Mechanical Response of Industrial Concrete with SFRC and PFRC by José Ángel Ortíz-Lozano, Silvia Rodríguez-Narciso, Julián Carrillo, Juan Antonio Hernández-Andrade, Jesús Pacheco-Martínez, Martín Hernández-Marín, Albert de la Fuente-Antequera

“…Improvements were identified in several fiber-reinforced concrete samples in terms of compressive strength: 67% of the steel fiber samples and 100% of the polypropylene fiber samples had values above the average value of the simple concrete; in terms of the modulus of rupture, 83% of the steel fiber samples and 80% of the polypropylene fiber samples had values above the average value of the simple concrete. …”
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Enhancement the feeding value of rice straw as animal fodder through microbial inoculants and physical treatments by Mona S. Zayed

“…The highest significant reductions in crude fiber, neutral detergent fiber, and acid detergent fiber percent were recorded in moistened rice straw inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense and Saccharomyces cerevisiae which gave 27.54, 55.39 and 42.47%, respectively. …”
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Survivability-Aware Topology Evolution Model with Link and Node Deletion in Wireless Sensor Networks by Yanliang Jin, Xuqin Zhou, Zhishu Bai, Wei Ma, Lina Xu, Zhuo Wu, Su Ki Ooi, Yue Liu

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Anti-ablation and thermal insulation properties of silicone rubber composites based on ceramization-carbonization mechanism by ZHANG Feng, GAO Jing-long, LIU Yan-hui

“…Silicone rubber composites with anti-ablation and thermal insulation properties were prepared with hot vulcanized silicone rubber as matrix, and polyarylacetylene, short carbon fiber, zirconia and carbon fiber cloth as anti-ablation fillers, and the effect of anti-ablation fillers on linear ablation rate and substrate temperature of the composites was investigated. …”
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The effect of ply folds as manufacturing defect on the fatigue life of CFRP materials by S. Hörrmann, A. Adumitroaie, M. Schagerl

“…Fatigue tests in fiber direction and transverse to fiber direction are performed at different load ratios under constant amplitude loading. …”
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Production and Testing of Bamboo Composite for Door of a Three-Wheeled Vehicle by Mulugeta Denanto, Ramesh Babu Nallamothu, Deresse Firew, Idiris Ilmi

“…Bamboo fiber that has been chemically treated with 5% NaOH and 95% purified water is used. …”
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Intrinsically Flame‐Retardant Polyamide 6 by Anionic Ring‐Opening Copolymerization with a Phosphorous‐Containing Comonomer by Carlo Pani, Hagen J. Altmann, Patrick Probst, Iris Elser, Mark Steinmann, Simon König, Philipp Kreis, Lisa Kuske, Dominik Weidich, Anke Gähr, Jonas Groos, Julian Kappler, Janis Musso, Dongren Wang, Michael R. Buchmeiser

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The Effect of Adding Surfactants on Appearance Specification and Nutrients Content of Processed Corn Grain using Steam-Flaked Technique by Farzaneh Mohamady, Mohsen Danesh Mesgaran, Seyed Alireza Vakili, Abdolmansour Tahmasebi, Mohammadreza Hosseindokht

“…Digestible fiber and Indigestible fiber fractions were greater (P< 0.05) in AL than SD. …”
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Trends and enabling technologies on high-speed metro and short-reach optical transmission systems by Lei ZHANG, Yixiao ZHU, Fan ZHANG, Zhangyuan CHEN

“…The optical fiber communication network is the important infrastructure for the modern information society.Thanks to the reduction of fiber loss,the improvement of transceiver devices by electro-optical-electrical conversion,the development of modulation technology and the introduction of digital signal processing,the capacity of optical fiber transmission has been greatly improved.In recent years,due to the large capacity demand of data-centers and the next-generation wireless communication,metro and short-range transmission scenarios below 100 km have attracted lots of attention based on direct detection.The historical evolution of optical fiber communication systems was firstly reviewed,then the limiting factors in the direct detection system were analyzed.Furthermore,the principle and system configuration of one-dimensional to four-dimensional self-coherent technology were introduced,and finally,the low-cost evolution trend of the optical coherent transmission system was prospected.…”
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Kaji Eksperimental Sifat Mekanik Pipa Material Komposit Polyester Berpenguat Serat Daun Nanas by Hendery Dahlan, Islahuddin Islahuddin, Meifal Rusli

“…The effects of layer number and fiber orientation to the bending strength and elastic modulus are investigated. …”
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Study of “quantum + classical” wavelength division multiplexing technique in optical network by Yi QIAN, Xiangyu LIN, Dong WANG, Xiaobao HU, Jinjian CHEN, Wenhao CHEN

“…The co-propagation of quantum key distribution (QKD) and classical optical communication via wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) was studied,based on 40 MHz system clock decoy BB84 QKD.In the bi-directional CWDM scheme,1.2 kbit/s key generation rate was achieved while the quantum wavelength (1 550.12 nm) ,synchronization wavelength (1 310 nm),forward direction error-free 100 Mbit/s data wavelength (1 590 nm) and backward direction error-free 100 Mbit/s data wavelength (1 610 nm) were multiplexed over 70 km fiber.In the dual-fiber unidirectional CWDM scheme,1.58 kbit/s key generation rate was achieved while the quantum wavelength (1 550.12 nm),synchronization wavelength (1 610 nm) and forward direction error-free 10 Gbit/s data wavelength (1 310 nm) were multiplexed over 55 km fiber.In the dual-fiber unidirectional DWDM scheme,1.16 kbit/s key generation rate was achieved while the quantum wavelength (1 550.12 nm),synchronization wavelength (1 610 nm) and two forward direction error-free 100 Gbit/s DP-QPSK data wavelength (emulated,1 551.72 nm and 1 552.52 nm) were multiplexed over 70 km fiber.…”
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Experimental Research on Fire Resistance of Reactive Powder Concrete by Gai-Fei Peng, Yi-Rong Kang, Yan-Zhu Huang, Xiao-Ping Liu, Qiang Chen

“…RPC was prepared using cement, sand, silica fume, steel fiber, and polypropylene fiber. After subjected to high temperatures from 200 to 600°C, the residual mechanical properties were determined. …”
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Synthesis and Experimental Thermal Adsorption Characteristics of Epoxy Hybrid Composite for Energy Storage Applications by R. Venkatesh, Roshita David, C. B. Priya, M. Aruna, Gopal Kaliyaperumal, N. Mukilarasan, Avinash Malladi, M. Karthikeyan

“…This experiment revealed that the effect of basalt/Kevlar fiber on epoxy increased thermal performance. The results noted that the hybrid composite consists of less Kevlar fiber with the maximum basalt fiber of sample 4, showed excellent thermal adsorption effect on weight loss limited at 70.98%, and a better heat deflection temperature and11.78×10−6per °C linear thermal expansion were obtained. …”
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The impact of utilizing UHPFRC in beam-column joints with different patterns of transverse reinforcement by Ayman Abdo, Heba A. Mohamed, Talaat Ryad, Sayed Ahmed

“…For certain specimens, UHPC, UHPFRC with 1% steel fiber, and UHPFRC with 2% steel fiber are poured into all BCJs, and others are poured into the critical zone only. …”
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A Study on the Mechanism of Cellulose Nanocrystals to Enhance the Stability of Hydrophobic Phthalocyanine Green in Water and the Functional Characteristics of Colour Pastes by Junliang Lu, Jun Xu, Ziyong Zhou, Zhaohui Zhang, Jun Li, Wei Zhang, Kefu Chen

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Diffusion Maps Clustering for Magnetic Resonance Q-Ball Imaging Segmentation by Demian Wassermann, Maxime Descoteaux, Rachid Deriche

“…White matter fiber clustering aims to get insight about anatomical structures in order to generate atlases, perform clear visualizations, and compute statistics across subjects, all important and current neuroimaging problems. …”
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Noise suppression in the co-propagation of quantum signals and classical optical signals by Yongmei SUN, Jianing NIU, Yuefeng JI

“…At present,the technologies of device and system required for the fiber-based point-to-point quantum key distribution (QKD) are gradually becoming mature and showing the trend of commercial application.Therefore,how to multiplex quantum signals and classical optical signals in a single fiber to greatly increase the capacity and save fiber resources has been becoming one of the hotspots of academia in recent years.The noise impairments in the co-propagation of quantum signals and classical optical signals over a single fiber were mainly studied.Firstly,the influences of the main noises,four-wave mixing (FWM) and Raman scattering on the quantum channels were analyzed.Next,an unequal-frequency-spacing-based FWM noise suppression algorithm and a wavelength assignment algorithm for joint suppression of FWM and Raman scattering were proposed for different application scenarios with different channel space and transmission distance.Finally,the superiorities of the proposed algorithms were verified through numerical simulations.The research results provide feasible noise suppression schemes for different application scenarios in the future.…”
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Modifications Caused by Enzyme-Retting and Their Effect on Composite Performance by Jonn A. Foulk, Denis Rho, Mercedes M. Alcock, Chad A. Ulven, Shanshan Huo

“…Fiber characterization tests: strength, elongation, diameter, metal content, wax content, and pH were conducted with significant differences between fibers. …”
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ENERGY ABSORPTION ANALYSIS OF FILAMENT-WOUND CFRP/AL HYBRID THIN-WALLED CIRCULAR TUBE UNDER AXIALLY CRUSHING by DONG BoYan, MA QiHua, YAO Yuan, HU PeiYuan, SUN ZeYu

“…In the crushing failure stage,the fiber damage failure mode changes with fiber winding angle,the crushing morphology of aluminum tube and the bonding interface state of CFRP/Al. …”
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Vermicomposting biotechnology: recycling of palm oil mill wastes into valuable products by Parveen Fatemeh Rupani, Mahamad Hakimi Ibrahim, Sultan Ahmed Ismail

“…Background: Palm oil mill effluent and palm press fiber are problematic wastes generated by the palm oil mill industries in Malaysia. …”
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