The results of surveillance for immature stages of mosquitoes in samples of wet tires in 5 consignments imported into Durban from Japan is reported. Three of these consignments contained tires with immatures of Aedes aegypti, Ae. albopictus and Uranotaenia n. novobscura. The proportions of all the wet tires calculated to contain mosquitoes were 189/1,488 (13%), 20/813 (2.5%) and 13/1,032 (1.3%)...

Ground tires are one of the main sources urban solid waste. Rubber powder-modified asphalt provides an effective method to solve problem, and it presents good high- low-temperature performance in sustainable pavement construction. However, storage properties rubber asphalts prepared from traditional shear mixing unstable, which restricts their application. In this study, four test methods (the ...

Rapid development of the automobile industry has brought disposal problem waste rubber tires. Mixing tires into concrete can not only solve environmental problems but also improve mechanical properties concrete. Rubber aging is one main factors to affect rubberized Therefore, an FEM model in mesoscale established this paper. The influence on uniaxial compression damage u;studied. results show t...

Alternating magnetic fields have been measured in a variety of different cars, the dominant contribution being from magnetized tires. Magnetic field strengths have been measured as a function of frequency directly at the tires and at different positions in rolling cars. Measurements at the tires showed field strengths up to 100 microTesla. In the interior of rolling cars, close to the wheels at...