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Zongyu Zhang, Qinghua Zeng, Yijun Zou, Hongfu Wang and Meng Tang
Variable flow ducted rockets (VFDRs) are promising candidates for propulsion systems in hypersonic vehicles because of their inherent advantages, such as high specific impulse, low weight, and high speed. The control of gas flow is essential for optimal ...
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Quang Tan Nguyen, Cong Phat Vo, Thanh Ha Nguyen and Kyoung Kwan Ahn
This study aimed to develop a simple but effective mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion for harvesting hydrokinetic energy based on triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology. Here, a direct-current fluid-flow-based TENG is reported as a potenti...
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Praveen Kumar Gupta, Goutam Ghosh, Virendra Kumar, Prabhu Paramasivam and Seshathiri Dhanasekaran
Lead Rubber Bearings (LRBs) represent one of the most widely employed devices for the seismic protection of structures. However, the effectiveness of the same in the case of curved bridges has not been judged well because of the complexity involved in cu...
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Sebastian Valencia-Garzón, Erick Reyes-Vera, Jorge Galvis-Arroyave, Jose P. Montoya and Nelson Gomez-Cardona
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laser-based system was studied and implemented to produce asymmetric long period fiber gratings (LPFG) with a large attenuation peak, high reproducibility, and high stability. The first half of this study provides a mathe...
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Sayyid Zainal Abidin Syed Ahmad, Mohd Khairi Abu Husain, Noor Irza Mohd Zaki, Nurul Azizah Mukhlas, Ezanizam Mat Soom, Nurul Uyun Azman and Gholamhossein Najafian
Offshore installations must be built to resist fatigue as well as extreme forces caused by severe environmental conditions. The structural reliability analysis is the popular practise to assess a variety of natural waves determined by the long-term proba...
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