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Junrong Wang, Chunlei He, Dianfu Fu, Kuang He and Junfeng Du
Fatigue failure caused by frequent tension and bending loads is a crucial safety concern for mooring chains used on floating structures in the oil and gas industry. The bending effect for a chain?s fatigue is usually not considered by existing fatigue an...
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Young-Cheol Kim, Dong-Hyeop Kim and Sang-Woo Kim
To achieve the commercialization of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts, which have recently garnered attention as the next-generation means of transportation, objective certification based on rigorous procedures is essential. With th...
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Jinfeng Liu, Guoqing Feng, Jiaying Wang, Huilong Ren, Wei Song and Panpan Lin
Welding defects are known to cause crack propagation and reduce structural fatigue performance. Based on the Paris theory of fracture mechanics, research is conducted on evaluation methods for analyzing fatigue crack propagation by adopting random loads ...
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Julio Cantero-Durango, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza, Gilberto Martinez-Arguelles and Luis Fuentes
Continuous research efforts have been developed in the literature to raise the sustainability components of the road infrastructure industry, i.e., reduce potential contaminants and augment financial profitability. In this regard, this investigation aims...
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Maximilian Granzner, Alfred Strauss, Michael Reiterer, Maosen Cao and Drahomír Novák
Railway noise barrier constructions are subjected to high aerodynamic loads during the train passages, and the knowledge of their actual structural condition is relevant to assure safety for railway users and to create a basis for forecasting. This paper...
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Dennis Beier, Anja Schnepf, Sean Van Steel, Naiquan Ye and Muk Chen Ong
The use of floating offshore wind farms for electrical energy supply is expected to rise significantly over the coming years. Suspended inter-array power cables are a new design to connect floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) with shorter cable length...
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Letizia Castelli, Chiara Iacovelli, Siria Ciccone, Valerio Geracitano, Claudia Loreti, Augusto Fusco, Lorenzo Biscotti, Luca Padua and Silvia Giovannini
Osteoarthritis is a common chronic condition in the elderly population and, with falls, represents a major public health problem. Patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis often have poor balance, which is considered an important risk factor for falls. In...
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Wang Xiao, Yifan Chen, Huisheng Zhang and Denghai Shen
Turbine blades are crucial components exposed to harsh conditions, such as high temperatures, high pressures, and high rotational speeds. It is of great significance to accurately predict the life of blades for reducing maintenance cost and improving the...
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Yan Dong, Guanglei Ji, Lin Fang and Xin Liu
During the service life of offshore pipelines, many start-up and shut-down cycles take place, possibly leading to significant cyclic loads. Fatigue failure may occur, resulting in serious environmental pollution and loss of property. The study aims to as...
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Lei Xue, Jundong Wang, Liye Zhao, Zhiwen Wei, Mingqi Yu and Yu Xue
Wake effects commonly exist in offshore wind farms, which will cause a 10?20% reduction of whole power production as well as a 5?15% increase of fatigue loading on the wind turbine main structures. Obviously wake interaction between floating offshore win...
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