A hood-catch is a car part that fixes the vehicle’s hood to its body. This serves as a mechanism for opening and closing the engine bay of an automobile and prevents safety accidents in which the hood is opened while driving due to vibration ge...
This study predicts how the Free Surface Level (FSL) variations around finite length vegetation affect flow structure by using a numerical simulation. The volume of fluid (VOF) technique with the Reynolds stress model (RSM) was used for the simulatio...
Mesoporous hydroxyapatite (HA) materials demonstrate advantages as catalysts and as support systems for catalysis, as adsorbent materials for removing contamination from soil and water, and as nanocarriers of functional agents for bone-related therap...
This work presents a detailed numerical investigation on the required development length (L=L/B) in laminar Newtonian fluid flow in microchannels with rectangular cross section and different aspect ratios (AR). The advent of new microfluidic technolo...
The ejector performance varies with the mixing chamber length which is largely dependent on the fluid liquid volume fraction at the inlet. In this study, numerical simulations are conducted to optimize two mixing chamber lengths of a two-phase ejecto...
In this study, we evaluated changes in the masseter and lateral pterygoid muscles in the prognathic mandible group after a mandibular setback by comparing the volume-to-length ratios. Preoperative and postoperative 1-year computed tomography was used...
In this study, the effects of the ratio of a motor’s axial length to its pole pitch on efficiency, magnetic flux density distribution, torque, torque/weight, and motor volume were investigated in an outer-rotor (hub) brushless direct current mo...
Mandibular prognathism is one of the most concerning subjects in the oral and maxillofacial fields. In our previous studies, we attempted to clarify the etiology of mandibular prognathism. They revealed that one of the major characteristics of mandib...
Mandibular prognathism causes functional and esthetic problems. Therefore, many studies have been conducted to understand its etiology. Following our previous study, which revealed that the major characteristic of the mandible with prognathism is the...
The venturi tube is a special kind of pipe which has been widely applied in many fields. Cavitation is one of the most important research issues for the Venturi tube. Hence, three key structural parameters (contraction angle, diffusion angle and cont...
Asphalt composite concrete pavement is one of the common pavement forms in China. However, due to the influence of design, materials, construction quality, and other aspects, asphalt composite concrete pavement develops various degrees of cracks afte...
This paper aims to experimentally study the compressive and flexural characteristics of cement-based composites developed for fabricating thin, lightweight, and high-performance components of buildings. Expanded hollow glass particles with a 0.25&nda...
The urban weaving sections are more complex due to the various disturbing elements within the weaving section, such as lane-change situations. These turbulences reduced road capacity and increased vehicle exhaust emissions. The Highway Capacity Manua...
The heat exchanger plays a key role in the S-CO2 power cycle of power generation systems based on waste heat and has a large impact on their cost control and compactness. In this paper, we take the channel shape of a microchannel heat exchanger as th...
Pure self-compacting concrete has many disadvantages, such as early shrinkage and cracking. The addition of fibers can effectively improve the properties of resistance to tension and cracking of self-compacting concrete, thereby the effect of improvi...
Orthogonal test method was applied to analyze the strength properties of basalt-polypropylene mortar. The effect of basalt fiber length, polypropylene fiber length, basalt fiber volume content and polypropylene fiber volume content on the 28 d cube c...
The deformation performance of recycled aggregate concrete can be effectively improved when basalt fiber is reasonably added. In this paper, the effects of the basalt fiber volume fraction and the length–diameter ratio on the uniaxial compressi...
Among the leading causes of bacteremia are Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus. E. coli and K. pneumoniae are increasingly exhibiting resistance to last-resort antibiotics, such as carbapenems. Rapid and accurate identi...
Biopsy proven Gleason score is essential to decide treatment modalities for prostate cancer, either surgical (radical prostatectomy) or non-surgical (active surveillance, watchful waiting, radiation therapy and hormone therapy). Several studies indic...
To improve the thermal performance of inserted highly-conductive material (HCM) for the cooling of a chip, the present work numerically investigates the effects of various geometric and structural parameters of a fractal T-shaped branched HCM on the...
In this study, changes in the droplet formation mechanism and the law of droplet length in a two-phase liquid–liquid system in 400 × 400 μm standard T-junction microchannels were experimentally studied using a high-speed camera. The study investigate...
To determine the phenotypic variation in 700 ten-year grafted Chinese fir collected from six provinces in southern China, 10 phenotypic traits were investigated: tree height, diameter at breast height, bark thickness, volume of timber, heartwood rati...
A model of rectangular microchannel heat sink (MCHS) with porous medium (PM) is developed. Aspect ratio of heat sink (HS) cell and length-width ratio of HS are optimized by numerical simulation method for entropy generation minimization (EGM) accordi...
The start-up of electrophoretic motion in a suspension of uniformly charged, porous, spherical particles within an arbitrary electrolyte solution under a suddenly applied electric field is investigated. The unsteady Stokes/Brinkman equations, modifie...
Electricity is the most important form of household energy and one of the most important forms of energy for industry and transport. Electrical distribution in construction and transport is almost exclusively implemented using electrical cables. One...
This study investigated the effects of waste steel fiber and high-volume blast furnace slag (BFS) substitution on the mechanical and physical properties of three-dimensional printable concrete (3DPC) to improve its environmental performance. BFS was...
Recently, methods for inventories of forest plantations have been proposed based on the use of remote sensing to estimate total row length, followed by the estimation of plantation row attributes, such as number and volume or weight of trees, at rand...
The crack initiation and life prediction of fiber-reinforced asphalt concrete (FRAC) surfacing for steel bridge decks under a cyclic vehicle load are analyzed from the perspective of damage mechanics. The damage field and the stress and strain field...
In this study, a neural network and a multi-objective genetic algorithm were used to optimize the geometric parameters of segmented thermoelectric generators (TEGs) with trapezoidal legs, including the cold end width of thermoelectric (TE) legs (Wc),...
Primarily, breast-conserving therapy is an oncological intervention, but eventually it is judged by its cosmetic result. Remaining cavities from tumor resection can promote seromas, delay healing and cause lasting discomfort. Additionally, volume los...
Background: Despite being one of the most performed bariatric procedures, there is no consensus regarding optimal limb lengths for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), which may impact weight loss and obesity-related comorbidity resolution. We hypothesiz...
The role of a plant root system in resource acquisition is relevant to confront drought events caused by climate change. Accordingly, nursery practices like phosphorous (P) fertilization and root pruning have been shown to modify root architecture; h...
The experimental method is used to study the droplet breaking characteristics of an immiscible liquid–liquid t8wo-phase fluid in symmetric Y-junction microchannels. Silicone oil is used as the dispersed phase and distilled water containing 0.5%...
To effectively recycle waste petroleum products and construction waste, recycling polypropylene fiber (RPF) and recycled aggregate can be mixed into concrete to make RPF recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) concrete. In this study, the RPF recycled from a...
Aerostatic conical bearings with micro-orifices (ACBMOs) can simultaneously withstand both radial and axial external loads and have high power density. Nevertheless, due to the larger surface-to-volume ratio and length-to-diameter ratio of micro-orif...
This study aims to demonstrate the feasibility for classifying kiwifruit into shape grades by adding a single camera to current Chinese sorting lines equipped with weight sensors. Image processing methods are employed to calculate fruit length, maxim...
Erosion in river bends causes loss of agricultural lands, adjacent facilities, and fish habitat. W-weir structures are recommended for controlling and reducing soil erosion as well as developing habitat for fish and other aquatic organisms. This pape...
Based on the non-linear seepage characteristics of tight reservoirs and the reconstruction mode of vertical wells with actual volume fracturing, a seven-area percolation model for volume fracturing vertical wells in tight reservoirs is established. L...
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the conformations of binary semiflexible ring polymers (SRPs) of two different lengths confined in a hard sphere. Segregated structures of SRPs in binary mixtures are strongly depe...
The laminar combustion characteristics of blends of isooctane and C1–C5 primary alcohols (i.e., methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, n-butanol and n-pentanol) were investigated using the spherical expanding flame methodology in a constant volume chamber at...
This work evaluates a hydrogen-fueled planar micro-combustor featuring three triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures, namely, gyroid, lidinoid, and Neovius matrix lattices, aiming to advance heat transfer processes and enhance system effici...
We introduce a novel technique to measure volumes of any shaped objects based on acoustic components. The focus is on small objects with rough surfaces, such as plant seeds. The method allows measurement of object volumes more than 1000 times smaller...
The fiber type, orientation of the fiber, fiber-matrix adhesion, and the fiber length are very important for the performance of a short fiber reinforced plastic. Hybrid reinforced polybutylene terephthalate and reference compounds were tested using t...
A two-step homogenization procedure is presented to investigate the stiffness of a unidirectional continuous fiber-reinforced composite material containing voids of different shapes and volume contents. Since the Mori–Tanaka scheme is limited t...
Knowledge of cotton fiber length uniformity is important for the cotton industry. The accurate and reliable measurement of fiber length uniformity would allow cotton breeders to release new cotton varieties with improved fiber length variation. This...
We conducted systematic numerical investigations of the flow characteristics within the entrance region of rectangular microchannels. The effects of the geometrical aspect ratio and roughness on entrance lengths were analyzed. The incompressible lami...
In endotherms, body size tends to increase with elevation and latitude (i.e., with decreasing temperatures) (Bergmann’s rule). These patterns are explained in terms of heat balance since larger animals need to produce less heat relative to thei...
Studies regarding renewable energy sources have gained attention over recent years. One example is wave energy converters, which harvest energy from sea waves using different operational principles such as oscillating water columns, oscillating bodie...
There is no report on the effect of the length of Jizhen 2 interstock on the growth and fruit quality of Tianhong 2 apple trees, which are usually grown in Baoding, Hebei Province, China. We surveyed the tree size, branch types, fruit set, fruit qual...
Understanding the changes in the root system architecture of bread wheat under phosphorus (P)-limited conditions is critical for identifying specific traits contributing to improved P uptake. Phenotypic variability in root, biomass, and P index-relat...
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