The high performance concrete is a highly complex material that consists of cement, water, blast furnace slag, super-plasticizer, coarse and fine aggregate. All of the materials play a certain role in the compressive strength of concrete. Combined with the information about age, the compressive strength of concrete is determined by eight attributes: 1. Cement (kg/m!) 2. Fly ash (kg/m!) 3. Blast...

Vacuum brazing products have excellent joining quality, less deformation and fewer residual stresses. The vacuum brazing technique has significant effect on the microstructure and property of the aluminum brazed joint, but there is little discussion about the optimization of the process. This study investigates how different process parameters affect the tensile properties of 6061-T6 aluminum v...

The present work study flexural and tensile behavior of short Kenaf fiber reinforced composites. The fibers are chemically treated in 2% NaOH solution at room temperature. Short fibers of 4mm and 8 mm are used in the present work. The composite lamina is prepared by hand molding using isopthalic polyester resin. Flexural test and tension tests are carried out as per ASTM standards. The flexural...

It is known since the early days of molecular biology that proteins locate their specific targets on DNA up to two orders of magnitude faster than the Smoluchowski 3D diffusion rate. It was the idea due to Delbrück that they are non-specifically adsorbed on DNA, and sliding along DNA provides for the faster 1D search. Surprisingly, the role of DNA conformation was never considered in this conte...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of addition of zinc sulfate to conventional and resinmodified glass ionomer restorative materials. The samples were prepared by addition of zinc sulfate to glass ionomer at different concentrations. The samples were tested for fluoride, zinc and aluminum release at different time intervals. The antibacterial activity of the restorative materi...

Nine restrained T-beams were tested in a study of the negative moment region shear strength of lightly reinforced concrete T-beams. Variables included the longitudinal reinforcement ratio p, (0.47 percent and 0. 70 percent) and the nominal stirrup strength (0 to 84 psi [0 to 0.60 MPa]). The test results are compared with the shear provisions of "Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concret...

In an effort to achieve high mechanical performance and improved dimensional stability, densification combined with oil-heat treatment (OHT) was performed. In our previous study, OHT was successfully applied to densified veneer, which resulted in improved dimensional stability. In the present study, the impact of OHT on densified wood veneer hygroscopicity and mechanical properties was determin...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of loading rate on the micro-mechanical properties of oak (Quercus petraea) wood. Bending strength, modulus of elasticity in bending, compression strength parallel to the grain and tensile strength parallel to the grain were determined using microsized test samples. Three different loading rates were used for each test. The first loading rates...

Dispersive soils which occur in many parts of the world are easily erodible and segregate in water pose serious problems of stability of earth and earth retaining structures. The mechanism of dispersivity of soils is reasonably well understood. However there is simple method to identify the dispersivity of the soils and even more difficult to quantify the dispersivity. Visual classification, At...

Based on shear strength reduction finite element method, stability of retaining wall with relieving plate has been analyzed. Due to the structure character of retaining wall with relieving plate, it can be found that fracture surface could hardly cross the triangle area of between lower wall and soleplate, between upper wall and relieving plate, so the second fractured surface occurred at there...