The two specimens in the tests were identical having come from the same cast flow.
Favourable ductility performance was observed for the specimens in the tests.
Hydrostatic pressures varying from 30 MPa to 500 MPa were applied on the 50 mm cubic concrete specimens in the tests.
Two types of boundary conditions (simply supported (SS) and a fully fixed (FF)) were adopted to support the LVI specimens in the test fixture.
Glass hooks were used to hold the specimens in the test solutions.
The average concrete compressive strength of the specimens in the test days was calculated by testing concrete cylinders for each concrete beam at the testing day.
It should be noted that the measured strengths of all the specimens in the tests are significantly larger than the calculated strengths per ACI 318-14.
The two signatures allowed patients with specimens in the test set to be divided into four quartiles with widely disparate median lengths of survival (13.6, 11.1, 10.8, and 3.9 years), independently of clinical prognostic variables.
An essential part of the experiments was the adequate positioning and fixation of the specimens in the test bench.
We chose 15° flexion of the elbow, as it made positioning of the specimens in the test bench much easier.
