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Ali Ghahremani, Scott D. Adams, Michael Norton, Sui Yang Khoo and Abbas Z. Kouzani
Solar panels are an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels; however, their useful life is limited to approximately 25 years, after which they become a waste management issue. Proper management and recycling of end-of-life (EOL) solar panels...
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Carlo Boursier Niutta, Pierpaolo Padula, Andrea Tridello, Marco Boccaccio, Francesco Acerra and Davide S. Paolino
This paper deals with an innovative nondestructive technique for composites (local-IET), which is based on the Impulse Excitation Technique (IET) and, in the presence of damage, assesses the degradation of the elastic properties of a local region of the ...
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Tomasz Rogala, Mateusz Scieszka, Andrzej Katunin and Sandris Rucevskis
Increasingly often, due to the high sensitivity level of diagnostic systems, they are also sensitive to the occurrence of a significant number of false alarms. In particular, in structural health monitoring (SHM), the problem of optimal sensor placement ...
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Mikhail V. Golub, Ilya A. Moroz, Yanzheng Wang, Artur D. Khanazaryan, Kirill K. Kanishchev, Evgenia A. Okoneshnikova, Alisa N. Shpak, Semyon A. Mareev and Chuanzeng Zhang
A novel kind of acoustic metamaterials (AMMs) with unit cells composed of two layers made of dissimilar materials with a crack-like void situated at the interface between bars is considered. Recently, the authors showed numerically that this novel kind o...
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Robert E. Melchers and Henry Humphrey
The alkali?aggregate reactivity (AAR) of concrete, long known for mass concrete, can also induce corrosion of steel in reinforced concrete structures. Several examples are given for which the origin of observed reinforcement corrosion and loss of concret...
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Alessandra Caggiano, Giulio Mattera and Luigi Nele
The drilling of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) materials is a key process in the aerospace industry, where ensuring high product quality is a critical issue. Low-quality of final products may be caused by the occurrence of drilling-induced defect...
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Qi Wang, Rao Fu, Fuji Wang, Chaoyang Luo, Jiankang Li and Zhenyuan Jia
Laser direct joining enables non-destructive and lightweight joining of carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composites and aluminum alloys. The interfacial bonding process determines the joint performance and is influenced by the time-varying t...
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Andrej Fa?alek, Ale? Stra?e, Bogdan ?ega, Johannes A. J. Huber and Milan ?ernek
Beech (Fagus Sylvatica L.) is a prevalent tree species in Slovenia and is suitable for manufacturing glulam beams. However, beech wood has certain limitations that can potentially be mitigated by combining it with Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) ...
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Tomotaka Fukuoka and Makoto Fujiu
In Japan, bridges are inspected via close visual examinations every five years. However, these inspections are labor intensive, and a shortage of engineers and budget constraints will restrict such inspections in the future. In recent years, efforts have...
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Xiaoxia Zheng, Bohan He, Yu Zou, Qiao Yang, Yupeng Cao, Zhiqiang Li and Yaokun Han
It is well-established that the honeycomb sandwich composite structures are easily prone to damage under low-energy impact. Consequently, it would lead to a dramatic decrease in structural load-bearing capacity and a threat to overall safety. Both experi...
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