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Muawia Dafalla and Ahmed M. Al-Mahbashi
The major problematic soils in semi-arid regions include expansive soils and collapsible soils. These two types of soils cause problems and are hazardous for buildings when moisture is introduced following a dry or semi-dry season. In order to assess the...
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Mingke Li, Kepeng Huang and Xuemei Yi
Laser cladding, a novel surface treatment technology, utilizes a high-energy laser beam to melt diverse alloy compositions and form a specialized alloy-cladding layer on the surface of the substrate to enhance its property. However, it can generate subst...
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M. R. T. Arruda, M. Trombini and A. Pagani
This study examines a new approach to facilitate the convergence of upcoming user-subroutines UMAT when the secant material matrix is applied rather than the conventional tangent (also known as Jacobian) material matrix. This algorithm makes use of the v...
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Yuxuan Xia, Jingxia Yue, Jiankang Lei, Ke Yang and Yordan Garbatov
The welding residual stress re-distribution behavior during fatigue crack propagation in butt-welded high-strength steel plates for ship construction is investigated based on experimental test results and numerical analyses. The specimens? initial weldin...
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Sang-Hyun Park, Sang-Hoon Yoon, Teguh Muttaqie, Quang Thang Do and Sang-Rai Cho
The residual strength of denting- and fracture-damaged box girders were experimentally and numerically investigated. The experiments were conducted under a pure bending moment using the four-point bending test method. The load, deflection, and strain wer...
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Claudia Mezzalira, Fosca Conti, Danilo Pedron and Raffaella Signorini
The growing interest in improving optoelectronic devices requires continuous research of the materials and processes involved in manufacturing. From a chemical point of view, the study of this sector is crucial to optimize existing manufacturing processe...
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Zhi-Jian Zhang, Bai-Sen Chen, Rui Bai and Yao-Peng Liu
The high strength and stiffness-to-weight ratios of structural steel often result in relatively slender members and systems, which are governed to a great extent by stability limit states. However, predicting the stability of slender structures is diffic...
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Arthur F. F. Gomes, Leonardo C. Mesquita, Edson F. C. Rodrigues, Felipe N. Arroyo, Vinícius B. M. Aquino, Herisson F. Santos, Túlio H. Panzera, Francisco A. R. Lahr, Eduardo Chahud, Luis A. M. N. Branco and André L. Christoforo
Recently, castellated columns have been increasingly used in buildings because of their flexibility, easy compatibility and potential savings due to less steel consumption. However, there is a lack of research related to the subject. In view of that, thi...
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Firas Daghistani, Abolfazl Baghbani, Hossam Abuel Naga and Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh
This study aimed to examine the shear strength characteristics of sand?granular rubber mixtures in direct shear tests. Two different sizes of rubber and one of sand were used in the experiment, with the sand being mixed with various percentages of rubber...
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Kai Yan, Yong Wang, Xianghua Lai, Yanli Wang and Zhiyong Yang
The influence of saturation on the Poisson?s ratio v of reservoir sediments has an engineering significance in the field of oil and nature gas exploration. Based on a self-developed combined (BE-EE-RC) test system, under the dehydration path, the Poisson...
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