Predicting fatigue crack growth behavior of coalesced cracks using the global-local superimposed technique by Mohd Shamil Shaari, Sylvia Dennis Urai, Akiyuki Takahashi, Mohd Akramin Mohd Romlay

“…After the crack coalesces, the diameter of the surface crack before it breaks is 28mm, whereas the depth of the crack is 5.3mm. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Decontamination of Airborne Fission Products during In-Vessel Release Phase by Containment Spray by Khurram Mehboob

“…However, the removal rate from the CSS has been found to be an approximately inverse square of droplet diameter (1/d2) for Na2S2O3 and higher pH of spray water. …”
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Development of universal device for determining the needle stroke in diesel and marine diesel sprayers by L. Yu. Volkova

“…Drawings of the main parts of the universal device for determining the needle stroke of sprayers with a diameter from 8 to 18 mm of diesel and marine diesel engines have been developed, a prototype is made. …”
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Undrained Dynamic Behavior of Reinforced Subgrade under Long-Term Cyclic Loading by Min Geng, Debin Wang, Peiyong Li

“…To study the dynamic behavior of reinforced subgrade, a series of undrained cyclic triaxial tests of reinforced soil (the specimen a height of 50 cm and a diameter of 20 cm) were performed in this paper. The specimens were tested by varying confining pressure, vibration frequency, dynamic stress amplitudes, and reinforced layers. …”
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Simulation of oxygen and carbon impurity transport during magnetically controlled Czochralski silicon growth by Wenyong Zhang, Dedong Gao, Shan Wang, Yan An, Haohao Wu, Haixin Lin, Lin Hou

“…The effects of cusp magnetic field introduction, argon inlet flow velocity, and furnace pressure on the transport of oxygen and carbon impurities are analyzed, and the concentration field distribution of oxygen and carbon impurities within the furnace at the equal-diameter stage (300 mm) under different parameters is obtained. …”
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Impulse Turbine with Self-pitch-controlled Guide Vanes for Wave Power Conversion (Effect of Guide Vane Geometry on the Performance) by M. Takao, Y. Kinoue, T. Setoguchi, T. Obayashi, K. Kaneko

“…Based on that work, a large turbine of 1 m diameter has been fabricated and operated on the west coast of India. …”
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Experimental Study on Bond Behavior between Plain Reinforcing Bars and Concrete by Guohua Xing, Cheng Zhou, Tao Wu, Boquan Liu

“…The main test parameters of this investigation include embedment length, surface type of reinforcing bars, and bar diameter. In particular, the bond mechanism of plain steel reinforcing bars against the surrounding concrete was analyzed by comparing with six-group pullout specimens with aluminium alloy bars. …”
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Investigating the cooling effect of the inlet flow on the axial compressor performance in different operating conditions by Sarallah Abbasi, Moein Salmani

“…Wet condensation has been done through droplets with one-micron diameter and a three percent mass flow rate. The flow inside the compressor is steady and three-dimensional, using the software ANSYS CFX has been simulated. …”
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Study on the Influence of Scaling‐Up in the Transesterification Process for the Synthesis of Biodegradable Monoglycerides of Fatty Acids by Roland Nagy, Rebeka Bejczi

“…Comparative experiments were conducted using different reactor sizes and configurations, evaluating the effects of reactor size, length‐to‐diameter (L/D) ratio, and mixer type. The results indicate that larger reactors generally reduce kinematic viscosity and active matter content. …”
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Experimental Study on Influence of Borehole Arrangement on Energy Conversion and Acoustic Characteristics of Coal-Like Material Sample by Chuanbo Hao, Zhiyuan Hou, Fukun Xiao, Gang Liu

“…The practice that makes drilling diameter and depth increase stepwise can minimize the elastic energy conversion ratio, the growth rate, and the main frequency band energy of acoustic emission signal of coal-like material sample and postpone the internal energy release of the sample to the greatest extent, so as to enrich the richness of the secondary frequency of acoustic emission signal. …”
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Les quais romains d’Aizier (Eure) by Jimmy Mouchard

“…Observed over nearly 25 m in length from east to west, 13.40 m in diameter from north to south, the terrasses correspond to 335 m2 of artificial riverbank attributed to the Early Roman Empire (2nd–3rd c.). …”
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Sonochemical Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Starch: A Comparison by Brajesh Kumar, Kumari Smita, Luis Cumbal, Alexis Debut, Ravinandan Nath Pathak

“…Transmission electron microscopy followed by selected area electron diffraction pattern analysis indicated the formation of spherical, polydispersed, amorphous, silver nanoparticles of diameter ranging from 23 to 97 nm with mean particle size of 45.6 nm. …”
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Fabrication of Highly Porous Alumina-Based Ceramics with Connected Spaces by Employing PMMA Microspheres as a Template by Kazutaka Kamitani, Takeo Hyodo, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Makoto Egashira

“…Highly porous alumina-based ceramics were fabricated by a slip casting method by employing polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) microspheres having different diameters as a template and MgO or SiC powder as a sintering aid and subsequent calcination at 1600∘C. …”
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Prediction of PM2.5 via precursor method using meteorological parameters by Naeem Sadiq, Zaheer Uddin

“…Being the major component of the pollution, particulate matters 2.5µm diameter (PM2.5), are known to highly raise health risks to people in the country. …”
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A Theoretical and Test Analysis of Heat and Humidity Transfer for Deeply Buried Underground Corridors with Different Shapes by Tong Ren, Mengzhuo Li, Long He, De Wang, Lingbo Kong

“…When the equivalent diameter is the same, there is almost no difference in the heat and humidity transfer effect of the three shaped corridors.…”
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Experimental Evaluation of Sulfur Dioxide Absorption in Water Using Structured Packing by Rosa-Hilda Chavez, Nicolas Flores-Alamo, Javier de J. Guadarrama

“…An experimental study of hydrodynamic and mass transfer processes was carried out in an absorption column of 0.252 m diameter and 3.5 m of packed bed height developed by Mexican National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ by its acronym in Spanish) of stainless steel gauze corrugated sheet packing by means of SO2-air-water systems. …”
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Facile Preparation of Carbon Microcapsules Containing Phase-Change Material with Enhanced Thermal Properties by Sara Tahan Latibari, Mohammad Mehrali, Mehdi Mehrali, Teuku Meurah Indra Mahlia, Hendrik Simon Cornelis Metselaar

“…The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images confirm that spherical capsules of uniform size were formed with a mean diameter of 6.42 μm. The melting and freezing temperature were found to be slightly lower than those of pure PA with little undercooling. …”
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Abnormal Grain Growth Mechanism in the Twin-Roller Cast Al-Fe-Si Alloy in the Annealing Process by Y. Z. Zhu, H. Peng, H. Huang, J. C. Li

“…Abnormal grains of more than 15 mm in the nominal diameter were found to have formed on the surface of the billet. …”
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Study on Mechanical Properties of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Members under Axial Tension by Huaguo Gao, Lingxin Zhang, Xiuchun Wang, Renjie Sun, Qingli Wang, Lu Yang

“…In order to study the axial tensile properties of CFST specimens, the axial tensile tests of 5 CFST specimens and 1 pure steel tube specimen were carried out with steel tube diameter and concrete strength as variation parameters. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by I.V. Zatsepina

“…The greatest height of growth, the diameter of the conditional root neck, the number of roots, the length of the roots when treated with the plant growth stimulant epin-extra (1.0 mg /l) for 24 hours and without the use of a plant growth stimulant were demonstrated by the pear varieties February souvenir, Yakovlev's Memory (k), Skorospelka from Michurinsk, Extravaganza, Allegro.…”