Porcelain fused to metal is widespread dental prosthetic restoration. The survival rate of metal-ceramic restorations depends not only on the qualifications of dentists, dental technicians but also on the adhesive strength of ceramics to a metal frame. The goal of the research is to determine the optimal parameters of the surface machining of the metal frame to increase the adhesion of metal to ceramics. Adhesion of cobalt-chromium alloy and ceramics was investigated. A profilometer and a scanning electron microscope were used to analyze the morphology. To estimate the adhesion the shear strength was measured by the method based on ASTM D1002-10. A method of surface microrelief formation of metal samples by plasma-electrolyte treatment has been developed. Regimes for plasma-electrolyte surface treatment were investigated according to current-voltage characteristics and a surface roughness parameter. The samples were subjected to different surface machining techniques such as polishing, milling, sandblasting (so-called traditional methods), and plasma-electrolyte processing. Morphology of the surface for all samples was studied and the difference in microrelief was shown. The roughness and adhesive strength were measured for samples either. As a result, the mode for plasma- electrolytic surface treatment under which the adhesive strength was increased up to 183% (compared with the traditional methods) was found.

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The problem of a four-point bending of sandwich plates with external layers of a fiber reinforced plastic is considered, the results of numerical and experimental studies are presented. It is shown that in the vicinity of the loading roller, which exerts a local effect on the external layer, there is a strong decrease in the transverse shear secant modulus of fiber reinforced plastic with an increase in the transverse shear strains. The numerical solution of the problem of the plate bending is carried out in a physically and geometrically nonlinear formulation using various relations of the finite element method, two variants of geometrically nonlinear kinematic relations of the equations of the elasticity theory and different variants of the loading process parameter. Along with the classical nonlinear relations, the problem solutions are also constructed on the basis of consistent relations between strains and displacements, the use of which allows one to avoid the appearance occurrence of false bifurcation points. The results of the numerical calculations obtained with different methods and use of different ratios are presented, the analysis of which showed their small difference. It was revealed that the stability loss and failure of the external layers of a sandwich plate occurs due to the stability loss in the nonclassical transverse-shear mode. To determine the ultimate load, which is accompanied with a loss of strength of the external loaded layer, the Tsai-Wu criterion was used. A comparative analysis of the behavior of the plate external layers at different thicknesses and different diameters of the loading roller is carried out. It is shown that the ultimate load is practically not affected by the roller diameter, while the load at which the external layer loses its stability, is very sensitive to a change in its value.