Abstract: Few studies on the anchorage of reinforcing bars under the compressive conditions have been undertaken. This paper reports the results of 99 pushout tests done to investigate the compressive bond anchorage properties of 500 MPa ste...

Abstract: Numerous terrorist events during the last decade, including the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, have heightened concern about the safety of bridges during intentional/unintentional blast load effects. Analysis of highway bri...

Abstract This paper predicts some trends foreseen in the new century as regards the indoor environment and thermal comfort. One trend discussed is the search for excellence, upgrading present standards that aim merely at an acceptable condit...

The overall goal of this project was to advance the state-of-the-art in GPR techniques so that it can become a more practical and reliable tool for assessing the integrity of reinforced concrete bridge decks, with particular attention direct...

ABSTRACT: In thermoplastic injection moulding, part quality and cycle time depend strongly on the cooling stage. Numerous strategies have been investigated in order to determine the cooling conditions which minimize undesired defects such as...

1. CONTENTS. Page. Section. 1 1. Contents. 2 2. Installation. 2.0 Introduction. 2.1 Direct Mounting Units onto Kinetrol Positioner Actuators. 2.2 Mounting of Discrete Positioners. 2.3 Air and Electrical Connections. 4 3. Schematic Functional...

AbstractDrag reduction is one of the most important techniques for reducing energy consumption in a packed bed contactor. The present work involves an experimental investigation on flow regime transition for air-water system with and without...

Abstract This study was aimed to obtain creative industries SMEs potentials developed in Cimahi, determine creativeindustriesthat could be prioritized as a marketleader, obtainideas of theybehavedinutilizingtheinternetandE-Commerce,andacquir...

Abstract Inserts are real operating components for producing sheet metal part features when the press moves up and down.The complexity, cost and durability of a progressive die de-pend largely on the number of inserts and the design of diffe...

UNCORRECTE AbstractThe development of robotic cognition and the advancement of understanding of human cognition form two of the current greatest challenges in robotics and neuroscience, respectively.The RobotCub project aims to develop an em...