This thesis presents experimental work on foam/sand mixtures carried out in the Civil The first chapter deals with basic aspects of soil conditioning agents and their application to tunnelling, and provides an understanding of the fundamentals of foam behaviour. An introduction to the problems encountered in tunnelling is given. A brief study of foams and their properties is presented and the r...

Triaxial consolidated drained, unconfined compression, and CBR tests have been conducted in order to study the stress-strain, strength, and volume change characteristics of fine sand specimens reinforced by polymeric fibers made from carpet wastes. The variables are aspect ratio (length/width) and weight percentage of the fibers. The results indicate that the peak strength and total volume chan...

background: esthetic demands among patients have led to the introduction of tooth-colored restorations. composite resins bond to enamel applying acid etch technique. total etch adhesion systems are still considered as golden standard among bonding systems. however, clinicians have tendency towards using adhesive systems with a simplified application procedure. the aim of the present study is to...

objective: different ceramic repair systems have been reported for fractured ceramics. however, limited information is available concerning the bond strength of these systems especially after thermocycling. the aim of this in-vitro study was to determine the effect of thermocycling on the shear bond strength of composite-resin to feldspathic porcelain with and without silane pretreatment. mater...

statement of the problem: porcelain laminate veneer is an esthetic restoration used as an alternative to full veneer crowns and requires minimal tooth preparation. in restoration with porcelain laminate veneers, both the longevity of the laminate and conservation of the sound tooth structure are imperative. purpose: the present study aimed to investigate the shear bond strength of porcelain lam...

background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of three different luting protocols on shear bond strength of computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (cad/cam) resin nanoceramic (rnc) material to dentin. materials and methods: in this in vitro study, 30 disks were milled from rnc blocks (lava ultimate/3m espe) with cad/cam technology. the disks were subsequently c...

The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of copulas for constructing the bivariate distribution of shear strength parameters on system reliability of geotechnical structures. First, the bivariate distribution of shear strength parameters is constructed using copulas. Second, the implementation procedure of system reliability analysis using direct Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) is ...

nowadays, soil reinforcement using polymer elements have been investigated by a number of researchers in order to increase the load capacity of soils. reinforcing soils using fibers is a method of soil improvement, which offers a homogenous mixture in combination with soils, regarding their tensile strength. this combination maintains pressure loading capacity and properties in mutual resistant...

This research paper depicts the experimental investigation of impact stone dust as an admixture on geotechnical characteristics expansive soils that shrink and swell during wet dry seasons. As a result, soil causes differential settlement structures. Thus stabilization is important to overcome potential pavement failure. For this purpose studies were carried out reuse industry wastage for impro...

Large-scale dynamo action due to turbulence in the presence of a linear shear flow is studied. Our treatment is quasilinear and kinematic but is nonperturbative in the shear strength. We derive the integrodifferential equation for the evolution of the mean magnetic field by systematic use of the shearing coordinate transformation and the Galilean invariance of the linear shear flow. For nonheli...