Temperature-Controlled in-situ Tensile Tests of Polymer Tape with differently shaped Single Particles by Sarah Heupl, Julia Maurer, Johann Kastner

“… In electric vehicles (EVs), a variety of polymers are employed for insulation due to their excellent electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. However, pollution particles within the polymer matrix can significantly impair these properties, as stresses easily introduce defects around such particles. …”
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The Physical and Chemical Properties of Fine Carbon Particles-Pinewood Resin Blends and Their Possible Utilization by Aviwe Melapi, Sampson N. Mamphweli, David M. Katwire, Edson L. Meyer

“…FTIR analysis confirmed similar spectra in all char-resin blends. For fine carbon particles- (soot-) resin blends, almost the same functional groups as observed in char-resin blends appeared. …”
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A Novel Angular-Guided Particle Swarm Optimizer for Many-Objective Optimization Problems by Fei Chen, Shuhuan Wu, Fang Liu, Junkai Ji, Qiuzhen Lin

“…Using an external archive, the local best particles are selected from the surrounding particles with the best convergence, while the global best particles are chosen from the top 20% particles with the better convergence among the entire particle swarm. …”
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Perspectives on Entangled Nuclear Particle Pairs Generation and Manipulation in Quantum Communication and Cryptography Systems by Octavian Dănilă, Paul E. Sterian, Andreea Rodica Sterian

“…In this paper, we present the perspective of exploiting the phenomenon of entanglement that appears in nuclear particle interactions as a resource for quantum key distribution protocols.…”
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Application of an Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm in the Robotic Arm of a Handling Robot by Zhang Zhenhe, Yang Daoyu, Shu Yibin, Liu Jiangyi, Cao Jingyi, Chen Meirong

“…Aiming at the time optimization problem of the space planning of the handling robot, an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) with dynamic learning factor, variable inertia weight factor and beetle antennae search (BAS) algorithm is proposed. …”
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Structure and spectra of photochemically obtained nanosized silver particles in presence of modified porous silica by Galina Krylova, Anna Eremenko, Natalia Smirnova, Susie Eustis

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Optimization of Edge Banding Process Parameters Used for Particle Board and Medium Density Fiberboard by Kucuk Huseyin Koc, Ender Hazir, Sedanur Seker

“…A central composite design (CCD) was used to investigate the optimal process parameters to achieve a maximum peeling strength for medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and particle board (PB). These materials were prepared using different feed speeds, temperatures, and amounts of adhesive. …”
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Prediction of Horizontal Pneumatic Conveying of Large Coal Particles Using Discrete Phase Model by Daolong Yang, Ge Li, Yanxiang Wang, Qingkai Wang, Jianping Li, Qianqian Huang, Youtao Xia, Qian Li

“…Compared with the experimental results under the same working condition, the particle trajectory obtained by simulation is similar to the particle distribution at the same position in the experiment, and it turns out that the simulation method is feasible for the horizontal pneumatic conveying of large particles. …”
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Particle size distributions and shape identification of pozzolanic materials via various dimensional representations by David Sinkhonde, Tajebe Bezabih, Derrick Mirindi

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Particle Flow Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Failure Behaviour in Composite Rock Strata with Holes by Chuanwei Zang, Hongmo Zhu, Miao Chen, Shuo Yang, Liu Yang, Jia Zhou, Zuoru Zhang, Yang Chen

“…Based on the uniaxial compression laboratory test of the specimens of composite rock strata containing holes, the microscopic parameters in the particle discrete element simulation are firstly calibrated. …”
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Determination of FMDV 146S particle concentration by spectrometric method during viral RNA quantification by M. I. Doronin, D. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, D. A. Lozovoy, Yu. S. El’kina, A. V. Borisov

“…During FMD vaccine production, special attention is paid to the concentration of 146S particles bearing the critical biological features of FMDV and being the main components that have an effect on vaccine immunogenicity. …”
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Unveiling the Molecular Architecture of HBV Spherical Subviral Particles: Structure, Symmetry, and Lipid Dynamics by Sonal Garg, Alyssa Ochetto, Jianming Hu, Joseph Che-Yen Wang

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Optimization of Gain, Impedance, and Bandwidth of Yagi-Uda Array Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Munish Rattan, Manjeet Singh Patterh, B. S. Sohi

“…Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a new, high-performance evolutionary technique, which has recently been used for optimization problems in antennas and electromagnetics. …”
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Effective Inertial Hand Gesture Recognition Using Particle Filtering Based Trajectory Matching by Zuocai Wang, Bin Chen, Jin Wu

“…The proposed method utilizes the attitude estimation to produce velocity and position estimation. A particle filter (PF) is employed to estimate the attitude quaternion from gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer sensors. …”
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Improvements of particle filter optimization algorithm for robust optimization under different types of uncertainties by Éva Kenyeres, Alex Kummer, János Abonyi

“…This paper presents a widely usable sampling-based methodology by improving the Particle Filter Optimization (PFO) algorithm. Case studies on benchmark functions and even on a practical example of a styrene reactor are introduced to verify the applicability of the proposed method on finding robust optimum, and show how the users can tune this algorithm according to their requirement. …”
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Optimal Control for a Parallel Hybrid Hydraulic Excavator Using Particle Swarm Optimization by Dong-yun Wang, Chen Guan

“…Optimal control using particle swarm optimization (PSO) is put forward in a parallel hybrid hydraulic excavator (PHHE). …”
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Analysis of nanofluid flow and heat transfer inside a channel with smoothed particle hydrodynamics by Ali Azad, Ali Akbar Abbasian Arani, Ali Arefmanesh, Rahim Shamsoddini

Subjects: “…Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)…”
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Spatial localization and diffusion of Dirac particles and waves induced by random temporal medium variations by Seulong Kim, Kihong Kim

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Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk by Manami Yamagishi, Naomichi Hatano, Hideaki Obuse

“…We aim to reproduce results obtained previously with classical active Brownian particles; that is, a Brownian particle, with finite energy take-up, becomes active and climbs up a potential wall. …”
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SOLID PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION. SOME ASPECT RELATED TO THE SHAPE EVALUATION BY USING SOFTWARE CORRELATIONS by EMILIAN-FLORIN MOSNEGUTU, VALENTIN NEDEFF, ALEXANDRA-DANA CHITIMUS, MARCIN JASIŃSKI, NARCIS BARSAN

Subjects: “…Riley's circularity, Mathcad 15, solid particle…”
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