Structural integrity analysis of the pre-stressed concrete dome of the Belgrade fair hall 1 by Mirjana Jelic, Aleksandar Sedmak, Boris Folic, Simon Sedmak, Mihajlo Arandjelovic, Radomir Folic, Dorin Radu

“…Belgrade fair hall 1 is well known for its dome, which is still the world largest self-supported construction made of pre-stressed concrete, with its diameter of 106 m. In this paper the Finite Element Method (FEM) was performed to analyze different loading and supporting conditions. …”
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Assembly and application of a low-cost high-resolution imaging device for hyphae in soil. by Holger Schaefer

“…This scarce application is partly due to the challenging development of a soil imaging device for hyphae: technical requirements to resolve fine hyphae (2-5 μm in diameter) are high, while the device cost must be low to facilitate sufficient deployment that can capture the high spatial heterogeneity of hyphal dynamics in soil. …”
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Door-Triggering Mechanism for Large-Scale Rapid-Decompression Experiments by Lei Zhang, Xiao Han, Xinbin Zhang, Jihong Yan

“…For large-scale rapid-decompression experiments, a new door-triggering mechanism is proposed for a 750 mm diameter pressure relief channel. Quick opening of the door is realized by utilizing a spring-based release mechanism to instantly convert large amounts of elastic potential energy into kinetic energy. …”
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Implications Of Ingesting Soft Drink And Energy Drink On Hepatic Microcirculation Of Albino Rat by Saira Munawar, Faiza Irshad, G.P. William, Muhammad Suhail, Ayesha Yousaf, Ahmad Haris Suhail

“… Objective: To compare the diameter of the centrilobular vein as well as its congestion along with that of sinusoids and portal vein of the rat liver after ingestion of caffeinated soft drinks and energy drinks which were given caffeinated soft drinks and energy drinks. …”
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40CrMoV13.9 notched specimens under multiaxial fatigue: an overview of recent results by S.M.J. Razavi, M. Peron, J. Torgersen, F. Berto, T. Welo

“…The net sectional area of both cases was equal with a diameter of 12 mm. The notched specimens were tested under pure mode I (tension), mixed mode I/III and pure mode III (torsion). …”
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Study of Manufacturing Process of Holes in Aeroengine Heat Shield by Anyuan Jiao, Weijun Liu

“…The many holes that need to be machined on the heat shield are not only small in diameter but also dense, and GH3128 as a typical hard-to-process material has the problems of large cutting force, high cutting temperature, and serious hardening. …”
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Simulation Analysis of Cross-axis Magnetic Gear Characteristic by Wei Jie, Huiqing Lan

“…The transient magnetic field is used for simulation analysis， then the influence of gear meshing clearance， number of magnetic pole， magnetic ring thickness， gear size， helix angle and width-to-diameter ratio on the maximum transmission torque of magnetic gear is obtained. …”
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Modeling of partial reduction of hematite with carbon-monoxide in tunnel furnace by Salimibani S., Jafari-Ramiani A., Firoozi S.

“…The results also revealed that the speed and diameter of the crucible have dominant effects on the overall progress of the reduction by changing the heat transfer rate within the crucible. …”
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A Giant Brunneroma Causing Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Severe Anemia Requiring Transfusion and Surgery by Nicola C. Frenkel, Miangela M. Laclé, Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes, Izaak Q. Molenaar, Jeroen Hagendoorn

“…CT scans showed a large mass of 8 cm in diameter, presumably arising in the duodenum. Endoscopic biopsies were not conclusive. …”
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Dynamic Analysis on the Transmission Gear System of the Cutter Head Main Drive of Large Shield Machines by Deng Shuzhi, Xu Lixin, Du Zhengzhu, Long Bin, Su Cuixia

“…Aiming at the transmission gear system of the head main drive of large shield machines with a diameter of 16 m and in order to explore the dynamic characteristics of the multiple sources parallel drive transmission gear system (including 16 groups of power sources) under real driving conditions, an equivalent dynamic model of 68 DOF bending-torsional coupling of the main drive gear system of the large scale shield machine is established using the lumped parameter method. …”
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The Influence of CNT Structural Parameters on the Properties of CNT and CNT-Reinforced Epoxy by A. Anvari

“…Furthermore, with using experimental data and applying an analytical method, the effect of carbon nanotube diameter on interlaminar shear stress within the carbon nanotube-reinforced epoxy interface has been evaluated. …”
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Optimizing Imaging of Three-Dimensional Multicellular Tumor Spheroids with Fluorescent Reporter Proteins Using Confocal Microscopy by Lucia le Roux, Andrei Volgin, David Maxwell, Katashi Ishihara, Juri Gelovani, Dawid Schellingerhout

“…This allowed us to image up to the equator of spheroids of 650 μm diameter, allowing interrogation of HIF-1α expression from the spheroid periphery to its hypoxic center.…”
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Influence des pressions anthropiques sur la structure des populations de Pentadesma butyracea au Bénin by Aliou Dicko, Samadori Sorotori Honoré Biaou, Armand Kuyema Natta, Choukouratou Aboudou Salami Gado, M’Mouyohoum Kouagou

“…Three groups were discriminated : Group 1 (populations of Penessoulou and Kandi), characterized by a pressure from wild vegetation fires and agricultural activities ; Group 2 (populations of Manigri and Ségbana), characterized by illegal selective logging, abusive barking of P. butyracea, animal grazing ; and Group 3 (populations of Natitingou, Toucountouna and Tchaourou), characterized by excessive seeds collection and sand removal from the stream by humans. The diameter distribution structures were of left or right dissymmetry according to pressures types to which the discriminated groups are subjected. …”
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Continuous Differential Microemulsion Polymerization to Prepare Nanosized Polymer Latices in Microreactors by Min Qiu, Liang Xiang, Minjing Shang, Yuanhai Su

“…The striking advantages in the polymerization rate, the average particle diameter, and the size distribution reflected higher density of particle nuclei, larger specific surface area of particles, and the pivotal effect of the persistent particle nucleation in the microemulsion polymerization.…”
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Role of thermal effect on the capture stability of plasmonic optical tweezers by Yukun Ji, Yatao Ren, Xuehui Wang, Hong Qi

“…In addition, increasing the refractive index or diameter of nanoparticles, thermal conductivity of the substrate, and incident laser power can improve the capture efficiency.…”
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Endoscopic biliary drainage for distal bile duct obstruction due to pancreatic cancer by Masahiro Itonaga, Masayuki Kitano

“…Recently, antireflux metal stents and large- or small-diameter SEMSs have become commercially available, and their usefulness has been reported. …”
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Research on Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Angular Contact Ball Bearings Considering Misalignment Angles by Wang Huijie, Qiu Ming, Li Junxing, Liu Zhiwei, Yang Chuanmeng

“…The results show that increasing the misalignment angle and radial force, increasing the number of rolling elements, and reducing the diameter of rolling elements will weaken the ultimate axial force and the ultimate overturning moment to a certain extent, and increasing the curvature radius coefficient and shoulder height can significantly improve the ultimate axial force and the ultimate overturning moment. …”
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Vortex Simulation of the Bubbly Flow around a Hydrofoil by Tomomi Uchiyama, Tomohiro Degawa

“…The Reynolds number is 2.5×105, the bubble diameter is 1 mm, and the volumetric flow ratio of bubble to whole fluid is 0.048. …”
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Evolutionary Optimization of Electronic Circuitry Cooling Using Nanofluid by Manu Mital

“…The model predicts the thermal resistance and pumping power as a function of four design variables that include the channel diameter, velocity, number of channels, and nanoparticle fraction. …”
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Thermal Coupling Simulation Analysis of Non-smooth Brake Discs with Orthotropic Anisotropic C/SiC by Zhu Yuling, Wang Youqiang, Li Mengjie, Zhao Tao, He Yan

“…A simplified three-dimensional brake model with crater structure is established by using the finite element software Abaqus, and the influence of the depth, diameters, degrees and types of craters on the temperature and stress of the brake disc is investigated by combining the thermal coupling theory and the orthogonal test method. …”
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