One of a feasible and efficient method to retrofit structures is spraying shotcrete which is widely applied around the world. Shotcrete is concrete with fine aggregates which are sprayed through a hose and by air pressure coat at high velocity onto a surface. In the current research, three masonry schools from different regions of Iran are selected. The retrofitted wall surfaces have been prepa...

The tensile strength of rocks plays a noteworthy role in their failure mechanism, and its determination can be beneficial in optimizing the design of the rock structures. Schistose rocks due to their inherent anisotropy in different foliation directions show a diverse strength at each direction. The purpose of this work was to compare and assess the tensile strength of phyllite, which was obtai...

The influence of including 20% whole corn, differing in grain hardness, on the performance, nutrient utilization and gut characteristics of broiler starters was investigated. The experimental design was a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments evaluating corn hardness (hard, semi hard or soft) with diets based on ground corn or 20% of ground corn replaced by whole corn. The 3 corn cultivars ...

We establish a generic theoretical tool to construct probabilistic bounds for algorithms where the output is a subset of objects from an initial pool of candidates (or more generally, a probability distribution on said pool). This general device, dubbed “Occam’s hammer”, acts as a meta layer when a probabilistic bound is already known on the objects of the pool taken individually, and aims at c...

‎for any group $g$‎, ‎we define an equivalence relation $thicksim$ as below‎: ‎[forall g‎, ‎h in g gthicksim h longleftrightarrow |g|=|h|]‎ ‎the set of sizes of equivalence classes with respect to this relation is called the same-order type of $g$ and denote by $alpha{(g)}$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we give a partial answer to a conjecture raised by shen‎. ‎in fact‎, ‎we show that if $g$ is a nilpote...

Dynamic Pressure rise or fall in all kinds of pipelines due to the operation valve which are transmitting fluids very much essential part consider design pipeline. This paper presents how calculate these dynamic pressure waves while designing pipelines.

Fibers have been considered an effective material that was used to improve the concrete's weak properties, namely its tensile strength, ductility, and crack resistance. Thus, current study highlights two major objective, former is fibers shapes types on mechanical properties of fresh hardened concrete while latter explores impact fiber contents developments. To achieve these targets six (five t...

Abstract Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) is a key indicator of the mechanical properties rock, particularly in diagnostic and restoration phases when stones are employed as construction material. In historical buildings, it important to determine UCS values without utilizing tests that involve destructive rock sampling. To estimate UCS, non-destructive techniques, such ultrasonic pulse velo...

The input admittance at the bridge, measured by hammer testing, is often regarded as the most useful and convenient measurement of the vibrational behavior of a bowed string instrument. However, this method has been questioned, due especially to differences between human bowing and hammer impact. The goal of the research presented here is to investigate the reliability and accuracy of this clas...