It is difficult to comprehensively master and precisely regulate the external factors distribution of automobile weathering in non-uniform thermal environment as well as the consequent disequilibrium weathering problem, while exploring weather-resist...
External quantum efficiency of industrial-grade green InGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) has been measured in a wide range of operating currents at various temperatures from 13 K to 300 K. Unlike blue LEDs, the efficiency as a function of current is...
Supercritical open channel flows contribute substantially to the air–water transfer process in spillways, rivers, and streams. They are characterized by strong turbulent mixing and a substantial amount of air entrainment. The microscopic air&nd...
This paper illustrates a flexible design strategy for a three-element non-uniform linear array (NULA) aimed at estimating the direction of arrival (DoA) of a source of interest. Thanks to the spatial diversity resulting from non-uniform sensor spacin...
With increased network downsizing and cost minimization in deployment of neural network (NN) models, the utilization of edge computing takes a significant place in modern artificial intelligence today. To bridge the memory constraints of less-capable...
We modeled a kirigami structure by considering the influence of non-uniform deforming cuts in order to theoretically design the mechanical characteristics of the structure. It is known that the end regions of kirigami structures are non-uniformly def...
This paper redefines point cloud density by utilizing statistical skewness derived from the geometric relationships between points and their local centroids. By comparing with a symmetric uniform reference model, this method can efficiently describe...
Estimates of turbulent fluxes (i.e., sensible and latent heat fluxes H and LE) over heterogeneous surfaces is not an easy task. The heterogeneity caused by the contrast in vegetation, hydric and soil conditions can generate a large spatial variabilit...
The extent of heavy-metal-induced cardiotoxicity is proportional to the levels of metal bioaccumulation, and it was previously assumed that heavy metals accumulate uniformly in the myocardium. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate conce...
In this study, we aimed to demonstrate the importance of diabatic heating in extreme rainstorm weather events induced by the Southwest China vortex (SWCV) in different precipitation regions with a similar circulation background. The results showed th...
In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed to investigate the cause of the thermal stratification in the channel and the temperature non-uniformity of the plate heat exchanger. The flow velocity maldistribution of the ch...
A stepped spillway, which is defined as a spillway with steps on the chute, can be used to improve the energy dissipation of descending water. Although uniform stepped spillways have been studied comprehensively, non-uniform stepped spillways need mo...
We designed a kirigami structure with a particular shape at both ends to provide a large uniform deformation region when stretched. When a kirigami structure is stretched, non-deformation regions, where the regions’ cuts do not open, and non-uniform...
Pronounced spatial non-uniformity has been obtained of daytime sea surface temperature (SST) of the Dead Sea and of land surface temperature (LST) over areas adjacent to the Dead Sea. This non-uniformity was observed in the summer months, under unifo...
In this paper, the dynamic responses of a large-scale multiple-support road viaduct to mining-induced seismic events registered in two regions of mining activity were compared. The regions differ in geological structure, which results in discrepancie...
Non-uniformity in the response of spectral image elements is an inevitable phenomenon in hyperspectral imaging, which mainly manifests itself as the presence of band noise in the acquired hyperspectral data. This problem is prominent in the infrared...
Metamaterial-based designs in ultra-high field (≥7 T) MRI have the promise of increasing the local magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal and potentially even the global efficiency of both the radiofrequency (RF) transmit and receive resonators....
The study aims to investigate the impact of uniform, grooving and non-uniform corrosion degradation on the hot-spot stresses of a T-shaped tubular joint using the finite element method. The through-thickness linearization method is employed to estima...
In practice, the outflow from a diffuser is highly non-uniform due to many reasons. However, the air outflow velocity from a diffuser is uniform in most current studies. Little research has been conducted to determine under what conditions uniform ve...
Thermal ageing of cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable insulation is an important issue threatening the safe operation of power cables. In this paper, thermal ageing of XLPE was carried out at 160 °C in air for 240 h. The influence of oxygen di...
This paper presents a non-uniform metasurface (MS)-based circularly polarized (CP) antenna that is able to perform with a wideband operation characteristic. A squared patch with truncated corners was chosen as a radiating CP source. Then, unlike the...
Traditional studies on Transient Electromagnetic Method (TEM) typically assume that the subsurface medium is non-magnetic. However, in regions with igneous rock accumulations or where the subsurface is rich in ferromagnetic minerals, neglecting the m...
The tip clearance has an important effect on the performance of an engine compressor. While the impact of tip clearance on a concentric compressor has been widely explored in previous research, the flow field distribution of an eccentric compressor h...
The leakage current non-uniformity, as well as the leakage current random and discrete fluctuations sources, are investigated in pinned photodiode CMOS image sensor floating diffusions. Different bias configurations are studied to evaluate the electr...
In the last decade, many factors, such as socio-political and econo-environmental ones, have led to a perturbation in the timeline of the worldwide development, and especially in countries and regions having political changes. This led us to introduc...
Enhancing low-light remote sensing images is crucial for preserving the accuracy and reliability of downstream analyses in a wide range of applications. Although numerous enhancement algorithms have been developed, many fail to effectively address th...
This work reports, for the first time, a dielectrophoresis (DEP) effect-induced motion of liquid crystal (LC) droplets in an LC/monomer mixture sample with a poly-(N-vinyl carbazole) PVK-coated substrate without an external voltage. With the UV pre-i...
The influence of acoustic field distribution and temperature variations on the full-aperture diffraction efficiency of non-collinear acousto-optic tunable filters (AOTFs) was investigated based on tellurium dioxide crystals. The strong acoustic aniso...
A distributed propulsion system has the advantage of saving 5–15% fuel burn through ingesting the fuselage boundary layer of an aircraft by fan or compressor. However, due to boundary layer ingestion (BLI), the fan stage will continuously opera...
In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the energy hole problem is a key factor affecting the network lifetime. In a circular multi-hop sensor network (modeled as concentric coronas), the optimal transmission ranges of all coronas can effectively improve...
Underwater imaging is affected by spatially varying blur caused by water flow turbulence, light scattering, and camera motion, resulting in severe visual quality loss and diminished performance in downstream vision tasks. Although numerous underwater...
A switched reluctance motor has a very simple structure which becomes its key signature and leads to various advantages. However, because of its double saliency and switching principle, the motor is also known to have a relatively high torque ripple,...
The genomes of influenza A and B viruses have eight, single-stranded RNA segments that exist in the form of a viral ribonucleoprotein complex in association with nucleoprotein (NP) and an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complex. We previously used high-...
In light of the computational efficiency bottleneck and inadequate regional feature representation in traditional global data approximation methods, this paper introduces the concept of non-uniform partition to transform global continuous approximati...
Acid in situ leaching (ISL) is a common approach to the recovery of uranium in the subsurface. In acid ISL, there are numerous of chemical reactions among the injected sulfuric acid, groundwater, and porous media containing ore layers. A substantial...
Untethered nano-/microrobots have been appealing to biomedical applications under magnetic guidance. Numerous actuation systems are specifically designed to generate either uniform or non-uniform fields which are unable to support all actuating mecha...
Due to the difficulty of accurately characterizing properties such as the molecular weight (Mn) and grafting density (σ) of gradient brushes (GBs), these properties are traditionally assumed to be uniform in space to simplify analysis. Applying...
Laser wireless power transmission (LWPT) has various applications for mobile devices and specific equipment under extreme conditions. The light spot received by laser photovoltaics is usually non-uniform, resulting in system efficiency reduction. The...
The reconstruction of MRI data assumes a uniform radio-frequency field. However, in practice, the radio-frequency field is inhomogeneous and leads to anatomically inconsequential intensity non-uniformities across an image. An anatomic region can be i...
The research and development of special robots such as excavation robots is an important way to achieve safe and efficient production in coal mines. Affected by the unstructured environment such as complex working conditions and unsteady factor distu...
Magnetotelluric (MT) forward modeling is essential in geophysical exploration, enabling the investigation of the Earth’s subsurface electrical conductivity. Traditional finite difference methods (FDMs) typically use uniform grids, which can be...
Additive manufacturing of magnesium (Mg) alloys is of interest for the fabrication of complex-shaped lightweight materials. This study evaluates the microstructure of WE43 Mg alloy deposited using laser powder directed energy deposition (LPDED) addit...
In this work, we analyze the application of X-ray diffraction imaging techniques to follow ultrafast structural transitions in solid materials using the example of an X-ray pump–X-ray probe experiment with a single-crystal silicon performed at a Lina...
During the refining stage of electric arc furnace (EAF) operation, molten steel is stirred to facilitate gas/steel/slag reactions and the removal of impurities, which determines the quality of the steel. The stirring process can be driven by the inje...
Thermoelastic buckling of micro/nano-beams subjected to non-uniform temperature distribution is investigated in this paper. The mechanical governing equation is derived based on the surface effect and mechanical non-local effect. The non-local heat c...
Motivated by the fact that uniform quantization is not suitable for signals having non-uniform probability density functions (pdfs), as the Laplacian pdf is, in this paper we have divided the support region of the quantizer into two disjunctive regio...
Fiber tow-gaps and overlaps formed during the Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) process pose a significant challenge by introducing non-uniform composite morphologies, often characterized by resin-rich regions and fiber waviness. These defects occur as...
The main steam pipe elbow is a critical metallic component in thermal power plants. Due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures and pressures, it experiences microstructural degradation and creep damage, thereby affecting its service life. Current...
Accurate computation of external heat flux is critical for spacecraft thermal analysis and thermal control system design. The traditional method, which adopted the uniform planetary infrared radiation model (UPIRM), is inadequate for lunar orbital mi...
Weld corrosion exists widely in the petrochemical industry and attracts great attention. Most research proves that weld corrosion originates from the material factors introduced during the welding process. However, it is noted that local fluid turbul...
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