite structures. Results indicated that the structures constructed from the composites with SDP fibers exhibit better damping behaviors than the other two cases.Composites Part B Engineering 10/2008; 39(7):1196-1204. · 2.60 Impact Factor -
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ABSTRACT: This research aims to propose a continuous micromechanical model for characterizing the mechanical properties of the nanocomposites containing silica nanoparticles embedded in polyimide matrix. The molecular structures of the nanocomposites were established through molecular dynamic (MD) simulation, from which the non-bonded gap as well as the non-bonded energy between the nano-sized inclusion and the surrounding matrix were evaluated. It was postulated that the normalized non-bonded energy (non-bonded energy divided by surface area of the inclusion) is correlated with the degree of interfacial interaction. Subsequently, an effective interphase micromechanical model including inclusion, matrix and effective interphase was developed, in which the dimension of the effective interphase was assumed equal to the non-bonded gap and the corresponding elastic stiffness was calculated from the normalized non-bonded energy. Comparison of the results calculated from the micromechanical model and the MD simulation indicates that the effective interphase model is capable of describing Young's modulus of particulate nanocomposites with accuracy. In addition, it was revealed that when the particulate size decreases, the corresponding modulus of the nanocomposites increases.Journal of Composite Materials 08/2008; 42(22):2345-2361. · 1.26 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the thermal residual stress effect on the constitutive behaviors of fiber composites with three different fiber arrays, i.e., square edge packing, square diagonal packing, and hexagonal packing. The repeating unit cell (RUC) containing fiber and matrix phase was employed to describe the mechanical behaviors of fiber composites. For the fiber phase, it was assumed to be linear elastic, whereas the matrix was a nonlinear material. The generalized method of cell (GMC) micromechanical model originally proposed by Paley and Aboudi [Paley M, Aboudi J. Micromechanical analysis of composites by the generalized cells model. Mech Mater 1992; 14(2):127–39] was extended to include the thermal–mechanical behavior, from which the thermal residual stress within the fiber and matrix phases was calculated. Through numerical iteration, the constitutive relations of the composites in the presence of residual stress were established. Results show that for the composites with square edge packing, the mechanical behaviors are affected appreciably by the thermal residual stress. On the other hand, the composites with hexagonal packing and square diagonal packing are relatively less sensitive to the thermal residual stress.Composites Part B Engineering 06/2008; 39(4):714-721. · 2.60 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This study aims to investigate the organoclay effect on the mechanical proper-ties of epoxy nanocomposites. In order to characterize the organoclay effect, three different loadings of organoclay, 2.5, 5, and 7.5 wt%, were dispersed into the epoxy with a mechanical blender followed by sonication. Tensile tests and fracture tests were carried out on these specimens to determine their stiffness, strength and fracture behaviors. The experimental results obtained from tensile tests indicate that the stiff-ness of the epoxy increases with the increment of organoclay inclusion; however, the corresponding failure strain decreases. On the other hand, fracture tests on single-edge-notch bending specimens reveal that the inclusion of organoclay may dramati-cally reduce the fracture toughness of nanocomposites. The decrease could be due to changes in the morphologies of the epoxy nanocomposites as well as the interfacial debonding between the organoclay and the surrounding epoxy.Journal- Chinese Institute of Engineers 01/2008; 31(1). · 0.21 Impact Factor - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This research focuses on the fabrication of glass fiber/epoxy nanocomposites containing organoclay as well as understanding the organoclay effect on the transverse compressive strength of nanocomposites. To demonstrate the organoclay effect, three different loadings of organoclay were dispersed, respectively, in the epoxy resin using a mechanical mixer followed by sonication. The corresponding glass/epoxy nanocomposites were produced by impregnating dry glass fiber with organoclay epoxy compound through a vacuum hand lay-up procedure. Unidirectional block specimens were employed for transverse compression tests on a hydraulic MTS machine. Experimental observations indicate that glass/epoxy nanocomposites containing organoclay exhibit higher transverse compressive strength than conventional composites. Furthermore, the failure mechanisms for all tested specimens were found to be fiber and matrix debonding. Therefore, results indicate that the increasing characteristic in transverse failure stress may be ascribed to the enhanced fiber/matrix adhesion modified by the organoclay.Journal of Materials Science 11/2006; 41(22):7406-7412. · 2.31 Impact Factor
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