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Dimitris C. Tsamatsoulis, Christos A. Korologos and Dimitris V. Tsiftsoglou
This study aims to approximate the optimum sulfate content of cement, applying maximization of compressive strength as a criterion for cement produced in industrial mills. The design includes tests on four types of cement containing up to three main comp...
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Juan M. Lujano-Rojas, Rodolfo Dufo-López, Jesús Sergio Artal-Sevil and Eduardo García-Paricio
Assessing the training process of artificial neural networks (ANNs) is vital for enhancing their performance and broadening their applicability. This paper employs the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) technique, integrated with a stopping criterion, to const...
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Gruhalakshmi Yella, Prakash Jadhav and Chhaya Lande
Bird strikes have long been a source of concern for all airlines across the world. It is the most significant design criterion for aircraft engine fan blades. As it is not practical to manufacture and test aviation engines repeatedly for minor design mod...
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Estela Barroso Barderas, Rafael Bardera Mora, Ángel Antonio Rodriguez-Sevillano and Juan Carlos Matías García
Bird tails play a key role in aerodynamics and flight stability. They produce extra lift for takeoff and landing maneuvers, enhance wing functions and maintain stability during flight (keeping the bird from yawing, rolling and pitching, or otherwise losi...
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Urszula Kazmierczak, Monika Bartlewska-Urban and Pawel Strzalkowski
Reclamation of post-mining areas is one of the most important duties of an entrepreneur involved in mining mineral resources with the use of surface techniques. There are various forms of reclamation activities that depend on the chosen reclamation direc...
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Xiao Huang, Zhixiang Hu, Yunlin Liu and Liqing Nie
The seismic response characteristics of a lead-rubber-bearing(LRB) base-isolated structure under rare and very rare earthquakes were investigated. The acceleration, ductility coefficient, and shear strain of the LRB increase significantly under very rare...
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Siamak Farajzadeh Khosroshahi, Marinella Masina, Alessandro Antonini, Edward Ransley, James Mark William Brownjohn, Peter Dobson and Dina D?Ayala
Maintaining offshore steel structures is challenging and not environmentally friendly due to the frequent visits for inspection and repairs. Some offshore lighthouses are equipped with carbon steel helidecks fixed onto their lantern galleries in the 1970...
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Qibing Jin, Nan Lin and Yuming Zhang
K-Means Clustering is a popular technique in data analysis and data mining. To remedy the defects of relying on the initialization and converging towards the local minimum in the K-Means Clustering (KMC) algorithm, a chaotic adaptive artificial bee colon...
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Marat Eseev and Dmitry Makarov
Usually, loading and unloading of cargo ships takes place in ports that are equipped with the infrastructure necessary to carry out such operations. In the Arctic, often a helicopter is the only way to get the cargo to the right place. Finding the optima...
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Antonio Saporito, Adam Persson, Lars Larsson and Antonio Mancuso
Parallel-sided foil sections are used for centerboards and rudders in sailing dinghy classes and also for struts placed in a fluid flow. The objective of this work is to create a systematic series of parallel-sided sections to be used under different con...
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