Pinned - Fixed Beam - Column Resistance Verification According to European Standards

Moment-rotation response of nominally pinned beam-to-column joints for frames of pultruded fibre reinforced polymer

This paper presents the test results to characterise the moment-rotation response of nominally pinned joints in frames of pultruded shapes. Mimicking conventional steel construction the major-axis beamto-column joints are formed using pultruded FRP web cleats having steel bolting. There are two joint configurations with either a single row of three or two bolts per cleat leg. Testing is conduct...

Evaluation of mycobactericidal activity of selected chemical disinfectants and antiseptics according to European standards

BACKGROUND The history of the investigation of standardized mycobactericidal activity of disinfectants and antiseptics is not very long. There is growing interest among the manufacturers of disinfectants in carrying out research on the antimicrobial activities in accordance with European standards (EN). This research could facilitate the introduction of high-quality disinfectants to the market....

Reduction of the neutralisation time during antimicrobial activity testing of disinfectants according to European Standards.

BACKGROUND Evaluation of the biocidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics according to European Standards (EN) is based on determination of the reduction of the number of viable test microorganisms under defined conditions. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate whether reducing the neutralization time required following declared product contact times for the ...

Standards Column -- Standards, Scalability, and the Efficiency of Digital Libraries

Measuring functional renormalization group fixed-point functions for pinned manifolds.

Exact numerical minimization of interface energies is used to test the functional renormalization group analysis for interfaces pinned by quenched disorder. The fixed-point function R(u) (the correlator of the coarse-grained disorder) is computed. In dimensions D=d+1, a linear cusp in R''(u) is confirmed for random bond (d=1, 2, 3), random field (d=0, 2, 3), and periodic (d=2, 3) disorders. The...