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14 Citations
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Effect of the Forest-Mine Boundary Form on Woody Colonization and Forest Expansion in Degraded Ecosystems

  • Carolina Martínez-Ruiz,
  • Ana I. Milder,
  • Daphne López-Marcos,
  • Pilar Zaldívar and
  • Belén Fernández-Santos

11 June 2021

We evaluated the ecological significance of the boundary form between two patches with contrasting vegetation (mine grassland and adjacent forest) on woody colonization and forest expansion in open-cast coal mines in Northern Spain. Woody colonizatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Expansion of Naturally Regenerated Forest)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,255 Views
34 Pages

26 April 2024

The Sturm–Liouville boundary value problem (SLBVP) stands as a fundamental cornerstone in the realm of mathematical analysis and physical modeling. Also known as the Sturm–Liouville problem (SLP), this paper explores the intricacies of th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,519 Views
31 Pages

16 May 2019

As one of the three major carbon sources in cities, urban mobility has posed severe challenges to the social environment. Promoting low-carbon travel for residents is an important measure for building a low-carbon city and mitigating climate change....

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,848 Views
16 Pages

22 June 2020

In this paper, the static problem of equilibrium of contact between an axisymmetric deflected circular membrane and a frictionless rigid plate was analytically solved, where an initially flat circular membrane is fixed on its periphery and pressurize...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Analysis and Boundary Value Problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
132 Views
24 Pages

23 October 2026

This paper presents a state-space-based stability boundary analysis of a traditional dual-droop-controlled grid-forming inverter under varying grid conditions. A small-signal state-space model is established by incorporating the inverter power stage,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Stability Analysis and Optimal Operation in Power Electronic Systems)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,501 Views
10 Pages

Research on the Grain Boundary Liquation Mechanism in Heat Affected Zones of Laser Forming Repaired K465 Nickel-Based Superalloy

  • Qiuge Li,
  • Xin Lin,
  • Xinghua Wang,
  • Haiou Yang and ,
  • Menghua Song and
  • Weidong Huang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 March 2016

The damaged K465 nickel-based superalloy parts were repaired by laser forming repair technology. The cracking characteristics and grain boundary liquation in heat affected zones were investigated by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microsco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Superalloys)
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  • Open Access
466 Views
27 Pages

21 September 2026

Grid-forming battery energy storage systems may remain synchronized yet fail to deliver active- and reactive-power service after severe disturbances. This paper develops a service-constrained critical energy-headroom framework for current-limited gri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simulation, Stability, and Control in Inverter-Dominated Power Grids)
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  • Open Access
505 Views
34 Pages

26 August 2026

The transition toward low-inertia power systems has increased interest in grid-forming (GFM) inverters as sources of power system voltage and frequency stability support. However, existing studies in the literature evaluate frequency performance metr...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,578 Views
17 Pages

10 July 2025

An efficient numerical approach utilizing a variational weak form, grounded in 2D elastic theory and variational principles, is proposed for analyzing the in-plane vibrational behavior of rectangular plates resting on elastically restrained boundarie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,363 Views
13 Pages

14 September 2021

This paper deals with the solution of boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations with general boundary conditions. We obtain closed-form solutions in a symbolic form of problems with the general n-th order differential operator, as w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Problems of Mathematical Physics and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
50 Citations
8,077 Views
14 Pages

19 December 2020

The aim of this study was to exmine the influence of combined urban form and land use on the vibrancy in urban areas within a geographical boundary for walkers. A geographical boundary is defined as a block group surrounded by expressways and arteria...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,809 Views
23 Pages

27 February 2018

We analytically calculate the statistics of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) fluctuations in an interacting gas trapped in a three-dimensional cubic or rectangular box with the Dirichlet, fused or periodic boundary conditions within the mean-field Bogo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,981 Views
13 Pages

23 June 2020

In the paper, we investigate a local boundary value problem with transmitting condition of the integral form for mixed parabolic-hyperbolic equation with non-characteristic line of type changing. Theorem on strong solvability of the considered proble...

(This article belongs to the Section C1: Difference and Differential Equations)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,538 Views
16 Pages

22 December 2023

When solving open-region electromagnetic scattering problems using the standard finite element method, the infinite region exterior to the scatterer must be truncated with an artificial outer boundary. In the interior or finite part of the domain, fi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electromagnetic Field Computation for Electrical Engineering Devices)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,446 Views
9 Pages

A Short Review on Superplasticity of Aluminum Alloys

  • Eric Kojo Kweitsu,
  • Dilip Kumar Sarkar and
  • X.-Grant Chen

27 September 2023

Superplastic aluminum (Al) alloys can be used in the forming processes to fabricate complex geometry components for a wide range of applications in the automobile industry, where light weight and high stiffness are needed. Those alloys exhibit extrem...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th International Aluminium Conference)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,704 Views
16 Pages

Numerical Analysis of the Forming Mechanism of Exit Burrs in Metal Milling under Ice Boundary Constraint

  • Chengxin Wang,
  • Wentao Xiong,
  • Guo Ding,
  • Pengchao Li and ,
  • Zhixiang Zhu and
  • Haibo Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 August 2022

In metal processing, exit burrs are usually inevitable, which is a huge challenge for high-precision manufacturing. This paper innovatively proposes an ice boundary constraint (IBC) method to actively suppress exit burrs to obtain better workpiece ed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Machined Surface Integrity in Manufacturing Process of Materials)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
773 Views
16 Pages

27 March 2026

A symbolic method is presented for examining the solvability and constructing the exact solution to boundary value problems for systems of linear ordinary loaded differential equations and loaded integro-differential equations with nonlocal boundary...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Differential Equations in Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,755 Views
15 Pages

27 March 2019

To improve the precision of the nonhorizontal suspension structure and the forming quality of the overhanging surface by selective laser melting, the influence of laser power on the upper surface and the overhanging surface forming quality of 316L st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Additive Manufacturing of Metals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,279 Views
27 Pages

24 December 2012

A modified form of the Townsend equations for the fluctuating velocity wave vectors is applied to a laminar three-dimensional boundary-layer flow. These equations are cast into a Lorenz-type system of equations. The initial system of Lorenz equations...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,532 Views
18 Pages

10 December 2019

In this paper, we study the meshless local Petrov–Galerkin (MLPG) method based on the moving least squares (MLS) approximation for finding a numerical solution to the Stefan free boundary problem. Approximation of this problem, due to the movin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,784 Views
22 Pages

9 October 2022

In the paper, we transform the general Sturm–Liouville problem (SLP) into two canonical forms: one with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions and another with the homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. A boundary shape function method...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods in Nonlinear Analysis and Their Applications)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,029 Views
28 Pages

4 March 2026

This manuscript presents a study of the Stress-Driven integral Model (SDM) for the bending response of Bernoulli–Euler nanobeams. Unlike conventional approaches that reformulate the nonlocal integral problem into an equivalent differential form...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Computational Mechanics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,349 Views
21 Pages

Creep Aging Behavior of a Thermo-Mechanical Treated 7B04 Aluminum Alloy

  • Shanfeng Lao,
  • Lihua Zhan,
  • Wei Qian,
  • Yongqian Xu and ,
  • Bolin Ma,
  • Chuhui Liu,
  • Minghui Huang,
  • Youliang Yang,
  • Kuigen Chen and
  • Hongfei Xi
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

17 January 2023

Creep aging behavior of a pre-strain and under-age treated 7B04 aluminum alloy (7B04-P for short) was systematically investigated under different temperatures and applied stresses. A lot of dislocation tangles and η’/GPzs were formed in the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloys)
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  • Open Access
654 Views
21 Pages

20 January 2026

This study proposes a cross-disciplinary computational framework to advance the sustainable design of free-form grid roofs in hot climates, integrating architectural geometry with building thermal performance to enhance climate adaptability. Numerica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,207 Views
28 Pages

7 March 2024

The local dynamics of a system of oscillators with a large number of elements and with diffusive- and advective-type couplings containing a large delay are studied. Critical cases in the problem of the stability of the zero equilibrium state are sing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Differential and Difference Equations and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,028 Views
25 Pages

Compactness of the Complex Green Operator on C1 Pseudoconvex Boundaries in Stein Manifolds

  • Abdullah Alahmari,
  • Emad Solouma,
  • Marin Marin,
  • A. F. Aljohani and
  • Sayed Saber

6 November 2025

We study compactness for the complex Green operator Gq associated with the Kohn Laplacian □b on boundaries of pseudoconvex domains in Stein manifolds. Let Ω⋐X be a bounded pseudoconvex domain in a Stein manifold X of complex dimensi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,565 Views
22 Pages

National-level traditional villages in Liandu District and Qingyuan County, Lishui City, in the southwestern mountainous area of Zhejiang Province serve as research objects in our exploration of the external representation and deep spatial structure...

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  • Open Access
43 Citations
7,750 Views
15 Pages

Analytical Thermal Modeling of Metal Additive Manufacturing by Heat Sink Solution

  • Jinqiang Ning,
  • Daniel E. Sievers,
  • Hamid Garmestani and
  • Steven Y. Liang

12 August 2019

Metal additive manufacturing can produce geometrically complex parts with effective cost. The high thermal gradients due to the repeatedly rapid heat and solidification cause defects in the produced parts, such as cracks, porosity, undesired residual...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-scale Modeling of Materials and Structures)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,008 Views
22 Pages

Improved CNN for Predicting Line Heating Forming Deformation of Complex Hull Curved Plate

  • Shun Wang,
  • Haohao Jia,
  • Yuxuan Fu,
  • Ji Wang and ,
  • Rui Li and
  • Zhishuo Shi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 November 2025

Shipbuilding requires numerous complex curved plates, with manual line heating forming as the primary processing method for the outer plates of the hull. To solve the problem of automation in curved plate forming, this research investigates intellige...

(This article belongs to the Section Metals and Alloys)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
597 Views
16 Pages

19 March 2026

Developing stable alumina-based scales is critical for alumina-forming austenitic (AFA) alloys exposed to highly basic molten carbonates. However, the inherently sluggish diffusion of Al in austenite often limits the establishment of continuous prote...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corrosion Behavior and Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials (3rd Edition))
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  • Open Access
440 Views
22 Pages

Small-Signal Stability Analysis of Grid-Following and Grid-Forming Converters in EV Charging Stations

  • Xuekai Hu,
  • Shiwei Xue,
  • Jiacheng Dong,
  • Jianhong Liao and ,
  • Rui Ma,
  • Ruofei Wang,
  • Ningsai Su and
  • Wei Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

With the increasing deployment of EV charging infrastructure, large numbers of power electronic converters are being integrated into distribution networks, making small-signal stability a key issue for converter-intensive charging facilities. In prac...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in “Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration” Section)
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  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,799 Views
15 Pages

A Revisit of the Boundary Value Problem for Föppl–Hencky Membranes: Improvement of Geometric Equations

  • Yong-Sheng Lian,
  • Jun-Yi Sun,
  • Zhi-Hang Zhao,
  • Xiao-Ting He and
  • Zhou-Lian Zheng

20 April 2020

In this paper, the well-known Föppl–Hencky membrane problem—that is, the problem of axisymmetric deformation of a transversely uniformly loaded and peripherally fixed circular membrane—was resolved, and a more refined closed-fo...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,091 Views
16 Pages

Determination of skin friction factor has been a controversial topic, particularly in gravel-bed rivers where total flow resistance is influenced by the existence of small-scale skin roughness and large-scale topographic forms. The accuracy of existi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Flow Modeling for Water Resources and Hydrological Engineering)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,004 Views
26 Pages

Stability Boundary Characterization and Power Quality Improvement for Distribution Networks

  • Min Zhang,
  • Yi Long,
  • Shuai Guo,
  • Zou Xiao and ,
  • Tianling Shi,
  • Xin Xiang and
  • Rui Fan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 December 2024

With the increasing proportion of distributed generators (DGs), distribution networks usually include grid forming (GFM) and grid following (GFL) converters. However, the incompatibility of dynamic performance caused by different control methods of t...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,910 Views
14 Pages

Assessing Boundary Film Forming Behavior of Phosphonium Ionic Liquids as Engine Lubricant Additives

  • Mayank Anand,
  • Mark Hadfield,
  • Jose-Luis Viesca,
  • Ben Thomas and ,
  • Ruben González,
  • Rob Cantrill and
  • Antolin Hernández Battez
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The reduction of friction and wear losses in boundary lubrication regime of a piston ring-cylinder liner tribo-system has always been a challenge for engine and lubricant manufacturers. One way is to use lubricant additives, which can form boundary f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
941 Views
24 Pages

The Characterization of Curved Grain Boundary in Nickel-Based Superalloy Formed During Heat Treatment

  • Yu Zhang,
  • Jianguo Wang,
  • Dong Liu,
  • Junwei Huang and ,
  • Minqing Wang,
  • Haodong Rao,
  • Jungang Nan and
  • Yaqi Lai
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

7 January 2026

This study proposes a novel framework for quantifying curved grain boundaries that overcomes key limitations of existing methods. Unlike Fourier-based approaches that require labor-intensive sequential analysis of individual boundaries and selectivel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,729 Views
13 Pages

4 October 2024

To explore the bending process and theory of the free-boundary aerodynamic film forming method for curved detectors, this study integrates practical forming structures with theoretical analysis and establishes a simulation model to investigate stress...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,045 Views
16 Pages

Characterization of Thermomechanical Boundary Conditions of a Martensitic Steel for a FAST Forming Process

  • Xiaochuan Liu,
  • Xiao Yang,
  • Yuhao Sun,
  • Denis J. Politis and ,
  • Ken-ichiro Mori and
  • Liliang Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The present work characterized and modelled the interfacial heat transfer coefficient and friction coefficient of a non-alloy martensitic steel, for a novel Fast light Alloy Stamping Technology (FAST) process. These models were validated through temp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hot, Warm and Cold Stamping of High Strength Steel and Aluminium Alloy Parts)
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  • Open Access
1,670 Views
13 Pages

23 November 2022

This paper deals with Lopatinskii type boundary value problem (bvp) for the (poly) harmonic differential operators. In the case of Robin bvp for the Laplace equation in the ball B1 a Green function is constructed in the cases c>0, c∉−N...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Investigations of Differential and Fractional Equations and Inclusions II)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,110 Views
29 Pages

30 June 2023

This study proposes a novel hybrid simulation technique for analyzing structural deformation and stress using light detection and ranging (LiDAR)-scanned point cloud data (PCD) and polynomial regression processing. The method estimates the edge and c...

(This article belongs to the Topic Structural Health Monitoring Based on Materials, Mathematical Methods, and Sensing Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,065 Views
18 Pages

4 February 2026

Boundary value problems for systems of integrodifferential equations appear in many branches of science and engineering. Accuracy in modeling complex processes requires the specification of nonlocal boundary conditions, including multipoint and integ...

(This article belongs to the Section Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,368 Views
17 Pages

6 October 2021

Nickel-based single-crystal superalloy turbine blades have been widely used in engines of aircrafts or power plants, but some defect grains are often found on the surface of the blade after full heat treatment or even after casting. Rhenium-rich part...

(This article belongs to the Topic Single-Crystal Ni-Based Alloys)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,861 Views
16 Pages

20 December 2017

It is shown that complex-valued boundary value problems for several classes of recurrent relations with two independent variables, of some considerable interest, are solvable on the following domain: C = { ( n , k ) : 0 ≤ k ≤ n , k ∈ N 0 , n ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry: Feature Papers 2017)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,640 Views
14 Pages

Thermal Effect in Nonlinear One-Dimensional Consolidation of Cold Region Soil

  • Zongqin Wang,
  • Wenbing Wu,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Zuodong Wang and ,
  • Ruichen Xi and
  • Minjie Wen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 August 2022

The thermal effect can significantly influence the consolidation of the soil, especially in the cold region. Previous studies have established to research that the drops in the ambient temperature would slow down the consolidation process, resulting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
322 Views
17 Pages

27 August 2026

Airport pavement damage is mostly caused by the cumulative effect of subgrade settlement, but existing calculations for subgrade cumulative settlement seldom consider the dynamic variation characteristics of the degree of compaction of subgrade soil...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,723 Views
25 Pages

31 August 2024

In this paper, we introduce a comprehensive solution aimed at enhancing our understanding of three-dimensional atmospheric pollutant dispersion. This innovative solution involves the development of a generalized model that extends previous research a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Atmospheric Dispersion and Chemistry Models: Advances and Applications (2nd Edition))
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,284 Views
14 Pages

9 November 2022

Superplasticity refers to the ability of some materials to pull out to tensile elongations of 400% or more when the strain rate sensitivity is ~0.5. The first report of true superplastic flow was published in 1934 in experiments conducted in England....

(This article belongs to the Section Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,867 Views
10 Pages

Molecular Coverage Determines Sliding Wear Behavior of n-Octadecylphosphonic Acid Functionalized Cu–O Coated Steel Disks against Aluminum

  • Stephan Prünte,
  • Denis Music,
  • Velislava L. Terziyska,
  • Christian Mitterer and
  • Jochen M. Schneider

8 January 2020

The sliding wear behavior of Cu–O coated steel disks functionalized with n-octadecyl-phosphonic acids was evaluated against aluminum in ball-on-disk tribometer experiments. After 5 m of sliding the friction coefficient of the functionalized sam...

(This article belongs to the Section Thin Films and Interfaces)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,659 Views
12 Pages

17 April 2020

Copepods are small aquatic creatures which are abundant in oceans as a major food source for fish, thereby playing a vital role in marine ecology. Because of their role in the food chain, copepods have been subject to intense research through differe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid Mechanics of Plankton)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,365 Views
17 Pages

7 November 2024

This research deals with gas hydrates formation and dissociation within a marine quartz-based porous sediment and in batch conditions. Hydrates were formed with small-chain hydrocarbons included in natural gas mixtures: methane and also ethane and pr...

(This article belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)

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