The incidence of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) increases gradually with age, resulting in different degrees pain for patients, even possible neurological damage and deformity, which can seriously affect their quality life. Vertebral augmentation plays an important role the surgical treatment OVCFs. As most widely used bone cement material, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) o...

an application of aerated concret (foam concrete) was experimentally studied. in this study the compressive strength of the proposed concrete was measured the effect of parameters such as aggregate size of broken stone, quantity of cement and various densities were exprementally studies, and the best mixture was select.these prepared mixtures are practically useful to optimize the consumption o...

Abstract: The aim of the present investigation is to study the physical and mechanical characteristics of dental-filling spherical high-copper and silver amalgams and to compare them with a common high-copper domestic unicompositional amalgam. In this study, cylindrical specimens were mechanically condensed according to the ISO 1559:1986 Standard in order to measure the compressive strength, Vi...

To better understand the biomechanical mechanisms underlying the association between hyperkyphosis of the thoracic spine and risk of vertebral fracture and other degenerative spinal pathology, we used a previously validated musculoskeletal model of the spine to determine how thoracic kyphosis angle and spinal posture affect vertebral compressive loading. We simulated an age-related increase in ...

The paper deals with the application of combined nondestructive method for assessment of compressive strength of calcium silicate bricks. In this case, it is a combination of the rebound hammer method and ultrasonic pulse method. Calibration relationships for determining compressive strength of calcium silicate bricks obtained from nondestructive parameter testing for the combined method as wel...

Tensegrity is a light weight deployable structure that is composed of compressive and tensile members. However, the compressive members, which are made of common metallic structural materials, are not mass-efficient. In this paper, we replace the compressive member with “self-similar” tensegrity structure that has same strength but less mass. We start with a non-tensegrity structure called C4T ...

OBJECTIVES Recently, it was shown that NanoMTA improved the setting time and promoted a better hydration process which prevents washout and the dislodgment of this novel biomaterial in comparison with WTMA. This study analyzed the compressive strength of ProRoot WMTA (Dentsply), a NanoWMTA (Kamal Asgar Research Center), and Bioaggregate (Innovative Bioceramix) after its exposure to a range of e...

In this research the effects of adding silica and alumina nanoparticles on flow ability and compressive strength of cementitious composites based on Portland cement were investigated. In the first stage, the rheological behavior of different samples containing nanosilica, nanoalumina and polypropylene, polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene fibers were evaluated. With increasing of nanoparticles in...

The main idea of the presented work is to examine the effect of adding industrial waste in the form of Gray Cast iron (GCI) and Ductile Cast Iron (DCI) from the casting industry in the concrete mix. GCI and DCI turnings were used as a partial replacement material for the usual fine aggregates to study the effect on compressive strength and flexural strength of the mix. Partial replacement of fi...