Most textile materials are used near humans and frequently touched by the human skin. There are several parameters to evaluate the quality and the applicability of fabrics. The coefficient of friction is one of those ...

A standing frame is a mechanical or mechatronic equipment (recent versions) that aims to correct the inability of individuals to assume the vertical position. The existing standing frames on the market do not allow easy ...

The joining process carried out in the solid state, named Pressuring Diffusion Welding (PDW), is a modified and not well studied version of Diffusion Welding (DW). In PDW, the load applied to the samples to be joined varies ...