Testing Methods for Masonry Cores: A way forward to increase reliability of mechanical properties evaluation by Rita Esposito, Francesca Ferretti

“…Upon a state-of-the-art review, a database of previous experimental test series will be created to identify influencing factors (e.g., core’s geometry, boundary conditions). Selected testing procedures will be compared at various international institutes for a variety of masonry types typically used in existing structures and infrastructure. …”
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Influence of Crumb-Rubber in the Mechanical Response of Modified Portland Cement Concrete by J. Retama, A. G. Ayala

“…For this study, the Disk-Shaped Compact Tension specimen geometry, normed by the D7313-13 of the ASTM, is used. …”
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Game-Theory-Based Multi-Objective Optimization for Enhancing Environmental and Social Life Cycle Assessment in Steel–Concrete Composite Bridges by David Martínez-Muñoz, Jose V. Martí, Víctor Yepes

“…Regarding the cross-section, the geometry obtained considers cells in the upper and lower parts of the webs to improve the bending resistance. …”
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FDK Half-Scan with a Heuristic Weighting Scheme on a Flat Panel Detector-Based Cone Beam CT (FDKHSCW) by Dong Yang, Ruola Ning

“…A new heuristic cone beam geometry-dependent weighting scheme is proposed based on the idea that there exists less redundancy for the projection data away from the central scanning plane. …”
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Reduction of Truncation Errors in Planar, Cylindrical, and Partial Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurements by Francisco José Cano-Fácila, Sergey Pivnenko, Manuel Sierra-Castañer

“…The method can be applied to any scanning geometry, but in this paper, only the planar, cylindrical, and partial spherical near-field measurements are considered. …”
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Solar Field Mapping and Dynamo Behavior by Kenneth H. Schatten

“…We show the model’s ability to mimic a number of photospheric magnetic phenomena: the solar cycle (11-year) oscillations, the Waldmeier effect, unipolar magnetic regions (e.g. sectors and coronal holes), Maunder minima, and the march/rush to the poles involving the geometry of magnetic field reversals. We also discuss why the Sun sometimes appears as a magnetic monopole, which of course requires no alteration of Maxwell’s equations.…”
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Recent Studies in Turbine Blade Cooling by Je-Chin Han

“…This presentation includes unsteady high free-stream turbulence effects on film cooling performance with a discussion of detailed heat transfer coef- ficient and film-cooling effectiveness distributions for standard and shaped film-hole geometry using the newly developed transient liquid crystal image method.…”
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Analysis of Slotted Tooth Switched Reluctance Motors for Electric Vehicle Applications by Mohamed A. Abdel Tawab, Hamdy Shatla, M. Bahy

“…This paper introduces a novel geometry of rotor teeth of SRM, where two slots are inserted per each tooth of rotor to create rotor-slotted tooth SRM (RST-SRM). …”
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ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF INDOOR LOCAL VENTILATION USING CROSS-FLOW FANS: CASE STUDY FOR A SMOKING CABIN by ANDREI DRAGOMIRESCU, ADRIAN CIOCĂNEA

“…The solution provides a high air flow rate at low velocity due to the high value of the flow coefficient of the cross flow fans and, in the same time, allows modular setup according to local space geometry. A case study is proposed regarding the isolation of a smoking area where smell and airborne particles appear. …”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic, Molecular Structure, and Antibacterial Studies of Dibutyltin(IV) Schiff Base Complexes Derived from Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, and Glycine by Har Lal Singh, Jangbhadur Singh

“…The results suggest that Schiff bases behave as monobasic bidentate ligands and coordinate with dibutyltin(IV) in octahedral geometry according to the general formula [Bu2Sn(L)2]. …”
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Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges: Design, Life Cycle Assessment, Maintenance, and Decision-Making by D. Martínez-Muñoz, J. V. Martí, V. Yepes

“…Steel-concrete composite bridges are used as an alternative to concrete bridges because of their ability to adapt their geometry to design constraints and the possibility of reusing some of the materials in the structure. …”
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Cluster Approach to the Development of Youth Entrepreneurship in Classical University by V. Y. Stromov, P. V. Sysoyev, V. V. Zav’yalov

“…The project based on the cluster approach includes five stages: 1) the joint student scientific council program; 2) the Tambov Innovation Business Incubator program; 3) “Geometry of business” program of the center of small and medium business support; 4) start-up development, and 5) opening of small innovative enterprises. …”
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Integrated Taguchi method‐assisted polynomial Metamodelling & Genetic Algorithm based optimisation of a surface inset permanent synchronous motor for performance improvement by Monika Verma, Madhusudan Singh, Mini Sreejeth

“…Abstract In this study, an Integrated Taguchi method‐assisted polynomial Metamodelling & Genetic Algorithm (ITM&GA)‐based optimisation technique is implemented for design optimisation of a surface inset permanent magnet synchronous motor (SIPMSM). The motor geometry is analysed by implementing the finite element method for application of the motor in electric compressors of the cooling system of an electric vehicle (EV). …”
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Crystallization and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene under Processing-Relevant Cooling Conditions with respect to Isothermal Holding Time by Christopher Fischer, Dietmar Drummer

“…For semicrystalline thermoplastics, aside from pressure and shear, the temperature-time behavior while cooling the melt significantly affects the geometry and degree of ordered structures (e.g., spherulite size, degree of crystallization, and crystal modification) and, as a consequence, the resulting global component properties. …”
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Finite-Element Simulation of Electroosmotic Mixing: A Study of the Simultaneous Effects of Working Parameters for Optimization by Reza Kalantar Feeoj, Sayed Masoud Alavi Eshkaftaki, Iman Kazemi Asfeh, Mehdi Jahangiri

“…In view of the importance of improving the mixing quality, for the first time, the present work investigates the simultaneous effects of mixing chamber geometry (circular, hexagonal, and octagonal), electric field frequency (5, 7, 10, and 15 Hz), inlet velocity (0.1-0.2 mm·s−1), and phase difference (0-π) on the flow inside an electroosmotic micromixer using the finite-element tool COMSOL Multiphysics 5.4 to optimize the process and achieve homogeneous mixing. …”
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Multi-stage refinement network for point cloud completion based on geodesic attention by Yuchen Chang, Kaiping Wang

“…Most current attention modules are based on Euclidean or local geometry, which fails to accurately represent the intrinsic non-Euclidean characteristics of point cloud data. …”
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Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of Spherical Roller Bearing with Localized Defects: Analytical Formulation to Calculate Defect Depth and Stiffness by Behnam Ghalamchi, Jussi Sopanen, Aki Mikkola

“…Contact stiffness in the defect area varies as a function of the defect contact geometry. Compared to measurement data, the results obtained using the simulation are highly accurate.…”
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Characteristics of Microstructure and Fracture Toughness According to the Groove Shape of Submerged Arc Welding by Yong-Taek Shin, Chang-Ju Jung, Seong-Han Bae, Gyubaek An, Myungrak Son, Young-Il Park

“…The findings highlight the impact of groove geometry and heat input on weld performance.…”
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Magnetic-Electric Dipole Antenna with Circular Polarization Feature and Directional Pattern with Improved Bandwidth by Seied Ali Banihashem, Pejman Mohammadi, Yashar Zehforoosh

“…The antenna design process is step-by-step and parametric based on the important parameters of antenna geometry. The main feature of the antenna is the realization of circular polarization at a high percentage of implicational bandwidth. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Studies of 3-[(2-Hydroxy-quinolin-3-ylmethylene)-amino]-2-phenyl-3H-quinazolin-4-one and its Metal(II) Complexes by K. Siddappa, Tukaram Reddy, M. Mallikarjun, C. V. Reddy

“…The complexes Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) complexes are found to be octahedral, where as Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) complexes are four coordinated with tetrahedral geometry. The synthesized ligand and its metal(II) complexes were screened for their antimicrobial activity.…”
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