This work analyzes and discusses analytically a method of controling the insulating properties of an assembly. It establishes the feasibility of utilizing gas layers within the insulating assembly separated by flexible soft seals. The volumetric thermal expansion of the main gas layers within the insulating assembly are determined taking into consideration the variation in the gas pressure due ...

the performance of asphaltic pavements during their service life is highly dependent on the mechanical properties of the asphaltic layers. therefore, in order to extend their service life, scientists and engineers are constantly trying to improve the mechanical properties of the asphaltic mixtures. one common method of improving the performance of asphaltic mixtures is using different types of ...

The strategic technical vision of this thesis proposal is to seek to systematically trailblaze a novel vol-umetric modeling framework/methdology to represent 3D solids. The rapid advances in 3D scanning and acquisition techniques have given rise to the explosive increase of volumetric digital models in recent years. The strong need to explore more efficient and robust 3D modeling techniques has...

We study the precise asymptotic volume of balls in Orlicz spaces and show that intersection two undergoes a phase transition when dimension ambient space tends to infinity. This generalizes result Schechtman Schmuckenschläger (1991) [32] for ℓpd-balls. As another application, we determine ratio 2-concave ℓMd. Our method rests on ideas from statistical mechanics large deviations theory, more pre...

The volumetric properties of asphalt mixtures are important parameters for evaluating the performance asphalt. Volumetric (grading requirements, air void content, minimum and maximum voids filled with bitumen in mineral aggregate) usually presented first specifications. visualisation is therefore understanding composition an mix. A triangular representation requirements a valuable method to ill...

fire-retarding properties of wollastonite nanofibers in poplar wood (populus nigra) were studied here. some physical properties such as water absorption, volumetric swelling and anti-swelling efficiency (ase) were also measured. specimens were prepared according to the iso 11925 specifications for the fire-retarding properties and according to the astm d4446 -2002 specifications for the physica...

reproduce and distribute reprints for governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation hereon. Abstract We present a method to infer segmented and volumetric descriptions of objects from intensity images. Our descriptions are in terms of Generalized Cylinders (GCs). We use three weakly calibrated images taken from slightly different viewpoints as input, where the object is only part...

Methods of direct or indirect volume rendering are well established and helpful tools for the interactive visual exploration of volumetric datasets. However, the usual display is oriented on surface information, such as the surface of volumetric objects. The actual volumetric information is difficult to interpret intuitively with solely visual methods. In this paper, we add a haptic cue to impr...