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Luay Jabr, P. Emile Rossouw, Dimitrios Michelogiannakis, Shaima Malik, Timothy T. Wheeler and Abdul Basir Barmak
Objective: The objective was to compare the shear bond strength (SBS) and the adhesive remnant index (ARI) amongst six orthodontic bracket groups. Materials and Methods: Three-dimensional printed polycrystalline alumina brackets (3DBs), ceramic brackets ...
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Cansu Atalay, Uzay Koc Vural, Baris Tugay, Ivana Miletic and Sevil Gurgan
The surface gloss, radiopacity and enamel/dentin shear bond strengths (SBS)s of five commercially available contemporary universal composite resins (CR)s were examined. The tested universal CRs were as follows: G-aenial A?CHORD (GA), Charisma Diamond (CD...
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Ahmed Akram EL-Awady, Hussein Nassef Al-Khalifa, Raafat Elghetany Mohamed, Mohamed Mohamed Ali, Khaled Farouk Abdallah, Mostafa Mohamed Hosny, Ahmed Abdel Salam Mohamed, Khaled Samy ElHabbak and Farouk Ahmed Hussein
This in vitro study compared the shear bond strength (SBS) and antibacterial efficacy of an orthodontic adhesive containing either cinnamon or titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs). A total sample of 120 freshly extracted teeth was randomly divided...
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Jie Xiao, Yikang Murong, Xiyuan Chen, Lingfei Liu, Keyi Zhai, Haibo Jiang, Linhai Huang and Guodong Wang
In recent years, replacing steel bars with basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) bars and replacing ordinary concrete with reactive powder concrete (RPC) are considered effective solutions to the corrosion problem of steel bars in ordinary reinforced co...
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Yongjian Liu, Jiangjiang Li, Lei Jiang, Jianping Xian, Haotian Li, Yadong Zhao and Yunxia Gong
In terms of load transfer, the design of the joints in concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) arch bridges is more critical than that in buildings due to the higher likelihood of steel?concrete-interface debonding. To improve the contact at the steel?concr...
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Louis Hardan, Rim Bourgi, Carlos Enrique Cuevas-Suárez, Maroun Ghaleb, Khalil Kharma, Ryan Harouny, Mateusz Radwanski and Monika Lukomska-Szymanska
Recently, the use of antioxidants before the bonding of bleached enamel was considered effective for reversing the reduction in the bond strength. This article aimed to assess the influence of different sodium ascorbate (SA) presentations (liquid, gel, a...
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Tianju Wang, Yanlu Ding, Rui Wang, Anna Qian, Hailong Lu and Boyu Zhou
Hydrate distribution heterogeneity is often observed in natural and artificial hydrate-bearing sediments (HBSs). To capture hydrate distribution heterogeneity, a pore-scale method is proposed to model cemented HBSs using the discrete element method (DEM)...
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Waqas Haroon, Naveed Ahmad and Nuha Mashaan
Nano-technology has played a vital role in upgrading the durability and sustainability of asphalt pavements during the last decade. Conventional bitumen does not provide adequate performance against permanent deformation in severe weather conditions. Qua...
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Huan Dai, Hao Li and Yan Li
The research on the fragmentation mechanism of seabed minerals under high ambient pressure significantly contributes to the exploitation of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS). In this paper, the uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) test and triaxial compress...
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Zhenming Xu, Yuan Huang and Rui Liang
In this paper, 3D finite element simulations were conducted for lap-spliced ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) beams using ABAQUS software. Based on the concrete damaged plasticity (CDP) model, the plastic damage factor was introduced to simulate the...
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