ONLINE BRIDGE CRACK MONITORING WITH SMART FILM

Online Bridge Crack Monitoring with Smart Film

Smart film crack monitoring method, which can be used for detecting initiation, length, width, shape, location, and propagation of cracks on real bridges, is proposed.Firstly, the fabrication of the smart film is developed.Then the feasibility of the method is analyzed and verified Cable Suspension by the mechanical sensing character of the smart f

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Factors affecting on longevity in Northern Khorasan Kordish sheep

Introduction The longevity is normally defined as the length of its productive life in the flock, which is the amount of time an animal spends producing (1).Longevity reflects the ability of ewe to avoid being culled for low production, low fertility, illness and influences the number and cost of replacements required to maintain the flock size.The

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Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Natural Variations in the Genomes of Erwinia pyrifoliae, a Black Shoot Blight Pathogen in Apple and Pear

Erwinia pyrifoliae is a Gram-negative bacterial plant pathogen that causes black shoot blight in apple and pear.Although earlier studies reported the genome comparison of Erwinia species, E.pyrifoliae strains for such analysis were isolated in 1996.In 2014, the strain E.pyrifoliae EpK1/15 was newly isolated in the apple tree showing black shoot bli

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A zoogeographical analysis of the vertical structure of the North Tian-Shanian butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) and the questions of the faunagenesis in Central Asia

A zoogeographical analysis performed for vertical structures of the butterfly fauna of North TianShan.The arealogical structure of this fauna includes 46 types of areals, grouped in 3 complexes (226 species).It is shown that the fauna is divided into four vertical zones: lowland, midland, highland and superhighland (the latter is formed from the ni

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