Ab Initio Density Functional Theory Investigation of the Interaction between Carbon Nanotubes and Water Molecules during Water Desalination Process by Loay A. Elalfy, Walid M. I. Hassan, Wael N. Akl

“…The calculations showed that the water molecule that exists inside the CNT is about 2-3 Å away from its wall. …”
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Optimization Method for Irregular Piled Raft Foundation on Layered Soil Media by Yunfei Xie, Shichun Chi

“…After optimized design, the differential settlement and integral bending moment of the raft decreased more than 64% and 52%, respectively, and the differential stress on top of piles decreased by at least 63%. …”
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Research on Dynamic Load Sharing Performance of Concentric Face Gear Transmission System Considering Floating Amount by Laiyang Shan, Zhengminqing Li, Hong Zhang

“…Based on the lumped mass method， bending and torsion coupled dynamics model of the concentric face gear transmission system is established. …”
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Specimen thickness effect on elastic-plastic constraint parameter A by G.P. Nikishkov, Yu.G. Matvienko

“…Distributions of the J-integral and constraint parameter A along the crack front for varying specimen thickness and crack depth are determined for edge cracked plate, center cracked plate, three point bend and compact tension specimens. The constraint parameter A is a measure of stress field deviation from the HRR field. …”
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Active Pointing Compensation of a HTS Multibeam Antenna by Xudong Wang, Pengpeng Wang

“…By different driving strategies, MFCs could act in bending mode and torsioning mode for structural deformation control, and driving efficiency of the MFCs on a multibeam antenna is studied. …”
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Research on power flux-density at the earth’s surface produced by emissions from the steerable beam of LEO constellation system by Ying HUANG, Wei LI, Chen JIAN, Kang YAN

“…The power flux-density (PFD) is an interference criterion for protecting terrestrial service systems from space service systems.A calculation method on the PFD produced by the emissions from the steerable beam of low earth orbit (LEO) constellation system was given, and thus a compliance determination algorithm of the limits of PFD under specific steering angle was presented.On this basis, a compliance determination algorithm of the limits of PFD based on elevation traversal was proposed.Combined with the characteristics of LEO constellation system, the conditions to simplify the calculation of maximum PFD of steerable beam were demonstrated.Taking the Starlink system as the typical scenario, the PFD produced by the gateway beam was analyzed, and the correctness of the proposed method was verified by comparison with the results published by SpaceX.The results showed that the PFD of the gateway beam of the Starlink system in Ka frequency band atelevations below 20° exceeded the limits given in Radio Regulations.…”
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Wax Myrtle, Morella cerifera Synonym: Myrica cerifera by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Chris Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, Ashlynn Smith

“…The fruits of wax myrtle are important for birds and other wildlife, and the plant is a larval host for the banded hairstreak and redbanded hairstreak butterflies (Satyrium calanus and Calycopis cecrops, respectively) (Lotts and Naberhaus 2017). …”
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RESEARCH ON ACOUSTIC RADIATION CHARACTRRISTICS OF PERIODIC PERFORATED DAMPING SANDWICH PLATE by ZHOU JingDong, WEN Yao, CHEN Yuan, LIU MingYong, LIU Yang

“…Numerical calculation results show that in low and middle frequency band,periodic perforated damping sandwich plate can not only reduce the double plate radiating acoustic power,but also can reduce the use of damping materials,optimization of the whole structure of weight; Analyses the porosity and periodicity of the periodic opening damped sandwich plate structure influence the double layer plate structure acoustic radiation,found the inhibition of sandwich plate of acoustic radiation of the optimal opening porosity and periodicity,and the conclusion is verified by the experiments.…”
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Optimization Design of Brake Disc Structure for Brake Squeal Suppression by Pan Gongyu, Liu Zhikang, Xu Qizhao, Chen Lin

“…The results show that the optimization design method proposed can significantly improve the efficiency of the optimization solution, effectively reduce the squeal tendency of the disc brake in the full frequency band, and suppress the generation of brake squeal noise.…”
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The Magnetic Memory Effect of Ferromagnetic Materials in the Process of Stress-Magnetism Coupling by Guoqing Wang, Ping Yan, Liwa Wei, Zilong Deng

“…Force-magnetism coupling process of Fe-C crystal system is simulated by CASTEP software which is based on first principle. Electron band structure, electron density of states, and atomic magnetic moment in the process of force-magnetism coupling process are calculated. …”
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On the Effect of Functionally Graded Materials on Resonances of Rotating Beams by Arnaldo J. Mazzei Jr.

“…Results are obtained via Rayleigh-Ritz method and are compared for both the homogeneous and non-homogeneous cases. It was found, for example, that allowing Young's modulus and density to vary by approximately 2.15 and 1.15 times, respectively, leads to an increase of 23% in the lowest bending rotating natural frequency of the beam.…”
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ONBOARD FUEL PUMP FAULT DIAGNOSIS BASED ON IMPROVED SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH by LIANG Wei, JING Bo, JIAO XiaoXuan, QIANG XiaoQing, LIU XiaoDong

“…Based on the vibration signal and the outlet pressure signal obtained from the airborne fuel oil system,the energy of different frequency bands of vibration signal extracted by wavelet packet decomposition can be regarded as characteristic parameters to structure fault feature vector as well as the mean outlet pressure. …”
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A Comparative Study of First-Order Reliability Method-Based Steepest Descent Search Directions for Reliability Analysis of Steel Structures by Hamed Makhduomi, Behrooz Keshtegar, Mehdi Shahraki

“…The FORM formula is modified based on a dynamic step size which is computed based on the merit functions named modified Hasofer-Lind and Rackwitz-Fiessler (MHL-RF) method. The efficiency of the gradient, HL-RF, and MHL-RF method was compared for a bar structure under tensile capacity, a multispan beam under bending capacity, a connection under tension load, and a column under axial force. …”
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Analysis of Static Stiffness and Dynamic Characteristic of a New Pipe Handling Robot by Yan Sun, Song Li, Xiangchen Liu

“…In order to improve the processing efficiency of aviation conduit， a new type of three coordinate conduit handling robot is designed to cooperate with the CNC pipe bender for straight pipe bending. The static stiffness and dynamic characteristics of the robot are important factors that affect the quality and accuracy of the work. …”
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Principle and Error Analysis of Non-circular Steel Belt Transmission by Deng Xu, Yuan Ye, Zhang Kai, Wu Qingwen

“…Then, a finite element simulation is used to simulate the steel belt transmission, and the effects of local plastic bending of the steel belt and stress concentration at the screw hole on the theoretical transmission ratio are analyzed. …”
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Reply to Comment by A. G. Davies on “Io Hot Spot Distribution Detected by Juno/JIRAM” by F. Zambon, A. Mura, F. Tosi

“…Abstract Zambon et al. (2023, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022gl100597) presented a catalog of Io hot spots based on JIRAM M‐band images acquired in Juno orbits 10 to 33. They identified 242 hot spots, including 23 not previously reported in other catalogs, observing a higher hot spot number density in the northern polar region. …”
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The use of thermally expandable microcapsules for increasing the toughness and heal structural adhesives by Guillaume Pesquet, Lucas F. M. da Silva, Chiaki Sato

“…The single-edge-notch bending (SENB) test was used. Firstly, a standard toughness test was performed on adhesives with microcapsules. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films and Solar Cells Fabricated from Quaternary Cu-Zn-Sn-S Target by Min Xie, Daming Zhuang, Ming Zhao, Zuolong Zhuang, Liangqi Ouyang, Xiaolong Li, Jun Song

“…The Zn loss leads to the appearance of SnS. A sulfurization process can obviously improve the crystallinity of CZTS and films with grain size of several hundred nanometers can be obtained after sulfurization. …”
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Study on Structure Characteristic and Operating Parameter Interval of High-speed Multi-feature Gear Shaft by Zhang Kun Xu Wenbo Mao Jizhe Wang Xiaopeng

“…The safety factor of dangerous interface is used to check the strength of shaft, and the ratio of three safety factor, i.e. contact strength of tooth surface, bending strength of tooth root and dangerous interface, is weighed to calculate the operating parameter interval under static condition. …”
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Effect of Deoxycholic Acid on the Performance of Liquid Electrolyte Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using a Perylene Monoimide Derivative by Ganesh D. Sharma, Rajnish Kurchania, Richard J. Ball, Mahesh S. Roy, John A. Mikroyannidis

“…The enhancement of short circuit current was attributed to the increased electron injection efficiency from the excited state of PCA into the conduction band of TiO2 and charge collection efficiency. The current-voltage characteristics in dark indicates a positive shift in the conduction which also supports the enhancement in the photocurrent. …”
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