This study examines the effectiveness of HMA overlay design strategies for the purpose of controlling the development of reflective cracking. A parametric study was conducted using a 3D Finite Element (FE) model of a rigid pavement section including Linear Viscoelastic (LVE) material properties for the Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) overlay and non-uniform tire-pavement contact stresses. Several asphalt...

Failure of blind via is one of the main causes of an open circuit in printed circuit boards (PCBs). By using macroscopic and microscopic testing methods and characterization techniques, the failure analysis of the vias on PCB for novel mobile phones has been systematically carried out. Metallographic inspection shows obvious cracking along the interface of different copper layers. Micrograph ob...

J. Kasińska, Faculty of Mechatronics and Machine Design, Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland The article presents the analysis of fracture surfaces after the three-point bending test at a temperature range from + 20 °C to 80 °C. The author shows a beneficial effect of mischmetal on the cracking mechanism and on the character of fractures. It has been shown that the width of the duct...

Presently, many control systems are built in decentralized structure using a large number of simple single-input single-output (SISO) controllers enabling a stable operation of most unit operations. However, this approach is not the optimal control solution because, in these structures the subsystems of a plant do not communicate between them even if they significantly interact. Recently, the c...

Cracking is one of the primary distresses for asphalt pavements. There are many types laboratory tests developed to evaluate cracking performance material, however, relatively little attention has been dedicated evaluating and correlating measured properties with actual pavement performance. The main objective this study investigate relationships between various binder/mixture (including both f...

Crack surveys of bridge decks, performed over a 10-year period in northeast Kansas as part of three studies, provide strong guidance in identifying the parameters that control cracking in these structures. The surveys involve steel girder bridges—bridges that are generally agreed to exhibit the greatest amount of cracking in the concrete decks. The surveys include monolithic decks and decks wit...

multileaf collimator (mlc) is among the radiation field shaping systems used for conformal radiotherapy and intensity modulation radiation therapy techniques. the mlc system that has been designed and fabricated in this study includes 52 leaves, 52 stepper motors, 2 dc motors, 16 programmable logic controllers (plcs) and one human machine interface (hmi). this system can be mounted on conventio...

J. Kasińska, Faculty of Mechatronics and Machine Design, Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland This paper presents influence of rare earth metals (REM) on the mechanical properties, microstructure and morphology of non metallic inclusions as well as the cracking mechanism of G17CrMo5-5 high temperature cast steel. The research has been performed on successive industrial melts. It was ...

Excessive cracking due to restraint of thermal and shrinkage strains is a widespread problem in the concrete construction industry. In design, induced managed by provision reinforcement intended distribute internal such way as control pattern limit crack widths. The area secondary (horizontal) required members retaining walls water tanks often governed need early age cracking. This paper presen...