Flexural and Shear Strengthening of High-Strength Concrete Beams Using near Surface Basalt Fiber Bars by Ahmed Ashteyat, Ala’ Taleb Obaidat, Ahmad Al-Khreisat, Mu’tasime Abdel-Jaber

“…Six of them were designed to have insufficient longitudinal steel reinforcement to make sure that the failure would be a flexural failure in the control beam. …”
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Study of V-notch fatigue strength based on affected depth approach by Youssef, Marwa, Nasr, Anouar

“…(ii) The impact of the notch tip radius on the affected depth parameter of notched low carbon steel.…”
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Analysis of Springback Behaviour in Micro Flexible Rolling of Crystalline Materials by Feijun Qu, Zhengyi Jiang, Xiaogang Wang, Cunlong Zhou

“…The model is first implemented in the finite element program ABAQUS to numerically predict the stress-strain relationship of 304 stainless steel specimens over a range of average grain sizes. …”
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Experimental Study on the Seismic Performance of a Partition Damped Wall-Filled Frame Structure by Shuainan Zhai, Zuyin Zou, Zhanyuan Zhu, Zixing Zhang, Wei Liang, Xuanhao Cheng, Shuzhen Chang

“…The research results show that the partition damping filler wall can significantly decrease the diagonal bracing effect of the filler wall on the steel frame. Meanwhile, the setting of the low-strength mortar between the filler wall and steel frame and the arrangement of the damping layer can improve the stress distribution and delay the crack development of the wall. …”
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Salmon Muscle Adherence to Polymer Coatings and Determination of Antibiotic Residues by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Selected Reaction Monitorin... by E. Zumelzu, M. J. Wehrhahn, O. Muñoz, F. Rull

“…This work evaluated the diffusion of antibiotics from the salmon muscle to the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) coating protecting the electrolytic chromium coated steel (ECCS) plates. New aquaculture production systems employ antibiotics such as florfenicol, florfenicol amine, oxytetracycline, and erythromycin to control diseases. …”
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A Study of the Creep-Fatigue Damage Mechanism of a P92 Welded Joint Using Nanoindentation Characterization by Zhangmin Jin, Zhihui Cai, Xuecheng Gu, Zhiqiang Wang, Yiwen Han, Ting Yu, Yuxuan Song, Zengliang Gao, Zhongrui Zheng

“…To study the creep-fatigue interactive (CFI) behavior, the CFI test of P92 steel was performed with different strain rates at 823 K. …”
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Method for Monitoring the Stator Core of a Powerful Turbo Generator by A. S. Levitskyi, Ie. O Zaitsev, M. V. Panchik

“…The unevenness of the compaction density causes a relative displacement of the active steel sheets and losses of iron, as well as the appearance and development of certain defects (loosening of the teeth of the extreme packages, coloring of fragments of the active steel sheets, local closure of the sheets and heating of the packages), which can eventually cause severe accidents and failure of the turbo generator. …”
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Slotted Beam-Column Energy Dissipating Connections: Applicability and Seismic Behavior by Xin Zhao, Ai Qi

“…In the present study, a new slotted mild steel damper was installed at the beam end of the prefabricated structure to form as the energy-dissipating joint of the beam-column. …”
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Effect of olivine as MgO-bearing flux on low- and high-alumina iron ore pellets by Umadevi T., Sah R.

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Flexural Behavior of Graphite Tailings RC Beams in Chloride Environment by Bo-Ya Feng, Xun-Guo Zhu, Hong-Chun Xia, Lin Yang, Te Xie

“…After chlorine salt erosion, the strain of the longitudinal tensile steel bar of concrete beams with different graphite tailings sand replacement rates is the same as that of ordinary concrete beams, and the slope of the strain curve is the same, showing a linear trend. …”
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Research of Fluidity for new LPIC Technology by A. Herman, M. Jarkovský, O. Vrátný, P. Chytka

“…The new LPIC technology makes it possible to achieve a wall thickness of between 1 and 0.5 mm for steel castings, which significantly increases the potential of steel castings made by LPIC technology.…”
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Optimization of Coating Process Parameters by Analysis of Target Powder Thickness and Regression Modeling by Tomislav Šolić, Dejan Marić, Ivan Peko, Ivan Samardžić

“…In this experiment, three types of base material (carbon steel, aluminum and galvanized steel) were coated by applying different combinations of operating parameters. …”
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Investigating the sigma formation in homogenization treatment of the 309L stainless cast billet by Hung-Yang Chu, Min-Chang Wu, Ren-Kae Shiue, Sheng-Yuan Cheng

“…309L is a low-carbon (0.03 wt% max) and high-alloy austenitic stainless steel, which is particularly valued for the welding filler wire application. …”
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Degree of corrosion and other deterioration effects in highway bridge deck component using non-destructive self potential and vibration testing: case study from SW Nigeria by O. O. Falowo, O. Makinde, Y. Akindureni

“…Abstract Recently, the corrosion of steel reinforcement and high vibration intensity have become a major problem in highway bridge stability analysis, and structures that involved reinforcing steel. …”
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Corrosion Inhibition Effect of 4-(2-Diethylamino-Ethylsulfonyl)-Phthalonitrile and 4,5-Bis(Hexylsulfonyl)-Phthalonitrile by Esma Sezer, Belkis Ustamehmetoğlu, Zehra Altuntaş Bayır, Kerim Çoban, Ayfer Kalkan

“…The interaction between the inhibitor and the stainless steel was investigated by the adsorption isotherm. …”
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Vibration Characteristics Analysis of Composite Double-Layer Explosive Vessel Shell Subjected to Explosion Loading by Quan Wang, Jie Gong, Zhimin Li, Shanghao Liu, Chi-Min Shu, Yangfan Cheng, Xuejiao Li

“…The results showed that the special “steel plate–buffer interlayer–steel plate” structure can effectively attenuate the explosion vibration effect, and the frequency distribution range of vibration signal at the inner surface was wider than that at the outer surface, and furthermore the main vibration frequency was close to the natural frequency at the inner surface. …”
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Bending Performance of Prestressed Continuous Glulam Beams by Nan Guo, Mingtao Wu, Ling Li, Guodong Li, Yan Zhao

“…These prestressed steel bars were tensioned by the deviator block to exert prestress. …”
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A review of five years’ experience on the effect of fibers on the autogenous healing of Ultra High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by M. Roig-Flores, H. Doostkami, P. Serna

“…Two UHPFRC mixes were evaluated: one with 65/35 3D steel fibers in a dosage of 40 kg/m³ and another with short straight-shaped steel fibers (13/0.2) in a dosage of 160 kg/m³. …”
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Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloy Coatings for Structural Applications: Optimization of HVOF Spraying Parameters by Carmen De Crescenzo, Despina Karatza, Dino Musmarra, Simeone Chianese, Theocharis Baxevanis, Panagiota T. Dalla, Dimitrios A. Exarchos, Konstantinos G. Dassios, Theodore E. Matikas

“…To prove the feasibility of the concept, investigations were carried out by depositing commercial NiTinol Ni50.8Ti (at.%) powder, onto stainless steel substrates by using high-velocity oxygen-fuel thermal spray technology. …”
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Calculation and Analysis of the Structure and Viscosity of B2O3-Regulated CaO-Al2O3-Based Mold Fluxes by Lifeng Chen, Kun Liu, Peng Han, Bin Yang, Lianghua Feng

“…The high content of aluminum in the steel reacts with the CaO-Si2O-based mold fluxes, resulting in deterioration of the mold slag physical and chemical properties, which cannot be applied to the continuous casting molten slag casting process of high-Mn high-Al steel Herein, the thermodynamic and structural properties of low-reactivity CaO-Al2O3-based mold fluxes were investigated. …”
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