Cyclic Stress Response and Fracture Behaviors of Alloy 617 Base Metal and Weld Joints under LCF Loading by Seon Jin Kim, Rando Tungga Dewa, Woo Gon Kim, Min Hwan Kim

“…Cyclic stress response and fracture behaviors of Alloy 617 base metal (BM) and Alloy 617 weld joints (WJ) are investigated under strain controlled low cycle fatigue (LCF) loading. Axial fully reversed total-strain controlled tests have been conducted at room temperature with total strain ranges of 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, and 1.5%. …”
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Evaluation of the PANS method for the prediction of the fluid flow in a cyclone separator by Bitar, Zaher, Uystepruyst, David, Beaubert, François, Méresse, Damien, Morin, Céline

“…Compared to experimental and numerical results of a literature review, this model predicts reasonably the time-averaged tangential and axial velocity fields, and more accurately the pressure drop across the cyclone in shorter CPU times. …”
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Thinning Intensity and Pruning Impacts on Eucalyptus Plantations in Brazil by Gilciano Saraiva Nogueira, Peter L. Marshall, Helio Garcia Leite, João Carlos Chagas Campos

“…A thinning intensity experiment using the Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla hybrid was conducted at three sites in Bahia State, Brazil. The treatments were a combination of thinning intensities and pruning: 20%, 35%, and 50% basal area removed with no pruning and 35% basal area removed plus pruning (at 27 months). …”
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Investigando o entendimento de licenciandos sobre a avaliação no Laboratório de Ensino de Matemática by Felipe Olavo Silva, Lilian Nasser

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Concurrence of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: Analysis of Seven Cases and Literature Review by Bryan-Josué Flores-Robles, Eztizen Labrador-Sánchez, Estíbaliz Andrés-Trasahedo, Valvanera Pinillos-Aransay, María-Yasmina Joven-Zapata, Laura Torrecilla Lerena, Osman-Alberto Salazar-Asencio, Juan-Antonio López-Martín

“…The coexistence of RA and AS is highly uncommon. With the data obtained in this review, it seems that there exist erosive radiological patterns, positivity for RF, involvement of the axial skeleton, and rheumatoid nodules at a higher frequency than those patients with a single diagnosis of the two entities. …”
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Discovery of giant unit-cell super-structure in the infinite-layer nickelate PrNiO2+x by Jens Oppliger, Julia Küspert, Ann-Christin Dippel, Martin v. Zimmermann, Olof Gutowski, Xiaolin Ren, Xingjiang Zhou, Zhihai Zhu, Ruggero Frison, Qisi Wang, Leonardo Martinelli, Izabela Biało, Johan Chang

“…By covering a large scattering volume, we show a rare period-six in-plane (bi-axial) symmetry and a period-four symmetry in the out-of-plane direction. …”
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Numerical Study of Concentric Brace Equipped with the Eccentric Elements for Strengthening Buildings by Asadullah Attal, Mohammad Ali Kafi

“…However, the bracing system suffers a weakness called axial buckling of the brace under critical compressive load, reducing bearing capacity and interrupting energy dissipation. …”
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Influence of Pilocarpine Eyedrops on the Ocular Biometric Parameters and Intraocular Lens Power Calculation by Ruxin Gao, Jinkun Liu, Xiaojie Zhou, Luping Huang, Weiyi Huang, Yingying Xue, Fei Wang, Songjian Gong, Renyi Wu, Yuhong Wang

“…Ocular biometric parameters including the axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), mean keratometry (Km), and white-to-white distance (WTW) were measured by using a Lenstar LS 900 device before and at least 30 minutes after instillation of 2% pilocarpine eyedrops. …”
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Análise das propriedades físicas das sementes da palmeira ubim (Geonoma deversa (Poit.) Kunth): uma espécie amazônica com potencial ornamental by Henrique Pereira de Carvalho, Romário de Mesquita Pinheiro, Evandro José Linhares Ferreira, Quétila Souza Barros, Gizele Ingrid Gadotti, Erica Karolina Barros de Oliveira, Francisco de Assis Ferreira da Silva, Andrea Alechandre da Rocha

“…Dentre os parâmetros calculados, a esfericidade, com desvio padrão de 3,21%, destacou-se por apresentar baixa variação e garantir a similaridade do formato esférico das sementes. …”
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Re-Fracture as Impact of Rigid Implant and Bone Osteoporosis: A Case Report by Huda Fajar Arianto, Yunus Basrewan

“…Discussion: The major design of the fixation tool is to secure the fracture with less effect on native axial load stress from the whole bone. Stress shielding caused due to firm bone-implant results in its resorption. …”
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Effect of geometric characteristics of helical piles on the lateral displacement in sandy slopes by loading surcharge by Mir abas Bahri, Mahyar Arabani

“…Helical piles are a group of deep foundations with a good bearing capacity against axial and lateral forces. Despite extensive research on the performance on flat ground, fewer studies have been conducted on the performance of helical piles on slopes. …”
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Study on Mechanical Properties of Cement–Jute Fiber Modified Weak Expansive Soil by Xuelei Cheng, Qiqi Li, Ran Hai, Shunqun Li, Cun Hui, Zhizeng Zhang

“…After the stress reached its maximum, a sudden phenomenon of brittle axial compression failure occurred. (2) With the increase in cement content, the unconfined compressive strength and shear strength of the modified expansive soil gradually increased, reaching the highest shear strength when the cement content was 8%. …”
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Simulation Parameter Test and Seepage Effect Analysis of Pile-Anchor Support for Binary Slope by Xuhe Gao, Weiping Tian, Zhipei Zhang, Jiachun Li, Hongliang Qi

“…Aiming at the defect that the current numerical simulation parameter selection is fuzzy, the deep displacement monitoring data and P value inspection method are used to check the simulation parameters. …”
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Corneal Endothelial Characteristics, Central Corneal Thickness, and Intraocular Pressure in a Population of Chinese Age-Related Cataract Patients by Yingmei Li, Zhentao Fu, Jian Liu, Miao Li, Yuguang Zhang, Xinyi Wu

“…Conclusions. Normative data for the corneal endothelium, central corneal thickness, and intraocular pressure in the normal age-related cataract patients are reported which will serve as a baseline for comparative studies about cataract.…”
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Mechanical properties of pressure-frozen ice under triaxial compressive stress by Peixin Sun, Weihao Yang, Jukka Tuhkuri

“…At a strain rate of 5 × 10−5 s−1, the peak axial stress showed a linear increase as the confining pressure increased from 2 to 30 MPa, while the peak deviatoric stress exhibited a slight decrease. …”
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A 3D-Printed Spherical Dual-Circular Polarized Luneburg Lens Antenna for Ku-Band by Qing Wang, Xiaohai Han, Pu Yu, Jian-Qiang Hou, Zhen-Ya Lei

“…Measurement results show an overlapped bandwidth of 30% with reflection coefficients below -10 dB and axial ratios under 3 dB. At the center frequency of 15 GHz, the gain reaches 21 dBi, approximately 14 dB higher than the magneto-electric dipole antenna without the lens.…”
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Fatigue Life Behavior of Laser Shock Peened Duplex Stainless Steel with Different Samples Geometry by César A. Vázquez Jiménez, Vignaud Granados Alejo, Carlos Rubio González, Gilberto Gómez Rosas, Sergio Llamas Zamorano

“…The fatigue tests (tensile-tensile axial stress) were realized with stress ratio of R = 0.1 and 20 Hz. …”
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Observed Performance and FEM-Based Parametric Analysis of a Top-Down Deep Excavation in Soil-Rock Composite Stratum by Gang Lei, Panpan Guo, Fucai Hua, Xiaonan Gong, Lina Luo

“…Based on the observed data of a typical deep excavation case history for the May Fourth Square Station in Tsingtao, China, the characteristics of the horizontal and vertical pile displacements, ground surface settlements, building settlements, axial forces in ground anchors, earth pressure, and pore water pressure during excavation were analysed. …”
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SCC and Corrosion Fatigue characterization of a Ti-6Al-4V alloy in a corrosive environment – experiments and numerical models by S. Baragetti, F. Villa

“…The light alloy has been investigated in terms of corrosion fatigue, by axial fatigue testing (R = 0.1) of smooth and notched flat dogbone specimens in laboratory air, 3.5% wt. …”
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Design of Solid Tire Power Screw Press Machine. by Wabwire, Ebenezer Emmanuel

“…The report concludes with a list of data sources and references used throughout the study.…”
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