SCACCABAROZZI D.

One of the key factors for the success of the orthodontic treatments is the patients' compliance to the prescriptions of the doctors, especially when removable appliances are used. However, at the current state of the art, there are no standard techniques for measuring for how long the patients use the prescribed appliance. Moreover, also the...

An investigation on fatigue crack growth monitoring of bonded joints has been conducted employing a novel carbon nanotube adhesive film, chosen for their proven exceptional properties for sensing purposes. Single lap shear fatigue tests have been carried out at a 7 kN load, load ratio 0.1 and 10 Hz frequency. A correlation between the...