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New Materials for Biosensor Construction

Rock Masses as Construction Materials

A rock mass is a material quite different from other structural materials used in civil engineering. It is heterogeneous and quite often discontinuous, but is one of the materials in the earth's crust, which is most used in man's construction. Ideally, a rock mass is composed of a system of rock blocks and fragments separated by discontinuities forming a material in which all elements behave in...

Construction Methods and Building Materials

Today visitors often approach the massive pyramids, temples, and obelisks of the ancient Egyptians with wonder and disbelief. The huge blocks of stone used to create these architectural masterpieces were quarried and moved without the aid of modern technologies, and it is diffi cult for us to imagine how such feats of engineering could be accomplished without the aid of cranes, bulldozers, truc...

Interactive Knowledge Based Construction and Maintenance

Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Science and Technology Park, Vassilika Vouton, P.O. Box 1385, GR-71110, Heraklion, Greece; e-mail: [email protected] Pediatric Clinic, University Hospital, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Department of Production and Management Engineering, Technical University of Crete,...