introduction: the purpose of this study is the evaluation of the amount of surface roughness (ra) of zirconia ceramic following different surface treatments as well as the assessment of its shear bond strength to composite resin. methods: 40 sintered zirconia ceramic block samples were randomly divided in 4 groups of 10 and underwent the following surface treatments: a) control group without tr...

Minimally invasive dentistry is not a very new concept but still many dental practitioners do not know its importance. Many novel dental materials and techniques now work on the principle of minimal invasion. One such technique is air abrasion. Air abrasion was first described by Black (1945).1 His aim was to develop a technique that is effective, works on the principles of minimal invasion and...

The wear failure of traction wheels in orchard transport severely restricts the stability conveyors and impedes mechanization work. In this study, thermal-diffusion chromizing method was employed to increase hardness a wheel for enhancement resistance. results show that uniform dense chrome coating with thickness 16 μm formed on surface. revealed have 1752.7 HV benefited from formation Cr-C com...

Ti–6Al–4V is one of the most used commercial titanium alloys, in part due to properties that are desirable high value sectors such as aerospace industry, good strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance. These importance gas turbine engines structural components, where alloys complement heavier steel or nickel alloys. It also a candidate be manufacturing prostheses, since it has biocompat...

In this article, the mechanical and three body abrasive wear behavior of Bidirectional and short Kevlar fiber reinforced epoxy composites at five different fiber loading (10wt%, 20wt%, 30wt%, 40wt% and 50wt%) have been evaluated. The mechanical properties i.e. tensile strength, flexural strength, inter-laminar-shear strength, and impact strength are performed to notice the behavior of mechanica...

This investigation was performed to establish the effects of the source and amount of fly ash on abrasion resistance of concrete. A reference concrete was proportioned to have a 28day age strength of 41 MPa. Three sources of Class C fly ash were used in this research. From each source, three levels of fly ash to total cementitious materials content (40, 50, and 60%) were used in producing the c...

Grain size distributions in eolian settings are the result of both sorting and abrasion of grains by saltation. The two are tightly coupled because mobility of particles determines abrasion rate, while abrasion affects the mobility of particles by changing their mass and shape; few field studies have examined this quantitatively. We measured grain size and shape over a 9 km transect downwind of...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Excessive shoe heel abrasion is of concern to patients, parents and shoe manufacturers, but little scientific information is available. The purpose of this study was to describe the phenomenon in a group of infantry recruits performing similar physical activity, and search for biomechanical factors that might be related. METHODS Seventy-six subjects (median age 19) en...

This paper focuses on effect of abrasion process on color and reflectance factor changes of dyed woven fabrics containing 100% acrylic chenille yarns in weft and cotton warp yarns. Three fabrics having 12, 14 and 16 weft per centimeter were dyed with three basic dyes in different hues. Four different abrasion levels, i.e. 50,200,400 and 650 were selected to abrade samples. The obtained results ...