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Chang Yan, Wen-Jie Fan, Da-Miao Wang and Wen-Zhang Zhang
Mechanical interfaces are prevalent in industries like aerospace and maritime, where the normal contact stiffness on these surfaces is a crucial component of the overall stiffness of mechanical structures. From the perspective of structural mechanics, no...
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Ivan S. Maksymov and Ganna Pogrebna
We propose a quantum-mechanical model that represents a human system of beliefs as the quantised energy levels of a physical system. This model represents a novel perspective on opinion dynamics, recreating a broad range of experimental and real-world da...
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Jozef Gocál, Josef Vican, Jaroslav Odrobinák, Richard Hlinka, Franti?ek Bahleda and Agnieszka Wdowiak-Postulak
In addition to traditional building materials, such as steel and concrete, wood has been gaining increasing prominence in recent years. In the past, the use of wood was limited due to its susceptibility to damage by fungi, insects, and temperature. These...
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Kostiantyn Medvediev, Anna Kharchenko, Anzhelika Stakhova, Yurii Yevseichyk, Vitalii Tsybulskyi and Adrián Bekö
The proposed methodology aims to determine and forecast the technical condition of bridge elements, which could serve as an advanced engineering tool for assessing reliability and durability. It is developed based on fundamental studies that synthesize t...
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Vivek Sharma, Carlos H. Caldas, Dhaval Gajjar and Prajakta Bapat
Healthcare facilities (HCFs) are complex building structures that are becoming more challenging with ever-changing codes and regulations. Previously completed projects become a basis for future guidance regarding costs and scope. A robust normalization f...
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Tomasz Gajewski and Pawel Skiba
The main goal of this work is to combine the usage of the numerical homogenization technique for determining the effective properties of representative volume elements with artificial neural networks. The effective properties are defined according to the...
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Qi Zhang, Aixia Zhang, Le Yang, Jinpeng Wei, Jinlong Bei, Zhenjiang Xu, Xiaofeng Wang and Bingxian Chen
Seed germination requires the relaxation of endosperm cap and radicle cell walls, with cell wall hydrolases playing a significant role in this process. Our study revealed that a type of cell wall hydrolase, xyloglucan endotransglucosylase, may significan...
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Panagiotis D. Kordas, George N. Lampeas and Konstantinos T. Fotopoulos
The main purpose of this study comprises the design and the development of a novel experimental configuration for carrying out tests on a full-scale stiffened panel manufactured of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material. Two different test-bench design ...
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Xianquan Wang, Yong Qiu, Jie Yuan, Dongyan Liu, Peiyu Shi, Chenchen Zhao, Shanyuan Xu and Tengfei Zhao
Spatial truss structures (STSs), serving as the bottom support structure of a cooling tower, effectively harness the superior load-bearing capacity offered by lattice-type truss structures. STSs are composed of main bars, diagonal bars, and horizontal ba...
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Mariane Rodrigues Rita, Pierre Rossi, Eduardo de Moraes Rego Fairbairn and Fernando Luiz Bastos Ribeiro
This paper presents an extension of the validation domain of a previously validated three-dimensional probabilistic semi-explicit cracking numerical model, which was initially validated for a specific concrete mix design. This model is implemented in a f...
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