Abstract Pipeline infrastructures, carrying either gas or oil, are often affected by internal corrosion, which is a dangerous phenomenon that may cause threats to both the environment (due potential leakages) and human beings accidents explosions in presence of leakages). For this reason, predictive mechanisms needed detect address corrosion phenomenon. Recently, we have seen first attempt at l...

background: chewing-gum may serve as an effective oral hygiene device when brushing may not be possible. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of chewing sugar-free gum twice a day after meals in addition to tooth brushing on dental plaque and interdental debris.     methods: twenty four (12 males and 12 females aged 20-21 years) healthy third-year dental students participated...

objectives: the aim of this in-vitro study was to assess the thermal effect of light emitting diode (led) light curing unit on the enamel etching time. materials and methods: three treatment groups with 15 enamel specimens each were used in this study: g1: fifteen seconds of etching, g2: five seconds of etching, g3: five seconds of etching plus led light irradiation (simultaneously). the micro ...

The safety of the gas transmission infrastructure is one main concerns for operating companies. Common pipelines’ tightness control tedious and time-consuming. development new methods highly desirable. This paper focuses on applications air-borne inspections natural pipelines. goal this study to test an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), equipped with a remote sensing methane detector, leak detecti...

the effect of inter-implant distance on retention and resistance of implant-tissue-supported overdentures is lacking in the literature. an in vitro study was performed to evaluate this effect for mandibular implant-tissue-supported overdentures retained by two ball attachments.an acrylic cast of an edentulous mandible was fabricated. three pairs of implants were symmetrically placed at both sid...

121804-6565-IJMME-IJENS © August 2012 IJENS I J E N S Abstract— Finite journal bearing of elliptic bore and circular bush is analyzed considering the isotropic roughness in the bearing surfaces. The angle of inclination of the major axis of the sleeve to the load line and the attitude angle are kept constant while evaluating all the performance parameters. Film shape due to the rough elliptic b...

This article presents a novel mixed-thermoelastohydrodynamic (TEHD) model for the lateral lubricating interfaces which exist between floating lateral bushings and gears in external gear machines (EGMs). The proposed model integrates the influence of surface asperities along with the fluid structure and thermal interaction in the interface, especially in the regions of very low film thicknesses ...