This research explores the influence of air pressure on the surface roughness of ST-37 steel plates in the sandblasting process. Sandblasting is a common method in industry to enhance material surfaces. This study focuses on the effects of varying ai...
The identification of influencing factors (IFs) of land surface temperature (LST) is crucial for developing effective strategies to mitigate global warming and conducting other relevant studies. However, most previous studies ignored the potential im...
The shaping process of surface texture is complicated and depends on many factors and phenomena accompanying them. This article presents the author’s test stand for the measurement of relative displacements in a tool–workpiece system during longitudi...
Complex surfaces such as helical ones are commonly used in machinery. Such surfaces can be obtained by various machining processes, one of these processes being thread whirling. The influence of machining conditions needs to be better understood to d...
Surface ozone (O3) is a secondary air pollutant, harmful to human health and vegetation. To provide a long-term study of O3 concentrations in Portugal (study period: 2009–2019), a statistical analysis of ozone trends in rural stations (where th...
The surface and subsurface conditions of components are significant for their functional properties. Every manufacturing process step changes the surface condition due to its mechanical, chemical and/or thermal impact. The depth of the affected zone...
In this study, ground stability was evaluated through vertical displacement distribution and surface settlement results. In particular, a finite element analysis was conducted considering various factors (namely, cavity type and area, traffic load, p...
The authors developed a ground heat exchanger (GHE) calculation model influenced by the ground surface by applying the superposition theorem. Furthermore, a simulation tool for ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems affected by ground surface was dev...
Land surface temperature (LST) is an important parameter that affects the water cycle, environmental changes, and energy balance at global and regional scales. Herein, a time series analysis was conducted to estimate the monthly, seasonal, and intera...
The land surface temperature (LST) is an important indicator reflecting the ecological environment condition. As a sensitive area to climate change, mastering the spatial and temporal changes of summer LST in the Bosten Lake basin (BLB) helps gain in...
The wettability of plant leaves directly reflects leaf hydrophilicity, which is the key factor that influences the adhesion of liquid pesticide as well as affects plant protection products (PPP) efficacy. Generally, the wettability of leaf surface is...
Changes in land surface temperature (LST) can have serious impacts on the water cycle and ecological environment evolution, which in turn threaten the sustainability of ecosystems. The urban agglomeration on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mounta...
Creeping landslides constitute the predominant form of long-term, slow-moving geohazards in high mountain gorge regions. Under the combined influence of gravity and external triggering factors, these landslides undergo persistent deformation, posing...
This Special Issue of Membranes, entitled “Influence of Surface Forces on Membrane Separation”, is published in honour of Professor Victor Mikhailovich Starov, Doctor of Science in Chemistry, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry [...]
The implant surface features affect the osseointegration process. Different surface treatment methods have been applied to improve the surface topography and properties. Trace of different elements may appear on the implant surface, which can modify...
Surface roughness has an important influence on the wettability of particles. This paper is an innovative exploration to control the surface wettability of apatite and dolomite from the perspective of roughness in the background of phosphate flotatio...
In turning, tool wear and cutting vibration are inevitable, which have great influence on surface quality. Analyzing the influence mechanism of tool wear and cutting vibration on surface quality is important to achieve the accurate prediction of surf...
Spray cooling is a highly effective method of heat removal that has broad practical applications, including use in modern cooling systems designed for microelectronics and microchips. It is known that spray cooling performance is influenced by a huge...
Properties of conventional playing surfaces have been investigated for many years and the stiffness of the surface has potential to influence athletic performance. However, despite the proliferation of different infilled artificial turfs with varying...
Recent climate change has resulted in the reduction of several surface water bodies (SWBs) all around the globe. These SWBs, such as streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks have a positive impact on the cooling of the surrounding cli...
In this paper, we summarize our recent research work on soccer balls. Employing wind tunnels and analyses of simulated trajectories, we have gained an understanding of how various surface features influence soccer ball aerodynamics. Wind tunnels prov...
In engineering practice, anuloid surfaces are produced that are subject to strict requirements in terms of accuracy (e.g., in the bearing industry). Roundness is also often measured. The accuracy of the roundness measurement does not only depend on t...
The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of the physicochemical characteristics of the molecular and supramolecular structure of polymers on electroadhesive interactions and their change under the action of a constant electric field. Curr...
Stimuli-responsive microgels have attracted great interest in recent years as building blocks for fabricating smart surfaces with many technological applications. In particular, PNIPAM microgels are promising candidates for creating thermo-responsive...
In order to improve the surface quality of copper after laser remelting, this article took laser frequency, pulse width, and energy density as the research objects and used scanning electron microscopy (SEM), a laser confocal three-dimensional measur...
Heavy rolling contact fatigue (RCF) may be caused by wheel surface defects under the influence of rail corrosion, which threatens the operational safety of rail vehicles. To investigate the role of surface defects on wheel RCF damage under the influe...
In this paper, the influence of tool shape on the surface quality of monocrystalline nickel nanofabrication is studied. The research mainly adopts the method of molecular dynamics simulation, through the statistics of the atomic coordinates of the ma...
Sliding wear of bulk handling equipment (e.g., shovel bucket, mill and transfer chute) can be dramatically reduced by using a convex pattern surface compared to a flat surface, by adjusting the flow behavior of particles moving along the convex patte...
To understand the effects of liquid viscosity and surface wettability on the outcomes for a drop impacting perpendicularly on a dry, clean surface at a normal temperature and pressure, experiments were conducted for a wide variety of droplets and sub...
This aims to establish design rules for the influence of complex polymer matrices on the surface properties of small molecules. Here, we consider the dependence of the surface behaviour of some model additives on polymer matrix hydrophobicity. With s...
Using eggshell powder (EP) to replace partial cement in cement-based materials can abate pollution caused by eggshell discard and cement production. In this paper, the surface property of EP and its influence on cement hydration were studied. Quartz...
This study presents the influence of the type of weave and relative fabric density on surface roughness and the coefficient of friction in raw cotton woven fabrics. Relative fabric density, which represents how full a fabric is compared to the maximu...
Surface heterogeneity of minerals can significantly affect the adsorption of collectors. Petroleum sulfonate is widely used as a fluorite collector, but how the surface heterogeneity of fluorite influences the adsorption of alkyl sulfonates remains u...
The behavior of colloidal particles near fluid interfaces has attracted significant scientific interest, as particles minimize the contact area between the two fluid phases, stabilizing interfacial systems. This study explores the influence of surfac...
Thermoplastic materials are sensitive to humidity, temperature variations, enzyme activities, and cyclic loading. All these factors can cause changes to the mechanical properties of the material. The aim of this study was to determine the influence o...
Grit basting is the most common process applied to titanium dental implants to give them a roughness that favors bone colonization. There are numerous studies on the influence of roughness on osseointegration, but the influence of the compressive res...
The paper presents the results concerning the influence of the thickness of the ITO and In2O3 layers deposited by the magnetron sputtering method on the physical parameters characterising their surface properties. The characterisation parameters were...
The article deals with a determination of the influence of a cutting edge preparation on the quality and wear resistance of coated cutting tools. Cutting inserts made from a sintered carbide with a deposited layer of PVD coating were selected for mea...
Accelerator scientists have high demands on photocathodes possessing high quantum efficiency (QE) and long operational lifetime. p-GaN, as a new photocathode type, has recently gained more and more interest because of its ability to form a negative e...
Surface Plasmonic Resonance (SPR) induced by metallic nanoparticles can be exploited to enhance the response of photodetectors (PD) to a large degree. Since the interface between metallic nanoparticles and semiconductors plays an important role in SP...
In contrast to other cutting processes, adiabatic blanking typically features high blanking velocities (>3 m/s), which can lead to the formation of adiabatic shear bands in the blanking surface. The produced surfaces have excellent properties, suc...
Due to the hydrodynamic pressure effect, the bearing capacity of the oil film on the surface of a textured friction pair is greater than that of a smooth surface. In this paper, the effects of PTFE surface texture parameters (shape, depth, width, and...
The morphological characteristics and surface roughness of substrata can significantly affect the settlement behaviour of planktonic larvae and the post-settlement survival of benthic organisms, such as mussels. Despite widespread recognition of thes...
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has indisputable advantages when designing new components with complex geometries due to toolless manufacturing and the ability to manufacture components with undercuts. However, fatigue properties rely heavily on the s...
Ultrasonic nondestructive testing is widely used not only in the laboratory, but also in industry. The tests use various types of ultrasonic waves, diverse measurement techniques and different apparatus. One of the problems encountered is the high su...
Aggregate geometrical features directly affect asphalt pavement surface properties, which further affect the resistance to skidding of a road surface. In order to establish a relationship between the aggregate geometrical features and pavement surfac...
Skid resistance is a critical aspect for traffic safety since it significantly influences vehicle control and minimizes the distance required for emergency braking. The surface characteristics of pavements play a pivotal role in determining skid resi...
The influence of different surface properties holding to a modification of the substrate towards hydrophobic or superhydrophobic behavior was reviewed in this paper. Cell adhesion, their communication, and proliferation can be strongly manipulated, a...
In this study, 3D-printed tablets with a constant surface area were designed and fabricated using polylactic acid (PLA) in the outer compartment and polyvinyl alcohol and felodipine (FDP) in the inner compartment. The influences of different surface...
This paper presents the research results on the influence of vibration abrasive machining parameters on the surface layer integrity of elements made by LPBF technology from Inconel 939. The research was carried out on samples of various sizes on vibr...
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