1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910714101403321

Autore

Skinner John V.

Titolo

Measurement of scour-depth near bridge piers / / by John V. Skinner ; prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1986

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 33 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Water-resources investigations report ; ; 85-4106

Soggetti

Scour at bridges - Measurement - Equipment and supplies

Hydraulic engineering - Equipment and supplies - Design and construction

Scour at bridges - Measurement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 33).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910983371003321

Autore

Kandasubramanian Balasubramanian

Titolo

Engineering Natural Silk : Applications and Future Directions / / edited by Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian, Niranjana Jaya Prakash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

9789819779017

9789819779000

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Collana

Engineering Materials, , 1868-1212

Altri autori (Persone)

Jaya PrakashNiranjana

Disciplina

620.118

Soggetti

Composite materials

Machine learning

Natural products

Biomaterials

Environmental management

Composites

Machine Learning

Natural Products

Biomedical Materials

Environmental Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Silk: Sources & Structure -- Role of degumming and various degumming techniques -- Various morphological forms of silk fibroin -- Bio-composites of Silk -- Silk based bio-inks -- Additive manufacturing of silk -- Silk based smart materials -- Biomedical applications of Silk fibroin -- Silk for environment remediation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights the potential of silk in a vast array of applications, mainly in the field of medicine, electronics, and cosmetics. The silk proteins are generally contrived within the specialized glands of the arthropods, viz silkworms, spiders, and moths posterior to the biosynthesis occurring inside the epithelial cells. The unique conformational orientation comprising of hydrophobic crystalline beta-sheet domains and hydrophilic amorphous random coil structure, their



tunability, presence of plenteous functional groups, mechanical strength, ease of regeneration, biocompatibility and biodegradability has enabled silk to grow beyond textile materials over last few decades making it an excellent alternative to synthetic polymers.