The buckling mechanism of diagonally stiffened plates under the combined action shear, bending, and compression is a complex phenomenon that difficult to describe with simple clear explicit expressions. Predicting elastic coefficient accurately crucial for calculating load these plates. Several factors influence plates, including plate’s aspect ratio, stiffener’s flexural torsional rigidity, in...

The fatigue cracks are observed in asphalt surfaces much more than ruts. This paper deals with the influence of carbon nano-tube on the fatigue life of asphalt mixtures. These samples are made up of the slabs cut by the asphalt cutting saw. Fatigue beams contain 0, 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, and 1.5 percent of Carbon Nano-tube. The fatigue experiment was conducted using a 4-point semi-sinusoidal loadi...

In order to predict the mechanical behavior of the LHC dipole cold mass in situations such as handling, transport and cool down, a number of important structural parameters are required. The dipole’s flexural rigidity determines entirely the mechanical elastic behavior of the cold mass. Therefore, models of a bent cold mass were created to calculate its rigidity. This paper presents a simplifie...

OBJECTIVES The flexural strengths of veneering ceramics for zirconia were compared. METHODS With 10 different veneering ceramics for zirconia (test group) and three different veneering ceramics for the metal-ceramic technique (control group) three-point flexural strength and biaxial flexural strength according to ISO 6872: 1995 as well as four-point flexural strength according to EN 843-1: 20...