Natural fibers are gaining the interest of scientist and engineering in packaging, low cost housing and other general applications. In the present study, adhesive tensile and moisture absorption properties of randomly distributed areca fibre and maize powder reinforced urea formaldehyde composites has been investigated. Composites were prepared by hydraulic hot press at 150C and 100 bar pressur...

Concrete is an inhomogeneous building material. It has a considerable and reliable compressive strength relative low tensile which can be even exhausted locally under unfortunate conditions. quite obvious that the concrete was always reprehended as most unreliable property. A simple relationship between tensile- introduced. The mechanical background of relation to in case ‘normal’ high concrete...

N-methylol compounds, such as dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU), are the most commonly used durable press finishing agents for cotton fabrics. Polyfunctional carboxylic acids are becoming important as non-formaldehyde replacements for these N-methylol reactants. The use of both chemistries has been shown to cause an irreversible reduction in the physical properties of finished fabric, be...

The microstructure and tensile properties of Ti-6Al-6V-2Sn alloy heat-treated at different solution aging temperatures has been systematically investigated. Specimens were solution-treated 970 °C (above the β transus) 920 (below transus), respectively, followed by water quenching. When is quenched from °C, α’ (hcp) α˝ (orthorhombic) martensite phases co-exist in microstructure. it α´ phase does...