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Xiao Yuan Chen, Royale S. Underhill and Denis Rodrigue
The objective of this study was to present a simple and environmentally friendly process combining low pressure (vacuum) and mechanical compression to convert low-density polyethylene (LDPE) foams into low-density foams (76?125 kg/m3) with negative tensi...
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Katarina Monkova, Peter Pavol Monka, Milan ?aludek, Pavel Beno, Romana Hricová and Anna ?meringaiová
Porous materials bring components not only direct advantages in the form of lightening of constructions, saving of production materials, or improvement of physical properties, but also secondary advantages, which are manifested as a result of their daily...
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Qi Zhang, Chenhao Zhang, Yifeng Lin, Yuanhai Li, Yixin Shen and Yuechao Pei
In recent years, offshore wind turbine technology has been widely developed, making a significant contribution to the advancement of renewable energy. Due to the predominant subsurface geological composition characterized by rocky formations in some mari...
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Oleg M. Alifanov, Margarita O. Salosina, Sergey A. Budnik and Aleksey V. Nenarokomov
Highly porous open-cell carbon materials have great potential for use as high-temperature thermal insulation for space vehicles due to a unique combination of properties: low density, high rigidity, sufficient compressive strength, and low thermal conduc...
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Abdulrazak Jinadu Otaru, Olalekan David Adeniyi, Ige Bori, Olufemi Ayodeji Olugboji and Joseph Obofoni Odigure
In recent decades, cellular metallic materials have increasingly been used for control of reverberation and cutback. These materials offer a unique combination of expanded pores, high specific surfaces, improved structural performance, low weight, corros...
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Georgios Kazakis and Nikos D. Lagaros
In multi-scale topology optimization methods, the analysis encompasses two distinct scales: the macro-scale and the micro-scale. The macro-scale refers to the overall size and dimensions of the structural domain being studied, while the micro-scale perta...
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Laura Orellana
At the very deepest molecular level, the mechanisms of life depend on the operation of proteins, the so-called ?workhorses? of the cell. Proteins are nanoscale machines that transform energy into useful cellular work, such as ion or nutrient transport, i...
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Bat-hen Nahmias-Biran, Shuki Cohen, Vladimir Simon and Israel Feldman
Mobile phones have achieved a high rate of penetration and gained great interest in the field of travel behavior studies. However, mobile phone data exploitation for national travel models has only been sporadically studied thus far. This work focuses on...
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Yuan Jin, Ainong Li, Jinhu Bian, Xi Nan and Guangbin Lei
Land use change (LUC) can be affected by investment growth and planning policies under the context of regional economic cooperation and development. Previous studies on land use simulation mostly emphasized the effects of local socioeconomic factors and ...
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Magdalena Pasnikowska-Lukaszuk, Magda Wlazlo-Cwiklinska, Jaroslaw Zubrzycki and Zbigniew Suchorab
The measurement of the moisture content of building materials is of key importance both in the process of building structures and in their subsequent operation. In engineering practice, indirect techniques of moisture measurement, mainly, resistance and ...
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