Influence of Deviatoric Stress on the Deformation and Damage Evolution of Surrounding Rock under Unloading Conditions by Gongyu Hou, Jinping Liang, Haoyong Jing, Jinxin Tan, Yongkang Zhang, Xi Yang, Xin Xie

“…The experimental results showed that the higher deviatoric stress level accelerated the damage development caused by the unloading effect and improved the expansion rate of the internal cracks, which led to a higher radial strain rate, total strain, and acoustic emission hits. …”
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Compressive Characteristics and Fracture Simulation of Cerasus Humilis Fruit by Cheng Hao, Dongjin Yang, Liyang Zhao, Jianguo Yang, Tao Wang, Junlin He

“…The location and morphology of the cracks in the simulation were consistent with those observed in the experimental results. …”
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Nanoclay Reinforced Ternary Blends Based on Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery Application by Mohsin Ali, Sadullah Mir, Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid, Mirza Arfan Yawer, Ihsan Ullah

“…SEM studies revealed that there are no gaps and cracks in prepared films and nanoclay was found dispersed in the formulations. …”
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STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF GEARBOX CASES BASED ON FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION by CHEN ChaoPeng, YANG GuangWu, XIAO ShouNe, ZHU Tao, XIAO FeiXiong, GAO TianYang

“…According to the cracks in the gearbox of a certain type of diesel locomotive,the finite element model of gear box was established to make the life prediction by using the random vibration fatigue theory and the linear fatigue cumulative damage theory of Palmgren-Miner. …”
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Theoretical and applied research on hydraulic slit-fracture joint roof control and pressure relief of hard roof in goaf roadway by Yongjiang ZHANG, Fei JI, Tongbin ZHAO, Ke YANG, Wenbin WU, Wangang JIANG

“…Through the abrasive jet ultra-high-pressure hydraulic slitting technology, the slots are preset in the hard top plate, which can play a guiding role for the hydraulic fracturing cracks to drag and expand, and increase the influence range of hydraulic fracturing cracks by opening up the original cracks in the rock body, forming a continuous weak surface in a hard roof to weaken the stress transmission of the roof, and the depth of the slits is positively correlated with the slit pressure and the sand mixing ratio. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Steel Fibers on the Flexural Behavior and Ductility of High-Strength Concrete Hollow Beams by Ahmmad Abbass, Sallal Abid, Mustafa Özakça

“…The hollow beams with fiber contents of 0, 0.5, and 1.0% were observed to withstand lower loads at cracking, yielding, and peak stages compared with their corresponding solid beams; this was not the case for the 1.5% fiber hollow beam, which exhibited a higher peak load than its corresponding solid beam. …”
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Properties of Asphalt Mixtures Using Reclaimed Asphalt Containing Polymer-Modified Binder and Technicoeconomical Considerations of Their Use by Jan Mikolaj, Frantisek Schlosser, Lubos Remek, Martin Pitoňák, Juraj Šrámek

“…It is found that pavement performance of surfacing mixtures with reclaimed asphalt containing PMB is significantly better for plastic deformation at the cost of earlier initiation and progression of surface distress due to cracking and potholing. This paper suggests that due to cracking and potholing, periodic maintenance costs increase for pavements with reclaimed asphalt material containing PMB; however, they are outweighed by lower procurement cost and longer life expectancy due to slower plastic deformation of the pavement.…”
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Evaluation of Fatigue Life of CRM-Reinforced SMA and Its Relationship to Dynamic Stiffness by Nuha Salim Mashaan, Mohamed Rehan Karim, Mahrez Abdel Aziz, Mohd Rasdan Ibrahim, Herda Yati Katman, Suhana Koting

“…Fatigue cracking is an essential problem of asphalt concrete that contributes to pavement damage. …”
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Study on the Strength Development of Cemented Backfill Body from Lead-Zinc Mine Tailings with Sulphide by Juanrong Zheng, Lijie Guo, Xiaoxiao Sun, Wenchen Li, Qi Jia

“…Under the same conditions, the higher the OPC content, the higher the UCS of the cemented backfill body, and the UCS of the cemented backfill body began to decrease at the longer curing days. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Microstructure of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Modified by Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement by Meimei Song, Chuanlin Wang, Ying Cui, Qiu Li, Zhiyang Gao

“…High autogenous shrinkage property is one of the disadvantages of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), which may induce early age cracking and threaten the safety of concrete structure. …”
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A New Evaluation Method for the Fracability of a Shale Reservoir Based on the Structural Properties by Haoyue Sui, Wei Gao, Ruilin Hu

“…The model showed that good fracability not only included higher brittleness but also required less energy to produce cracks. …”
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Image Edge Detection Algorithm Based on Fuzzy Radial Basis Neural Network by Lin Feng, Jian Wang, Chao Ding

“…To address these issues, this paper presents a new detection algorithm combined with information fusion based on the existing image edge detection techniques, and the algorithm is studied from two aspects of fuzzy radial basis fusion discrimination, in terms of preprocessing algorithm, comparing the denoising effect of mean and median filters with different template sizes on paper images with added noise, and selecting the improved median filter denoising, comparing different operator edge detection. …”
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A Study on Contact Fatigue Performance of Nitrided and TiN Coated Gears by Hongbin Xu, Hui Li, Jianjun Hu, Song Wang

“…TiN coating is dense and smooth with lower surface roughness, and it wraps up the gear tooth so that the gear surface no longer contacts with lubricant and prevents the cracks initiation, prolonging the contact fatigue life of gears.…”
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Recovery and Modification of Waste Tire Particles and Their Use as Reinforcements of Concrete by Eduardo Sadot Herrera-Sosa, Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Epifanio Cruz-Zaragoza, Fernando Ureña-Núñez

“…Moreover, SEM images are related to mechanical properties; for instance, rough surface of the tire particles changes when applying irradiation; more smooth surfaces are created, due to the cross-linking of polymer chains. Nevertheless, for higher doses, cracks are observed which are produced by scission of the polymer chains.…”
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CLINICAL TRIAL ASSESSING THE PREVALENCE OF ORAL COMPLICATION IN A DENTURE WEARERS POPULATION by Cosmin Bida, Doriana Agop-Forna, Dana Gabriela Budala, Norina Forna

“…Discussions: A significant relationship between aging and increased prevalence of craniomandibular disorders was confirmed, with elderly patients showing higher instances of degenerative changes, including osteoarthritis and decreased muscle tone. …”
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Simulation Analysis of Big Data Discriminatory Pricing Behavior from the Perspective of Game Theory by Nan Wang, Yu Chang, Xiao Yu Song

“…The impact of key parameters on each party is studied through simulation analysis to provide a reference for cracking down on BDDP behavior. The experimental results indicate that increasing government punishment and credibility can effectively suppress the BDDP behavior by enterprises; however, increasing the compensation limit for enterprises will only have a certain effect in the early stage; the higher the evaluation value of products or services by consumers, the less effectiveness it is in suppressing the BDDP behavior by enterprises.…”
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SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON STRENGTH AND FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF A SUV FRONT SUBFRAME (MT) by LIU KeMing, YUAN Xin, DAI YuSen

“…The experimental results are 4.58% and 9.72% higher than the simulation results respectively. The results show that there is no obvious difference between the experimental results and the simulation results, and the deformation of the subframe at each point conforms to the design. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Deep Variable Dip Joint Rock Mass in Reservoir Area under Wet and Dry Conditions by Fei Li, Huafeng Deng, Wenwen Liu, Guoyong Duan

“…The imposed pore water pressure can significantly increase the axial deformation of rock samples, and higher pore water pressure can facilitate the deformation deterioration of samples. …”
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Influence of hoop restraint on damage evolution, ions diffusion and multi-scale mechanical properties in concrete exposed to external sulfate attack by Jierong Cao, Liping Xu, Gang Xu, Ming Jin, Qingjun Ding, Jiaping Liu, Chuansheng Xiong, Zuquan Jin

“…The hoop restraining stresses induced by the hoop restraint suppress the cracking of specimens, leading to a higher dynamic modulus of elasticity and Vickers hardness value in the restrained expansion specimens compared with the free expansion ones, which significantly reduces the deterioration exposed to the ESA. …”
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Plastics pyrolysis: The impact of pyrolysis temperature on ethylene production and direct carbon dioxide footprint by Ruben J. de Korte, Melissa N. Dunkle, Ramon van Belzen, Alessandro Battistella, George Bellos

“…It was shown that higher pyrolysis temperatures create the possibility for collocating a pyrolysis plant with the steam cracker process.…”
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