objective: successful bonding of a dental implant to bone, which was referred to as osseointegration by branemark has been well documented. however, long-term prognosis of an implant depends on adequate maintenance and long-term care. an effective maintenance program is required to preserve the health of peri-implant tissues. several techniques have been suggested for this purpose but it is not...

Article history: Received 17 May 2013 Accepted 6 August 2013 Available online 16 August 2013 Creep was studied in Haynes 230, a material candidate for the very high temperature reactor’s intermediate heat exchanger, at 800 C and 900 C. This study focused on the differences between the behavior at the two elevated temperature, and using the microstructure, grain boundary serrations and triple ju...

Abstract The wide range of gypsum facies observed all over the world and strong heterogeneity that may be present even within a single often cause an inhomogeneous mechanical response that, if neglected, particularly dangerous in framework underground excavations. In addition, is sensible to presence water. high relative humidity conditions registered quarries imply additional worsening propert...

The tensile creep behavior is extremely important in crack prediction and stress analysis of concrete. The main objective is investigating the effects of the silica fume on the tensile basic creep of early-aged concrete. The effect of silica fume on tensile creep was studied using lever-type tensile creep tester. Silica fume amount by weight of total cementing material was 0%, 5%, 10% and 15%. ...

For testing time-dependent material properties by nanoindentation, in particular for long-term creep or relaxation experiments, thermal drift influences on the displacement signal are of prime concern. To address this at room and elevated temperatures, we tested fused quartz at various contact depths at room temperature and ultra-fine grained (ufg) Au at various temperatures. We found that the ...

The deformation of structural alloys presents problems for power plants and aerospace applications due to the demand for elevated temperatures for higher efficiencies and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The materials used in such applications experience harsh environments which may lead to deformation and failure of critical components. To avoid such catastrophic failures and also incre...

Experimental data (Thornton et al., 1997) show that relaxation proceeds more rapidly (a greater slope on a log-log scale) than creep in ligament, a fact not explained by linear viscoelasticity. An interrelation between creep and relaxation is therefore developed for ligaments based on a single-integral nonlinear superposition model. This interrelation differs from the convolution relation obtai...

Compression creep tests were performed on the ternary 91.84Sn-3.33Ag-4.83Bi (wt.%, abbreviated Sn-Ag-Bi) Pb-free alloy. The test temperatures were: −25 °C, 25 °C, 75 °C, 125 °C, and 160 °C (± 0.5 °C). Four loads were used at the two lowest temperatures and five at the higher temperatures. The specimens were tested in the as-fabricated condition or after having been subjected to one of two air a...

Abstract Santa Pudia calcarenite was one of the most commonly used building materials in construction historical buildings city Granada (Spain). As a result, has been mainly studied from petrographical point view previous works. In this work, mechanical properties are studied. The main (compressive strength, elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio) were determined using corresponding tests. Samples...