Password policies alone do not stand a chance of securing computer systems which rely on the use of secretbased, password authentication methods. The enforcement of “strong” passwords via pro-active password strengthening utilities and password cracking tools should be employed by system administrators to reduce the number of “weak” passwords in a computer system. With the availability of low-c...

In this letter, the quantity effect of radial cracks on the cracking propagation behavior as well as the circular crack generation on the impacted glass plate within the sandwiched glass sheets are experimentally investigated via high-speed photography system. Results show that the radial crack velocity on the backing glass layer decreases with the crack number under the same impact conditions ...

Effect of solid solution treatment (T4) on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of an as-forged Mg-6.7%Zn-1.3%Y-0.6%Zr (in wt.%) alloy has been investigated using slow strain rate tensile (SSRT) testing in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. The results demonstrated that the SCC susceptibility index (ISCC) of as-forged samples was 0.95 and its elongation-to-failure (εf) was only 1.1%. After T4 treatmen...

The three major distress conditions affecting the performance of asphalt pavements are permanent deformation or rutting, fatigue or load associated cracking, and low temperature or thermal cracking. In an earlier technical topics article (Fall, 1998), we examined the causes of fatigue cracking and the importance of good compaction during construction to help minimize this type of distress. In t...

This study presents a novel method to describe the microscale phenomenon of cracks initiation based on sensitivity analysis in laminate fiber-reinforced composites. The failure composite laminates often roots fiber/matrix interfacial debonding. micro-cracking and debonding composites are difficult detect both experimentally numerically. paper shows that stress response transverse ply with respe...

objective: the aim of this study was to measure and compare the transverse strength and deflection of two acrylic resins. method and materials: a total of 30 samples, with dimensions of 2.5×10×65mm, were prepared with acropars and meliodent acrylic resins according to ada specification no. 12. the specimens were divided into two groups of 15 samples each. a three-point bending test was carried ...

For concrete deck of large steel-concrete composite road bridges cracking occurs due to tension because negative bending moments at the support area, same time traffic load with high wheel loads passes spanning between transverse beams. They induce cyclic shear loading in cracked deck. In application prefabricated elements has led economical designs a benefit construction time. this case, are s...

Database indices provide a non-discriminative navigational infrastructure to localize tuples of interest. Their maintenance cost is taken during database updates. In this work we study the complementary approach, addressing index maintenance as part of query processing using continuous physical reorganization, i.e., cracking the database into manageable pieces. Each query is interpreted not onl...

An extension of the coupled criterion (CC) finite fracture mechanics is established in order to assess dynamic crack initiation. The main change compared classical quasi-static approach consists considering velocity profile during initiation instead assuming an instantaneous proposed enables study under either or loading. It illustrated on several examples including transverse cracking laminate...