The laser irradiation effect on Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) has attracted wide attention in photoelectric countermeasures and imaging system hardening. This review provides a systematic analysis of the phenomena and mechanisms of laser-induced dazz...
The study used linearly and circularly polarized femtosecond pulsed lasers to irradiate a Ta2O5/SiO2 film. Firstly, the damage thresholds of the film for linearly and circularly polarized femtosecond pulsed lasers were measured in 1-on-1 mode. The re...
In the serviced components of a 7075 aluminum alloy, the propagation of fatigue crack can be retarded because of the overload effect; however, the corresponding retardation mechanisms are complex. To provide further insights into the retardation mech...
Indentation tests were used for early detection of deformation-induced damage of Inconel 718. Damage was produced in a controlled manner using specially designed specimens with a variable width of the gage part. Static tension, LCF, and HCF tests wer...
During the process of mining underground coal, the coal emits a large amount of methane into the mining space, which may lead to methane accumulation and exceed explosion safety limits When the methane encounters a fire source, a methane explosion ma...
A novel damage model for concrete has been developed, which can reflect the complex hysteresis phenomena of concrete under cyclic loading, as well as other nonlinear behaviors such as stress softening, stiffness degradation, and irreversible deformat...
The functioning of ecosystems critically depends on biodiversity. However, the effects of herbivore diversity on plant damage caused by herbivore feeding remain underexplored. In this study, we tested the prediction that relative losses of foliage to...
He-H synergistic effects influence the performance of structural materials in fusion reactors. Due to the lack of high-intensity fusion neutron sources, multiple ion beam irradiation has been widely used as an emulation method to study its synergisti...
The essential target of the tumor’s treatment is how to destroy its tissues. This work is dealing with the thermal damage of the tumor tissue due to the thermoelectrical effect based on the Thomson effect. The governing equation of tumor tissue...
Timber construction experiences a growing trend in different countries due to its inherent environmental benefits and proven lateral load performance. However, most of the previous studies on structural and seismic performance have focused on undamag...
This paper delves into the impact of the damage accumulation effect, which leads to the degradation of material strength and stiffness, on the seismic resistance of transmission towers. Building upon the elastic–plastic finite element theory, a...
7075 aluminum alloy has been widely used because of its excellent mechanical properties. The fatigue crack acceleration induced by compressive overloading is detrimental to 7075 aluminum alloy in service, and the corresponding mechanisms are complex....
In civil engineering structures, modal changes produced by environmental conditions, especially temperature, can be equivalent to or greater than the ones produced by damage. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish the variations in structural prop...
The interaction between adjacent asperities is a typical characteristic of the grinding process and plays an important role in the material removal mechanism. Therefore, in order to systematically investigate the formation mechanism of the subsurface...
The long-term inhalation of free silica dust causes silicosis—a prevalent occupational hazard—yet its systemic effect on male reproductive toxicity remains underexplored. Tetrandrine (Tet) is the only plant-derived anti-silicosis drug app...
Based on Lemaitre’s strain equivalence hypothesis theory, it is assumed that the strength of acid-etching rock microelements under the coupling effect of temperature and confining pressure follows the Weibull distribution. Under the hypothesis...
High voltage spark discharge (HVSD) could generate strong pressure waves that can be combined with a rotary drill bit to improve the penetration rate in unconventional oil and gas drilling. However, there has been little investigation of the effect o...
Olive leaves, a major byproduct of olive processing, are generated in large quantities annually yet suffer from inefficient utilization and low added value. In this study, response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize the extraction con...
In naval warfare, underwater explosion (UNDEX) shock waves significantly influence the stability and safety of the pressure hull structure of the equipment. This study investigated the unique dynamic buckling of a closed cylindrical shell subjected t...
To clarify the origin of asymmetric arc ablation in hydroelectric generator slip rings, a Steel 45/carbon current-carrying friction pair was selected to investigate the influence of current polarity on arc behaviour and interfacial damage. Static gap...
The damage and degradation of coal-measure sandstone in cold-region open-pit mines due to freeze–thaw effects has become one of the significant factors inducing instability in the rock mass of open-pit mine slopes. This study conducts experimen...
Cladophora-dominated filamentous algal blooms constitute a growing threat to aquatic ecosystem stability and aquaculture operations. This study systematically evaluated the algicidal efficacy of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), both individually and in c...
Investigation of the contralateral repeated bout effect (CL-RBE) in women is scarce. Therefore, this study aimed at examining whether CL-RBE exists in women. Twelve healthy women (age: 20.9 ± 2.5 years) performed two bouts of maximal elbow fle...
Plasmid DNA is useful for investigating the DNA damaging effects of ionizing radiation. In this study, we have explored the feasibility of plasmid DNA-based detectors to assess the DNA damaging effectiveness of two radiotherapy X-ray beam qualities a...
In animal models, melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSHs) protect the liver from various injuries. Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), a metabolic disorder, leads to the accumulation of protoporphyrin (PPIX). In addition to the most prominent symptom...
Understanding irradiation damage and effects in α-uranium (α-U) is critical to modeling the behavior of U-based metallic fuels. The aim of this review is to address the renewed interest in U-based metallic fuels by examining the state-of-...
Owning to the fact that ammunition can cause varying degrees of damage to its target, this article presents a damage effectiveness calculation method of hitting targets with ammunition based on Bayesian multinomial distribution to solve the problems...
The synergistic effects on the 0.18 µm PPD CISs induced by neutron displacement damage and gamma ionization damage are investigated. The typical characterizations of the CISs induced by the neutron displacement damage and gamma ionization damag...
In this work, the directionality effects during the MW 7.8 earthquake, which occurred in Muisne (Ecuador) on 16 April 2016, were analyzed under two perspectives. The first one deals with the influence of these effects on seismic intensity measures (I...
The change of physical and mechanical properties of slope rock mass in open-pit mines in seasonally frozen area under the action of freeze–thaw cycles is one of the main reasons for slope instability. In this paper, taking the mechanical parame...
Ionizing radiation (IR) is considered a traditional mutagen and genotoxic agent. Exposure to IR affects in all cases biological systems and living organisms from plants to humans mostly in a pernicious way. At low (<0.1 Gy) and low-to-medium doses...
To study the variations in modal properties of a reinforced concrete (RC) slab (such as natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping ratios) under the influence of ambient temperature, a laboratory RC slab is monitored for over a year, the simple lin...
Piezoelectric sensors array based damage imaging method as a high resolution source localization algorithm is becoming a promising method in structural health monitoring (SHM) technology. However, the environmental variations could affect the gain-ph...
This study addresses pivotal scientific questions regarding the evolution of overburden strata during high-intensity mining in the Shendong coal mining area. Through a comprehensive research methodology combining physical similarity tests and numeric...
In the aeronautical field, the damage that occurs to a carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) structure analysis is a crucial point for further improving its capability and performance. In the current the state of the art, in fact, many issues are li...
Static random-access memory (SRAM), a pivotal component in integrated circuits, finds extensive applications and remains a focal point in the global research on single-event effects (SEEs). Prolonged exposure to irradiation, particularly the displace...
In engineering, the demand for lightweight yet strong materials has led to the widespread use of polymer matrix composites reinforced with particles. These composites offer superior mechanical properties, making them ideal for applications in areas s...
To study the influence of the spatial distribution and structure of multi-scale cracks on the mechanical behavior of rocks, triaxial compression tests and cyclic triaxial complete loading and unloading tests were conducted on sandstone, with real-tim...
Energy sustainability and the establishment of the ‘national water network’ are all inseparable from the construction of underground engineering. Monitoring indices for the surrounding rock are vital for the safety management of undergrou...
Studies on radiosensitization of biological damage by O2 began about a century ago and it remains one of the most significant subjects in radiobiology. It has been related to increased production of oxygen radicals and other reactive metabolites, but...
To contribute to the development of sustainable composites, this work investigates the effects of moisture on the key AE characteristics related to the damage mechanisms of a bio-based balsa wood core sandwich in 4-point bending tests, including cumu...
Nuclear fuel cladding serves as the primary barrier to the release of radioactive fission products and is subjected to high-temperature and high-pressure environments during both normal reactor operation and accident scenarios such as loss of coolant...
As the carrier of electric energy transmission, transmission lines undertake the important task of electric energy distribution and transfer. However, with the increasing frequency of construction using large machinery such as tower cranes and excava...
Due to the complexity of the microstructure of porous media, it is of great significance to explore the heat transport mechanism in porous media in many engineering applications. In this study, an expression for effective thermal conductivity (ETC) o...
Experimental research of bone strength remains costly and limited for ethical and technical reasons. Therefore, to predict the mechanical state of bone tissue, as well as similar materials, it is desirable to use computer technology and mathematical...
Mechanical threshing can cause damage to oats, and the nutritional quality of the damaged kernels easily changes during storage. The current research on oats with regard to threshing damage and nutritional quality falls into two separate research are...
In medical and occupational settings, ionizing irradiation of the circulatory system occurs at various dose rates. We previously found sparing and enhancing dose protraction effects for aortic changes in wild-type mice at 6 months after starting irra...
Genotoxic treatments elicit DNA damage response (DDR) not only in cells that are directly exposed but also in cells that are not in the field of treatment (bystander cells), a phenomenon that is commonly referred to as the bystander effect (BE). Howe...
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1n7) has been identified as a regulator of physiological cardiac hypertrophy. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the molecular pathways involved in C16:1n7 responses in primary murine cardiomyocytes (PCM) and a mouse...
The 4 February 1867 Cephalonia (Western Greece) earthquake is the largest in the Ionian Islands and one of the largest in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, it remained one of the least studied historical events. For reconstructing this earthquake,...
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