A New Buckling-Restrained Brace with a Variable Cross-Section Core by Liang Li, Tianhua Zhou, Junwu Chen, Jianfeng Chen

“…The test results show that (1) none of the specimens buckle under compression, as expected, and their ductilities and energy dissipation capacities are satisfactory; (2) the derived formulas are reliable and can be conveniently used in engineering practice; and (3) the yielding displacement of the BRB-VCC is approximately 70% that of the traditional TJ-1 buckling-restrained brace (BRB-TJ-1), which may yield earlier than the BRB-TJ-1 in concrete structures under the action of an earthquake.…”
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Analytical Prediction of Hole Diameter in Thin Plates Due to Hypervelocity Impact of Spherical Projectiles by William H. Jolly, William P. Schonberg

“…Two empirical factors were added to account for thin plate and two-dimensional shock dissipation effects. The predictions of the adjusted model are shown to compare well with predictions of several empirical hole diameter models.…”
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Fully Integrated Memristor and Its Application on the Scroll-Controllable Hyperchaotic System by Jie Jin, Li Cui

“…Moreover, the memristor-based hyperchaotic system is fully integrated in one single chip, and it achieves lower supply voltage, lower power dissipation, and smaller chip area. The fully integrated memristor and memristor-based hyperchaotic system are verified with the GlobalFoundries’ 0.18 μm CMOS process using Cadence IC Design Tools. …”
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Self-Centering Steel Frame Systems for Seismic-Resistant Structures by Lihua Zhu, Cheng Zhao

“…The theoretical and experimental results indicated that self-centering action could minimize residual deformation and structural damage. The energy dissipating capability of the self-centering systems is greatly enhanced by the application of energy dissipating device. …”
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Infrared thermography study of the fatigue crack propagation by A.Yu. Fedorova, M.V. Bannikov, M.V. Bannikov, O.A. Plekhov, E.V. Plekhova

“…The work is devoted to the experimental study of heat dissipation process caused by fatigue crack propagation. …”
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RETRACTED: Irreversibility Analysis for Eyring–Powell Nanoliquid Flow Past Magnetized Riga Device with Nonlinear Thermal Radiation by Ephesus Olusoji Fatunmbi, Adeshina Taofeeq Adeosun, Sulyman Olakunle Salawu

“…In the developed model, the impacts of viscous dissipation, thermophoresis alongside nonlinear heat radiation and varying heat conductivity are modelled into the heat equation. …”
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Design and implementation for partition dynamically vector quantization chip by YU Ning-mei, WANG Dong-fang, LIAO Yu-min, FU Yun-qiang

“…Partition dynamically vector quantization（PDVQ） chip was researched and produced to encode images.Before encoding,it first judged the correlation of the encoding image block,and then decided to choose the size of the image blocks.Test result shows that PDVQ chip can improve the compression rate to 27% in average by contrasting with the normal VQ,even to 64%.The size of the codebook in PDVQ chip was 256×16 byte,and all codevectors in the codebook were categorized by direction,in each category codebook codewords were sorted in the ascending order of their sum,this kind codebook architecture could reduce search range largely.The VLSI architecture of PDVQ chip was implemented based on Charter 0.35μm CMOS standard cell technology,its chip area was 2.08mm×2.08mm.Test result shows that,at 3.0V power supply,PDVQ chip can operate up to 100MHz.At this operation,its power dissipation is 295mW,and it can support real-time encoding application for 512×512 gray images at 30fame/s.…”
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Influence of Base Oil on Planar Double Enveloping Hourglass Worm Drive by Fayang He, Zhanshan Li

“…Mineral oil is only suitable for discontinuous operation and low load applications. When heat dissipation measures are taken，poly-alpha-olefins synthetic oil can be used. …”
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Numerical Approximation of Compressible Two-Phase Six-Equation Model Using CE/SE and RKDG Schemes by Omar Rabbani, Saqib Zia, Munshoor Ahmed, Asad Rehman, Ilyas Khan, Mulugeta Andualem

“…The suggested scheme suppresses the numerical oscillations and dissipation effects. Several numerical test cases have been carried out to reveal the efficiency and performance of the proposed approach. …”
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Dynamics Modeling and Experimental Analysis of Omnidirectional Mobile Manipulator by Hong Zhang, Yumin Zeng, Tongde Wang

“…Then，based on the kinematics model，by using the second type of Lagrangian equation，considering the coupling relationship between the mobile platform and the manipulator，considering the energy dissipation problem，the unified dynamics model of the omnidirectional mobile manipulator is established. …”
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Optimization Design of the Second-phase Cofferdam Demolition of Datengxia Water Conservancy Project by CHEN Guihua, LI Guangyi, SU Wenliang

“…The second-phase cofferdam demolition of the Datengxia Water Conservancy Project has large quantities,a tight construction period,and great difficulty.To optimize the demolition design,this paper optimizes the demolition range and elevation of upstream and downstream transverse cofferdams and longitudinal cofferdams by a 1∶80 overall model test,which is combined with factors such as relevant hydraulic conditions,energy dissipation and erosion prevention,investment,and construction period.After optimization,the right bank side of the upstream transverse cofferdam is demolished to the elevation of 31.17 m and the sluice gate section is the elevation of 25 m.The demolition length of the upstream section of the longitudinal cofferdam is 275 m,and it is demolished to the elevation of 36 m with the remaining 50 m not being demolished.The downstream horizontal earth-rock cofferdam is completely demolished,and the longitudinal cofferdam is demolished to the elevation of 30 m,with a demolition length of 202 m.The optimized demolition scheme meets the designed hydraulic conditions,reduces the construction difficulty,and decreases the demolition quantities and investment.…”
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Bandwidth Extension of High Compliance Current Mirror by Using Compensation Methods by Maneesha Gupta, Urvashi Singh, Richa Srivastava

“…By replacing conventional LVCCM in a high compliance current mirror with the compensated LVCCM, the bandwidth extension ratio of 3.4 has been achieved with no additional DC power dissipation and without affecting its other performances. …”
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Advance model for seismic base isolation Systems of building by Hossein Soleimanloo, Shakeri Soleimanloo

“…Seismic isolation system is achieved via inserting flexible isolator elements into some part of building to increase energy dissipation. This paper investigates and makes recommendations on the structural performance of building using sliding type seismic isolators. …”
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Thermal performance of a moving fin with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity in convective and radiative environment by Yanqun Han, Xulong Peng

“…The fin efficiency is also given explicitly in terms of prescribed parameters and calculated numerically. The heat dissipation to the surrounding medium due to convection and radiation is analyzed for various speeds of a moving fin. …”
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PARAMETRIC LEVEL SET METHOD-BASED TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION OF HEAT CONDUCTION STRUCTURES by SHEN YaDong, FENG JianHu, CHENG XiaoHan

“…With the problems of complicated calculation process and lower computational efficiency in topology optimization using the traditional level set method（LSM） of heat conduction structures,parametric level set method（PLSM） is introduced into topology optimization for heat conduction structures.The compactly supported radial basis functions（CS-RBFs） are used to interpolate the initial level set function.The interpolation coefficients of CS-RBFs are proposed as the design variables,dissipation of heat transport potential capacity is adopted as the objective function,and the volume of material is used as the constraint.The topology optimization model for heat conduction structures is thus built.Because the method of moving asymptotes（MMA） is used to update the interpolation coefficients of CS-RBFs,the process of topology optimization for structures is transformed into that of updating interpolation coefficients and the optimal topology is finally obtained.Numerical examples show that the optimal results using PLSM are essentially in agreement with those of LSM optimal results,which illustrates the feasibility and validity of the proposed method.…”
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Damage Assessment in a SiC-fiber reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composite by Konstantinos G. Dassios, Theodore E. Matikas

“…Imposition of successive unloading/reloading loops was found to result in an increase by 20% in material strength as compared to pure tension; the observed increase is attributed to energy dissipation from large-scale interfacial debonding phenomena that dominated the post-elastic tensile behaviour of the composite. …”
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Seismic Performance Evaluation of Prefabricated Shear Wall Structure with Rabbet-Unbonded Horizontal Connection by Chongfang Sun, Zhiqiang Zhao

“…The rabbets are used to improve the shear capacity and prevent slippage of connection, and the unbonded rebar segments are used to improve the ductility and energy dissipation. The constitutive relation of unbonded region is put forward and verified, which is applied in RHC shear wall structure model. …”
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Experimental Study of Composite Members in Spatial Grid Structure Subjected to Ultralow-Cyclic Axial Force by Jie Zhang, Haiwang Li, Xiayun Song

“…The deformation patterns, hysteretic characteristics, skeleton curves, bearing-capacity degradation features, cumulative energy dissipation, and cumulative damage index of the assembly were obtained and analysed. …”
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Acceleration Planning of the Closed Five-bow-shaped-bar Linkage based on Energy Consumption Analysis by Yu Lianqing, Zeng Xiangkuo, Li Hongjun, Wu Zijun, Meng Yunhong

“…In order to reduce the energy consumption of a robot of the closed five-bow-shaped-bar linkage rolling along a straight line，the effect of the maximum rolling acceleration under the constant potential energy rolling strategy and the variable potential energy rolling strategy on the total energy consumption of the system is studied.A modified trapezoidal curve with adjustable maximum rolling acceleration is adopted as the rolling angle acceleration law of the system，and the joint trajectories is obtained by using the rolling strategies of constant potential energy and variable potential energy respectively.On this basis，considering the viscous friction in the joints，the Lagrange equation with dissipation function is used to solve inverse dynamics solution，and the total energy consumption of the system is calculated by the energy consumption equation.The calculation shows that the total energy consumption of the system decreases first and then increases with the increase of the maximum rolling acceleration，and using the constant potential energy rolling strategy is beneficial to reducing the total energy consumption of the system.Finally，the correctness of theoretical analysis is verified by Adams simulation.…”
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Advance model for seismic base isolation Systems of building by Hossein Soleimanloo, Shakeri Soleimanloo

“…Seismic isolation system is achieved via inserting flexible isolator elements into some part of building to increase energy dissipation. This paper investigates and makes recommendations on the structural performance of building using sliding type seismic isolators. …”
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