Display device for the physical properties of composite materials

Abstract

This invention provides a composite material property display device that allows for the confirmation of formulation information when evaluating the physical properties of composite materials. [Solution] A composite material property display device 1 that displays the physical properties of a composite material composed of multiple materials, comprising a display processing unit 22 that displays a graph 41 representing the physical properties of the composite material on a display unit 4, the graph 41 having two or more coordinate axes and configured to represent the physical properties of the composite material by the coordinates of plot points 411, the plot points 411 graphically displaying the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material.

Description

[[Technical Field]]

[0001] The present invention relates to a physical property display device for composite materials. [[Background Art]]

[0002] When evaluating physical properties of a composite material composed of a plurality of materials, evaluation using a graph is generally performed. For example, in order to evaluate the deviation between an actually measured value of physical properties actually measured for the composite material and a predicted value of physical properties obtained by predicting the physical properties of the composite material from blending information of the composite material, evaluation is performed using a graph in which one of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis represents the predicted physical property value and the other represents the actually measured physical property value. In addition, for example, evaluation is also performed in which actually measured values of two actually measured physical properties (for example, tensile strength and elongation) are graphed with the vertical axis and the horizontal axis to grasp the relationship between the two physical properties.

[0003] Note that, as prior art document information related to the invention of this application, there is Patent Document 1. [[Prior Art Documents]] [[Patent Documents]]

[0004] [[Patent Document 1]] Japanese Patent No. 7571917 [[Summary of the Invention]] [[Problem to be Solved by the Invention]]

[0005] By the way, there are cases where it is desired to check the blending information of the materials constituting the composite material for an arbitrary plot point, for example, when there is a plot point that deviates from the overall tendency in the above graph. However, the above-mentioned graphs conventionally used for evaluating physical properties do not include blending information of the materials constituting the composite material, so it is necessary to perform work such as collating with a blending table in a separate file, which has the problem of being time-consuming. In particular, when it is desired to check material blending information for a plurality of plot points, it takes extremely much time and effort, so improvement has been demanded.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a composite material property display device that allows confirmation of formulation information when evaluating the physical properties of composite materials. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] The present invention aims to solve the above problems and provides a composite material property display device that displays the physical properties of a composite material composed of multiple materials, comprising a display processing unit that displays a graph representing the physical properties of the composite material on a display unit, wherein the graph has two or more coordinate axes and is configured to represent the physical properties of the composite material by the coordinates of the plotted points, and the plotted points graphically display the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a composite material property display device that allows confirmation of formulation information when evaluating the physical properties of composite materials. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0009] [Figure 1] This is a schematic diagram of a physical property display device for composite materials according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] This figure shows an example of a physical properties display screen. [Figure 3] (a) and (b) are diagrams showing variations of the graph. [Figure 4] This flowchart shows the control flow for a composite material property display device. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0010] [Embodiment] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0011] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the composite material property display device 1 according to this embodiment. The composite material property display device 1 is a device that displays the properties of the composite material on a display unit 4.

[0012] Here, a composite material is composed of a combination of multiple types of materials, such as polymers, fillers (flame retardants, etc.), and additives (plasticizers, etc.), and is an example of a wire sheathing material. In this embodiment, the physical properties of the composite material to be displayed are tensile strength and elongation. However, the physical properties of the composite material to be displayed may also be the residual elongation or tensile strength after a predetermined load test (for example, the residual elongation or tensile strength after an oil resistance test or a heat resistance test), and may be physical properties other than tensile strength or elongation. Hereafter, when simply referred to as "material," it means the materials that constitute the composite material. Also, when simply referred to as "physical properties," it means the physical properties of the composite material.

[0013] As shown in Figure 1, the composite material property display device 1 has a control unit 2 and a storage unit 3. The composite material property display device 1 is composed of a computer such as a personal computer or server device, and includes arithmetic elements such as a CPU, memory such as RAM or ROM, storage devices such as a hard disk, a communication interface such as a LAN card, software, etc.

[0014] The control unit 2 includes a setting processing unit 21 and a display processing unit 22. These setting processing unit 21 and display processing unit 22 are implemented by appropriately combining the above-mentioned arithmetic elements, memory, storage device, communication interface, software, etc. Details of each part will be described later. The storage unit 3 is implemented by predetermined storage areas of memory and storage devices.

[0015] Furthermore, the composite material property display device 1 includes a display unit 4 and an input device 5. The display unit 4 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and the input device 5 is, for example, a keyboard or mouse. The display unit 4 may be configured as a touch panel, and the display unit 4 may also function as the input device 5. Alternatively, the display unit 4 and the input device 5 may be configured separately from the composite material property display device 1 and be configured to communicate with each other via wireless communication or the like. In this case, the display unit 4 or the input device 5 may be a mobile terminal such as a tablet or smartphone.

[0016] (Setting processing unit 21) The setting processing unit 21 performs setting processing to perform various settings, such as setting the display processing described later. More specifically, in the setting processing, it first identifies the physical property data 31, which is a database containing the physical properties to be displayed. When identifying the physical property data 31, for example, the file name of the physical property data 31 is set. The physical property data 31 is stored in the storage unit 3 in advance.

[0017] Furthermore, the setting process configures the graph 41 (see Figure 2) to be displayed in the display process. Various settings are configured for the graph 41, including setting the physical properties to be set on the vertical and horizontal axes, setting the color of each material displayed in the formulation information of the plot points 411, setting the size of the plot points 411, and setting whether or not to enlarge the display when the pointer 42 is hovered over the plot points 411. The settings made during the setting process are stored in the storage unit 3 as setting data 32.

[0018] (Display processing unit 22) The display processing unit 22 performs display processing to display a graph 41 representing the physical properties of the composite material on the display unit 4. An example of the physical property display screen 40 displayed on the display unit 4 during the display processing is shown in Figure 2.

[0019] As shown in Figure 2, Graph 41 has two or more coordinate axes and is configured to represent the physical properties of the composite material by the coordinates of the plotted points 411. Here, each plotted point 411 has a center point 411a at its center, and the physical properties of the composite material are represented by the coordinates of this center point 411a.

[0020] Furthermore, in Graph 41, the plot point 411 displays the formulation information of the materials constituting the composite material in a graphical representation. It is preferable that the plot point 411 indicates the formulation information of the materials constituting the composite material by an area ratio within a predetermined display area. In the present embodiment, the plot point 411 displays the formulation information of the materials constituting the composite material as a pie chart. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and as shown in FIG. 3(a), for example, the plot point 411 may be configured to display the formulation information of the materials constituting the composite material as a bar graph.

[0021] It is preferable that the pie chart (or bar graph) of the plot point 411 is displayed with color coding for each material. Furthermore, it is more preferable that materials of the same type are set to colors of the same family. For example, a color setting may be adopted such that polymers are in shades of red, and flame retardants are in shades of blue.

[0022] With this configuration, it becomes easier to grasp the material formulation information. In composite materials, the properties of materials that account for a large proportion are likely to be reflected. For example, in a halogen-free composite material imparted with flame retardancy, the blending ratio of flame retardants (fillers) such as magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide may account for more than half of the total. For example, when magnesium hydroxide is displayed in blue, at the plot point 411 where magnesium hydroxide is used as a flame retardant, more than half of the pie chart will be displayed in blue. Therefore, at the plot point 411, it can be recognized at a glance that a large amount of magnesium hydroxide is used.

[0023] In addition, since composite materials using materials of the same family often have similar physical property values, plot points 411 of pie charts with the same color tone tend to be arranged close to each other on the graph 41. Therefore, by looking at the graph 41, it becomes easier to grasp the tendency of how physical properties change depending on the material composition of the composite material. Note that in FIG. 2, differences in color are represented by differences in hatching.

[0024] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the display processing unit 22 is configured to display an enlarged display screen 43 of the plotted point 411 when the pointer 42 operated by an input device 5 such as a mouse is placed over the plotted point 411. In the enlarged display screen 43, the pie chart is enlarged and the names and proportions of the materials are displayed, as well as the values ​​of the physical properties. This configuration makes it easy to check detailed composition information and physical property values ​​for each plotted point 411.

[0025] Here, we have described the case where graph 41 has two coordinate axes, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, but this can also be applied to graphs with, for example, three coordinate axes. Furthermore, Figure 2 describes graph 41 in which the vertical and horizontal axes are set to different physical properties, with elongation on the vertical axis and tensile strength on the horizontal axis, but this is not limited to this, and physical properties other than elongation and tensile strength may be set on the vertical and horizontal axes of graph 41. In addition, for example, a pull-down menu or similar may be provided to allow the user to select the physical properties to be set on the vertical and horizontal axes.

[0026] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 3(b), a graph 41 may be displayed in which one of the vertical and horizontal axes represents the measured value of a predetermined physical property, and the other represents the predicted value of that predetermined physical property. By using the graph 41 in Figure 3(b), the discrepancy between the measured value and the predicted value of the physical property can be evaluated.

[0027] (Control flow) Figure 4 is a flowchart showing the control flow of the composite material property display device 1. As shown in Figure 4, first, in step S1, a setting process is performed. In the setting process, the setting processing unit 21 performs various settings necessary for the display process, such as setting the file name of the property data 31 to be displayed, setting the vertical and horizontal axes of the graph 41, and setting the display of plot points 411. The contents of the settings performed in the setting process are stored in the storage unit 3 as setting data 32.

[0028] Subsequently, in step S2, a display process is performed. In the display process, the display processing unit 22 displays the physical properties display screen 40 shown in Figure 2 on the display unit 4 based on the settings of the setting data 32. The physical properties display screen 40 displays a graph 41 representing the physical properties of the composite material. In the graph 41, the plotted points 411 show the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material in a graphical representation (a pie chart in the example of Figure 2). After that, the process ends.

[0029] (Operation and Effects of the Embodiment) As described above, the composite material property display device 1 according to this embodiment includes a display processing unit 22 that displays a graph 41 representing the properties of the composite material on a display unit 4. The graph 41 has two or more coordinate axes and is configured to represent the properties of the composite material by the coordinates of the plotted points 411. The plotted points 411 graphically display the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material.

[0030] By configuring it in this way, the formulation information for each plot point 411 on the graph 41 showing the physical properties is visualized, so that the formulation information can be checked when evaluating the physical properties of the composite material, and the trends in physical properties for each formulation can be easily grasped. As a result, when you want to check the formulation information for any plot point 411, it is no longer necessary to perform tasks such as cross-referencing with a formulation table in a separate file, as in the past, and the process of checking the formulation information can be greatly simplified.

[0031] (modified version) In the above embodiment, different colors were assigned to all the materials constituting the composite material. However, this is not limited to this, and for example, it is also possible to assign a color only to the material that the user wants to draw attention to, while keeping the other materials the same color or colorless, thereby highlighting only the specific material. Such color settings for each material can be performed through a setting process.

[0032] (Summary of the embodiments) Next, the technical concept understood from the embodiments described above will be described using the reference numerals and other symbols from the embodiments. However, the reference numerals and other symbols in the following description are not limited to the components in the claims that are specifically shown in the embodiments.

[0033] [1] A composite material property display device (1) for displaying the physical properties of a composite material composed of multiple materials, comprising a display processing unit (22) that displays a graph (41) representing the physical properties of the composite material on a display unit (4), wherein the graph (41) has two or more coordinate axes and is configured to represent the physical properties of the composite material by the coordinates of plot points (411), and the plot points (411) graphically display the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material.

[0034] [2] The plot points (411) indicate the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material based on the area ratio within a predetermined display area, as described in [1] (1).

[0035] [3] The composite material property display device (1) according to [2], wherein the plot points (411) display the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material in a pie chart or bar graph.

[0036] [4] The pie chart or bar chart is displayed in different colors for each material, and is a physical property display device (1) for composite materials as described in [3].

[0037] [5] The graph (41) has two coordinate axes, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, and the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are set to different physical properties, the physical property display device (1) of the composite material according to [1].

[0038] [6] The graph (41) has two coordinate axes, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, wherein one of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis represents measured values ​​of a predetermined physical property and the other represents predicted values ​​of the predetermined physical property, the composite material property display device (1) as described in [1].

[0039] (Note) Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the embodiments described above do not limit the invention as defined in the claims. Furthermore, it should be noted that not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential for solving the problem of the invention. In addition, the present invention can be implemented with appropriate modifications without departing from its spirit. [Explanation of symbols]

[0040] 1…A display device for the physical properties of composite materials. 2…Control Unit 21…Setting Processing Unit 22…Display Processing Unit 3...Storage section 31…Material properties data 32…Setting data 4...Indicator 40…Physical property display screen 41...Graph 411...Plot point 5…Input device

Claims

1. A composite material property display device that displays the physical properties of a composite material composed of multiple materials, The system includes a display processing unit that displays a graph representing the physical properties of the composite material on a display device, The graph has two or more coordinate axes and is configured to represent the physical properties of the composite material by the coordinates of the plotted points. The plotted points graphically represent the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material. A display device for the physical properties of composite materials.

2. The plotted points indicate the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material based on the area ratio within a predetermined display area. A physical property display device for a composite material according to claim 1.

3. The plotted points display the composition information of the materials constituting the composite material as a pie chart or bar graph. A physical property display device for a composite material according to claim 2.

4. The aforementioned pie chart or bar graph is displayed with different colors for each material. A physical property display device for a composite material according to claim 3.

5. The graph has two coordinate axes, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, and the vertical axis and the horizontal axis are set to different physical properties. A physical property display device for a composite material according to claim 1.

6. The graph has two coordinate axes, a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, where one of the vertical and horizontal axes represents the measured value of a predetermined physical property, and the other represents the predicted value of the predetermined physical property. A physical property display device for a composite material according to claim 1.

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