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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on Feb 16, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Laurel Wilson. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Typescript (photocopy). / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

The demand for waterproof breathable clothing has steadily been increaseing over the past two decades. The technology for developing waterproof breathable textiles is focussed around two key aspects: The polymer membrane that is laminated onto the fabric to render it waterproof and breathable and the lamination technology with allows the proper adhesion of the membrane and fabric. Numerous breakthroughts have been made over the past two decades with regard to the development of new polymer membranes for clothing lamination. These membranes are however patent protected and expensive. This disseratation examines the use of starch as a modifying agent for the development of cheaper membranes that can act as an import replacement for the South African clothing lamination industry / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Chemical Engineering / unrestricted

Thesis (M.Eng.(Chemical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Summary in English. Date on t.p. of paper copy different (2007). Includes bibliographical references.

Breathable water-repellent garments are common products on the outdoor market. There are many recommendations on how to wash and waterproof your garment in order to make sure that its water-repellence is cared for, but the advice given by different sources is inconsistent. Are expensive products really necessarily or are regular laundry products just as good? What waterproofing agents should one use in order to insure that the water-repellent layer is restored? Four different water-repellent wash-in products were tested on polyester and polyamide fabrics. Seven laundry products and two water-repellent wash-in products were tested on jackets with dendrimer based finishes and untreated polyamide fabrics. The results were evaluated by spray testing according to ISO EN 24920 and sessile drop tests. Not all wash-in products offer good water-repellence on polyamide and polyester fabrics. Two laundry detergents decreased the water-repellence of the jackets. The laundry detergents did not affect the function of wash-in waterproofing agents on the jackets. The water-repellence of one wash-in product was affected by the use of two different detergents on untreated fabric / Program: Textilingenjörsutbildningen

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-08-17T18:37:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RUDÁ ARANHA – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGEM) 2017.pdf: 11257254 bytes, checksum: 2d827010d52a9ce6d3f05b9ddf1bf617 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T18:37:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RUDÁ ARANHA – DISSERTAÇÃO (PPGEM) 2017.pdf: 11257254 bytes, checksum: 2d827010d52a9ce6d3f05b9ddf1bf617 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-11-30 / Os materiais compósitos são sinônimos de boas propriedades mecânicas associadas a baixo peso estrutural com vasta aplicação na área da engenharia. A partir dos avanços tecnológicos e da necessidade de desenvolvimento de novos materiais, torná-los multifuncionais surge como interesse imediato. O método mais simples para conferir multifuncionalidade a um compósito é através da introdução de inserts nos compósitos antes de sua fabricação, conferindo-os as mais variadas características, sendo importante entender as consequências geradas a partir do uso dos inserts no processamento das placas. O estudo experimental do escoamento de resina através da pré-forma e os efeitos recorrentes devido à adição dos inserts impermeáveis aos compósitos durante o processo de Moldagem por Transferência de Resina (RTM) são os objetivos deste trabalho. Neste trabalho, foram utilizados reforço de tecido de fi bra de vidro e matriz de resina poliéster na composição de placas de material compósito com dimensões de 250x250x14 mm3 com 1 e 9 inserts impermeáveis de polietileno com dimensões de 50x50x4 mm3, processadas pelos métodos de RTM Light e VARTM para futura aplicação estrutural e/ou balística. Como esperado, a introdução de inserts na pré-forma causou distúrbio no escoamento da resina durante os processamentos, sendo evidenciadas regiões super ciais em algumas das placas, acima dos inserts, onde as bras não foram molhadas. Ao fim dos processamentos foram observadas variações nas espessura das placas, sendo esta uma consequência da compactação das fi bras devido à presença dos inserts. Também foi identi cada a movimentação dos inserts quando os pontos de entrada e saída foram posicionados em planos diferentes no molde. Tal movimentação foi evitada a partir da fixação dos inserts em uma tela antes do processamento. Com o corte das placas, regiões ricas em resina próximas às laterais dos inserts foram observadas, sendo esta uma consequência do mecanismo de afastamento das fibras devido à presença dos inserts. Assim, 4 zonas foram identifi cadas nos compósitos com inserts impermeáveis embebidos. Por fim,nos ensaios de flexão em 3 pontos, falhas de delaminação por cisalhamento tipo II foram identi cadas nos corpos de prova. / Composite materials are synonymous with good mechanical properties associated with low structural weight and have a great variety of applications in the engineering area. Taking into account technological advances and the necessity to develop new materials, make them multifunctional appears as immediate interest. The simplest method to confer multifunctionality to a composite is through the introduction of inserts into the composites, giving them the most varied characteristics. It is important to understand how these inserts will a ect the fabrication process and the structural characterization of the material. The experimental analysis of the ow through the preform and the effects due to the addition of the impermeable inserts to the composite during the process of Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) are the objectives of this work. In this work, reinforcement of glass ber fabric and polyester resin matrix was used in the composition of 250x250x14 mm3 composite materials sheets with 1 and 9 polyethylene impermeable inserts with dimensions of 50x50x4 mm3, processed by the RTM Light and VARTM methods for future structural and/or ballistic application. As expected, introduction of inserts into the preform caused disturbances in resinow during processing, with surface regions in some of the plates above the inserts where the bers were not wetted. At the end of the processing, variations in the thickness of the plates were observed, being this a consequence of the bercompaction due to the presence of the inserts. The movement of the inserts was also identi ed when the resininlet and outlet were positioned on di erent planes in the mold. the inserts movimentation was prevented from attaching the inserts to a mesh before the processing.With the cutting of the plates, resin-rich regions close to the sides of the inserts were observed, which is a consequence of the mechanism of ber spacing due to the presence of the inserts. Thus, 4 zones were identi ed in the composites with embedded impermeable inserts. Finally, in the 3-point bending tests, delamination failures for shear mode II were identi ed in the specimens.

The subject of this work is a new administrative building in Brno, district Brno – Stred. The aim of this work is to create documentation for realization. Building has twelve floors, while every floor is rotated by 5° relative to the previous floor counterclokwise. Final rotation between the first and the last floor is 60°. On the first floor there is a restaurant, on the next eleven floors there are administrative spaces. Building is without basement and has a single-layer flat roof. The foundations are made from a system of piles, which co-work with the waterproof foundation slab. Whole construction system is made from cast-in-place reinforced conrete.

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Two different asphalt concrete systems were examined in this research study. The existing system, consistent with current timber bridge construction practice, uses a preformed waterproofing membrane placed on a preservative treated wood deck overlaid with a bituminous concrete wearing surface. The second system consists of a treated wood deck overlaid with a base course of bituminous concrete, a waterproofing membrane, and a bituminous concrete wearing surface. The testing regime used in this research to evaluate watertightness and bond performance incorporated three parameters: three waterproofing membranes, two wood preservative treatments, and two environmental degradation conditions induced by temperature cycling in a moisture saturated condition. Control groups were evaluated for each study parameter and duplicate specimens were prepared and tested for each of the study parameters. A total of 160 specimens were constructed and tested. Watertightness of each system was determined by measuring the electrical impedance across a test specimen perpendicular to the direction of bond orientation in the pavement. The bond strength between each material of the paving systems was assessed using a shear test apparatus designed and built for this study. In addition to the laboratory constructed specimens, three drilled cores were taken from a bridge located on Creekside Drive in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania. The deck was constructed using the new design proposed in this research and each core was tested for watertightness and bond strength. Results of watertightness testing indicated that low temperature environments appear to be most detrimental to system integrity in both the existing and proposed paving system configurations examined in this research. In general, each membrane appeared to perform equally well in the proposed paving system configuration as well as with all of the wood preservative treatments used in the existing pavement system. Bond strength between asphalt and wood with no membrane was observed to be nonexistent whether or not any preservative treatment was present. The placement of a membrane between these two layers did, however, result in a significant increase in bond strength because each membrane tested was able to adhere to the wood base better than the asphalt overlay. This gain is strength was significantly offset when petroleum solvent based preservative treatments were present in the wood substrate. Protectowrap M400 membrane performed slightly better than the other membranes when used with untreated wood, but all of the membranes performed equally when preservative treatments were present. The highest interlayer bond strengths (asphalt/asphalt or asphalt/wood) observed in this research occurred when asphalt concrete surface material was placed directly on top of asphalt concrete base material, however the addition of a membrane between the asphalt lifts consistently reduced this strength. The results of bond testing indicate that the proposed system will perform better in terms of shoving in the pavement overlay. Based on bond test results of cores taken from the Creekside Drive bridge, it appears that a shear strength greater than 25 psi after 200 low temperature exposure cycles will provide acceptable paving system performance in a low temperature (0-40ºF) environment. / Master of Science