Improvements of microstructure and mechanical properties of wire-arc directed energy deposition 2024 aluminum alloy after adding TiC nanoparticles by Xiaoyu Cai, Dongyuan Liu, Bolun Dong, Sanbao Lin

“…Correspondingly, the mechanical properties of the as-deposited TiCP/AA2024 have been significantly improved: the horizontal tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation are 304 , 174 MPa, and 9.5%, respectively, which represent increases of 75%, 70%, and 164% compared to AA2024, and the tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation in the vertical direction are 287 MPa, 165 MPa, and 9.9%, respectively, with no significant anisotropy observed.…”
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Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Roadway Sensitive to Stress Disturbance and Its Zonal Support Technology by Qiangling Yao, Xuehua Li, Fan Pan, Teng Wang, Guang Wang

“…The deformation of the surrounding rocks involves dilatation of shallow rocks and separation of deep rocks. Horizontal and longitudinal fissures evolve to bed separation and fracture zones; alternatively, fissures can evolve into fracture zones with new fissures extending to deeper rock. …”
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Aesthetic Surgical Approach for Bone Dehiscence Treatment by Means of Single Implant and Interdental Tissue Regeneration: A Case Report with Five Years of Follow-Up by Giorgio Lombardo, Jacopo Pighi, Giovanni Corrocher, Anna Mascellaro, Jeffrey Lehrberg, Mauro Marincola, Pier Francesco Nocini

“…However, the presence of wide endoperiodontal lesions can lead to horizontal hard and soft tissues defects after tooth extraction, making it impossible to correctly place an implant in the compromised alveolar socket. …”
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Three-Dimensional Analysis of Complex Rock Slope Stability Affected by Fault and Weak Layer Based on FESRM by Yang Li, Ling Yu, Weidong Song, Tianhong Yang

“…Because the effect of horizontal structural plane on slope stability is greater than that of the vertical structural plane, the effect of weak layer on slope stability is greater than that of the fault in the slope. …”
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Formulating the in-plane frictional resistances and collapse mechanisms for multi-storey masonry block walls by Luca Umberto Argiento, Alessandra Maione, Claudia Casapulla

“…The kinematic approach of limit analysis is used to define the load factor causing the onset of rocking-sliding mechanism under in-plane horizontal loading. A dry frictional contact condition is assumed at the rigid block interfaces, according to the Coulomb's law with non-associated flow rule. …”
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Simulation of sand and mud transport processes in currents and waves by time-dependent 2DV model by Leo van Rijn, Karel Meijer, Kris Dumont, Jan Fordeyn

“…The model solves the advection-diffusion equation for suspended sediment. The horizontal velocities and the sediment mixing coefficients are modelled as function of x, z, and t. …”
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Variation of Pore Water Pressure in Tailing Sand under Dynamic Loading by Jia-xu Jin, Hong-zhi Cui, Li Liang, Shi-wang Li, Ping-yi Zhang

“…In this study, experiments were performed wherein model tailing dams were completely liquefied by sustained horizontal dynamic loading to determine the effects of the vibration frequency, vibration amplitude, and tailing density on the pore water pressure. …”
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Seismic Design Value Evaluation Based on Checking Records and Site Geological Conditions Using Artificial Neural Networks by Tienfuan Kerh, Yutang Lin, Rob Saunders

“…Finally, this study develops a new equation for the relationship of horizontal peak ground acceleration and focal distance by the curve fitting method. …”
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Failure Mechanism Analysis and Support Design for Deep Composite Soft Rock Roadway: A Case Study of the Yangcheng Coal Mine in China by Bangyou Jiang, Lianguo Wang, Yinlong Lu, Shitan Gu, Xiaokang Sun

“…It was found that the surrounding rock of the roadway was HJS complex soft rock that was characterized by poor rock quality, widespread development of joint fissures, and an unstable creep property. The major horizontal stress, which was almost perpendicular to the roadway, was 1.59 times larger than the vertical stress. …”
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Identification of subsurface cavities in urban environment by Boualem BOUYAHIAOUI, Abdeslam ABTOUT, Yasser BAYOU, Mohamed BENDALI, Hassina BOUKERBOUT

“…Various gravity data processing techniques, including polynomial fitting of different orders, vertical and horizontal gradient analysis, and three-dimensional inversion, were applied. …”
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A Bracket-Stiffened Two-Planar Overlapped Tubular KT-Joint for Offshore Jack-Up Fatigue Analysis by Jian Zhang, Xinxin Yue, Jiajia Qiu, Lei Chen, Wei Shen

“…In this paper, a novel bracket-stiffened two-planar overlapped tubular KT-joint is proposed by adding two brackets between the upper diagonal and horizontal braces to alleviate the stress concentration at the brace-to-chord intersection area. …”
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The Difference a Year Can Make: How Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Have Changed in Northwestern Transylvania by Matei-Ștefan Dobrescu, Dan-Alexandru Țoc, Adrian-Gabriel Pană, Carmen Costache, Anca Butiuc-Keul

“…Statistical analysis further confirmed the correlation between Class I integrons and several ARGs, underscoring the role of horizontal gene transfer in the dissemination of resistance. …”
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The Impact of Microearthquakes Induced by Reservoir Water Level Rise on Stability of Rock Slope by Dongliang Li, Xinrong Liu, Xingwang Li, Yongquan Liu

“…Shear failure tends to occur along the soft interlayer and the horizontal slip displacement increases from the rear to the front of the slope. …”
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Climatological Investigation of Ionospheric Es Layer Based on Occultation Data by Haibing Ruan, Xiuwen Qiu, Xin Guo, Xiangxue Wang, Xin Zhang

“…This study utilized the S4max data collected from the Constellation Observing System for the Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) occultation observations from 2007 to 2016 to identify the Es layer and investigate its climatological variations. The Horizontal Wind Field model (HWM14), in conjunction with the International Geomagnetic Reference Field model (IGRF13), is used to calculate vertical ion convergence (VIC) and analyze its correlation to the Es layers. …”
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UB-LSTM: A Trajectory Prediction Method Combined with Vehicle Behavior Recognition by Haipeng Xiao, Chaoqun Wang, Zhixiong Li, Rendong Wang, Cao Bo, Miguel Angel Sotelo, Youchun Xu

“…Then, the trajectory prediction model is established based on Unidirectional and Bidirectional LSTM, and the identified vehicle behavior and the input information of the behavior recognition model are input into the trajectory prediction model to predict the horizontal and vertical speed and coordinates of the vehicle in the next 3 seconds. …”
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Application of Recombinant Human BMP-2 with Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate and Platelet-Rich Fibrin in Titanium Mesh for Vertical Maxillary Defect Reconstruction prior to Implant... by Kamel Alraei, Jameel Shrqawi, Khawlah Alarusi

“…This report details a case of a 32-year-old female with a severe vertical and horizontal maxillary bony defect that developed after tumor removal. …”
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Dynamic modeling of spatial-temporal characteristics of dust in south and southeastern Iran with REG-CM4 model by Motahhareh Zargari, Mahdi Boroughani, Alireza Entezari, Abbas Mofidi, Mohammad Baaghideh

“…The RegCM4 model was implemented with the paired Lambert image imaging system for 40 km horizontal separation with the paired chemistry model. …”
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Experimental Quantification of Local Pressure Loss at a 90° Bend in Low-Pressure Dilute-Phase Pneumatic Conveying of Coarse Particles by Rui Zhu, Chunsheng Luo, Xin Li, Fei Yan

“…Focusing on the insufficient estimation of the local pressure loss at a 90° horizontal-vertical bend in low-pressure pneumatic conveying of coarse particles, experiments are conducted in a 80 mm inner diameter test bend by using polyethylene particles having an equivalent spherical diameter of 4.00 mm. …”
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Reconstruction of Riser Profiles by an Underwater Robot Using Inertial Navigation by Luciano Luporini Menegaldo, Stefano Panzieri, Cassiano Neves

“…When the robot model approaches the seabed it assumes a more horizontal trajectory and the localization error increases significantly.…”
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RESEARCH ON MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL ABSOLUTE NODAL COORDINATE SHEAR BEAM ELEMENT BASED ON MODAL ANALYSIS (MT) by ZHOU Chuan, ZHAO ChunHua, DU YaPing, GUO JiaHui, ZHANG LiQiang

“…The results show that the polynomial displacement field of the shear beam element needs to introduce both the horizontal and vertical high-order terms x~2 and y~2. …”
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