The magnetic shielding device, made of high-permeability soft magnetic material, is sensitive to external influences and requires a protective steel enclosure. A steel enclosure, being strongly ferrimagnetic, can alter the surrounding magnetic field...
This paper investigated the seismic behavior of a prefabricated steel braced frame structure with hinged joints. Six steel frame specimens with different enclosure walls were tested under pseudo-static loading. The results indicated that the vertical...
To meet the requirements of a prefabricated building with specific strength limitations and assembly rate criteria, the research proposes a Low-Strength Foamed Concrete Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) Framing Composite Enclosure Wall Panel (LFSW). The ABAQUS...
Mechanical scratches that penetrate the protective layers expose the steel substrate and establish a zinc–steel galvanic couple beneath an electrolyte film. This study develops a mechanism-oriented multiphysics model of scratch-width-dependent...
Due to increasing economic development in recent years, large-scale prefabricated structures have been used for substations. However, the assembly of steel structures suffers from technical problems, such as the mismatch between the fire protection l...
Thermal behavior often affects the performance of thin-walled steel structures and even becomes one of the controlling loads. Steel pipes are often used in foundation pit support. This problem of the thermal stress of steel pipes is very important. T...
The airtightness of enclosures in biological laboratories is paramount for effective isolation between internal and external environments, ensuring containment of hazardous pathogens and mitigating accidental release risks. Consequently, studying and...
To investigate the effects of steel support cross-section dimensions and preloaded axial force levels on the stability of foundation pits, numerical simulations were conducted for open-cut deep foundation pits based on monitoring data from Changchun...
A pile–net enclosure aquaculture facility, deployed in inshore waters, is a sustainable and ecological aquaculture pattern for rearing fish and other aquatic animals of economic value in China. It is essential to study the maximum force on and...
The deep foundation pit excavation of subway will cause horizontal displacement, uneven settlement and other adverse effects on the adjacent shield. The use of servo steel strut has a certain effect on deflection correction, but the current understan...
Steel buildings often experience failure at the interfaces between their vertical exterior enclosure systems (VEESs) and structural elements. This phenomenon generates various pathological manifestations in steel buildings, resulting in the precociou...
Elephant tusk fractures are a management and medical challenge that can escalate into life-threatening complications. Here, an international survey was sent to elephant managers to understand the risk factors associated with tusk fractures since 2009...
The damage behavior of Li-ion vehicle battery modules with prismatic cells has been investigated through mechanical experiments and numerical simulations. The modules were subjected to quasi-static indentation using a V-shaped stainless-steel wedge a...
This study presents a compact navigation electronic seal system employing the Iridium SBD9603 radio modem and a specialized antenna for transmitting Short Burst Data (SBD) messages. The primary objective was to integrate a satellite antenna within th...
Moisture dry-out from steel-faced insulated sandwich panels has previously received little attention from researchers. This paper reports the results from laboratory tests and dynamic heat, air, and moisture transport simulations of the moisture dry-...
Various methods have been developed to produce deck slabs for steel–concrete composite bridges. Usually, the deck slabs are cast with in situ concrete using a formwork carriage, resulting in construction progress of 15 to 25 m of deck slab per...
Large deformations can easily occur when tunneling through weak surrounding rock with high underground stresses. Under high-stress environments, the surrounding rock stores a large amount of strain energy, and the strain energy stored in the soft and...
Steel structures quickly lose stability during a fire, which is why fire protection measures are used to increase their fire resistance limits. Structural fire protection in the form of boards or covers can achieve structural stability values ranging...
The axial force in assembly steel struts with servo systems is a critical indicator of stability in foundation pit support systems. Due to its high sensitivity to temperature variations and direct influence on the lateral deformation of the foundatio...
Battery housings are critical structural and safety components in electric vehicles, fulfilling multiple functions related to mechanical protection, crashworthiness, thermal management, fire resistance, electromagnetic shielding, and integration of b...
This study proposes a productization framework to improve the design standardization of rural low-rise prefabricated residences (RLPR) in southern Jiangsu, China. The framework is built on three industrialized structural system prototypes: the prefab...
Electrolytic plasma polishing technology is widely used in medical devices, aerospace, nuclear industry, marine engineering, and other equipment manufacturing fields, owing to its advantages of shape adaptability, high efficiency, good precision, env...
The use of innovative insulating materials can contribute to an energy-efficient design by improving the thermal performance of building envelopes while also reducing the embodied energy of materials. Ultra-low carbon steel envelope solutions with bi...
Coupled high temperature and dynamic loading often leads to the complicated degradation of performance in industrial kilns, enclosures, or other concrete structures, which constitutes a serious hazard to the safety of concrete structure. To bridge th...
Post-disaster reconstruction in resource-constrained contexts is often delayed by limited material supply, skilled labor, and planning capacity. Following the Mw 7.7 earthquake that struck near Mandalay, Myanmar, in March 2025, extensive housing dama...
A prestressed concrete containment is the enclosure structure of a nuclear reactor that serves as the last physical barrier of a nuclear power plant (NPP) safety defense system. It plays a key role in the prestress time-limited aging analysis (TLAA)...
This study evaluated the manufacturing of metal–polymer hybrid parts using a 3-axis desktop Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printer. Two printing strategies were employed: a more trivial one, consisting of 3D-printing the polymer directly onto...
Home appliances generally comprise a mechanical envelope, or enclosure, of electrically conductive material (steel, aluminum, etc.) that houses electrical and electronic circuits. That envelope typically includes all kind of apertures, openings, hole...
The scope of this work covers a proposal for the implementation of sustainable, low-cost, environmentally friendly, and affordable housing for low-income people. This paper aims to address the current housing issues, namely that many people lack dece...
The conversion of surplus electrical energy into thermal energy represents an effective pathway for increasing the flexibility of renewable-energy systems. This study presents an experimental and numerical assessment of a compact vapor-assisted sensi...
With the growing demand for durable and corrosion-resistant materials in advanced Li-ion battery cases, super duplex stainless steels (SDSSs) have emerged as promising candidates due to their excellent mechanical and electrochemical properties. This...
The development of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) at Nissan proceeded to the level of limited customer leasing with the X-TRAIL FCV equipped with an in-house FC stack (2005- model). Subsequently, a further improved 2008-model FC stack was developed with d...
In this paper, a three-dimensional turbulent fluid dynamics numerical model of a 311 MVA full hydroelectric power plant unit is made, using the finite element method, to study and understand the ozone transport mechanisms inside the enclosured electr...
The sound reduction index R is commonly determined using standardized laboratory procedures developed primarily for full-size building elements. However, in many research and development applications, including technical enclosures, lightweight panel...
The rapid transition toward electrified mobility and climate neutrality has prioritized the structural and environmental optimization of battery electric vehicle (BEV) subsystems. While vehicle lightweighting enhances operational efficiency, the prod...
The building sector significantly contributes to global energy consumption and carbon emissions, primarily due to the extensive use of carbon-intensive materials such as concrete and steel. Mass timber construction, particularly using cross-laminated...
In many densely populated towns and semi-urban areas, masonry buildings often stand close to busy roads, exposing them to blasts from improvised explosives or other localized sources. Such structures are rarely designed to resist sudden explosive for...