Seismic performance assessment of deficient RC structures retrofitted with different steel bracing systems by Meriem Bouderradji, Mohammed Salah Dimia, Soumia Gherabli, Ahmed Rafik Belakhdar, Noureddine Lahbari

“…The results indicate that the combined system of the diagonal and X braces using the second arrangement has the highest base shear and reaches the target roof displacement under pushover analysis. On the other hand, when using the response history analysis, it is the best system to reduce roof displacement compared to other techniques. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Adsorption Performance of Wetland Ceramsite Filler Before and After Carbonization Modification by HUANG Enze, JIANG Yuxin, JIANG Xiaoying, WU Qinkai, ZENG Qiuyong, XIA Ting

“…In order to improve the surface properties of the ceramsite filler to achieve the purpose of enhancing the water treatment effect of the wetland, this paper conducts carbonization modification on ceramsite to research its adsorption effect on wastewater under static and simulated-wetland operating conditions. …”
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Rigid-flexible Coupling Dynamics Analysis of Hydraulic Excavator by Xie Qin, Wu Yunxin

“…The maximum stress of boom and bucket rod is 107. 7 MPa and 40 MPa respectively. …”
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The use of acoustic emissions technique in the monitoring of fracturing in concrete using soundless chemical demolition agent by Vassilios Saltas, Despoina Peraki, Filippos Vallianatos

“…Soundless chemical demolition agents (SCDAs) have been used during the last decades in the demolition of boulders and concrete structures as well as in open-surface and sub-surface rock excavation, as an alternative to the use of explosives posing safety risks. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Flexsplines of Cone-beam Oral CT Harmonic Reducers by Wang Zhijie, Song Weidong, Zhang Yue, Guan Haoran, Zhang Fengshou

“…The tooth profile of the flexspline is designed, modeled by SolidWorks, and imported into the Ansys Workbench for the static analysis, modal analysis, and transient dynamic analysis. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Chitosan/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Blended Films: Mechanical, Thermal and Surface Investigations by Esam A. El-Hefian, Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef, Abdul Hamid Yahaya

“…The obtained results of DSC suggested that some interaction between chitosan and PVA mostly took place. Static water contact angle measurements showed an improvement in the wettability of the obtained films.…”
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The Impact of Spatial Dynamic Error on the Assimilation of Soil Moisture Retrieval Products by Xuesong Bai, Zhengkun Qin, Juan Li, Shupeng Zhang, Lili Wang

“…Compared to experiments applying static errors, dynamic errors increased the spatial correlation coefficients by 17.4% and reduced the root mean square error (RMSE) by 11.2%. …”
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Does muscle fatigue change motor synergies at different levels of neuromotor control? by Michał Pawłowski, Mariusz P. Furmanek, Mariusz P. Furmanek, Grzegorz Juras

“…Thirteen healthy, young and right-handed male participants took part in the study. Participants performed a bilateral accurate force production task under static and dynamic fatigue conditions at 30% of maximal voluntary contraction level with elbow flexors. …”
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Properties of Laminated Board Made from Kapok Wood at Different Sawing Pattern of Lamina and Core Layer Orientation by Muhammad Navis Rofii, Vendy Eko Prasetyo, Tomy Listyanto, Annisa Primaningtyas, Yustinus Suranto, Tibertius Agus Prayitno, Ragil Widyorini

“…Generally, laminated board from kapok wood with the parallel grain direction of the core layer resulted in higher static bending properties and bonding strength than the perpendicular one.…”
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Sustained-Release Fillers for Dentin Disinfection: An Ex Vivo Study by Bernhard Funk, Sharonit Sahar-Helft, David Kirmayer, Michael Friedman, Doron Steinberg

“…Human dental root specimens were infected with E. faecalis V583 for 3 weeks in a static environment. …”
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Analysis and Study on the Bearing Capacity of Socketed Piles in StronglyWeathered Argillaceous Dolomite in Guiyang by CAI Hang, MU Rui, HUANG Zhihong, XIAO Lina, CHEN Xu, LIU Jiuhong

“…In Guiyang, the tip of socketed pile is often placed on a complete or relativelycomplete rock foundation, and the bearing capacity of socketed pile is often calculated as end-bearing pile. …”
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Benefits of Subliminal Feedback Loops in Human-Computer Interaction by Walter Ritter

“…In a first study evolutionary feedback loops adjusted the user interface of a memory game whereas in the second study the lighting of the test room was adjusted dynamically. …”
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Graphene as a model system for 2D fracture behavior of perfect and defective solids by P. Hess

“…Independent of the type of defect, a common dependence of the critical fracture strength on the square root of half defect size is observed. Furthermore, the results suggest the applicability of the Griffith relation at length scales of several nanometers. …”
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Dynamic scheduling method of service function chain executors based on the mimic defense architecture by Chuanhuang LI, Jingjing TANG, Yangting CHEN, Rui LEI, Chao CHEN, Weiming WANG

“…Faced with the problem that static and lagging traditional defense technologies cannot effectively deal with new network attacks, according to the theory of mimetic security defense, a defense architecture of mimic service function chain (MSFC) based on the data forwarding level was proposed, and an execution dynamic scheduling method based on the decision feedback was further proposed.The method took the abnormal executor information fed back by the decision maker, the heterogeneity of executors and the actual load of the system as the scheduling influencing factors, so that the scheduling method can be adjusted adaptively according to the actual changes of the network.In addition, the scheduling method used decision feedback to adjust the scheduling time, so as to achieve the best balance between system cost and security, and reduce the resource overhead of the system.Simulation results showed that the scheduling method can select a set of highly heterogeneous actuators that better meet the current network requirements on the basis of balancing the system cost and security, so as to improve the security and reliability of the system.…”
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SRESS AND FATIGUE LIFE OF PITTING DEFECTS ON PUMPING UNIT GEAR by BAI YunSong, MUTELLIP AhMat, BAI HaoYu, CHEN Zhi

“…In order to analyze the pitting damage and fatigue life of gear in rack-and-pinion pumping unit, Firstly, the model of rack-and-pinion was established, the elements of tooth surface and root were extracted for static strength analysis, and then compared with contact theory; Secondly, Pitting defects of different sizes were established by elements editing, and the influence of pitting growth on contact stress was analyzed; Finally, fatigue life under different pitting effects was calculated based on linear fatigue damage theory. …”
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Experimental Study on Dynamic Compression Characteristics of Red Sandstone under Wetting-Drying Cycles by Bin Du, Haibo Bai, Minglei Zhai, Shixin He

“…To study the influence of wetting-drying cycles on dynamic mechanical properties of rock masses, the impact compression tests of red sandstone samples were carried out by using a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) apparatus with a diameter of 50 mm. …”
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Impact of High Thermal Setting and Fluid Activities on Sandstone Compaction: A Case Study of the Baiyun Sag in the Pearl River Mouth Basin (Northern South China Sea) by Chi Li, Jinglan Luo, Caiwei Fan, Shanshan Li, Shijiu Wu, Chuan Lei, Kunpeng Song

“…The thermal compaction process controlled by a basin’s heat flow and the static compaction caused by overload on rocks are both important factors controlling the compaction strength. …”
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An indoor positioning method based on bluetooth array/PDR fusion using the SVD-EKF by Chenhui Li, Jie Zhen, Jianxin Wu

“…The dynamic test results in the room show that after SVD-EKF algorithm optimization, the positioning error is reduced by 0.05m, which is equivalent to the EKF algorithm. …”
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Impact of Using Near Real-Time Green Vegetation Fraction in Noah Land Surface Model of NOAA NCEP on Numerical Weather Predictions by Li Fang, Xiwu Zhan, Christopher R. Hain, Jicheng Liu

“…The Noah LSM in current NCEP operational NWP models has been using static multiyear averages of monthly GVF derived from satellite observations of NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) normalized difference vegetation index. …”
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Mechanism and Evolution Control of Wide Coal Pillar Bursts in Multithick Key Strata by Wenhao Guo, Anye Cao, Chengchun Xue, Yang Hu, Songwei Wang, Qian Zhao

“…The stress concentration is extensively promoting a high-risk area for rock burst. (3) The coal pillar burst was induced by the superposition of energy released by the key strata breaking and the elastic energy accumulated in the wide coal pillar. (4) The monitoring data showed that the long, medium, and short periodic weighting steps of multithick key strata are 141.6 m, 43.2–49.6 m, and 17.6–27.2 m, respectively. …”
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