This paper presents the experimental results of the investigation of various properties related to the durability and longterm performance of mortars made of Fly Ash blended cement, FA and Ordinary Portland cement, OPC. The properties that were investigated in an experimental program include; equilibration of specimen in different relative humidity, determination of total porosity, compressive ...

We investigated the fabrication of highly porous scaffolds made of three different materials [poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) polymer, an ultra-short single-walled carbon nanotube (US-tube) nanocomposite, and a dodecylated US-tube (F-US-tube) nanocomposite] in order to evaluate the effects of material composition and porosity on scaffold pore structure, mechanical properties, and marrow stromal ...

Ultrasonic-assisted tungsten inert gas welding was carried out on a thin plate of 2195 Al-Li alloy, and the characteristics of the weld pores were analyzed in terms of their size and porosity. The effects of welding speed and ultrasonic power on the porosity and size of the pores were investigated. The pores were found to occur primarily adjacent to the surface of the weld. The porosity decreas...

* Correspondence: mathwy@hit. edu.cn Department of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People’s Republic of China Abstract In this paper, we introduce the obstacle problem about the nonhomogeneous A-harmonic equation. Then, we prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the nonhomogeneous A-harmonic equation and the obstacle problem.

This paper describes the development of a practical manipulator system. The manipulator requirements dictated by space exploration, the functional elements which meet those require­ ments, and the problems encountered in imple­ menting those requirements are discussed. The paper focuses primarily on the implemen­ tation of the functional elements and the real world problems encountered by the m...

This paper deals with the driving environment perception of cybercars from a vision system. The planification of the trajectory for an Autonomous Guided Vehicle requires to robustly segment the free space around the vehicle to manage an obstacle avoidance task. Opposite to the highways conditions, the urban environment still remains as the most complex environment due to the static scene can no...

The parabolic obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian naturally arises in American option models when the assets prices are driven by pure jump Lévy processes. In this paper we study the regularity of the free boundary. Our main result establishes that, when s > 12 , the free boundary is a C 1,α graph in x and t near any regular free boundary point (x0, t0) ∈ ∂{u > φ}. Furthermore, we als...

The roles of visual exteroception (information regarding environmental characteristics) and exproprioception (the relation of body segments to the environment) during gait adaptation are not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to determine how visual exteroception regarding obstacle characteristics provided during obstacle crossing modified foot elevation and placement with and with...

micromixers are one of the most crucial components of lab-on-a-chip devices with the intention of mixing and dispersion of reagents like small molecules and particles. the challenge facing micromixers is typically insufficient mixing efficiency in basic designs, which results in longer microchannels. therefore, it is desirable to increase mixing efficiency, in order to decrease mixing length, w...

INTRODUCTION The porosity of the fibrous capsule around a glaucoma drainage device (GDD) may be the most important functional attribute. The factors that determine capsular porosity are not well understood. Failed GDD surgeries are usually associated with thick impervious capsules and components of aqueous have been implicated in this process. PURPOSE In this study, we interrogated the effect...