Yes, mollusks. Mollusks have a special composite material lining their inner shell, known as “nacre.” Nacre, also known as ...

We put a 2017 aluminum Ford F350 through an extreme payload test - loading over 13,000 pounds of concrete into its bed to find out what it can really take. From bending axles to compressed suspension, ...

DuPont today announced the launch of three innovative testing protocols that set a new benchmark for evaluating the comfort ...

A team of UBC Okanagan students has shown that recycling rubble from destroyed buildings can help Ukraine rebuild its roads when the war eventually ends.

Over the past few years, scientists have developed new kinds of a multifunctional concrete, whether that be self-healing or carbon-sequestering. Now, a new study has made improvements on ways to turn ...

concreto de baixo teor de cimento; escória de aciaria; agregados de escória de aço; material cimentício suplementar; durabilidade Despite the environmental benefits of replacing natural construction ...

DOLAN SPRINGS, AZ — Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say new DNA testing and a public tip helped identify a man who was found dead beneath a concrete slab in northern Arizona. In August 2021, a Dolan ...

The use of lightweight concrete with expanded clay has increased as an alternative for reducing the self-weight of structures. Consequently, techniques that facilitate the analysis of the mechanical ...

To investigate the axial compression performances of precast concrete columns with a novel steel connection, axial compression tests were carried out on 14 specimens. The effects of four different ...

Abstract: The compression test for concrete specimens measures the maximum compression resistance a concrete element can withstand in actual construction. For this, 21-day-old concrete samples were ...