scholarly journals Evaluating the Effects of Textural Properties on the Strength Parameters of Marbles from North-Western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Author(s):  
Noor Muhammad ◽  
Umair Hassan ◽  
Zahid Ur Rehman ◽  
Sajjad Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Sajid ◽  
...  

Marble is globally used as a natural stone for decorative and architectural purposes. Primary utilization of marble is as building and dimension stones. Mechanical properties and aesthetic aspects are major characteristics of marble and decisive factors for its selection and utilization. It is therefore imperative to evaluate the key strength properties i.e. Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS) and Uniaxial Tensile Strength (UTS) of marble before its utilization. These key strength parameters are dependent on textural features of marble. Present study investigates the effect of two key textural features i.e. grain size and grain shape on two key strength parameters i.e. UCS and UTS of marble samples taken from three different regions i.e. Buner, Chitral and Swat in the north western part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Correlation and regression analysis between these textural properties and strength parameters revealed that prominent textural features of grain size and shape can be used as a quick indicator for assessment of strength parameters and as guideline for appropriate utilization of marble.

2012 ◽  
Vol 450-451 ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
Xi Xi He ◽  
Ping Fang

Uniaxial tensile strength is one of the important strength parameters of concrete. In this study, two test methods were applied to determine direct tensile strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength of fly ash concrete specimens with the same cross section and different strength grades. Relationship among the uniaxial tensile, splitting tensile and flexural strength of concrete were researched. Furthermore, the influence of concrete strength and age to the three tensile strengths were specifically analyzed in the paper.


2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Shumlyanskyy ◽  
L. Stepanyuk ◽  
S. Claesson ◽  
K. Rudenko ◽  
A. Bekker

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. Minicheva ◽  
V. N. Bolshakov ◽  
E. S. Kalashnik ◽  
A. B. Zotov ◽  
A. V. Marinets

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 181-192
Author(s):  
Anna A. Komzolova

One of the results of the educational reform of the 1860s was the formation of the regular personnel of village teachers. In Vilna educational district the goal was not to invite teachers from central Russia, but to train them on the spot by establishing special seminaries. Trained teachers were supposed to perform the role of «cultural brokers» – the intermediaries between local peasants and the outside world, between the culture of Russian intelligentsia and the culture of the Belarusian people. The article examines how officials and teachers of Vilna educational district saw the role of rural teachers as «cultural brokers» in the context of the linguistic and cultural diversity of the North-Western Provinces. According to them, the graduates of the pedagogical seminaries had to remain within the peasant estate and to keep in touch with their folk «roots». The special «mission» of the village teachers was in promoting the ideas of «Russian elements» and historical proximity to Russia among Belarusian peasants.


Author(s):  
Sorin Geacu

The population of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L., 1758) in Tulcea county (Romania) The presence of the Red Deer in the North-western parts of Tulcea County is an example of the natural expansion of a species spreading area. In North Dobrogea, this mammal first occurred only forty years ago. The first specimens were spotted on Cocoşul Hill (on the territory of Niculiţel area) in 1970. Peak numbers (68 individuals) were registered in the spring of 1987. The deer population (67 specimens in 2007) of this county extended along 10 km from West to East and 20 km from North to South over a total of 23,000 ha (55% of which was forest land) in the East of the Măcin Mountains and in the West of the Niculiţel Plateau.


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