A Damage Detection Algorithm Utilizing Dynamic Displacement of Bridge under Moving Vehicle by Zhen Sun, Tomonori Nagayama, Di Su, Yozo Fujino

“…In order to identify damage location and extent, dynamic curvature was calculated with midspan displacement. …”
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The Use of Transition Curves in Airport Runway Rapid Exit Taxiways (RETs) by Donato Ciampa, Maurizio Diomedi, Pietro Vuono, Saverio Olita

“…The proposed curves’ effectiveness was evaluated by analyzing the main geometric and kinematic variables trend, that is, curvature, transversal acceleration, lateral jerk, speed, travel time, longitudinal deceleration, and centrifugal force. …”
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Big Bang in dipole cosmology by A. Allahyari, E. Ebrahimian, R. Mondol, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari

“…For positive (negative) shear we again find whimper (curvature) singularity near the BB. Moreover, when the tilt parameters have opposite signs, the shear can change sign from negative to positive in the course of evolution of the Universe. …”
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Design optimization of pangolin inspired composites for enhanced energy absorption by Iman Karami Fath, Abbas Niknejad, Hadi Zare-Zardini

“…Using Taguchi, we quantitatively investigated the effects of five factors: fiber type, curvature radius, number of composite plies, trapezoidal scale Y1, and trapezoidal scale Y2 on TAE and SAE. …”
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Near-Fault Ground Motion Impacts on High-Speed Rail Large-Span Continuous Girder Bridge considering Pile-Soil Interaction by Yefei Zhou, Gang Wang, Shuyi Yang, Niu Liu

“…Based on the p-y model for simulating pile-soil interaction, the moment-curvature analysis program XTRACT is used to calculate the moment and curvature of bridge piers and pile foundation sections, and the finite element (FE) software is used to establish two nonlinear global bridge models under seismic effects in the high-intensity zone, one considering pile-soil interaction and one without considering pile-soil interaction. …”
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Integral Method for Determining the Stress State of an Anisotropic Reinforced Concrete Shell by Eugene M. Zveryaev

“…A system of equations of the generalized semi-membrane (semi-bending) state of an arbitrary shell of zero curvature, which determines the accuracy of this approach, is solved. …”
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Uniform Estimates for Damped Radon Transform on the Plane by Youngwoo Choi

“…Uniform improving estimates of damped plane Radon transforms in Lebesgue and Lorentz spaces are studied under mild assumptions on the rotational curvature. The results generalize previously known estimates. …”
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Constraints on Primordial Black Holes from Neff: Scalar-induced Gravitational Waves as an Extra Radiation Component by Jing-Zhi Zhou, Yu-Ting Kuang, Zhe Chang, H. Lü

“…Taking into account primordial non-Gaussianity, we study the energy density spectrum of SIGWs up to the third order and use the current observational data of N _eff to constrain small-scale primordial curvature perturbations and the abundance of PBHs.…”
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Investigation on the Influence of Design Parameters of Streamline Flow Tubes on Pump Performance by Kan Bian, Zhi Huang, Jietao Dai, Fan Zhang, Xiaosheng Chen, Zhenlin Chen, Liyi Lai, Jianhui Zhang

“…Therefore, three groups of VPPSFT with arc segments of different curvature radii were designed in this study, and the influence of curvature radius of arc segment on the pump performance was explored. …”
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An Adsorption Model Considering Fictitious Stress by Xiaohua Tan, Xinjian Ma, Xiaoping Li, Yilong Li

“…Furthermore, our investigation into how factors such as curvature fractal dimension, capillary fractal dimension, and fictitious stress influence gas adsorption capacity reveals several key findings. …”
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Keratorefractive Effect of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Keratoplasty on Rabbit Eyes by Zhiyu Du, Pisong Yan, Qiang Luo, Dan Zhang, Yu Zhang

“…To evaluate high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as an innovation and noninvasive technique to correct presbyopia by altering corneal curvature in the rabbit eye. Methods. Eighteen enucleated rabbit eyes were treated with a prototype HIFU keratoplasty. …”
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GIS-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Information, Frequency Ratio, and Artificial Neural Network Methods in Qinghai Province, Northwestern China by Bin Li, Nianqin Wang, Jing Chen

“…Through field investigations, 100 landslide disaster locations in the study area were selected, and 11 influencing factors including elevation, slope, aspect, plane curvature, profile curvature, road distance, river distance, fault distance, stratum rock property, vegetation coverage index, and terrain humidity index were selected as the influencing factors of landslide disaster based on GIS. …”
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Swirling Flow and Wall Shear: Evaluating the BioMimics 3D Helical Centerline Stent for the Femoropopliteal Segment by Timothy M. Sullivan, Thomas Zeller, Masato Nakamura, Colin G. Caro, Michael Lichtenberg

“…Whereas conventional straight stents reduce arterial curvature and disturb blood flow, creating areas of low wall shear, where neointimal hyperplasia predominantly develops, the helical centerline geometry of the BioMimics 3D maintains or imparts arterial curvature, promotes laminar swirling blood flow, and elevates wall shear to protect against atherosclerosis and restenosis. …”
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The head position and cervical alignment in patients with Chiari malformation: A retrospective case–control study by Resul Karadeniz, Zeynep Dağlar, Emin Çağıl, Göksal Günerhan, Buse Sarıgül, Yılmaz Aslan, Ahmet Deniz Belen, Ali Dalgıç

“…No significant differences were found in C7S and C2T angles between groups, suggesting similar cervical curvature. ROC analysis demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity of the angular measurements for diagnosing CM. …”
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Machine Learning Model for Gas–Liquid Interface Reconstruction in CFD Numerical Simulations by Tamon Nakano, Michele Alessandro Bucci, Jean-Marc Gratien, Thibault Faney

“…., normal, location, and curvature). Accurate computation of the local interface curvature is essential for evaluation of the surface tension force at the interface. …”
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Entropy Analysis of Carreau Nanofluid Flow in the Presence of Joule Heating and Viscous Dissipation Past Unsteady Stretching Cylinder by Eshetu Haile Gorfie, Gizachew Bayou Zegeye, Gurju Awgichew Zergaw

“…The results of the study demonstrated that the entropy creation is initiated by an increase in the magnetic and curvature parameters, as well as the Eckert, Brinkman, and porosity parameters. …”
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Stationary BTZ space-time in Ricci-inverse and $$f({\mathcal {R}})$$ f ( R ) gravity theories by Faizuddin Ahmed, Abdelmalek Bouzenada

“…We consider a general class of this gravity theory, where the function f is defined by $$f({\mathcal {R}}, {\mathcal {A}}, A^{\mu \nu }\,A_{\mu \nu })$$ f ( R , A , A μ ν A μ ν ) , with $${\mathcal {R}}$$ R and $${\mathcal {A}}$$ A representing the Ricci and anti-curvature scalars, respectively and $$A^{\mu \nu }$$ A μ ν is the anti-curvature tensor. …”
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Pengaruh Variasi Mutu Baja Tulangan Pada Penampang Balok Beton Bertulang by Riza Aryanti

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis variasi mutu baja tulangan terhadap momen-curvature, daktilitas, concrete stress distribution dan neutral axis depth. …”
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Phytoplankton growth and succession driven by topography and hydrodynamics in seasonal ice-covered lakes by Ziyue Zhao, Yanfeng Wu, Y. Jun Xu, Yexiang Yu, Guangxin Zhang, Dehua Mao, Xuemei Liu, Changlei Dai

“…Therefore, attention should be paid to the surface curvature and slope of the sediment when controlling cyanobacterial blooms via by sediment dredging. …”
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Les mouvements dans l'espace L2 by Algimantas Pranas Urbonas

“…L'espace L2 à connexion linéaire de la curvature non nulle admet le groupe de 4 paramètres maximum. …”
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