This paper investigates the critical filling height of embankments over soft soil using three-dimensional (3D) upper-bound limit analysis based on a rotational log-spiral failure mechanism. Soft soils are characterized by low shear strength and high...
The operation efficiency and safety of pressure vessels in the oil and gas industry profits from an accurate knowledge about the inner filling distribution. However, an accurate and reliable estimation of the multi-phase height levels in such objects...
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Fresh concrete filling height is difficult to monitor in formwork where direct observation is limited. This study develops a contact-activated U-shaped carbon nanotube/epoxy (CNT/EP) composite sensor for real-time monitoring of this height. Its heigh...
As a common form of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) in forestry applications, the canopy height model (CHM) provides the elevation distribution of aboveground vegetation. A CHM is traditionally generated by interpolating all the first LiDAR echoe...
The canopy height model (CHM) derived from LiDAR point cloud data is usually used to accurately identify the position and the canopy dimension of single tree. However, local invalid values (also called data pits) are often encountered during the gene...
Road alignment creates unequal shortwave-radiation inputs on opposite embankment slopes, whereas the way in which overlying fill height redistributes this contrast among embankment layers remains unclear. This study aimed to quantify how road-axis az...
The hydrologic and thermal states of foundation soils have an important influence on subgrade stability in degrading permafrost regions. However, thawing settlement remains a problem in the permafrost regions of Northeast China, because there are few...
At present, when addressing the problem of fault stability in mines, most attention is paid to the study of the impact of a single mining method on faults. In order to study fault stability in mines more comprehensively, this paper researches the eff...
Quality properties of castings produced in a die casting process correlate with porosity that is conditioned by a number of factors, which range from input melt quality to setup of technological factors of the die casting, and through structural desi...
Wave data play a critical role in offshore structure design and coastal vulnerability studies. For various reasons, such as equipment malfunctions, wave data are often incomplete. Despite the interest in completing the data, few studies have consider...
Paste composite filling mining (PCFM) is one of the effective ways to achieve water-preserved mining (preservation of the waterproof strata). To investigate the laws of fracture propagation of the overlying strata in the PCFM stope, a kinematic model...
As an important technology of thick coal seam mining, fully mechanized mining with a large mining height has high mining efficiency. In order to study the roof safety control of large mining height working face, the 122106 working face of Caojiatan c...
Certain configurations of liquefied natural gas refueling stations exhibit a deficiency in managing boil-off gas. Furthermore, the ill-conceived linkage between the submersible pump and the gas storage tank pipeline leads to impeded natural gas trans...
The empty-space subsequent filling mining method is the main mining scheme for underground metal mines to achieve large-scale mechanized mining. The stage height, one of the main parameters of this method, affects the various production process aspec...
Sowing quality is directly influenced by the seed-filling characteristics of a centralized seed-metering device, and vigorous seed-motion status deteriorates seeding performance resulting from field surface roughness, seeder vibration, etc. However,...
Conductive filaments for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (MEX) can enable low-cost fabrication of functional parts with embedded electrical features. However, systematic studies on process-dependent electrical properties like apparent resis...
The axial compressive behaviour of an innovative type of square concrete filled steel tube (CFST) column to reinforced concrete (RC) beam joint was experimentally investigated in this paper. The innovative joint was designed such that (i) the steel t...
This paper deals with the application of statistical analysis in the study of the dependence of the flexural strength of sintered alumina (Al2O3) disks on the parameters (nozzle diameter of the printer print head, layer height, and filling pattern) o...
The success of spinal fusion surgery relies on the precise placement of bone grafts and minimizing scatter. This study aims to optimize cage design and bone substitute filling methods to enhance surgical outcomes. A 3D printed lumbar spine model was...
In order to acquire the hysteretic behavior of the asymmetrical composite joints with concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns and unequal high steel beams, 36 full-scale composite joints were designed, and the CFST hoop coefficient (ξ), axial co...
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between papilla fill, peri-implant esthetic outcomes, and radiographic parameters in anterior single-tooth implants, and to assess the clinical applicability of the Complex Esthetic Index (CEI). Materials and ...
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In this paper, the load-transfer mechanism and settlement behaviors of the pile-supported reinforced embankment are reviewed by laboratory model tests, and a series of finite element method (FEM) modellings are conducted to analyze the soil-arching g...
With advancements in mineral processing technology, the disposal of fine-grained tailings has increasingly become a significant challenge. The geotextile tube method, characterized by its use of a permeable fabric and its cost-effectiveness, has grad...
Rapeseed is mainly cultivated in hilly areas in China and the inclination angle is an important parameter for influencing the seeding quality of a seed-metering device. However, the relationship between seeding performance and inclination angle remai...
An automatic rice-filling device for lotus root with glutinous rice was developed based on the process of artificial filling. In order to find the best parameters for the vibrating rice-filling device—feeding speed, filling height, funnel diame...
In recent years, metal-filled plastic filaments have begun to be used in fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology. However, the characterization of the parts obtained is still under development. In this work, the results on dimensional accuracy an...
This research aimed to provide valuable insights for future studies and enhance manufacturing processes by investigating the effect of incorporating fibers into 3D printing to improve the mechanical properties of fabricated components. The experiment...
This study quantifies vertical earth pressure on the roofs of box culverts under high fills in valley terrain using centrifuge model tests with expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam for load mitigation. We compare buried-type culverts with valley-terrai...
The article presents the results of the technical–economical study regarding the optimization of fused deposition modeling (FDM) parameters (the height of the layer deposited in one pass—Lh and the filling percentage—Id) for the man...
The conditions for the mild initiation of the detonation of homogeneous stoichiometric ethylene-oxygen mixtures diluted with nitrogen up to ~40%vol. in a planar semi-confined slit-type combustor with a slit 5.0 ± 0.4 mm wide, simulating the an...
Water conservation in mining is the key to solving the conflict between coal resource exploitation and ecological environment protection, especially in arid and semi-arid mining areas. Continuous excavation and continuous backfilling (CECB) in longwa...
The impact behavior between the charge and lifter has significant effect to address the mill processing, and is affected by various factors including mill speed, mill filling, lifter height and media shape. To investigate the multi-body impact load b...
Background: Early residual or recurrent aneurysm filling remains an important limitation after endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms, particularly in large and complex lesions. This study descriptively evaluated 6-month early residual or r...
The flow pattern plays a crucial role in the uphill teeming process. The non-metallic inclusion generation due to interaction with the mold flux is believed to be influenced by the flow pattern. In this study, a three-dimensional mathematical model o...
Flotation machines and flotation columns are widely used as separation equipment for coal sludge. In order to obtain better flotation results for different particle sizes, the bubble distribution and size in the flow field need to be studied. In this...
As a key sustainable green-mining technology, ultra-high-water backfill mining is widely used to control surface subsidence and sustain extraction of constrained coal seams. Focusing on the Hengjian coal mine in the Handan mining area, this study use...
Lodging is one of the main problems in maize production. Assessing the self-recovery ability of maize plants after lodging at different growth stages is of great significance for yield loss assessment and agricultural insurance claims. The objective...
To address the industry pain points of high seed breakage rate and uncontrollable miss-filling rate, multiple-filling rate in traditional rapeseed roller-type precision centralized seed metering devices—while breaking the adaptation limitation...
Ultrasonic vibration (UV)-assisted forming technology has emerged as a significant advancement in the field of bulk micro-forming. This study presents a comprehensive experimental investigation into the micro-scale deformation behavior of metallic ma...
Hydro-floating ship lifts are a milestone in the field of high dam navigation. In order to ensure the running safety of a hydro-floating ship lift, the effective integration of a numerical simulation method and cloud model theory was carried out to d...
The large mining height (LMH) in shallow coal seam has been widely applied in the Shenfu coalfield, China. The dynamic load is obvious, and the rib spalling is serious when the LMH working face concerns roof weighting. The advanced breaking position...
Inspired by Peano space-filling curves (PSCs), this study introduced the space-filling structure design concept to novel thin-walled sandwich structures and fabricated polymer samples by 3D printing technology. The crushing behaviors and energy absor...
Accurate analysis of the resin filling process into the mold cavity is necessary for the high-precision fabrication of moth-eye nanostructure using the ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography (UV-NIL) technique. In this research, a computational fluid dy...
This paper aims to analyse the mechanical properties response of polylactic acid (PLA) parts manufactured through fused filament fabrication. The influence of six manufacturing factors (layer height, filament width, fill density, layer orientation, p...
A novel concrete-filled corrugated steel tubular (CFCST) column composed of corner steel bars and corrugated steel plates filled with concrete has been proposed recently. Columns with large height-to-width ratios are commonly used in practice, where...
Though copper nano-pillars (CNPs) filled in anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) film has been developed for many years, the high pore-filling percentage in AAO is still a bottleneck. We have demonstrated a new electrodeposition method to fill CNPs in AAO wit...
The retaining wall is a common slope protection structure. To tackle the current lack of sustainable and highly prefabricated retaining walls, an environmentally friendly prefabricated ecological grid retaining wall with high construction efficiency...
The roller-to-plate (R2P) hot-embossing process is an effective, low-cost method for producing high-quality micro-/nano-optical components. In the field of night vision applications, the fabrication of chalcogenide glass microstructures is emerging a...
Paste backfill mining is an significant part of green coal mining, which can improve resource utilization and extend the service life of mines. It is important for solving the “three under, one above” mining problem and avoiding industria...
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