skid resistance and road condition are common indices of road safety; therefore providing adequate skidding resistance will reduce the incidence of road accidents. the surface macrotexture has a large effect on the characteristics of road surface skidding, which is the focus of this research. during the study, the mean texture depth of the road surface was measured, in order to determine the co...

Because pigs frequently lose their footing and slip, it is important to understand slipping and its relation to different floor surfaces. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the gait and footing of young pigs walking on concrete floor surfaces having known friction characteristics and to determine critical skid resistance values in terms of the fitness of a concrete surface for flooring in ...

objective: to investigate the friction of rabbit’s knee joint with designed pendulum friction tester to diagnose and evaluate different pathological and therapeutic conditions following haemarthrosis, osteoarthritis, and other joint disorders. materials and methods: friction coefficient of 10 adult male albino rabbit’s joint (5 right and 5 left knees) weighted 1.59 ± 0.27 kg, after designing a...

Low skid resistance of road marking paint is one of the major issues in the safety of vehicle drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians when traveling on the city streets. Among the variety of marking paint, two-component paint is widely used at intersections and roundabouts. Therefore, the paint used should have adequate skid resistance. The object of this study was to evaluat...

In the current work, a new high strain rate tensile testing equipment is proposed. The equipment uses a pendulum device to generate an impact load and a three-bar mechanism to bring that load to act upon a specially designed specimen. As the standard impact testing apparatus uses pendulum device and the well-known SHB high strain rate tester adopts the above-mentioned mechanism, the introduced ...

One of the challenges using recycled materials in road structures is to maintain safe and durable pavements. A multitude research has been conducted over years on various materials, with a focus structural performance Another crucial, but almost overlooked, aspect pavement’s ability provide adequate skid resistance for users under different climatic conditions. With this mind, present study aim...

The use of micromobility vehicles is considerably growing in cities worldwide. As a result, crashes involving these are also increasing, with single-bicycle accounting for significant percentage. In most infrastructure-related crashes, the road surface was slippery. this context, study pavement skid resistance crucial to improve safety. research, British pendulum tester used test 5 different ty...

in the present research, susceptibility of two strawberry cultivars (selva and gavita) to bruising was studied. individual fruits were subjected to impact and compressive forces. impact forces were applied through dropping the fruits from predetermined heights as well as pendulum. bruising volume was considered as damage index. in both methods bruising severity was increased as a function of im...