Background: This paper investigates different types of crimped, braided sleeve used for a soft arm for robotic abdominal surgery, with the sleeve required to contain balloon expansion in the pneumatically actuating arm while it follows the required bending, elongation and diameter reduction of the arm. Methods: Three types of crimped, braided sleeves from PET (BraidPET) or nylon (BraidGreyNylon...

The Present study was carried out to evaluate the influence of addition of Fibres and Class ‘C’ Flyash on the mechanical properties of concrete. Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC) is very useful in extreme climate where shrinkage of concrete causes cracks. The Fibre Reinforced Flyash concrete (FRFAC) has been successfully used to minimize cavitations / damages in hydraulics structures. The FRC wit...

Fibre-reinforced polymer composites in general, and especially glass fibre-reinforced (GFRP), have increasingly been used recent decades construction. The advantages of GFRP as an alternative construction material are its high strength-to-weight ratio, corrosive resistance, durability, ease installation. main purpose this study is to evaluate the response under dynamic conditions (more specific...