The waste chicken feathers were treated with the enzymes (dissociating disulfide bonds) produced by thermophilic Meiothermus ruber H328, and then milled subjected to hot-press compression molding. It was found that recrystallization of feather keratin interfered some extent due lack S-S bonds. On other hand, slight reinforcement resin wood fibers effective enhance tensile behavior thermal stabi...

This report describes the use of a removable acrylic resin tray handle that can be easily attached to custom impression trays to produce an improved peripheral sealing zone. This device can be indicated to develop functional impressions for complete dentures using the patient-conducted muscular motion technique. In upper trays, the handle is fixed in the midline with acrylic resin, while in low...

Accurate solar irradiance data are not only of particular importance for the assessment of the radiative forcing of the climate system, but also absolutely necessary for an efficient planning and operation of solar energy systems. The recently started European project Heliosat-3 will supply high quality solar radiation data by taking advantage of the enhanced capabilities of the new Meteosat Se...

As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Partnerships for Advanced Component Technologies (WindPACT) program, Global Energy Concepts LLC (GEC) is performing a study concerning innovations in materials, processes and structural configurations for application to wind turbine blades in the multimegawatt range. The project team for this work includes experts in all areas of wind turbine blad...

The leaf area index (LAI) is a key characteristic of forest ecosystems. Estimations of LAI from satellite images generally rely on spectral vegetation indices (SVIs) or radiative transfer model (RTM) inversions. We have developed a new and precise method suitable for practical application, consisting of building a species-specific SVI that is best-suited to both sensor and vegetation characteri...

This article presents an experimental investigation carried out to understand the mechanical behavior of composite materials made of 3D stitched woven-knitted basalt fabrics. The innovative preforms used consist of two outer layers of a plain woven fabric combined with two inner layers of weft-knitted fabrics. The weft-knitted fabrics selected for the study were varied plain knit, 1 × 1 rib, Mi...

present research involves the complete simulation of pultrusion manufacturing process of glass/polyester composites. for that purpose, the curing process is divided to two liquid and gel-solid phases. the physical characteristics of the resin consist of specific heat, viscosity and coefficient of heat transfer changes with variations of temperature and increasing the degree of curing process (α...

In this work, the simulation results from a program developed for the three-dimensional analysis of compression molding of thermoset composites were compared to the experimental results of an actual molded thermoset sample. The program predicts the flow pattern, fiber orientation, fiber length distribution, curing of the resin and mechanical properties. The comparison between simulation and exp...

Software-based mold flow analysis is often performed to confirm optimized resin pipe arrangements. In this study, the GeoDict software and reverse scanning were employed develop a method for performing rapid porosity permeability estimation. A comparison of results from one-dimensional Easyperm tests revealed 10% variation in parameters obtained through proposed estimation method. addition, sub...

Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) is a fiber reinforced composite (FRC) making process in which impregnated to fabric by application of vacuum. This also known as vacuum infusion process. The critical issue VARTM void generation. Voids form due variety reasons, most can be avoided. degassing one the solutions will reduce air entrapped inside during impregnation. In this work six la...