Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins that can affect livestock health and performance upon consumption of contaminated feedstuffs. To mitigate the negative effects of mycotoxins, sequestering agents, adsorbents, or binders can be included to fee...
This study was designed, for the first time, to investigate the effect of oxidation on the digestion and absorption properties of protein in boiled sea cucumber body wall (BSCBW) via simulated digestion combined with everted-rat-gut-sac models. Boili...
Polyurethane foams with a hybrid structure between closed cell and open cell were fabricated and fully characterized. Sound absorption measurements were carried out in order to assess their acoustic performance at different frequency ranges. The cell...
Thin-walled tubes have gained wide applications in aerospace, automobile and other engineering fields due to their excellent energy absorption and lightweight properties. In this study, a novel method of entropy-weighted TOPSIS was adopted to study t...
Inspired by Peano space-filling curves (PSCs), this study introduced the space-filling structure design concept to novel thin-walled sandwich structures and fabricated polymer samples by 3D printing technology. The crushing behaviors and energy absor...
Polymer composite materials are increasingly used in civil aircraft structures. The failure mode and energy-absorption characteristics of polymer composite structures have garnered significant attention from academia and industry. For thin-walled pol...
This paper investigates the axial deformation characteristics and crashworthiness of thin-walled metal tubes (TWT) reinforced with Polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) honeycomb lattice structures consisting of bio-inspired hierarchical cellular topological...
DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (DNA-SWCNTs) in stable dispersion are expected to be used as biosensors in the future, because they have the property of absorption of light in the near infrared (NIR) region, which is safe for the human bod...
This study investigates the wall thickness and specific surface area (SBET) of ammonium nitrate(V) samples of varying provenance. The research focuses on both fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate(V) and three porous prill samples obtained from different...
Electromagnetic (EM) pollution becomes more penetrating in daily life and work due to more convenience provided by multi-electrical devices, as does secondary pollution caused by electromagnetic reflection. EM wave absorption material with less refle...
A crashworthiness design of foam-filled local nanocrystallized thin-walled tubes (FLNTs) is proposed by using foam-filled structures and ultrasonic impact surface treatment. The crashworthiness and deformation modes of FLNTs are studied using an expe...
We analyzed the behavior of a “Solar Wall” and validated the apparatus using three nanofluids (silver, titanium dioxide, and a hybrid compound) based on their photothermal conversion performance. The factors considered were the temperatur...
This paper investigates the deformation mechanism and energy absorption behaviour of 316 L triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures with uniform and graded wall thicknesses fabricated by the selective laser melting technique. The uniform P-s...
A simple pore microstructure of parallel, identical, and inclined smooth-walled slits in a rigid solid, for which prediction of its geometrical and acoustic properties is straightforward, can yield useful sound absorption. This microstructure should...
In this paper, we investigate the performance of a linear array of five semi-immersed, oblate spheroidal heaving Wave Energy Converters (WECs) in front of a bottom-mounted, finite-length, vertical wall under perpendicular to the wall regular waves. T...
In recent years, steel-concrete composite shear walls have been widely used in enormous high-rise buildings. Due to their high strength and ductility, enhanced stiffness, stable cycle characteristics and large energy absorption, such walls can be ado...
Addressing the issue of oil pollutants and their impact on environmental sustainability, this study prepared sustainable oil-absorbent concrete through particle size adjustment and chemical modification methods. The effects of alkaline activators and...
Creating lightweight and impact-resistant box structures has been an enduring pursuit among researchers. A new energy-absorbing structure consisting of a bionic gradient lattice-enhanced thin-walled tube is presented in this article. The gradient lat...
A novel honeycomb with gradient-thickness cell walls (HGTCWs) is fabricated through chemical etching to achieve progressive thickness reduction in the cell walls. This engineered honeycomb demonstrates superior energy absorption by effectively elimin...
The composite shear wall has various merits over the traditional reinforced concrete walls. Thus, several experimental studies have been reported in the literature in order to study the seismic behavior of composite shear walls. However, few numerica...
Introducing vegetation is an effective strategy for improving air quality and mitigating the heat island effect. Green modules, which consist of modules that support substrates and various plant species, integrate these elements. This study analyzes...
Many envisaged applications, such as nanoelectronics, photovoltaics, thermoelectric power generation, light-emission devices, energy storage and biomedicine, necessitate single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) samples with specific uniform electronic p...
Aluminum alloy thin-walled structures have been well used in applications of energy absorption. In the present work, a bioinspired design strategy for aluminum alloy thin-walled structures is proposed to improve the performance of out-of-plane crashw...
Due to their lightweight, porous and excellent energy absorption characteristics, foam and honeycomb materials have been widely used for filling energy absorbing devices. For further improving the energy absorption performance of the novel tube propo...
The publication presents a comparison of the sound absorption test results of a perforated wall cassette filled with mineral wool for various degree of cement dust pollution. Cement dust should be understood here as dust created during the production...
The aim of this paper is to propose a novel sandwich panel, which would be suitable for sound absorption and airborne sound insulation, used as applied cladding or independent lightweight partition wall. As far as the authors are concerned, this is t...
Moisture ingress is a major cause of damage to masonry cavity walls. Products of various chemical compositions are available for wall surface treatment, aimed at reducing/eliminating water ingress. This study presents the results of full-scale wall t...
How to effectively reduce the damage of frequent accidental explosions and explosion attacks to existing walls is an important concern of the blast resistance field. In the present study, the influence of the foamed concrete (density 820 kg/m3, water...
Metallic thin-walled porous tubes have been widely applied in energy absorption fields due to their unique mechanical properties. Inspired by foam-filled structures, liquid crystal elastomers as a new category of metamaterials were filled in metallic...
The current work studied the crashworthiness behavior of thin-walled circular steel tubes against axial and oblique crushing. Parametric analyses of crushing angle and tube wall thickness were conducted aiming to identify their effect on dissipated e...
In the past, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been extensively used to modify the structural response of masonry brick walls. The promising advantages of FRP composites are easy application, lightweight, and very high tensile strength....
This paper reveals the mechanism of nanowelding a branched network of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) used as a framework for the formation of protein–polymer matrices with albumin, collagen, and chitosan. It is shown that the introduct...
In this work, the impact of temperature on the crushing performance of multi-walled tube (MWT) were investigated using a combined experimental, theoretical and numerical method. The MWT was fabricated using extrusion technology, and the temperature-d...
Structural failure of the lead-carbon battery casing under external loads poses a serious threat to the safety of its energy storage function. To overcome the limitations of traditional protective casings regarding specific energy absorption (SEA) an...
Inspired by the macro- and microstructures of the lotus leaf, a series of biomimetic hierarchical thin-walled structures (BHTSs) was proposed and fabricated, exhibiting improved mechanical properties. The comprehensive mechanical properties of the BH...
Oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fiber/polylactic acid (PLA)-based composites filled with 6–22 wt.% multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared using a melt blend method. The composites were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fo...
This study proposes a novel graded-thickness, thin-walled aluminum alloy (Al) circular tube energy-absorbing structure and conducts comprehensive parametric modeling and multi-objective optimization research. The 7050Al tube was selected for analysis...
Conductive polymers and their composites have been widely applied in different applications, including sensing applications. Herein, we constructed a conductive composite of polypropylene, carbon black, and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (PP/CB/MWCNTs...
Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) have advantages such as high elastic stiffness, stable hysteresis behavior, high energy absorption capacity, and decent ductility. However, one of the main drawbacks of SPSWs is their buckling under lateral loading. To...
Energy retrofit of existing masonry buildings has become attractive to meet demands for reduction in energy consumption. Retrofit may, however, introduce moisture risk that needs to be assessed. Hygrothermal simulation analysis is often conducted in...
The presented discussion concerns the behavior of a thin-walled hexagonal aluminum honeycomb structure subjected to blast loading. The shock wave affecting the structure is generated by detonation of the C4 charge in an explosive-driven shock tube (E...
This research work aims to scrutinize the mathematical model for the hybrid nanofluid flow in a converging and diverging channel. Titanium dioxide and silver
It is now widely recognized that the masonry infill frame used in reinforced concrete structures (RC) greatly enhances both the rigidity and strength of the surrounding frame. The lateral loading behavior of this RC frame is different from the frame...
Crushing performance is being widely investigated because it is the key performance indicator of the thin-walled beam structure in automobile safety components. In this study, five kinds of ageing state with different yield strengths were prefabricat...
Even though inhalation dosimetry is determined by three factors (i.e., breathing, aerosols, and the respiratory tract), the first two categories have been more widely studied than the last. Both breathing and aerosols are quantitative variables that...
12 December 2024
Electricity consumption in buildings is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change. Reducing electricity use in residential buildings, which account for approximately 20% of Thailand’s total electricity co...
In this work, adsorption of the carcinogenic mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) by two sequestrants—a yeast cell wall-based adsorbent (YCW) and a hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate (HSCAS)—was studied across four laboratory models: (1) an...
The article presents a method for selecting spray coating systems for furnace walls and heat exchangers, aimed at protecting them and intensifying heat exchange processes. Calculations were made of the effect of the mutual emissivity coefficient betw...
The application of bionic structures for the design of energy-absorbing structures has been proposed recently. The rapid advancement of additive manufacturing technology provides technical support for the fabrication of non-traditional structures and...
In order to improve the microwave absorption performance of absorbing materials, the composite foam absorbing materials with different multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) contents were prepared using polyurethane foam as the substrate and MWCNTs and...
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