This paper aims to investigate how sustainable entrepreneurs innovate in business models to overcome their hybridity-related tensions to achieve environmental, social, and financial goals. A case study was conducted on 12 organizations in seven count...
The performance of precast concrete frame structures against seismic loads mainly depends on the beam-to-column connection. A ductile hybrid connection consists of unbonded post-tensioning steel and bonded reinforcement bars, both of which provide ov...
Mooring integrity monitoring of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is constrained by the cost and limited reliability of subsea tension sensors. This study develops a deep learning framework that predicts the dynamic tension of a hybrid polyeste...
While most academic studies focus on the properties of cured joints, this research addresses the manufacturing process of hybrid joints in their uncured state. Hybrid joints that combine adhesive bonding with pre-tensioned bolts exhibit superior mech...
The selection of material solutions is a basic decision-making problem that occurs in engineering issues. It affects the entire life cycle of a building structure, its safe use, maintenance costs, and a need to meet requirements for sustainable devel...
This article aims to investigate the scientific literature on the management of tensions and trade-offs in hybrid organizations. These can arise from the hybrid nature of these organizations and involve diverse aspects relevant for their management....
A hybrid quill shaft for a multifunctional machine tool centre combines a conventional steel body with a wound composite insert that significantly enhances structural stiffness and dynamic properties. This paper presents a methodologically rigorous a...
To improve the construction performance and seismic resilience of precast reinforced-concrete frame structures, an innovative self-centering precast steel–concrete hybrid frame has been proposed and subjected to cyclic loading tests. In this pa...
The paper at hand presents an investigation of the tensile behavior of high-strength, strain-hardening cement-based composites (HS-SHCC), reinforced with a single layer of continuous, two-dimensional textile made of ultra-high molecular weight polyet...
Strand-based structural products offer an excellent alternative material for wood-based construction, which can be produced from low-quality raw materials. Indigenous poplar is becoming an increasingly important raw material, but its industrial utili...
Prefabricated beam–column connections are the most vulnerable components of prefabricated buildings during earthquake events. The seismic performance of the beam–column connection is functional as the critical component plays a key role i...
Tower fatigue and strength are crucial operational concerns of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) due to the escalation of the vibration phenomena observed on these structures as compared to land-based ones. FOWT towers are excited by wave and w...
Fully reversed tension–compression fatigue of a hybrid material comprising polymer matrix composite (PMC) co-cured with a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) was investigated. The PMC portion had a polyimide matrix reinforced with 15 plies of carbon...
Fast-growing hardwoods like poplar often lack natural durability in outdoor use and require homogeneous impregnation with protective agents, though achieving homogeneity remains a known challenge. Various anatomical structures influence fluid transpo...
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is a new generation concrete with extremely high tensile and compressive strength, high durability, and ductility. UHPC offers tremendous opportunities for use in new thin and slender structural concrete element...
Post-tensioning has become a strong contender for manufacturing reinforced concrete (RC) members, especially for flat slabs in large-span structures. Post-tensioned (PT) slabs can lead to considerable material savings while reducing the embodied carb...
The construction industry is a major contributor to the global climate crisis, prompting increasing interest in minimising the embodied carbon of structures, whether through material production regulations or the optimisation of structural elements....
Based on the interest aroused by royal funerals at the end of the Middle Ages, this paper analyses the obsequies held in the Eternal City on the occasion of the death of Isabella the Catholic (1474–1504)—Queen of Castile and Aragon—...
Hybridization of fibers in concrete yields a variety of applications due to its benefits compared to conventional concrete or concrete with single type-fiber. However, the Finite Element (FE) modeling of these new materials for numerical analyses are...
Worldwide, reservoirs are having serious challenges on crude oil removal due to various factors affecting its mobility; hence, the approach of oil production needs to be rectified. Recently, various nanoparticles (NPs) were discovered to have aided i...
Hybrid composite laminates combining pseudo-woven meso-architectured composite (MAC) and unidirectional (UD) sub-laminates manufactured via automated fiber (AFP) placement are attractive as they combine the increased toughness of MAC and higher stiff...
In contrast to ordinary solid-state solar cells, a flexible, elastic, extensible and light-weight solar cell has the potential to be extremely useful in many new engineering applications, such as in the field of robotics. Therefore, we propose a new...
P-type multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), as well as heterostructures fabricated by direct deposition of inorganic thermoelectric materials as antimony and bismuth chalcogenides on MWCNT networks are known as perspective materials for application...
We have developed a three-dimensional hybrid finite-discrete element model to investigate the mode I tensile opening failure of alumina ceramic. This model implicitly considers the flaw system in the material and explicitly shows the macroscopic fail...
The hybrid failure is a coupled failure mechanism under the action of tensile and shear stresses. The failure is critical in cemented paste backfill (CPB) since there are no visible signs prior to the failure. Few studies have been conducted on the c...
This paper develops a model that advances our understanding of how social enterprises respond to the complexity of a constellation of multiple, often competing goals, referred to here as institutional logics. Introducing a religious logic to the reco...
Renewable energy resources such as offshore wind and wave energy are environmentally friendly and omnipresent. A hybrid offshore wind-wave energy system produces a more sustainable form of energy that is not only eco-friendly but also economical and...
This paper presents a numerical study on the structural vibrations of a TLP-supported NREL 5MW wind turbine equipped with a tuned vibration absorber (TVA) in the nacelle. The analysis was focused on tower bending deflections and was conducted using a...
The fast depletion of oil reserves has steered the petroleum industry towards developing novel and cost-effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques in order to get the most out of reservoirs. Engineered water–polymer flooding (EWPF) is an...
The paper at hand focuses on the tensile behavior of ductile cementitious composites reinforced with short, randomly distributed, polymer fibers and a continuous carbon textile under quasi-static and impact loading. Strain-hardening cement-based comp...
We review the properties of hybrid stars with a quark matter core and a hadronic mantle, focusing on the role of key micro-physical properties such as the quark/hadron surface and curvature tensions and the conversion speed at the interface between b...
As an emerging innovation, hybrid potato breeding raises high expectations about faster variety development and clean true potato seed as a new source of planting material. Hybrid breeding could, therefore, substantially contribute to global food sec...
Poly(dimethylsiloxane-ethylene oxide) (PDMS-PEO) and poly(butadiene-b-ethylene oxide) (PBd-PEO) are two block copolymers which separately form vesicles with disparate membrane permeabilities and fluidities. Thus, hybrid vesicles formed from both PDMS...
The purpose of this research is to predict fracture loci and fracture forming limit diagrams (FFLDs) considering strain rate for aluminum alloy 7050-T7451. A fracture model coupled Johnson-Cook plasticity model was proposed to investigate its strain...
This study investigates the effectiveness of hybrid fibers (steel and macro-synthetic) on the shear behavior of prestressed concrete beams. The hybrid fiber combination was selected to avoid workability issues at high volume dosages and ensure effect...
Ongoing processes appear to be both open-ended and, in an important sense, complete. In the context of the Growing Block Theory of time, this combination generates a tension: if a process is genuinely ongoing, it seems incomplete; yet if it is comple...
A hybrid concrete wall is made up of a traditional reinforced concrete wall with post-tensioned technology. Recent research has shown that post-tensioned (PT) reinforced concrete shear walls have a wide range of advantages when it comes to resisting...
Carbon–glass hybrid fiber-reinforced epoxy polymer (C-GFRP) winding pipes integrated with the advantages of light weight, high strength, corrosion resistance, and cost-effectiveness offer immense potential to mitigate corrosion issues in oil, g...
This research work experimentally investigates the effectiveness of various adhesives in bonding Kevlar fiber-reinforced polymer with aluminum alloy 6061-T6 in a hybrid double-strap joint. Hybrid double-strap joints were developed using thermosetting...
A cable tension calculation method based on an influence matrix and the interior point method is proposed for the optimization of cable tension of cable-stayed bridges with multiple performance indicators. Taking a hybrid beam cable-stayed bridge as...
The purpose of the present work is to investigate the fracture behavior of anisotropic sheet metal under various stress states. Notched tension and flat-grooved tension tests at 0°, 45°, and 90° directions with respect to rolling directio...
Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) were used to improve the electrospinnability of the gelatin protein in a water/ethanol/acetic acid (3:2:3, v/v) solution. The effects of different concentrations of CNFs (0.5–4%) on the important physical properties...
Monitoring the top-tension of mooring lines is essential for ensuring the safe operation of floating units. This study aims to propose an innovative hybrid method combining measured motions of Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessels (FPSO)...
In this study, the Void Growth Model (VGM) is employed to predict the ductile fracture of X80 pipeline steel. The X80 pipeline tends to be applied in challenging scenarios, such as extremely deep water and long-distance pipelines, which might cause a...
An effort was carried out to fully utilise fast-growing Acacia hybrid usage in the timber engineering field; however, the research data are still lacking. This paper aims to evaluate the physical and mechanical properties performance between untreate...
Experimental studies are presented on quasi-static tensile and compressive loading of composites hybridised at two levels: intraply and interply. Consistent reinforcements in the form of novel unidirectional fabrics were developed using T700SC carbon...
This study evaluates the feasibility of 3D-printed polymer composite external fixator (EF) rings as a cost-effective alternative to stainless steel fixators, focusing on hybrid fixators for complex tibial fractures. Mechanical performance was assesse...
Background/Objectives: Cytokinin and auxin are essential for vascular development in plants. This study aims to explore whether these two hormones exhibit crosstalk in the cambium, analogous to that observed in the apical meristem. Methods: Using the...
Multi-messenger astronomical observations of neutron stars, together with more precise calculations and constraints coming from dense matter microphysics, are generating tension with regard to equations of state models used to describe neutron star c...
Diploid Alnus glutinosa s. str. and autotetraploid A. rohlenae form a narrow hybrid zone in a study area in southern Serbia, which results in triploid hybrid formation. The vast majority of previous studies have been focused on studies of maternal pl...
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