A study was conducted to determine whether the mandibles of the detrito-/bryophagous groundhopper Tetrix tenuicornis are subject to mechanical wear as a result of feeding, as is the case for grasshoppers that feed on silica-rich grasses. Abrasion was evaluated by measuring the length and width of the 3rd incisor and length of the 4th incisor in adults of different ages collected under natural c...

This study evaluated the effect of air-particle abrasion protocols on the biaxial flexural strength, surface characteristics and phase transformation of zirconia after cyclic loading. Disc-shaped zirconia specimens (Ø: 15mm, thickness: 1.2mm) (N=32) were submitted to one of the air-particle abrasion protocols (n=8 per group): (a) 50μm Al2O3 particles, (b) 110μm Al2O3 particles coated with silic...

Introduction Aeolian abrasion is the dominant rock weathering mechanism on Mars. Ventifacts, defined as rocks whose shapes or textures have been modified by windblown particles, are the manifestation of this weathering mechanism and are found on Earth and Mars. Studies of ventifacts and related features at the well-traversed Spirit Mars Exploration Rover (MER) landing site provides insight into...

Since concrete is used for marine and hydraulic structures, pipe coatings and channel walls, its wear due to the attack of fast flowing water is a problem (1). The first systematic investigations on the resistance of concrete against wear in marine structures were carried out in the 1940s (2). Investigations carried out in the fields of water flow erosion, cavitation and abrasion have been revi...

Original scientific paper The experiment centres on two and three body abrasion in three-phase waste-based composite systems. The composite systems abrasion resistance is defined not only by the physical-mechanical relationships of the separate phases of the composite, but also by the mutual interaction of the phases and on the matrix-filler interface. To describe the composite system abrasion ...

Articular cartilage repair was followed for one year in skeletally mature dogs after destabilisation by anterior cruciate ligament transection of the stifle joint (CT), abrasion of the inferior medial condyle (ABR) to bleeding bone, or anterior cruciate transection followed by chondral abrasion (CT/ABR). ABR animals formed repair cartilage at the abrasion site (ABR and CT/ABR) at six months as ...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Knoop hardness number (KHN) of methacrylate (MC) and silorane (SC) composites after being submitted to erosion and abrasion processes. Material and methods: Forty samples were made with each composite: MC and SC. The samples were divided into eight groups (n = 10) according to the type of composite (G1-G4, MC; G5-G8, SC) and the beverages inv...

The pavement industry relies greatly on this conventional material in constructing the road. However, shortage of mined has led to need finding alternative with local materials partially substitute asphalt components. also contributed thermal and greenhouse emission resulting from mining activities. In addition, throughout year, amount construction demolition (C&D) waste generated civil activit...