Marine sediments around urban areas serve as catch basins for anthropogenic particles containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Using incubations with gut fluids extracted from a deposit-feeding polychaete (Arenicola marina), we determined the digestive bioavailability of PAHs from fly ashes, coal dusts, diesel soots, tire tread materials, and urban particulates. We found that gut flu...

Tires are a key sub-system of vehicles that have a big responsibility for comfort, fuel consumption and traffic safety. However, current tires are just passive rubber elements which do not contribute actively to improve the driving experience or vehicle safety. The lack of information from the tire during driving gives cause for developing an intelligent tire. Therefore, the aim of the intellig...

The natural frequencies and mode shapes of pneumatic tires are predicted using a geometrically accurate, three-dimensional finite element modeling. Tire rubber materials and cord layers are represented independently using “shell element” available in COSMOS. The effects of some physical parameters such as the inflation pressure tread pattern, thickness of belts and ply angles to the natural ...

Pyrolysis(pyr)-GC/MS analysis of characteristic thermal decomposition fragments has been previously used for qualitative fingerprinting of organic sources in environmental samples. A quantitative pyr-GC/MS method based on characteristic tire polymer pyrolysis products was developed for tread particle quantification in environmental matrices including soil, sediment, and air. The feasibility of ...

One of the great enemies of rubber compounds is heat. Heat will cause chemical and physical degradation of vulcanized rubber as well as a considerable loss in its strength. A major source of heat generation in a tire is due to internal friction resulting from the viscoelastic deformation of the tire as it rolls along the road. Another source of heat generation in a tire is due to its contact fr...

this research work is devoted to the investigation on the use of silica on the fatigue-to-failure property of a tire tread compound. a reference compound was frst designed in which 60 phr carbon black was used as the reinforcing fller. while keeping the total of fller content to be constant as 60 phr, three additional compounds with 5, 10 and 20 phr silica were then manufactured. the classical ...

Magnetic fields emanate from radial tires due to the presence of reinforcing belts which are made of magnetized steel wire. When these tires spin, they generate alternating magnetic fields of extremely low frequency (ELF), usually below 20 Hz. The fundamental frequency of these fields is determined by tire rotation rate and has a sinusoidal waveform with a high harmonic content. The static fiel...

A finite element modeling of tire using Ansys is used to analyze the free vibration of radial pneumatic tires. The natural frequencies and mode shapes of pneumatic tires are investigated. The effects of some parameters such inflation pressure, tread pattern, ply-angles and thickness of belts on the natural frequency of tires are investigated. Keywords— natural frequency, inflation pressure, tre...

The application of Leuco Crystal Violet (LCV) for the enhancement of footwear and fingerprint impression evidence was first utilized in the FBI Laboratory in late 1993, after learning from Mr. John F. Fischer (1) of the formulation of this reagent. Mr. Fischer subsequently made a presentation on this topic at the International Symposium on Footwear and Tire Tread Impression Evidence at the FBI ...