Objective: The objective is to obtain the stresses due to strip loading in orthotropic plate lying over an irregular isotropic elastic medium. Methods: Anti-plane strain problem with perfect bonding boundary conditions following by Fourier Transformation on the equilibrium equation are used to obtain the solution. The deformation field due to shear line load at any point of the medium consistin...

Anti-bacterial drugs have “selective toxicity”, that is they interact with a target present on the bacterial cell, the prokaryote, that is not present in the mammalian host, the eukaryote. For the ß-lactam drugs, this target is the cell wall. Mammalian cells lack cell walls, which for the bacteria are a critically important barrier protecting the organism from not only the vagaries of osmotic s...

Abstract To protect ancient buildings from fire, prevent the occurrences of and minimise losses caused by fire to maximum extent possible, this study combined experimental measurements numerical simulations analyse flame spread behaviour over wood treated with retardants. First, some blocks were a nitrogen phosphorus (water-based) retardant, then smoke combustion experiment was performed test d...

Non-halogenated “all-in-one” flame retardant HDPE.