UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Total contact casting is regarded as the gold standard treatment for plantar foot ulcers. Load transfer from the plantar surface of the foot to the walls of the total contact cast has previously been assessed indirectly. The aim of this proof of concept study was to determine the feasibility of a new method to directly measure the load between the cast wall and the lowe...

In order to study the elastic–plastic stress field distribution of a double-row-pipe frozen wall, temperature wall is equivalent trapezoidal distribution, and regarded as an thick-walled cylinder with functionally gradient material (FGM) characteristics in radial direction. Considering that elastic modulus cohesion change linearly radius, analysis carried out based on unified strength theory. T...

Experiments to determine the horizontal static bearing capacity are carried out first. The static bearing capacity is a reference for choosing the amplitudes of dynamic load. Then a series of experiments under dynamic horizontal load are carried out in laboratory to study the influences of factors, such as the scales of bucket, the amplitude and frequency of load, the density of soils etc.. The...

This paper aims to show the application of site-specific response spectra in analysis buildings that are supported by lightly reinforced precast concrete walls. Previous surveys on load-bearing walls multi-storey low-to-moderate seismic regions have found many existing with a connection reinforcement ratio less than wall ratio. When these subjected reversed cyclic loads, lateral is typically co...

UNLABELLED Implant-supported screw-retained fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) produced by CAD/ CAM have been introduced in recent years for the rehabilitation of partial or total endentulous jaws. However, there is a lack of data about the long-term mechanical characteristics. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the failure mode and the influence of extended cyclic mechanical load...

The influence of the pore structure characteristics in open-porous cellular materials on their macroscopic elastic behaviour is investigated by considering three important microstructural features viz. relative density, pore-size distribution, and pore-wall thickness. To this end, a microstructure-informed modelling approach presented, where all elements three-dimensional (3-d) can be controlle...

Abstract The steel frame with portal plate shear wall unit presented here is a new structure by assembling the into through bolt connection. For study of resistance and bearing capacity structure, it necessary to conduct experimental research. Three specimens are made here, two geometric shapes case setting stiffeners not considered respectively. concentrated lateral load applied in test displa...

The current study examines the use of oil palm fibre ash (OPFA) and rice husk (RHA) mixture in treatment A-6 Makurdi clay for burnt brick production. results show that compressive strength 9.4 MN/m2 untreated increased to 10.86 2%OPFA+2%RHA treated brick. corresponding water absorption 14.9% 16.2% value is greater than 10.3 MN/m^2 which minimum negligible weather (NW) conditions. less 17%, 22% ...

Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is an environmentally friendly building material. This paper investigates the mechanical behavior of recycled aggregate concrete filled steel tube (RACFST) columns exposed to fire. Two groups of 12 columns were designed and tested, under axial compression, before and after fire, to evaluate the degradation of bearing capacity due to fire exposure. Six specimens...