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Alejandro Pérez Caldentey, Yolanda G. Diego, Anastasio P. Santos, Lina López, María Chiquito and Ricardo Castedo
Within the research project ITSAFE, two full-scale structures were built, one consisting of a single-storey, two-span, 7.00 × 14.00 m2 RC frame with a solid slab and another consisting of a two-storey, 7.00 × 7.00 m2 RC frame with solid slabs. In the two...
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Xiaoyu Tang, Wen Wan, Zhenxing Lu and Wei Chen
To investigate the influence of non-singular terms (T stress) in the stress field on the composite fractures of hard rock Type I?II, such as rock splitting failure and hydraulic fracture propagation, this study focused on hard rocks in metallic mines. Th...
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Isehaq Al-Huseini, Maryam Al-Ismaili, Ammar Boudaka and Srinivasa Rao Sirasanagandla
Vascular calcification is calcium deposition occurring in the wall of blood vessels, leading to mechanical stress and rupture due to a loss of elasticity and the hardening of the vessel wall. The role of the Transient Receptor Channel Vanilloid 4 (TRPV4)...
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Truong-Linh Chau, Thu-Ha Nguyen and Van-Ngoc Pham
Mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls have been widely applied in construction to maintain the stability of high embankments. In Vietnam, imported reinforcement materials are expensive; thus, finding locally available materials for MSE walls is benef...
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Kai Qiu, Xinyu Chang, Jing Wang, Haijun Zhang and Shugeng Wu
This study aimed to verify the potential of calcium lactate for the performance, blood index, shinbone quality, jejunal immunity, and egg quality of aged laying hens. A total of 360 62-week-old Hy-Line Brown laying hens were randomly divided into four tr...
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Cosmin Spîrchez, Aurel Lunguleasa, Carmen-Mihaela Popescu, Anamaria Avram and Constantin Stefan Ionescu
In a context where there is an increasing need for thermal treatments of wooden products, the current research contributes a description of the torrefaction treatment of two of the composite wood materials available on the international market. The prese...
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Shuhe Zheng, Minglei He, Xuexin Jia, Zebin Zheng, Xinhui Wu and Wuxiong Weng
Agricultural robotics has emerged as a research area within robotics, with a particular focus on designing end effectors that are adapted to the physical characteristics of the target fruits. Acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the physical and me...
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Gregory Pinheiro, Armando Moreno Júnior, Arturo Schultz, Igor Silva, Felipe N. Arroyo, Vinícius Aquino, Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Carvalho, Herisson Santos, André L. Christoforo and Fernando Almeida Filho
The use of prestressed precast hollow core slabs has intensified as technological advances. However, the knowledge of the structural behavior when openings are inserted into this element is still limited, mainly due to the shear force. Therefore, the pre...
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Zhenyu Xu and Shen Yan
This article proposes an progressive-collapse mechanism for suspended-dome structures subjected to cable rupture, based on experimental and finite element results. The anti-collapse mechanism can be succinctly described as a node-buckling mechanism: the ...
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Ming-Gin Lee, Yung-Chih Wang, Wei-Chien Wang, Hung-Jen Chien and Li-Chi Cheng
Pervious concrete (PC) has gained popularity as an environmentally friendly solution for mitigating the urban heat island effect and promoting sustainable construction. However, its lower compressive strength, attributed to its higher porosity required f...
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