Comparison of mechanical and thermal characteristics of PVC and recycled PVC used in window frames by Sebbar El Hassan, Ait Khouya Oumaima, Laaroussi Najma, Alanssari Nasser, Ait Msaad Abdelouahad

“…The results obtained show that PVC and recycled PVC profiles offer notable mechanical strength and good heat resistance, as evidenced by a softening temperature of 80.55°C and heat reversion percentages in line with standards. …”
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Effects of Xylanase Pretreatment on the Quality of Refiner Mechanical Mulberry Branch Fibers by Wenjuan Tao, Lifang Guo, Aojie Meng, Lizhen Wang, Hao Ren, Huamin Zhai

“…With a low enzyme dosage, the fiber coarseness decreased remarkably and, because of the swelling and softening effects of the xylanase pretreatment on the mulberry branches, the fiber kink ratios and curl were reduced. …”
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Induced Ripening Agents and Their Effect on Fruit Quality of Banana by S. D. T. Maduwanthi, R. A. U. J. Marapana

“…Ripening is a genetically programmed highly coordinated irreversible phenomenon which includes many biochemical changes including tissue softening, pigment changes, aroma and flavour volatile production, reduction in astringency, and many others. …”
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Influence of Deformation Conditions on the Critical Damage Factor of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy by Li-juan Pang, Xin Shang, Xuefeng Zhang

“…Simulation results show that the maximum damage appears on the outer edge of the upsetting drum, and damage softening behavior is more sensitive to strain rate. …”
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Analytical Solutions for Corrosion-Induced Cohesive Concrete Cracking by Hua-Peng Chen, Nan Xiao

“…The concrete cover for the corroding rebar is modelled as a thick-walled cylinder subject to axisymmetrical displacement constraint at the internal boundary generated by expansive corrosion products. A bilinear softening curve reflecting realistic concrete property, together with the crack band theory for concrete fracture, is applied to model the residual tensile stress in the cracked concrete. …”
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Study on Damage Constitutive Model of High-Concentration Cemented Backfill in Coal Mine by Baogui Yang, Haigang Yang

“…(c) The parameter F0 reflects the position of the peak point of the DCM, and parameter n is the slope of the straight line segment in the postpeak strain softening stage, which are, respectively, used to characterize the strength level and brittleness of HCCB. …”
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Evaluation of the Physical Performance and Working Mechanism of Asphalt Containing a Surfactant Warm Mix Additive by Jingtao Shi, Weiyu Fan, Tihong Wang, Pinhui Zhao, Fa Che

“…The results show the additive has little influence on the penetration, softening point, ductility, and viscosity-temperature characteristics of asphalt; this suggests that the additive does not work by lowering viscosity. …”
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Laboratory Study on Properties of Diatomite and Basalt Fiber Compound Modified Asphalt Mastic by Yongchun Cheng, Chunfeng Zhu, Guojin Tan, Zehua Lv, Jinsheng Yang, Jiansheng Ma

“…For the simultaneous addition of diatomite and basalt fiber, two kinds of modifier, compound modified asphalt mastic had not been reported; in this paper, thirteen groups of diatomite and basalt fiber (DBFCMAM) compound modified asphalt mastic with different content were prepared to study the performance. Softening point, cone penetration, viscosity, and DSR tests were conducted, for the high temperature performance evaluation of DBFCMAM, whereas force ductility and BBR tests were used in the low temperature performance study of the DBFCMAM. …”
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Structural Modification of Sol-Gel Synthesized V2O5 and TiO2 Thin Films with/without Erbium Doping by Fatma Pınar Gökdemir, Ayşe Evrim Saatci, Orhan Özdemir, Kubilay Kutlu

“…UV-Vis transmission/absorption measurement indicated a blue shift upon Er doping in V2O5 film due to the softening of V=O bond while appearance of typical absorption peaks in Er-doped TiO2 film. …”
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The Characteristic Transient Response of a Pressurized Cantilever Pipe Subjected to Transverse Impact at Its Tip by Feng Liu, Yuchao Yang, Yuelei Wu

“…The numerical simulations show that the present model can simulate the mechanical processes of elasticity, plastic hardening, and softening behavior in the initial, middle, and late stages of whole response, respectively. …”
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Citral Delays Postharvest Senescence of Kiwifruit by Enhancing Antioxidant Capacity under Cold Storage by Ling Wei, Chuying Chen, Chunpeng Wan, Ming Chen, Jinyin Chen

“…The citral treatment was seen to reduce the weight loss, softening, and fruit respiration compared to control fruits. …”
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Effect of cold rolling and annealing temperature to the characteristics of α + β' phases in Cu-29.5Zn-2.5Al alloy produced by gravity casting by Angela I., Basori I., Sofyan B.T.

“…Annealing at higher temperature resulted in conventional softening. Recrystallized equiaxed βʹ phase grains were visible after annealing at 600°C.…”
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Recent progress and development of vibration-assisted metal forming process by Zhichao Xu, Haolun Yang, Wenju Yang, Heshuai Yu, Xuefeng Guo, Hucheng Pan, Gaowu Qin

“…Building on this foundation, the mechanisms of vibration-assisted plastic forming are summarized, with a focus on the stress superposition effect, acoustic softening effect, and acoustic residual effect. Additionally, based on the vibration-induced friction reduction and friction models in vibration fields, this paper reviews research on the interface friction behavior in vibration-assisted plastic forming. …”
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Dynamic mechanical properties of high nitrogen steel processed by wire and arc additive manufacturing by Meixia Qian, Shida Song, Yiming Guo, Kehong Wang

“…This is the result of the competition between the strain rate hardening and thermal softening effects caused by adiabatic temperature rise. …”
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Effects of Surfactant Warm-Mix Additives on the Rheological Properties of High-Viscosity Asphalt by Jingtao Shi, Weiyu Fan, Yi Lin, Pinhui Zhao, Jian Ouyang

“…The results indicate that the addition of WMA can decrease the viscosity and softening point but improve the penetration and ductility of warm-mix HVA. …”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Water Bearing Sandstone under Stable Cyclic Loading and Unloading by Xinzhan Qin, Yu Zhou, Manchao He

“…Through uniaxial compression testing of rock samples with different water content rates, combined with acoustic emission (AE) analysis, the strength softening and macrodeformation characteristics are obtained, and the influence of water content on acoustic emission characteristics is clarified. …”
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Effect of FeO content on melting characteristics and structure of nickel slag by Ma Y.-T., Yang P., Lu B.-G., Dou Y.-L., Tian J.-K., Guo W.-B., Zhang Z.-Q., Shen Y.-Y.

“…The liquidus temperature, softening temperature, hemispherical temperature, flow temperature, viscosity, and critical viscosity temperature of the slag system tend to decrease gradually, but the solid phase temperature tends to decrease first and then increase. …”
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Additive and subtractive manufacturing of layered titanium-matrix composites: interface behaviour and forming mechanisms by Rui Wang, Dongdong Gu, Hao Ye, Kaijie Lin, Han Zhang

“…The masking phenomenon induced by the thermal softening effect was stronger than the pull-out phenomenon of whiskers, which reduced the surface roughness and improved the cutting surface flatness of multi-material LPBF-processed layered TMCs.…”
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Decomposition Analysis of Void Reactivity Coefficient for Innovative and Modified BWR Assemblies by Andrius Slavickas, Raimondas Pabarčius, Aurimas Tonkūnas, Gediminas Stankūnas

“…For extra-moderated assembly designs, implementing 8 and 12 water holes, the neutron spectrum softening is achieved and consequently the lower void reactivity values. …”
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Macroscopic and Microscopic Characterization of the Effect of “Activation” Process on the Performance of Buton Rock Asphalt-Modified Asphalt by Yafei Li, Meng Guo, Xu Liu

“…Laboratory tests show that compared with modified asphalt without activation process, the penetration of the modified asphalt decreases, the softening point rises, the ductility at 5°C and the kinematic viscosity at 135°C all have been increased, and the performance of the modified asphalt increases with the increase of the content of activated BRA. …”
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