Influence of micro synthetic fibers confinement on properties of lightweight foamed concrete [PDF]
Archives of Civil Engineering, 2022 In this investigation, the confinement effects of micro synthetic fibers on lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) were examined. The parameters evaluated were porosity, water absorption, shrinkage, compressive strength, flexural strength and tensile strength.
Md Azree Othuman Mydin
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Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 Comfort is an aspect and is considered as one of the important characteristics of clothing. Generally, the comfort properties can be distinguished into three categories, viz., thermo-physiological comfort, sensorial comfort, and psychological comfort ...
S. Kubera Sampath Kumar +4 more
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Geotextiles—A Versatile Tool for Environmental Sensitive Applications in Geotechnical Engineering
Textiles, 2022 Geotextiles, a group of high-performance materials, have grown during the last decades into needful auxiliaries when it comes to infrastructure, soil, construction, agriculture and environmental applications. Although geotextiles made of synthetic fibers
Fulga Tanasă +3 more
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Journal of Natural Fibers, 2023 This paper presents a multi-aspect analysis of whether it is feasible and practical to process natural (plant) fibers into fabrics and mats as homogeneous or hybrid reinforcement in polymer composites for use in various industrial sectors.
Mieczyslaw Scheibe +2 more
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Curvature-induced cross-hatched order in two-dimensional semiflexible polymer networks [PDF]
, 2015 A recurring motif in the organization of biological tissues are networks of long, fibrillar protein strands effectively confined to cylindrical surfaces.
Storm, Cornelis, Vrusch, Cyril
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INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF HYBRID FIBERS AGAINST ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE AND DYNAMIC RESISTANCE AGAINST CONCRETE EXPLOSION [PDF]
مهندسی عمران شریف, 2022 With the increasing development of concrete structures, properties such as strength and durability of concrete have become particularly important. Therefore, it is necessary to use special concretes and obtain new combinations.
A. Jafarniya +3 more
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International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2023 The replacement of synthetic fibers with natural fibers in concrete has been recently investigated to counter the growing environmental and sustainable issues.
Loai Khaled Al-Mawed, Bilal Salim Hamad
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Fibers as carriers of microbial particles
Medycyna Pracy, 2015 Background: The aim of the study was to assess the ability of natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic fibers to transport microbial particles. Material and Methods: The simultaneously settled dust and aerosol sampling was carried out in 3 industrial ...
Rafał L. Górny +4 more
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Strategies and progress in synthetic textile fiber biodegradability
SN Applied Sciences, 2021 The serious issue of textile waste accumulation has raised attention on biodegradability as a possible route to support sustainable consumption of textile fibers.
Jeannie Egan, Sonja Salmon
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O-GlcNAc modification blocks the aggregation and toxicity of the protein α-synuclein associated with Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
, 2015 Several aggregation-prone proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases can be modified by O-linked N-acetyl-glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) in vivo. One of these proteins, α-synuclein, is a toxic aggregating protein associated with synucleinopathies ...
Ambroso, Mark R +8 more
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