The chemical composition of asphalt binder is closely related to its macroscopic properties, and as an important road building material, its performance directly affects the service performance of asphalt binder pavement. Saturate, aromatic, resin, a...
The uniaxial compression experiments and acoustic emission (AE) monitoring are conducted to investigate the macroscopic mechanical behavior and microscopic fracture characteristics of limestone samples with varying moisture contents. The findings rev...
Objective: This study aims to analyze and evaluate the diagnostic methods used to detect multiple myeloma in paleopathological research. As a malignancy characterized by bone lesions, multiple myeloma presents unique opportunities for study through t...
The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) provides a method to evaluate macro traffic operation through micro traffic parameters, which can be applied to traffic control to prevent traffic congestion transfer and improve road network efficiency. Howe...
There are many accidents in road traffic involving both heavy goods vehicles and passenger vehicles, and the interpretation of the causes of some accidents can be very difficult. The paper presents the results of an analysis of the road accident caus...
Concrete is a composite material that has complex mechanical properties. The mechanical properties of each of its components are different at the mesoscopic scale. Studying the relationship between the macroscopic and mesoscopic parameters of concret...
Recycled concrete is a heterogeneous composite material, and the composition and volume fraction of each phase affect its macroscopic properties. In this paper, ANSYS APDL was used to construct a two-dimensional numerical model of recycled aggregate...
Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether (PODE) is a low-viscosity oxygenated fuel that can improve the volatility of blended fuels. In this work, the macroscopic and microscopic spray characteristics of diesel-PODE3-4 under different ambient temperatures and...
A novel square lattice composed of piezoelectric laminated zigzag beams positioned between each pair of adjacent nodes is proposed. Each zigzag beam is made of four piezoelectric laminated straight beams, formed by laminating a piezoelectric layer an...
With the rapid development of the road transport industry, trucks with semi-trailers have become the main means of transporting goods by road. High quality, durability and reliability of the construction are the main requirements for the production o...
Road transport plays an important role in the transport of goods and people and is important for the national economy. Damage usually excludes the means of transport from operation, which causes disruption of supply chains. One such damage is the fai...
The world is accelerating globalization and urbanization; thus, planning plays an irreplaceable role in the macro development, especially in sustainable development. Planning research is important in turning theories of planning into urban practices....
The fractal characteristics of soil microstructures, including the size, distribution, and dynamic evolution process of soil particles, cracks, and intergranular pores, are important factors influencing the macroscopic physical properties of soils. Q...
Molten slag has different properties depending on its composition. The relationship between its composition, structure, and properties has been the focus of attention in industrial manufacturing processes. This review describes the atomistic scale me...
Recent years have seen the flourishing of research devoted to quantum effects on mesoscopic and macroscopic scales. In this context, in Entropy 2019, 21, 705, a formalism aiming at describing macroscopic quantum fields, dubbed Reduced State of t...
The deformation behavior of metal materials in plastic forming is intimately related to deformation conditions, which are greatly affected by deformation rate, forming temperature, and plastic variables. Macroscopic mechanical properties research is...
Cement-based composites’, as the most widely used building material, macroscopic performance significantly influences the safety of engineering structures. Meanwhile, the macroscopic properties of cement-based composites are tightly related to...
The applicability ranges of macroscopic and microscopic electromagnetism are contrasting. While microscopic electromagnetism deals with point sources, singular fields, and discrete atomistic materials, macroscopic electromagnetism concerns smooth ave...
The fracture network generated by hydraulic fracturing in unconventional shale reservoirs contains numerous microfractures that are connected to macroscopic fractures. These microfractures serve as crucial pathways for shale gas to flow out from micr...
The first step in the analysis of human skeletal remains is the establishment of the biological profile of an individual. This includes sex assessment, which depends highly on the age of the individual and on the completeness and preservation state o...
In this study, simulations are conducted using a network model to examine how the macroscopic network in the brain is related to the complexity of activity for each region. The network model is composed of multiple neuron groups, each of which consis...
Friction-induced vibrations (brake squeal) produced during braking applications have been one of the major problems in the transportation for many years. It can be the most troublesome for passengers because of its high frequency and acoustic pressur...
Discontinuities in rock mass are usually considered to be important influencing factors for shear failure. As a type of granular material, the macroscopic mechanical behavior of rock masses is closely related to the anisotropy of the contact network....
Self-assembly formation is a key research topic for realizing practical applications in swarm robotics. Due to its inherent complexity, designing high-performance self-assembly formation strategies and proposing corresponding macroscopic models remai...
The biological reconstruction of periprosthetic acetabular defects is essential for the success of revision total hip arthroplasty. However, a standardized in vivo defect model with good analogy to the human situation is still lacking, which has sign...
OGFC (open-graded friction course) steel slag ultra-thin wearing courses are a drainage-type layer used in preventive maintenance and have been successfully applied in road construction in China. However, research on the use of steel slag in ultra-th...
A droplet hitting a superhydrophobic surface will undergo the Cassie to Wenzel transition when the wetting force exceeds the anti-wetting force. The critical velocity of the droplet’s Cassie to Wenzel state transition can reflect the wettabilit...
While the macroscopic mechanical properties of earthen-site soils have undergone extensive experimental and modeling studies, few research efforts focus on the relationship between the overall mechanical behavior and micro-pore structure. We develope...
In this study, the influence of hybrid speckle patterns on the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and resolution in pseudo-thermal ghost imaging (PGI) was examined based on the object dimensions in the macroscopic and microscopic regimes. This research sh...
In previous studies, information dynamics methods such as Von Neumann entropy and Rényi entropy played an important role in many fields, covering both macroscopic and microscopic studies. They have a solid theoretical foundation, but there are...
The mechanical response of granular materials is influenced significantly by both the magnitude and strain rate. While traditionally considered rate-independent in the quasi-static regime, granular media can exhibit rate effects in certain instances....
Background: Numerical simulation is a technique that utilizes electronic computers to combine concepts of the discrete element method (DEM), finite element method (FEM), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), etc., and express simulated behaviors utiliz...
How to perform imaging beyond the diffraction limit has always been an essential subject for the research of optical systems. One effective way to achieve this purpose is Fourier ptychography, which has been widely used in microscopic imaging. Howeve...
This research aims to correlate the macroscopic fracture phenomenon with its microscopic fracture mechanism for an advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) TRIP 780 sheet by applying a combined experimental-numerical approach. Six specimens with different...
Differences in the elemental composition of plants, mainly C, N, and P, have been shown to be related to differences in their nutritional status, and their morphological and functional traits. The relationship between morphological traits and micronu...
The detailed investigation of food-grade emulsions, which possess considerable structural and functional advantages, remains ongoing to enhance our understanding of these dispersion systems and to expand their application scope. This work reviews the...
The title of the current Special Issue, “Feature Papers in Materials Simulation and Design”, has identified the aims of this collection since its opening: the gathering of research works and comprehensive review papers that advance the un...
Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) is widely used in the field of civil engineering. However, the research on the damage mechanism of FRC under uniaxial tension is still insufficient, and most of the constitutive relations are macroscopic phenomenologic...
The effective mechanical properties of a polycrystal depend directly on the single-crystal properties of each grain and its crystallographic orientation with respect to the load axis. While the micromechanical approach has been used quite extensively...
The incorporation of additive manufactured (AM) metal parts to real assemblies is a crucial issue for the increasing of their industrial utilization. The presented research is devoted to the electron beam welding (EBW) of dissimilar steel joints. Dis...
The sensitivity of macroscopic mechanical and thermal properties of grey cast iron is computationally investigated for a variety of graphite morphologies over a wide temperature range. In order to represent common graphite morphologies according to E...
Despite the recognized potential of pulsating fluidized beds (PFBs), a systematic review that links pulsation parameters to macroscopic enhancements and the underlying microscopic mechanisms is currently lacking. This review addresses this gap by fir...
Our study explores the utilization of a phase change material (PCM) to optimize energy efficiency and thermal comfort in buildings in tropical climates. Employing a comprehensive multi-scale approach, this research encompasses both microscopic and ma...
Scientific methodology is widely accepted as macroscopic reflect of the scientific view on one hand and as the general guideline to a certain class of research works on the other hand. Therefore, methodology employment is extremely crucial in scienti...
The WE43 magnesium alloy has gained attention in orthopedic implants due to its biodegradable properties, particularly for fabricating degradable fasteners. However, research on its hot-forming processes remains limited, primarily focusing on macrosc...
We explore recent contributions to research in Econophysics, switching between Macroscopic complexity and microscopic modelling, showing how each leads to the other and detailing the everyday applicability of both approaches and the tools they help d...
The rotating disk photocatalytic reactor is a kind of photocatalytic wastewater treatment technique with a high application potential, but the light energy utilization rate and photo quantum efficiency still need to be improved. Taking photogenerated...
Many research articles describe competencies that people need in order to think, develop, and enact a sustainable future. Based on findings from the political economy, this paper argues that it is the macroscopic decisions in the public sphere that h...
Computational crystal plasticity (CP) models are widely utilized in the literature to analyze the deformation responses of materials at the microstructural level under macroscopic loading conditions. The challenge of connecting changes in texture wit...
This paper presents the results of the fracture toughness of concretes containing two mineral additives. During the tests, the method of loading the specimens according to Mode I fracture was used. The research included an evaluation of mechanical pa...
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