Manufacture and deployment of a composite personal belongings carrier for the homeless community - Phase II

为无家可归者社区制造和部署复合个人物品载体 - 第二阶段

• 批准号: 507277-2017
• 负责人: SadeghzadehMilani, Abbas
• 金额: $ 0.73万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Plus Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=640348
• 关键词: Manufacture; deployment; composite; personal; belongings

A recent national report by the Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) and the Canadian Allianceto End Homelessness showed that nearly 30,000 Canadians are homeless every night. Despite periodic successin addressing homelessness problem, little progress has been made toward more permanent and sustainablesolution. To assist in moving toward the latter solution, the Metro Community in the Okanagan region incollaboration with several other parties, including Waterplay Solutions Corp as a leading local manufacture,the University of British Columbia-Okanagan Campus, City of Kelowna RCMP, and members from homelesscommunity has initiated a unique initiative to design and manufacture a Personal Belongings Carrier (PBC)which will be a secure and mobile structure providing an alternative to open public spaces or shopping carts forthe homeless to manage their personal belongings. Ultimately, the introduction of this engineering product isintended to foster an increased sense of security for the homeless and provide them with an opportunity to storetheir belongings, while managing other aspects of their lives. As the first phase of the above collaborativeindustry-university-community initiative, the university team and Waterplay Solutions Corp through thisNSERC project will assess the glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) as a promising candidate material type forthe PBC product, owing to its light weights, high mechanical properties, manufacturability, and durability.More specifically, through an advanced multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach an optimum GFRPlaminate is desired which can meet all design requirements for the PBC, including resistance to naturalweathering variations. The main factors to be considered during laminate selection will include the polymermatrix material/cure kinetics, fibre volume fraction, laminate lay-up, and hygrothermal performance. Next toits exclusive contribution to the PBC initiative, the knowledge to be gained from this research is expected toresults in best-practice guidelines for other Canadian manufacturers as to how different GFRP laminates wouldscore against environmental durability criteria for outdoor applications.

加拿大无家可归研究网络 (CHRN) 和加拿大终结无家可归联盟最近发布的一份全国报告显示，每晚有近 30,000 名加拿大人无家可归。尽管在解决无家可归问题方面取得了阶段性的成功，但在更持久和可持续的解决方案方面却几乎没有取得任何进展。为了协助实现后一种解决方案，奥肯那根地区的 Metro Community 与其他几方合作，包括当地领先制造商 Waterplay Solutions Corp、不列颠哥伦比亚大学奥肯那根校区、基洛纳市皇家骑警以及无家可归者社区的成员发起了一项独特的举措，设计和制造个人物品载体（PBC），这将是一种安全的移动结构，为无家可归者提供开放公共空间或购物车的替代方案来管理他们的个人物品。最终，该工程产品的推出旨在增强无家可归者的安全感，并为他们提供存储物品的机会，同时管理他们生活的其他方面。作为上述产学研合作倡议的第一阶段，大学团队和 Waterplay Solutions Corp 通过该 NSERC 项目将评估玻璃纤维增​​强塑料 (GFRP) 作为 PBC 产品的一种有前途的候选材料类型，因为它重量轻，高机械性能、可制造性和耐用性。更具体地说，通过先进的多标准决策 (MCDM) 方法，需要一种最佳的 GFRP 层压板，它可以满足 PBC 的所有设计要求，包括对自然风化变化的抵抗力。选择层压板时要考虑的主要因素包括聚合物基体材料/固化动力学、纤维体积分数、层压板铺层和湿热性能。除了对 PBC 计划的独家贡献之外，从这项研究中获得的知识预计将为其他加拿大制造商提供最佳实践指南，了解不同的 GFRP 层压板如何符合户外应用的环境耐久性标准。