Analysis of Surrounding Rock Pressure of Deep Buried Tunnel considering the Influence of Seepage by Qingchen Yao, Yukun Ma, Zongyang Xiao, Zudi Zhang, Yaxin Lu, Chenyang Liu

“…Material softening is more unfavorable to the stability of surrounding rock than seepage. …”
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EXPLOITATION OF WATER INDUSTRY AND PERSPECTIVES OF DEVELOPMENT by F. P. Gamidov

“…The water supply system is sprinkler.The river water is processed under the schema:Partial softening — at the facility of decarbonization;Softening - in sodium cation unit.The saline water after regeneration setting of chemical unit are processed at osmotic setting.The perspective of the water economy includes the modernization of the block of preliminary purification of the saline outflows and osmotic setting.…”
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Evolution of Longitudinal Resistance Performance of Granular Ballast Track with Durable Dynamic Reciprocated Changes by Jieling Xiao, Hao Liu, Ping Wang, Ganzhong Liu, Jingmang Xu, Rong Chen

“…More particularly, the cyclic softening of a granular ballast bed is dependent on the dynamic disturbance amplitude—the higher the dynamic disturbance amplitude, the more severe the cyclic softening will become. …”
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CHANGE OF MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-CARBON STEELS AT LOW-TEMPERATURE SPEED HEAT TREATMENT by A. A. Krylov-Olefirenko, V. M. Abakumov, A. Ju. Seregin

“…Investigation of softening of strong-deformed highcarbon steel with different content of carbon at speed heating in low-temperature field is carried out.…”
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Research on Rheological Properties by Desulfurized Rubber Powder/SBS Composite-Modified Asphalt and Road Performance of Its Mixture by Ping Guo, Qingwei Ma, Yan Li, Chenguang Yang, Yeji Qiu, Liangyu Sun, Xilun Zhang, Fayong Yang

“…The results show that DR/SBSCMA had great advantages in terms of ductility and softening point, especially the softening point, which reached 90°C. …”
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The Analytical Approach to Evaluate the Load-Displacement Relationship of Rock Bolts by Jianhang Chen, Shengli Yang, Hongbao Zhao, Junwen Zhang, Fulian He, Shuaifeng Yin

“…Then, the shear stress propagation along the bolt/grout interface was analysed in the elastic, elastic-softening, elastic-softening-debonding, softening-debonding, and debonding stages. …”
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Analysis on the Difference of Energy Evolution in the Process of Energy Storage Failure of Strong Coal Rush Rock Samples under Different Adaptive Modification Regulation Measures by Fangfang Zhang

“…The energy regulation mechanisms of “first release+then weakening” water injection softening measures and “first release+then guidance” drilling pressure relief measures are explained theoretically, respectively. …”
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Investigation of Rheological Characteristics and Bleeding Behavior of PPA-Modified Bitumen Emulsion for Microsurfacing by Mohammadjavad AkhavanBahabadi, Mohammad Khabiri

“…Results of the bitumen tests showed that the use of PPA improved the bitumen emulsion characteristics in terms of reduced penetration, increased softening point, and decreased thermal sensitivity. …”
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Modelling of ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT) of welded joints and its effect on fatigue strength by K.L. Yuan, Y.Sumi

“…In the FE model, the actual treatment conditions and local mechanical characteristics due to acoustic softening are set as input parameters. The plastic deformation and compressive stress layer are found to be more pronounced when acoustic softening takes place. …”
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Dynamic recrystallization and mechanical behavior of Mg alloy AZ31: Constraints from tensile tests with in-situ EBSD analysis by Boissonneau, Gaëtan, Tommasi, Andréa, Barou, Fabrice, Lopez-Sanchez, Marco Antonio, Montagnat, Maurine

“…The intensity of this softening has to steadily increase with strain to explain the decrease in hardening rate between 15% and 60% strain. …”
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Nonlocal Electron-Phonon Interaction as a Source of Dynamic Charge Stripes in the Cuprates by Claus Falter, Thomas Bauer

“…The investigation is performed for the anomalous high-frequency oxygen bond-stretching modes, which experimentally are known to display a strong softening of the frequencies upon doping in the cuprates. …”
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The Effects of Different Nanoadditives on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Similar Silty Mudstone Materials by Ji-jing Wang, Zhen-ning Shi, Ling Zeng, Shuang-xing Qi

“…Finally, nanometer additives suitable for silty mudstone similar materials are determined by conducting density test, natural water absorption test, uniaxial compression test, splitting test, softening coefficient test, expansibility test, and microscopic test. …”
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Evaluating the Smoothness of the Washed Fabric after Laundry with the Washing Machine Based on a New Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Network by Mir Saeid Hesarian, Jafar Tavoosi

“…The washing process was done without any softener as toxic material. For this purpose, experimental and theoretical evaluations were conducted. …”
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Exploring the Effect of Asperity Order on Mechanical Character of Joint Specimen from the Perspective of Damage by Zhouhao Yuan, Yicheng Ye, Binyu Luo

“…This phenomenon can be used to explain the stress drop difference at the postpeak softening stage; (4) the AE b value can be used to evaluate the damage of joint specimens. …”
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EFFECTS OF AUSTENITIZATION ON STRUCTURE FORMATION СHROMO-MOLYBDENUM-VANADIUM STEEL AFTER HIGH TEMPERING by V. A. Lutsenko, T. N. Golubenko, O. V. Lutsenko, N. A. Glazunova

“…Influence of austenitization temperature of chrome-molybdenum-vanadium steel on structure formation at the softening heat treatment is studied. It is shown that the decline of the austenitization temperature promotes to reduce the micro-hardness values due to the intensification of spheroidizing of pearlite after the overcooling and high tempering. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Water-Induced Strength Reduction in Zigong Argillaceous Siltstone with Different Degree of Weathering by Yu-chuan Yang, Jia-wen Zhou, Fu-gang Xu, Hui-ge Xing

“…The water-softening property of soft rocks is a key problem in geotechnical engineering. …”
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The Influence of Nano Titanium as Bitumen Modifier in Stone Mastic Asphalt by Khairil Azman Masri, Nur Syafiqah Shamimi Mohd Zali, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya, Mazlan Abu Seman, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan

“…The first stage discovers the physical properties of bitumen by undergoing penetration and softening point tests. Then, the nano TiO2 modified binder is evaluated in terms of its morphological and chemical properties. …”
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Preparation and characterization of sustainable plant-based blended woven fabric by Mariam Jabbar, Fatima Iftikhar, Tanveer Hussain, Sheraz Ahmad, Faheem Ahmad

“…The fabrics were then dyed and treated with softener and bio polish to assess how these treatments affect mechanical and thermphysiological comfort properties of the fabrics. …”
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Researches on the Constitutive Models of Artificial Frozen Silt in Underground Engineering by Yugui Yang, Feng Gao, Hongmei Cheng, Yuanming Lai, Xiangxiang Zhang

“…The frozen silt presents strain softening in shear process; with increase of confining pressure, the strain softening characteristic gradually decreases. …”
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Research on M-Paul Dynamic Constitutive Relation of Q235B Steel by Li Lin, Bo Huang, Xinke Xiao, Minyuan Huang, Zhiying Liu

“…Based on the obtained results, it was found that the original model was not able to take into account temperature-softening effect. Therefore, a temperature-softening parameter was added into the temperature term of the original Paul model, and the modified M-Paul constitutive model was developed. …”
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