New formulations are produced for problems associated with multiple cracks in the upper part of thermoelectric-bonded materials subjected to remote stress using hypersingular integral equations (HSIEs). The modified complex stress potential function...
Latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) plays an important role in the advocation of TES in contrast to sensible energy storage because of the large storage energy densities per unit mass/volume possible at a nearly constant thermal energy. In the c...
This study establishes an optimization model of emergency material dispatch with the objectives of the highest reliability and lowest cost when the time frame is uncertain and the emergency material must be dispatched from multiple depot locations to...
For solid waste-based cementitious materials, most scholars focus their research on the hydration reaction of cementitious materials, but there is still a lack of solid waste design that comprehensively considers mechanical properties and durability....
The avalanche multiplication effect, capable of significantly amplifying weak optical or electrical signals, plays a pivotal role in enhancing the performance of electronic and optoelectronic devices. This effect has been widely employed in devices s...
Additive manufacturing (AM) has experienced exponential growth over the past two decades and now stands on the cusp of a transformative paradigm shift into the realm of multi-functional component manufacturing, known as multi-material AM (MMAM). Whil...
Energy absorbing materials are crucial for the protection of electronic devices in various applications. In particular, the protection of materials from multiple extreme mechanical impacts imposes stringent requirements on the characteristics of ener...
End-of-life (EOL) electromechanical products often have multiple failure characteristics and material hazard attributes. These factors create uncertain disassembly task sequences and affect the remanufacturing cost, environmental sustainability, and...
In this paper, we present a multi-domain implicit surface reconstruction algorithm for geological modeling based on the labeling of voxel points. The improved algorithm sets a label for each voxel point to represent the type of its geological domain...
Brittle materials such as rock and ceramic usually exhibit apparent increases of strength and toughness when subjected to dynamic loading. The reasons for this phenomenon are not yet well understood, although a number of hypotheses have been proposed...
A novel multiple solid waste-based cementitious material (MSWCM) was developed to immobilize municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash. The compressive strength of MSWCM with different ratios of MSWI fly ash reached the standard requirements...
In emergency rescue operations, it is very important for emergency management to arrange emergency materials scientifically and reasonably according to emergency needs. However, the decision criteria for emergency material distribution are often dive...
Rock materials failures are accompanied by the co-existence of various failure mechanisms, including rock fracturing, shearing, and compaction yield. These mechanisms manifest macroscopically as multiple failure modes and nonlinear strength character...
Intelligent storage is an important element of intelligent logistics and a key development trend in modern warehousing and logistics. Based on the characteristics of flood control materials and their intelligent storage, this study established a floo...
Understanding and simulating the dynamic response of quasi-brittle materials still remains as one of the most challenging issues in structural engineering. This paper presents the damage propagation material model (DAMP) developed in order to obtain...
Residual stress may influence the mechanical behavior and durability of drawn materials. Thus, this study develops a multiple reduction die (MRD) that can reduce residual stress during the drawing process. The MRD set consists of several die tips, di...
Coastal governments have been preventing and controlling pollution in the marine environment by enhancing the construction of hardware and software facilities. The dispatch of offshore oil spill cleaning materials must be upgraded and optimized to co...
Concrete cracking has a negative impact on the durability of the structure. Pre-implanting microcapsules containing healing agents into the concrete are expected to induce the cracks to self-heal. However, the self-healing effect can potentially be i...
This paper presents a study for solving the modified Helmholtz equation in layered materials using the multiple source meshfree approach (MSMA). The key idea of the MSMA starts with the method of fundamental solutions (MFS) as well as the collocation...
Electrodeposition is a versatile technique for the fabrication of electrodes in micro-electroanalytical devices. Conductive but low-cost materials, such as copper, can be coated with functional yet higher-cost materials such as gold or silver using e...
The current research investigates the effects of materials and riblets on cavitation-induced erosion morphology, depth, and cross-sectional area through experimental approaches. To achieve these aims, the erosion of pure aluminum (1xxxAl or Al) and a...
In this entry, the possibility of the implementation of a biorefinery based on multiple raw materials (from agricultural wastes, vegetable oils, etc.) is covered, pointing out the available technology to interconnect different processes so that the a...
The interest around the graphene family of materials is constantly growing due to their potential application in biomedical fields. The effect of graphene and its derivatives on cells varies amongst studies depending on the cell and tissue type. Sinc...
Backfilling mining is thought to play a significant role in controlling the deformation of coal and rock strata and the distribution of underground pressure. This study presents a numerical investigation of the influence of the strength of backfillin...
Total knee replacement (TKR) is a remarkable achievement in biomedical science that enhances human life. However, human beings still suffer from knee-joint-related problems such as aseptic loosening caused by excessive wear between articular surfaces...
A cyclophosphazene derivative containing multiple cyano groups, denoted as hexa(4-cyanophenoxy)cyclotriphosphazene (CN-CP), was synthesized by a one-step nucleophilic substitution reaction for a phosphorus-nitrogen flame retardant. To meet the strict...
Additive manufacturing technologies are gaining more and more attention, resulting in the development or modification of 3D printing techniques and dedicated materials. On the other hand, economic and ecological aspects force the industry to develop...
Understanding the brittle fracture behavior of rock is crucial for engineering and Earth science. In this paper, based on acoustic emission (AE) and laser Doppler vibration (LDV) monitoring technology, the staged damage behaviors of rock-like materia...
An application of latent heat thermal energy storage systems with phase change materials seems to be unavoidable in the present world. The latent heat thermal energy storage systems allow for storing excessive heat during low demand and then releasin...
To develop a model material suitable for analysing the stability of sandstone slopes during strong earthquakes, an orthogonal test was designed by selecting seven physico-mechemical parameters, a combination of dynamic and static parameters, as resea...
One essential utilization of phase change materials as energy storage materials is energy saving and temperature control in air conditioning and indirect solar air drying systems. This study presents an experimental investigation evaluating the chara...
Carbon fiber reinforcement used in concrete has become a remarkable alternative to steel fibers. Admixing short fibers to fresh concrete and processing the material with a 3D printer leads to an orientation of fibers and a material with high uniaxial...
Both ionic and enzymatic crosslink are efficient strategies for constructing network materials of high biocompatibility. Here chitosan was modified firstly and then crosslinked by these two methods for complementary advantages. The preparation method...
To improve the comprehensive performance of indium oxide (In2O3) thermoelectric materials, this study systematically investigates the regulatory effects of tantalum (Ta) doping on their electrical transport characteristics, thermoelectric conversion...
Locally Resonant Acoustic Metamaterials (LRAMs) have significant application potential because they can form subwavelength band gaps. However, most current research does not involve obtaining LRAMs with specified band gaps, even though such LRAMs are...
Due to a lack of long-term experience with burgeoning material extrusion-based additive manufacturing technology, also known as fused filament fabrication (FFF), considerable amounts of expensive material will continue to be wasted until a defect-fre...
With the integration and miniaturization of modern equipment and devices, porous polymers, containing graphene and its derivatives, with flame-retardancy have become a research hotspot. In this paper, the expanded properties and high-end applications...
Scattering materials have been of considerable research interest due to their unique optical properties that may enable applications throughout the area of disordered photonics, particularly in fields such as Random Lasers, nonlinear (NL) microscopy...
Red mud (RM) is a common industrial byproduct that is characterized by high alkalinity, high pollution, and difficult utilization. In this paper, gangue (CG), flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGD), and silicate cement (PC) were used to assist red mud...
Recently, Mueller matrix polarimetry (MMP) has been widely applied in many aspects, such as radar target decomposition, monitoring the glucose level, tissue diagnostics, biological samples, etc., but it is still challenging for the complex light&ndas...
Bamboo is commonly considered as a green, environmentally friendly material. However, it appears that bamboo finds limited application in the form of green building materials in the Chinese construction sector. In order to explain this phenomenon and...
In response to escalating global environmental challenges, developed countries have embarked on an ecological transition across a range of sectors. Among these, the construction industry plays a key role due to its extensive use of raw materials and...
An explicit dynamic framework based on the Nonlocal Macro-Meso-scale Consistent Damage (NMMD) model is proposed to simulate complex multiple-crack evolution in quasi-brittle materials subjected to blast loading. Three numerical examples—a singl...
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This paper addresses questions about the use of metacognitive strategies in argumentative writing based on multiple sources and the influence of this use on the quality of student texts. For this purpose, think-aloud protocols and texts from a resear...
This paper presents a new non-contact alternating current impedance instrument (NCACII) with multiple frequencies to measure the electrical impedance during the hydration of cement-based materials. It implements two measurement techniques: the first...
In order to investigate the methane adsorption characteristics of coal seam materials in a “solid–gas” coupling physical simulation experiment, activated alumina, silica gel, the 3Å molecular sieve, 4Å molecular sieve an...
With the rapid development of virtual reality (VR) technology, digital materials have become more realistic and controllable, offering new opportunities for material perception research. However, material parameters for physically based rendering (PB...
Shaking table tests serve as an effective method to simulate landslides triggered by seismic activities. These laboratory experiments necessitate the use of materials that mimic those encountered in real-world scenarios. For this investigation, mater...
This paper describes an innovative and sophisticated approach for improving learner-computer interaction in the tutoring of Java programming through the delivery of adequate learning material to learners. To achieve this, an instructional theory and...
The preparation of novel structures of light-diffusing particles is currently a research focus in the field of light-diffusing materials. This study, conducted by the common melt-blending process, controlled thermodynamic and kinetic factors to distr...
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