Experimental Study on the Fine-Grained Uranium Tailings Reinforced by MICP by Rong Gui, Yu-xiang Pan, De-xin Ding, Yong Liu, Zhi-jun Zhang

“…The cohesive force and the internal friction angle of fine-grained uranium tailings were increased by 140.1% and 46.7%. …”
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The Implementation of a Support Vector Regression Model Utilizing Meta-Heuristic Algorithms for Predicting Undrained Shear Strength by Rami Al-Qasimi, Firas Al-Hajri

“…The frameworks were trained using four key input metrics: plastic limit (PL), liquid limit (LL), sleeve friction (SF), and overburden weight (OBW). The performance of the proposed frameworks was evaluated using five criteria: R², RMSE, MSE, SI, and SMAPE. …”
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Machine learning models for predicting the bearing capacity of shallow foundations: A Comparative study and sensitivity analysis by Hamid Mohammadnezhad, Seyedmohammad Eslami

“…Furthermore, relative importance of the input features was examined through a sensitivity analysis which indicated that the internal friction angle of the soil and the depth of the foundation are the most important inputs while using ML regression methods.…”
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Coupled Vibration Behavior of Hot Rolling Mill Rolls under Multinonlinear Effects by Rongrong Peng, Xingzhong Zhang, Peiming Shi

“…A coupled vibration model of hot rolling mill rolls under multiple nonlinear effects is established by considering the nonlinear spring force produced by the hydraulic cylinder, the nonlinear friction between the work rolls, the dynamic variation of rolling force, and the effect of external excitation as well as according to the structural constraints of a four-high hot rolling mill in the vertical and horizontal directions. …”
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Assessing the Threshold of Need for Supplemental Damping in Seismic Base Isolation of Multistory Buildings by Ali Reza Babaeian Amini, Peyman Narjabadifam, Gholam Reza Ostadi Asl, Samad Emamverdi, Shahram Derogar, Bertug Ozarisoy

“…The isolation system considered is the well-known friction pendulum system, with supplemental damping provided by widely used viscous dampers. …”
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Static Pull Testing of a New Type of Large Deformation Cable with Constant Resistance by Zhigang Tao, Shihui Pang, Yijun Zhou, Haijiang Zhang, Yanyan Peng

“…When experiencing a static or dynamic load and especially the load exceeding the constant resistance force (CR-F, a static friction force derived from the movement of frictional cone unit in casing tube) of CRLD cable, the frictional cone unit will move in the casing tube along the axis and absorb deformation energy, accordingly. …”
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Investigation of Engineering Properties of Cement-Stabilized Calcareous Sand Foundation by Yuan Chai, Dai-Ping Jiang, Fu-Jiang Wang, Hai-Bo Lyu

“…It is found that: (1) the uniaxial compression strength of calcareous sand is higher than that of Guangzhou soft soil but lower than that of filter medium quartz sand; (2) the deformation of the calcareous sand under compression is mainly plastic, and the elastic deformation gradually increases with increasing cement content; (3) the apparent cohesion of calcareous sand increases, while internal friction angle decreases with increasing cement content; (4) cement-stabilized method can significantly improve the bearing capacity of calcareous sand foundation, especially for the saturated state. …”
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Effect of Expanded Graphite on Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Polyamide 6/Glass Fibre Composites by Dajana Japić, Simon Kulovec, Mitjan Kalin, Janez Slapnik, Blaž Nardin, Miroslav Huskić

“…The lowest coefficient of friction was obtained by the addition of 10 wt% EG5. …”
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Performance Improving for the Flat Plate Solar Collectors by Using Nanofluids: Review Study by Mohammed A. Abduljleel, Nabil J. Yasin, Safaa A. Ghadhban, Sumair Ahmed Soomro

“…Firstly, by design using different methodologies and methods to improve the efficiency and the thermal performance of the solar collector by introducing twisted strips that cause increased mixing. Fluids and Friction for FPSCs. To increase heat transfer as well as use porous materials to enhance heat and improve the effectiveness of absorption panels to absorb as much solar radiation as possible as well as thermal insulation methods to reduce losses to surrounding areas. …”
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Upper Bound Limit Stability Analysis for Soil Slope with Nonuniform Multiparameter Distribution Based on Discrete Algorithm by Zhen Wang, Xumeng Yang, Ang Li

“…At the same time, this method takes a dump slope in an open-pit mine as the engineering background, considers the nonuniformity of density, cohesion, and internal friction angle of the slope soil under subsidence, applies upper bound limit analysis to analyze the slope stability, and evaluates the accuracy of analysis results by using the residual thrust method. …”
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Nonlinear Numerical Modeling of the Wire-Ring Net for Flexible Barriers by Zhixiang Yu, Chun Liu, Liping Guo, Lei Zhao, Shichun Zhao

“…Equivalence between the numerical and actual wire rings in terms of bending and tensile strength, total mass, contact with sliding friction, and rupture behavior were also derived and presented. …”
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Combined Heat and Mass Transfer of Fluid Flowing through Horizontal Channel by Turbulent Forced Convection by Jamal Eddine Salhi, Kamal Amghar, Hicham Bouali, Najim Salhi

“…For Pr = 0.71, the results obtained show that (i) the streamlines and isotherms are strongly affected by the inclinations angles at Re = 8.73 × 104, (ii) the friction coefficient near the baffles increases under the angle exchange effect, and (iii) for a constant Re, the local Nusselt number at the walls of the channel varies with increasing the inclination angle of the deflector. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Rock Failure Process with a 3D Grain-Based Rock Model by Zengwei Zhang, Fan Chen, Chao Zhang, Chao Wang, Tuo Wang, Fengshou Zhang, Huiling Zhao

“…As a result, this model can reach higher uniaxial compressive strength to tensile strength ratios and larger friction coefficients than the disk/sphere particle-based rock model. …”
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Coupling Interaction of Surrounding Soil-Buried Pipeline and Additional Stress in Subsidence Soil by Yahong Ding, Heng Yang, Ping Xu, Minxia Zhang, Zhenguo Hou

“…In this paper, a laboratory test system is designed and developed to analyze the influence of buried depth, cohesion of soil, and angle of internal friction on stress, in order to obtain the deformation mechanism of pipe-soil and the pressure around the pipe and the distribution of additional axial stress along the pipeline. …”
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of the Effects of Drill Cuttings on the Open Channel Flow by Prasanna Welahettige, Christian Berg, Joachim Lundberg, Bernt Lie, Knut Vaagsaether

“…Higher inclination angles mean that the gravity effect upon the flow direction is more significant than the particle friction for short channels.…”
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Investigating the effect of magnetic field on the slip flow behavior of air-fluid in a rectangular microchannel by Mohsen Saghafian, Mehdi Moslehi, Omid Ali Akbari

“…Increasing M causes a substantial decrease in the friction factor. The Hartmann number's growth does not significantly affect thermal entrance length.…”
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Comprehensive Study of E-Bike Braking Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation, and Experimental Validation by Mutasim Salman, Shivam Chaturvedi, Wencong Su

“…The model includes bike and passive rider dynamics, wheel dynamics, the mechanical brake linkages and the tire-road friction interaction including tire slip. The behavior of the mechanical brake linkages that relates the brake lever force, lever displacement and the brake pad normal force on the brake disk is modeled based on experimental tests. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer and Flow Dynamics in Tubes with DNA-Inspired Slotted Inserts by Penglong Zhu, Guoxiu Sun, Ruimeng Liu, Sicong Zhou, Baisong Hu, Shaofeng Zhang

“…The findings reveal that the DSI instigates a three-dimensional spiral flow pattern, which is accompanied by an escalation in the Nusselt number (Nu) and friction factor (f) with increasing Reynolds numbers. …”
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Laboratory Investigation on Particle Breakage Characteristics of Calcareous Sands by Qingsheng Chen, Wan Peng, Ronghu Yu, Gaoliang Tao, Sanjay Nimbalkar

“…The results show that the particles broke into smaller fragments at the low-stress level by attrition which was caused by friction and slip between particles. In contrast, particles broke in the form of crushing at the relatively higher stresses. …”
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Applying System Dynamics of Discrete Supported Track to Analyze the Rail Corrugation Causation on Curved Urban Railway Tracks by Xianxian Yin, Xiukun Wei, Haichao Zheng

“…Firstly, the practical model of predicting the rail corrugation growth is proposed based on the wheel-rail coupling interaction, the key causes of corrugation are investigated, and the sensitivity analysis is carried out, while the corrugation superposition model is introduced to the analyze the corrugation evolution as well as to validate the corrugation growth from the aspect of material friction and wear. Secondly, the impact of the key causes on the initiation and development of the rail corrugation is investigated based on the cosimulation. …”
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