Published in SN Applied Sciences
Earthquake has proven the most damaging natural hazard in the world. So, structures in the earthquake-prone areas are need to be retrofitted prior and post of the calamity. It has been observed that most of the research solutions available focus upon reinforced concrete and steel constructions. Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) developed for...
Published in Fibers and Polymers
Nanofiller reinforcement is an effective approach to realize high performance of regular synthetic fibers. In this paper, graphene oxide nanoribbons (GONRs) with complete morphology were prepared via unzipping single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) through long-time freeze-drying after oxidation. GONRs derived from SWCNTs (SGONRs) did not need any...
Published in SN Applied Sciences
Nanofibers of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) reinforced with cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) and/or crosslinked with maleic anhydride (MA) were produced by electrospinning technique to compare the additivation effects of the polymeric matrix. The results suggested that the PVA mass fraction equal to 14%, CNFs volumetric fraction of 3% and maleic acid at th...
L’imagerie échographique a connu un fort développement ces dernières années. Elle possède une cadence d’imagerie allant jusqu’à plusieurs milliers d’images par secondes notamment avec l’émergence des méthodes dites ultrarapides. Il s’agit donc de la modalité la plus adaptée pour des applications cardiaques permettant non seulement la reconstruction...
Published in SN Applied Sciences
This work highlights recent developments in understanding human body odour with particular attention to natural fibres used in next-to-skin textiles: fibre type and fabric structure affecting patterns of adsorption and release of volatile organic compounds known as contributing to body odour; methods for detection and judging intensity of odour; an...
Published in Forensic science international
Stabbings have been reported as the most frequent violent crime in countries where there is a severe restriction on obtaining firearms, such as the United Kingdom. Knives, scissors, and screwdrivers, as studied in this research, are among the most commonly encountered weapons involving stabbing events. When any of these implements are used in a sta...
Published in Nutrients
Cereal β-glucans are dietary fibres primarily found in oats and barley, and have several positive effects on health, including lowering the postprandial glucose response and the improvement of blood cholesterol levels. Cereal β-glucans have a specific combination of β-(1→4) and β-(1→3) linkages into linear long-chain polysaccharides of high molecul...
Published in SN Applied Sciences
Over the last century, several different theoretical models have been proposed for the calculation of the transverse modulus of fibres or cylinders from compression experiments. Whilst they all give similar results, the differences are significant enough to cause errors in computer simulation predictions of composite properties, and hence the issue...
Published in Journal of Polymer Research
The sorting of multi-component textile waste into individual components limit the recycling potential of textile waste. Thermo-mechanical processes can be applied to recycle mixed waste, without sorting, to extrude hybrid fibres. This research reports on the mixing of polyamide 6 (PA6) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) polymers to produce hybrid...
Textilní beton (TRC = Textile Reinforced Concrete) se v posledním desetiletí objevil jako nový, vysoce atraktivní a únosný kompozitní materiál na bázi cementu. Skládá se ze dvou hlavních částí. Především se jedná o již zmiňovaný cementový kompozit velmi často na bázi vysokohodnotného betonu (vždy se však musí jednat o beton jemnozrnný s Dmax ≤ 4 mm...
