Tyre components are high-quality materials, which can be utilised and disposed into construction projects. Despite its high ductility impact resistance, rubberised concrete (RuC) with rubber content has a strength much lower than that of conventional concrete. Previous research shows confinement by jacket material significantly improve the RuC. This paper presents how infilling RuC to cold-form...

A new technique of Layered Hollow Core Slab (LHCS) has been used to obtain a slab with an optimum weight-to-strength ratio. Specimens 90 mm top layer High Strength Concrete (HSC) and bottom Lightweight Aggregate (LWAC) were examined. Nine full-scale slabs dimensions 1600* 450* 180 tested under 4-point loading test. The %core, a/d, RFT ratio, connection method the different studied parameters. p...

The acoustic pressure sensitivities of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers (HC-PBFs) with different thicknesses of silica outer-cladding and polymer jacket were experimentally investigated. Experiment with a HC-PBF with 7 μm-thick silica outer cladding and 100 μm-thick Parylene C jacket demonstrated a pressure sensitivity 10 dB higher than the commercial HC-1550-02 fiber and 25 dB higher than a...

We present the design and architecture for a device called the “Conductor’s Jacket,” which we built to collect and analyze data from conductors. This device is built into normal clothing and designed in such a way as to allow for normal activity and not encumber the movements of the wearer. The jacket records physiological and motion information from musicians in order to better understand how ...

Researchers engaged in the field of wearable computer study have been restricted by the packaging that houses computing, storage and communications resources. A new design for a platform is described that is integrated into and compatible with everyday clothing. Soft, comfortable and flexible, the Smart Vest is a lining composed of a lightweight mesh that serves as a medium for integrating elec...

In this paper, optimization and control of a tubular reactor for thermal bulk post-polymerization of styrene have been investigated. By using the reactor mathematical model, static and dynamic simulations are carried out. Based on an objective function including polymer conversion and polydispersity, reactor optimal temperature profile has been obtained. In the absence of model mismatch, de...

We present the design and implementation of the Conductor's Jacket, a unique wearable device that measures physiological and gestural signals, together with the Gesture Construction, a musical software system that interprets these signals and applies them expressively in a musical context. Sixteen sensors have been incorporated into the Conductor's Jacket in such a way as to not encumber or int...