Methods to improve bearing capacity of footing resting of collapsing soil can, in fact, take two approaches, improving soil strength properties and intrusion of reinforcing sorces into soil. The footing is modeled by a square steel plate 0.1 by 0.1 m. The footing is loaded as to have a stress of 40 kPa and settlement is receded in dry and in soaking conditions. Two depths of the geo-mesh reinfo...

BACKGROUND Incisional hernia is a frequent long-term complication after abdominal surgery, with a prevalence greater than 30% in high-risk groups. The aim of the PRIMA trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of mesh reinforcement in high-risk patients, to prevent incisional hernia. METHODS We did a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial at 11 hospitals in Austria, Germany, and...

The quality and life of pavement is greatly affected by the type of sub-grade, sub base and base course materials. The most important of these are the type and quality of sub-grade soil. But in India most of the flexible pavements are need to be constructed over weak and problematic sub-grade. The California bearing ratio (CBR) of these sub-grade have very low, it needs to more thickness of pav...

OBJECTIVES Pancreatic leak is a morbid complication following left pancreatectomy, which results in prolonged hospitalization, additional diagnostic testing and invasive procedures. The present authors have previously demonstrated that mesh reinforcement of stapled left pancreatectomy results in fewer pancreatic leaks. This study was conducted to investigate whether mesh reinforcement also resu...

Laparoscopic approach has been suggested as the definitive treatment for large hiatal hernias. Reinforcement of the hiatoplasty and the need to perform antireflux surgery is still undergoing discussion. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the postoperative results, with special emphasis on the recurrence rate and reflux after surgery comparing the use or not of mesh reinforcement. This pr...

Modeling of reinforced concrete structures through the use of 3D detailed models derives significant numerical issues especially when dealing with large-scale meshes that incorporate large numbers of reinforcement bars embedded in the hexahedral mesh. In 3D detailed reinforced concrete simulations, mapping the reinforcement grid inside the concrete hexahedral finite elements is performed using ...

HYPOTHESIS Long-term (5-year) recurrence rates are comparable between onlay vs retrorectus mesh-reinforced ventral hernia repairs. DESIGN Retrospective study of prospective data collection. SETTING University and Veterans Affairs hospitals. PATIENTS One hundred twenty-five patients treated between February 1988 and September 2001. Ninety-four patients were male. The mean patient age was 5...

535] A new and unique building vibration isolation pad has been developed utilizing alternating layers of elastomer and carbon fiber mesh. The carbon mesh reinforcement provides several distinct advantages over traditional steel plate reinforcement. Lower natural frequencies and/or smaller operating heights can be obtained for a given load. In addition, the carbon mesh forms both chemical and m...

the aim of this investigation was to evaluate the use of polypropylene mesh and glycerol preserved bovine pericardium (gbp) to repaire abdominal wall defects in 24 clinically healthy mongrel dogs using inlay and underlay techniques. twenty four healthy mongrel dogs were used in this study. the animals were divided into two main groups according to the type of the prosthetic material used. each ...

The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the use of polypropylene mesh and glycerol preserved bovine pericardium (GBP) to repaire abdominal wall defects in 24 clinically healthy mongrel dogs using inlay and underlay techniques. Twenty four healthy mongrel dogs were used in this study. The animals were divided into two main groups according to the type of the prosthetic material used. Each ...