3. Fibres and fabrics. Materials and their properties; the importance of textiles in daily life from bandages to car tyres; the principles behind textiles, dress and fashion (Nuffield Home Economics, 1983a,b,c). 4. People and homes. Homes as shelters and ways of meeting individual and family needs; the scientific principles underlying the effective and economic management of the home and its eq...

Objectives: To determine the strength and swelling behavior of black cotton soil (expansive soil) using a shredded rubber tyre as an additive. Methods: Series unconfined compressive California Bearing Ratio (CBR) tests were carried out on mixed with 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% tyres, results compared untreated samples. The study also investigated influence characteristics by performing pressure test. Find...

Since the 1897 report of Santessen, who observed aplastic anaemia among young women engaged in the manufacture of bicycle tyres in Sweden, and the report in the same year by LeNoir and Claude, who observed haemorrhaging in a young man engaged in a dry-cleaning operation in France, benzene has been known to be a powerful bone marrow poison. Similar reports of workers developing benzenerelated di...

The 20-40mm particle size of crushed aggregate and rubber aggregate showed 100% passing but river sand showed zero%. The 10 mm particle size of river sand showed 100% passing. Hydraulic conductivity ranges from 0.5 cm/sec (0.2 inches/sec) for compressed 10–38 mm (0.4–1.5 inches) shreds to more than 20 cm/sec (8 inches/sec) for 25–64 mm (1– 2.5 inches) loose shred. Thermal conductivity varies fr...

The increase in world population has led to a significant the numbers of cars and used tyres. These tyres must be disposed on an ongoing basis as result their consumption or deterioration. This can negative effects environment that preserved, especially from those materials, i.e., these waste materials are difficult dispose without special treatments. Hence, extensive experimental investigation...

Modern vehicles are equipped with many systems that monitor the security of driving. An example is tyre pressure monitoring system shows a fault if lowered. Low or no at all (0 kPa) means continuing driving may lead to dangerous situation. Prolonged vehicle 0 kPa in ends burst, rim damage, even loss stability. Therefore, on automotive market, manufacturers offer Run Flat tyres adapted emergency...