Load on Bicycle Frame During Cycling with Different Speeds and Gestures

Experiment and dynamic simulation were combined to obtain the loads on bicycle frame. A dynamic model of body-bicycle system was built in ADAMS. Then the body gestures under different riding conditions were captured by a motion analysis system. Dynamic simulation was carried out after the data of body motions were input into the simulation system in ADAMS and a series of loads that the body applied on head tube, seat pillar and bottom bracket were obtained. The results show that the loads on frame and their distribution are apparently different under various riding conditions. Finally, finite element analysis was done in ANSYS, which showed that the stress and its distribution on frame were apparently different when the frame was loaded according to the bicycle testing standard and simulation respectively. An efficient way to obtain load on bicycle frame accurately was proposed, which is significant for the safety of cycling and will also be the basis for the bicycle design of digitalization, lightening and customization.

SYSTHESIS OF DOUBLE-HYDROPHILIC CORE-SHELL TYPE MULTIARM STAR COPOLYMER POLYETHYLENIMINE-block-POLY(2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE)

Multiarm star block copolymers hyperbranched polyethylenimine-b-poly（2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate） （HPEI-b- PHEMA） with average 28 PHEMA arms have been prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization （ATRP） of HEMA in a mixed solvent of methanol and water using a core-first strategy. The hyperbranched macroinitiator employed was prepared on the basis of well-defined hyperbranched polyethylenimine with Mw/Mn of 1.04 by amidation with 2-bromo-isobutyryl bromide. The polymerization condition was optimized to prepare star copolymers with narrow dispersity, and the variables included the volume ratio of methanol to water, the molar ratio of initiating site to CuC1 and the molar ratio of [CuCl]：[CuBr2]. Under the optimized polymerization condition, the lowest Mw/Mn value of the obtained star copolymers was around 1.3. Kinetic analysis showed that an induction period existed in the polymerization of HEMA. After this induction period, a linear dependence of ln（[M]0/[M]t） on time was observed. The obtained HPEI-b-PHEMA could adsorb hydrophilic molecules. The comparison with the star copolymer with hydrophobic core and hydrophilic PHEMA shell verified that both the hydrophilic core and shell could host the hydrophilic guests, but the amidated HPEI core was more effective than the PHEMA shell.

Multiarm Star Poly(ε-caprolactone) with Hyperbranched Polyamidoamine as Core Capable of Selective Accommodating Cationic or Anionic Guests

Hyperbranched polyamidoamines （HPAs） were directly employed as macroinitiators to initiate the Sn（Oct）2 catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone （CL）, resulting in multiarm star copolymers with poly（6- caprolactone） （PCL） as shells and HPA as core （HPA-b-PCL）. From 1H-NMR characterization it was deduced that both the primary amines and the secondary amide groups of HPAs could initiate the CL polymerization, and the initiation efficiency increased when more CL monomers were fed. The average arm-numbers of the obtained stars were in the range of 115-353. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements demonstrated that the melting and crystallization temperatures, fusion and crystallization enthalpy and the degree of crystallinity of the star polymers increased as the PCL arm length increased. HPA- b-PCL stars could be used as nanocarriers to efficiently accommodate anionic dyes at acidic condition, while load cationic dyes at basic condition. Compared with the dye-loading behavior of multiarrn star PCL with the neutral hyperbranched polyglycerol as core, it was deduced that HPA-b-PCL nanocarriers accommodated anionic dyes using the HPA core, while loaded cationic dyes using both the HPA core and the PCL shell. Dynamic light scattering analyses also supported such deduction. Furthermore, HPA-b-PCL nanocarriers could selectively load the anionic Eosin Y or the cationic methylene blue from their mixture at pH = 6 or 9, respectively, realizing their separation.

Separation of gibberellic acid (GA3) by macroporous adsorption resins

The adsorption effects of several macroporousadsorption resins for gibberellic acid (GA3) were investigated.The dynamic adsorption capacity is 58.38 mg/g drybeads for resin R4 and 96.46 mg/g dry beads for resin R5which is consistent with the surface area. Aqueous methanol(50%, V/V) is a good eluent and the yield of GA3 isabove 95%. The concentration of GA3 could increase fivefoldafter an adsorption-elution cycle and this is importantwhen considering further crystallization of GA3 in anindustrial process.