Growth of Chrysanthemum with Ground Automobile Tires Used as a Container Soil Amendment

Feasibility of operating a solideliquid bioreactor with used automobile tires as the sequestering phase for the biodegradation of inhibitory compounds

Finding new uses for waste or discarded material is an important environmental goal; being able to use a waste material to treat another waste is an even more attractive objective, and this was the purpose of the present work. We previously showed that used automobile tires have an affinity for a toxic contaminant, dichlorophenol (DCP), absorbing and releasing it based on concentration driving ...

Wireless Monitoring of Automobile Tires for Intelligent Tires

This review discusses key technologies of intelligent tires focusing on sensors and wireless data transmission. Intelligent automobile tires, which monitor their pressure, deformation, wheel loading, friction, or tread wear, are expected to improve the reliability of tires and tire control systems. However, in installing sensors in a tire, many problems have to be considered, such as compatibil...

Alum Sludge as a Soil Amendment: Effects on Soil Properties and Plant Growth

Use of worn-out automobile tires as a source of zinc for corn plants in calcareous soils

Nondestructive Evaluation of Automobile Tires by Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) was used for the evaluation of mechanical properties of automobile tires. The tire on wheel disc was fixed on the holder and its vibration was generated by loudspeaker. Vibrational field of the whole tire was visualized by ESPI and recorded into PC. Natural frequencies of various vibrational modes were measured and results were compared with thos...