Optimizing Sustainability in High-Speed Rail Rolling Stock through CFRP Material Substitution by Rungskunroch Panrawee, Maneerat Patcharaporn

“…By substituting key parts—such as the roof, door, car body, brake control unit, braking rheostat, and bogie transom—with glass-filled epoxy, polyester, and nylon, the study achieves a significant reduction in rolling stock weight by 24.61%. …”
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Physicochemical Properties of Handere Clays and Their Use as a Building Material by Yasin Erdoğan

“…The leaves presenting an array with surface edge contact are usually concentrated in the dissolution voids and fractures of volcanic glass. Organic matter content and loss on ignition analysis of raw materials are good for all the studied samples. …”
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H2O2 Treatment of Electrochemically Deposited Cu2O Thin Films for Enhancing Optical Absorption by Ying Song, Masaya Ichimura

“…Cu2O thin films were deposited on indium-tin-oxide-coated glass from an aqueous solution containing CuSO4, lactic acid, and KOH by the galvanostatic electrochemical deposition at 40°C with current density of −1 mA/cm2. …”
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Effect of Dietary Protein Level and Protein to Energi Ratio on the Growth of Swimming Crab Portunus pelagicus by A. Malik Serang, M. Agus Suprayudi, D. Jusadi, I. Mokoginta

“…The Crab-5 (C-5) stage used in the experiment, maintained in the topless (volume of 2 liters), with density of 1 crab/glass. There were seven of the experimental diets namely A (protein of 30%; C/P of 8 kkal), B (30%; 9.5), C (35%; 8), D (35%; 9.5), E (40%; 8), F (40%; 9.5) and G (45%; 8) with extending of food are 5 time of daily. …”
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Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of CdSe Tetrapod Nanocrystals for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell Applications by Nguyen Tam Nguyen Truong, Thao Phuong Ngoc Nguyen, Chinho Park

“…Power conversion efficiency of the bulk heterojunction solar cells having the structure of glass/ITO/PEDOT:PSS/(CdSe + PCPDTBT)/Al was improved from 1.21% to 1.52% with the use of ligand-exchanged nanoparticles.…”
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Effect of molding processes on multiaxial fatigue strength in short fibre reinforced polymer by Takahiko Sawada, Hiroshi Aoyama

“…This study concerns the multiaxial static and fatigue strength properties. Short-glass-fibre-reinforced phenolic-resin composites (SGP) molded by injection and compression processes were subjected to tensiontorsion combined static and fatigue tests at room temperature under various test conditions. …”
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Universal Approximation of a Class of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Networks in Nonlinear Identification by Oscar Castillo, Juan R. Castro, Patricia Melin, Antonio Rodriguez-Diaz

“…Simulation results of nonlinear function identification using the IT2FNN for one and three variables and for the Mackey-Glass chaotic time series prediction are presented to illustrate the concept of universal approximation.…”
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RC beams damaged by cracking and strengthened with NSM CFRP/GFRP rods by R. Capozucca, E. Magagnini, M.V. Vecchietti, S. Khatir

“…The knowledge about the use of Glass-FRP rod following the NSM to reinforce RC beams is limited. …”
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A Ratchet for Closed Pipes: Asymmetric-Configuration Role on Unidirectional Circulatory Flows by Lihang Bai, Zhang Liu, Yulong Ji, Shuai Wang

“…Furthermore, an effective pressure cycle considering friction resistance is introduced to elucidate the balance between fluid momentum increase and decrease. Experiments with glass PHP tubes are conducted to visualize fluid movements and characterize unidirectional flow PHPs accurately. …”
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Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Morphology and Piezoresponse Characterisation of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Films via Scanning Probe Microscopy by K. Lau, Y. Liu, H. Chen, R. L. Withers

“…Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE (70/30)) films were synthesized on a gold/glass substrate via spin coating. The films were annealed at a temperature between 125∘C and 180∘C. …”
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Application of deep residual networks to predict the effective properties of fiber-reinforced composites with voids by Mahdi Karimian, Seyed Ali Hosseini Kordkheili

“…The margin for all properties of carbon fibers is less than 4.3% and for glass fiber is less than 7.3%. Also, it is noted that, the proposed model has a good performance to predict mechanical properties with lesser computational cost.…”
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Magnetic Properties of Well-Aligned ZnO Nanorod Arrays Grown by a Simple Hydrothermal Reaction by Jiangni Yun, Rui Qu, Zhiyong Zhang, Jun Li

“…Well-aligned ZnO nanorod arrays with room temperature ferromagnetism were prepared on glass substrate through hydrothermal method. The as-prepared nanorod arrays were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), photoluminescence (PL) spectrum, and magnetization measurements. …”
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An Investigation into the Response of GFRP-Reinforced Glue-Laminated Tudor Arches by S. Alshurafa, H. Alhayek, F. Taheri

“…This paper presents the results of an experimental and computational investigation tailored to examine the response of glass fiber-reinforced-plastic-(GFRP-) reinforced glue-laminated curved beams and arches. …”
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A novel artificial intelligence search algorithm and mathematical model for the hybrid flow shop scheduling problem by Filip Vidojević, Andrijana Džamić, Dušan Džamić, Miroslav Marić

“…Abstract Hybrid flow shop (HFS) environments are prevalent in various industries, including glass, steel, paper, and textiles, posing complex scheduling challenges. …”
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Effects of High-Density Electric Current Pulse on the Undercooling of Fe-B Eutectic Alloy Melt by Teng Ma, Weixin Hao, Xiaosi Sun, Junting Zhang, Guihong Geng

“…The solidification microstructure of Fe-B eutectic alloy under high undercooling and high-density electric current pulse (ECP) was investigated with the technique of molten glass slag purification combined with cyclical superheating and the ECP treatment. …”
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Characterization of Isogrid Structure in GFRP by Costanzo Bellini, Luca Sorrentino University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Italy

“…In this paper, the manufacturing process peculiarities for GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer) isogrid structures were defined, then both the mould and the parts were produced. …”
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Computational fluid dynamic modeling of pressure and velocity in a water aspirator by Krzysztof Tadyszak, Mariia Rabyk, Jiří Pánek, Martin Hrubý

“…Experimentally measured pressure drop in a glass-made device is modeled in COMSOL Multiphysics by previously reproducing the device geometry. …”
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Comprehensive FR1(C) and FR3 Lower and Upper Mid-Band Propagation and Material Penetration Loss Measurements and Channel Models in Indoor Environment for 5G and 6G by Dipankar Shakya, Mingjun Ying, Theodore S. Rappaport, Hitesh Poddar, Peijie Ma, Yanbo Wang, Idris Al-Wazani

“…This work also presents results from extensive material penetration loss measurements at 6.75 GHz and 16.95 GHz using co and cross polarized antenna configurations for ten common construction materials found inside buildings and on building perimeters, including concrete walls, low-emissivity glass, wood, doors, drywall, and whiteboard. Our findings show penetration loss increases with frequency for all of the ten materials and partitions tested, and suggest further investigation of 3GPP material penetration loss models for at least infrared reflective (IRR) glass and concrete may be necessary. …”
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Impact of Solid Particle Concentration and Liquid Circulation on Gas Holdup in Counter-Current Slurry Bubble Columns by Sadra Mahmoudi, Mark W. Hlawitschka

“…In this study, in a three-phase reactor with a rectangular cross-section, the effects of liquid circulation rates and solid particle concentration on gas holdup and bubble size distribution (BSD) were investigated. Air, water, and glass beads were used as the gas, liquid, and solid phases, respectively. …”
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Noise-augmented chaotic Ising machines for combinatorial optimization and sampling by Kyle Lee, Shuvro Chowdhury, Kerem Y. Camsari

“…Furthermore, c-bits exhibit critical dynamics similar to p-bits in 2D Ising and 3D spin glass models. Finally, we propose a noise-augmented c-bit approach via the adaptive parallel tempering algorithm (APT), which outperforms fully deterministic c-bits running simulated annealing. …”
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