Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are effective for strengthening masonry walls. Debonding at the polymer–masonry interface is a major concern, requiring further investigation into interface behavior. This study utilizes detailed micro-modeling...
Near surface mounted (NSM) carbon fibers reinforced polymer (CFRP) reinforcement is one of the techniques for reinforcing masonry structures and is considered to provide significant advantages. This paper is composed of two parts. The first part pres...
This paper presents an experimental and numerical study into the shear response of brick masonry triplet prisms under different levels of precompression, as well as samples reinforced with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strips. Masonry triple...
Understanding transport phenomena and governing mechanisms of different physical and chemical processes in porous media has been a critical research area for decades. Correlating fluid flow behaviour at the micro-scale with macro-scale parameters, su...
An investigation on the White Etching Crack (WEC) phenomenon as a severe damage mode in bearing applications led to the observation that in a latent pre-damage state period, visible alterations appear on the surface of the raceway. A detailed inspect...
This work describes the flow behavior of the oil recovery obtained by the injection of sulfate-modified/low-salinity water in micromodels with different wettabilities. It provides a detailed microscopic visualization of the displacement taking place...
While openings are an essential requirement in buildings as a source of access, fresh air and sunlight, these openings cause a reduction in the lateral stiffness and torsional resistance of masonry wall units. A detailed numerical investigation was c...
The effect of the vertical component of earthquakes on the structural behaviour of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls is usually not considered by technical codes for ordinary buildings. Recent scientific literature, however, indicates that the earthqu...
This study investigates the in-plane shear behavior of solid brick masonry walls, both unreinforced and retrofitted using Reinforced Khorasan Jacketing (RHJ), a traditional pozzolanic mortar technique rooted in Iranian and Ottoman architecture. Six o...
The injection of sulfonated-modified water could be an attractive application as it results in the formation of a mechanically rigid oil-water interface, and hence, possible higher oil recovery in combination with polymer. Therefore, detailed experim...
Oil production from depleted reservoirs in EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) techniques has significantly increased due to its huge demands in industrial energy sectors. Chemical EOR is one of the best approaches to extract the trapped oil. However, there...
Fine aggregate and cement have been partially replaced by 10% and 56% crumb rubber and class F-fly ash, respectively, in order to manufacture rubberized concrete interlocking bricks (RCIBs). The newly developed product has been used for masonry const...
This paper presents a scientific development aimed at improving the efficiency of turbomachines through the joint use of rotary-vane and vortex workflows. In the well-known Euler turbine, the rotor flow channels represent a set of curved pipes. The a...
Walls in masonry structures exhibit sensitive behavior under out-of-plane displacements. Although numerous studies address in-plane behavior, research focusing on out-of-plane response remains limited. The performance of masonry walls is influenced b...
The understanding of multiphase flow phenomena occurring in porous media at the pore scale is fundamental in a significant number of fields, from life science to geo and environmental engineering. However, because of the optical opacity and the geome...
The current handling of gas associated with oil production poses an environmental risk. This gas is being flared off due to the technical and economic attractiveness of this option. As flared gases are mainly composed of methane, they have harmful gr...
Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a non-destructive imaging technique that offers highly detailed, 3D visualizations of a target specimen. In the context of breast cancer, micro-CT has emerged as a promising tool for analyzing microcalcificatio...
Understanding the details of micro-scale wind fields is important in the development of wind energy. Research has proven that coupling Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models is a better approach for micro-sca...
Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is a commonly used tool for bone evaluation in animal model research. Micro-scale finite element analysis (µFEA) has been proposed to account for different loading scenarios, detailed three-dimensional (3D)...
Prostate cancer is a global health concern, and early diagnosis plays a vital role in improving the survival rate. Accurate segmentation is a key step in the automated diagnosis of prostate cancer; however, manual segmentation remains time-consuming...
A multi-fidelity micro combustor design approach is developed for a small-scale combined heat and power CHP system. The approach is characterised by the coupling of the developed preliminary design model using the combined method of 3D high-fidelity...
Micro-light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) have been regarded as the important next-generation display technology, and a comprehensive and reliable modeling method for the design and optimization of characteristics of the micro-LED is of great use. In...
This work proposes a detailed process of micro/nano-structure surface modification in relation to temperature field. In this paper, a femtosecond laser is used to induce the surface morphology of a silicon substrate. We provide a new method for the f...
Automatically identifying the new equipment after its integration and adjusting operation strategy to realize “plug and play” functionality are becoming essential for micro-grid operations. In order to improve and perfect the micro-grid “plug and pla...
Surfactant huff-n-puff (HnP) has been shown to be an effective protocol to improve oil recovery in tight and ultratight reservoirs. The success of surfactant HnP for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process depends on the efficiency of the designed chemic...
The investigation of bone damage processes is a crucial point to understand the mechanisms of age-related bone fractures. In order to reduce their impact, early diagnosis is key. The intricate architecture of bone and the complexity of multiscale dam...
Mobility digital twins (MDTs), which utilize multi-modal microscopic (micro) traffic simulations and an activity-based demand generation, are envisioned as flexible and reliable planning tools for addressing today’s increasingly complex and div...
It is very common for natural or synthetic materials to be characterized by a periodic or quasi-periodic micro-structure. This micro-structure, under the different loading conditions may play an important role on the apparent, macroscopic behaviour o...
This paper studies the hydrogen-assisted microdamage (HAMD) in fully-pearlitic steel. A detailed analysis is provided of the HAMD region in axisymmetric round-notched samples of high-strength eutectoid pearlitic steel under hydrogen embrittlemen...
The assembly and position adjustment of micro-components have wide applications in micro-electromechanical systems, wafer packaging and biomedicine. However, current single-finger microgrippers only allow for the pickup and release of micro-component...
Multiple attractors and their fractal basins of attraction can lead to the loss of global stability and integrity of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). In this paper, multistability of a class of electrostatic bilateral capacitive micro-resonat...
A micro-channel heat sink is a promising cooling method for high power integrated circuits (IC). However, the understanding of such a micro-channel device is not sufficient, because the tools for studying it are very limited. The details inside the m...
Micro-combustion for micro-thermophotovoltaic (MTPV) and micro-thermoelectric (MTE) systems is gaining renewed interest as a pathway toward compact power generation with high energy density. This review examines how emerging artificial intelligence (...
As one of the most promising micro-machining methods, electrochemical micro-machining is widely used in the field of metal micro-structures. The electrochemical micro-milling on Nickel-base superalloy by using high-speed spiral electrode was studied...
The properties of composite materials are highly dependent on the fiber and matrix fraction and on the porosity resulting from micro voids. This paper addresses void content characterization and the constituent content of composite materials by resor...
Piezoelectric ceramic actuators have the advantages of fast response speed and high positioning accuracy and are widely used in micro-machinery, aerospace, precision machining machinery, and other precision positioning fields. However, hysteretic non...
Coriolis vibratory gyroscopes (CVGs) with circular micro-resonators, such as hemispherical, ring, and disk resonators, exhibit excellent performances and have extraordinary potential. This paper discusses a generalized lumped mass model for both 3D a...
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power plants represent one of the most suitable technologies for the recovery and conversion of low-grade thermal energy. Coupling a micro-scale ORC system with parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) as a thermal energy source...
This paper discusses the development of an Integrated Building Energy Model (IBEM) in MATLAB (R2024b) for a university campus building. In the general context of the development of integrated energy district models to guide the evolution and planning...
In this review, the operating principles of the nano-impact test technique are described, compared and contrasted to micro- and macro-scale impact tests. Impact fatigue mechanisms are discussed, and the impact behaviour of three different industriall...
The article presents a detailed study and characterization of the oxide layers on the surface of iron particles of various sizes. Ten iron samples with a size range from a few nm to 50 µm were studied in detail using SEM, TEM, XRD, and TGA anal...
Urban air quality in cities is strongly influenced by road traffic emissions. Micro-scale models have often been used to evaluate the pollutant concentrations at the scale of the order of meters for estimating citizen exposure. Nonetheless, retrievin...
Identifying the detailed anatomies of the coronary microvasculature remains an area of research; one needs to develop methods for non-destructive, high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging of these vessels for computational modeling. Currently emplo...
Polymer crystallization in manufacturing is a process where quiescent crystallization and flow-induced crystallization coexists, and heat/mass transfer on a macroscopic level interacts with crystal morphology evolution on a microscopic level. Previou...
Micro-expressions, fleeting and often unnoticed facial cues, hold the key to uncovering concealed emotions, offering significant implications for understanding emotions, cognition, and psychological processes. However, micro-expression information ca...
The Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) accelerometer is a new type of accelerometer that combines the merits of optical measurement and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) to enable high precision, small volume, and anti-electromagneti...
Some shape memory alloys like NiTi show noticeable high damping property inpseudoelastic range. Due to its unique characteristics, a NiTi alloy is commonly used forpassive damping applications, in which the energy may be dissipated by the conversion...
The economic power-dispatching model of a multi-microgrid is comprehensively established in this paper, considering many factors, such as generation cost, discharge cost, power-purchase cost, power sales revenue, and environmental cost. To construct...
Micro-gyroscopes based on the Coriolis principle are widely employed in inertial navigation, motion control, and vibration analysis applications. Conventional micro-gyroscopes often exhibit limitations, including elevated noise levels and suboptimal...
The emotional changes in facial micro-expressions are combinations of action units. The researchers have revealed that action units can be used as additional auxiliary data to improve facial micro-expression recognition. Most of the researchers attem...
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