Boring Out Columns in Solid Rock

Factors influencing performance of hard rock tunnel boring machines

Intact rock properties together with rock mass characteristics should be well investigated for selection of proper tunnel boring machine (TBM) for tunneling in various ground conditions. This is due to the significant impact of rock mass characteristics on machine performance. TBMs are site specific and designed for optimal performance in given ground conditions. When selected and put to work a...

Simulation Analysis of Rock Braking Mechanism of Tunnel Boring Machine

Original scientific paper Aiming at answering the questions of wear and failure of hob in the rock breaking process, the rock breaking process was simulated in different broken rock conditions by using finite element method. The relationship between normal force, lateral force, rolling force and time was obtained by rock breaking simulation analysis on the single edge disc cutter. The rock stre...

Solid-Phase Extraction Columns for Lipid Analysis

Solid-phase extraction methods are being used for increasing numbers of applications in lipid analysis, but especially as a rapid means of isolating particular components for further analysis. Many different types of packing material are available enabling most different modes of chromatography to be used, including adsorption, reversed-phase, silver-ion and ion-exchange. However, there are occ...

Is Vaccine Safety Evidence “Rock Solid”?

Predator-Prey Interactions between Shell-Boring Beetle Larvae and Rock-Dwelling Land Snails

Drilus beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are specialized predators of land snails. Here, we describe various aspects of the predator-prey interactions between multiple Drilus species attacking multiple Albinaria (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) species in Greece. We observe that Drilus species may be facultative or obligate Albinaria-specialists. We map geographically varying predation rates in ...