The aim of this study was to evaluate the fracture load and failure mode of all-ceramic crowns with different ceria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia/alumina nanocomposite (Ce-TZP/A) framework designs. Four frameworks (anatomical shape: AS, with a buccal or lingual supporting structure: BS and LS, or buccal and lingual supporting structures: BLS) were fabricated. All frameworks were veneered with ...

introduction: the restoration of endodontically treated teeth is a topic that has been studied extensively but it is still a challenge for dental practitioners. the aim of this study was to evaluate fracture resistance, fracture patterns and fracture location of endodontically treated human maxillary premolars restored with direct and indirect composite resin and ceramic restoration. methods: e...

BACKGROUND Clinicians use various clinical reasoning tools such as Ishikawa diagram to enhance their clinical experience and reasoning skills. Failure mode and effects analysis, which is an engineering methodology in origin, can be modified and applied to provide inputs into an Ishikawa diagram. METHOD The human biliary system is used to illustrate a modified failure mode and effects analysis...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intra-canal calcium hydroxide (ch) remnants after ultrasonic irrigation and hand file removal on the push out bond strength of ah-26 and endosequence bioceramic sealer (bc sealer). methods and materials: a total of 102 single-rooted extracted human teeth were used in this study. after root canal preparation up to 35/0.04 mtwo rot...

We describe Fibres of Failure (FIFA), a method to classify failure modes of predictive processes using the MAPPER algorithm from Topological Data Analysis. Our method uses MAPPER to build a graph model of input data stratified by prediction error. Groupings found in high-error regions of the MAPPER model then provide distinct failure modes of the predictive process. We demonstrate FIFA on miscl...

Failure maps of sandwich panels such as beam, plate and shell are of great importance in designing such structures. In this paper, failure maps of sandwich beams with composite skin and honeycomb core are obtained. The effect of transverse shear in skins and core and the effect of double walls of honeycomb core have been taken into account. Shear deformation of skins and core are assumed to be ...

This paper reports results from an investigation into the suction caissons failure mechanisms under vertical pull-out loads. An insight to the failure mechanisms of suction caissons paves the path for developing analytical solutions to their pull-out capacity. The numerical models of suction caissons have first been calibrated by and verified against several experimental data from other researc...

Adequate rebar-concrete bonding is crucial to ensure the reliable performance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Many factors such as properties, cover depth, transverse reinforcement, and presence corrosion will affect bond behavior, consequently, structural performance. While many prior studies have focused on influence aforementioned strength, impact these failure mode has not been thor...