Bridge service life and impact of maintenance events on the structural state index by Abdoul S. Bah, Yan Zhang, Kotaro Sasai, David Conciatori, Luc Chouinard, Nicolas Zufferey, Gabriel J. Power, Thomas Sanchez, Xuande Chen

“…The results show that visual inspections fail in detecting the onset of corrosion for preventive maintenance, and result in prematurely deficient structures. …”
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Laboratory Modeling of the Bazhenov Formation Organic Matter Transformation in a Semi-Open System: A Comparison of Oil Generation Kinetics in Two Samples with Type II Kerogen by Anton G. Kalmykov, Valentina V. Levkina, Margarita S. Tikhonova, Grigorii G. Savostin, Mariia L. Makhnutina, Olesya N. Vidishcheva, Dmitrii S. Volkov, Andrey V. Pirogov, Mikhail A. Proskurnin, Georgii A. Kalmykov

“…Differences between the samples were detected in hydrocarbon generation endurance (5 and 8 days), n-alkane composition, and C27/C29 and DBT/Phen. …”
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Isolation and identification of the causal agent of gummy stem blight disease in Cucumis sativus caused by a bacterial pathogen in China by Yidan Wang, Mengjun Jin, Chengde Yang, Fengfeng Cai, Richard Osei, Ting Ma, Cuiwen Zhang, Na Qi

“…Abstract Recently, a new bacterial disease was detected on cucumber stalks. In order to study the pathogenesis of this disease, the pathogenic bacteria were isolated and identified on the basis of morphological and molecular characteristics, and further analyzed for pathogenicity and antagonistic evaluation. …”
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Development of lignin-derived carbon from black liquor for conductive carbon material by Joni Prasetyo, Diah Kusmardini, Nelis Cahyani Gulo, Ronaldus Heritarto, Firman Tri Ajie, Sun Theo Constan Lotebulo Ndruru, Galuh Wirama Murti, Agus Salim Afrozi, Auring Rachminisari, Hikmat Hikmat, Rhahmasari Ismet

“…Slow pyrolysis cracked and increased lignin rather than expanding the surface area. …”
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Deep Learning in Visual Computing and Signal Processing by Danfeng Xie, Lei Zhang, Li Bai

“…In this study, we not only review typical deep learning algorithms in computer vision and signal processing but also provide detailed information on how to apply deep learning to specific areas such as road crack detection, fault diagnosis, and human activity detection. …”
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Landslide Recognition Based on DeepLabv3+ Framework Fusing ResNet101 and ECA Attention Mechanism by Xinfang Chen, Shiwei Wang, Venkata Dinavahi, Lijia Yang, Dibai Wu, Meiyi Shen

“…The results show that the improved model has a better detection effect on landslides.…”
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Research on Effects of Blast Casting Vibration and Vibration Absorption of Presplitting Blasting in Open Cast Mine by Li Ma, Kemin Li, Shuangshuang Xiao, Xiaohua Ding, Sydney Chinyanta

“…Based on the analysis of the principles of vibration tester and vibration pick-up in detecting blast vibrations, a detection scheme of blast vibration is worked out by taking the blast area with precrack rear and non-precrack side of the detection object. …”
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Scientific mapping of artificial intelligence (AI) assisted applications in historical building conservation by İzzettin Kutlu

“…Defects such as mortar losses, joint damage, discoloration, erosion, cracks, vegetation, leakage, and vandalism seen in cultural heritage buildings negatively affect their structural health. …”
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Quantification of Lamb Wave-based SHM technique through Ground Test under simulated flight environment for commercial airplane by Pu Xie, Susheel Yadav, Amrita Kumar, Jeong-Beom Ihn, Fu-Kuo Chang

“…Aimed at achieving FAA first targeted application for FAA certification, the study leverages SMART layer technology to construct a sensor network, facilitating real-time damage assessment through Damage Index (DI) analysis for precise crack detection and localization. The core of our approach involves the utilization of DI values, obtained from the sensor data, to assess crack progression and pinpoint structural anomalies, highlighting the capability of SHM systems in enhancing maintenance efficiency and aircraft safety. …”
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An Automatic Measurement Method of Test Beam Response Based on Spliced Images by Dong Liang, Jing Liu, Lida Wang, Chenjing Liu, Jia Liu

“…Information such as cracks and deflections is the important basis for structural safety. …”
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Plug Valve Surface Defects Identification through Nondestructive Testing and Fuzzy Deep-Learning Algorithm for Metal Porosity and Surface Evaluation by V. Jacintha, S. Karthikeyan, P. Sivaprakasam

“…This paper addresses the detection and identification of flaws in Plug valves. …”
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New Sensors and Techniques for the Structural Health Monitoring of Propulsion Systems by Mark Woike, Ali Abdul-Aziz, Nikunj Oza, Bryan Matthews

“…This includes evaluating the performance of a novel microwave blade tip clearance sensor; a vibration based crack detection technique using an externally mounted capacitive blade tip clearance sensor; and lastly the results of using data driven anomaly detection algorithms for detecting cracks in a rotating disk.…”
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Effect of Dielectric Layer on Miniaturized Patch Antenna Sensor by Caifeng Chen, Lei Zou, Chenglong Bi, Andong Wang

“…Miniature patch antenna sensors have great potential in the field of structural health monitoring for crack propagation detection due to their small size and high sensitivity. …”
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Symptoms of herpesvirus infection in reproductive disorders in married couples by E. K. Shushakova, V. S. Markina, S. V. Nikolaeva, T. A. Ruzhencova

“…Laboratory examination of the spermogram in the vast majority of patients of the main group revealed teratozoospermia. Detection of HSV-1, 2 by the culture method in 100% of cases, along with the detection of antibodies of class IgA or IgM (less often) confirms infection. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of Internal Pavement Distresses Based on 3D Ground Penetrating Radar by Yong Liu, Zhiwen Zhang, Yang Yuan, Yunsheng Zhu, Kaifeng Wang

“…In this paper, 3D GPR was used to investigate four typical internal distresses of existing asphalt pavement in Guangzhou- Shaoguan Expressway, including cracks, loose, cavities, and poor interlayer bonding. …”
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A Method to Predict Rock Fracture with Infrared Thermography Based on Heat Diffusion Analysis by Nai-Fu Deng, Lan Qiao, Qing-wen Li, Jia-Wang Hao, Shan Wu

“…However, the direct detection or observation of these tiny developed cracks is not practical due to the limitation of current instruments which can only capture and recognize macrocracks. …”
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OPTOELECTRONIC PATTERNING OF INTERNAL SURFACES IN CASTING AND METALLURGY by E. I. Marukovich, A. P. Markov, D. V. Efimenko, V. V. Konov, A. V. Ivanov

“…Visual scanning of internal surfaces and twisting channels with endo-, bore-, tele- and videoscopes raises technological control and crack detection to the modem level of hardware support of casting and metallurgy technologies.…”
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Defect segmentation network of photovoltaic modules based on multi-scale convolution and attention mechanism by Dang Ning, Li Shifeng, Yu Kunyi

“…Finally, the defects (heat spots, cracks, bird feces) of photovoltaic modules are detected and classified by lightweight network MobileNetV3, with an accuracy of 98.82%. …”
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Instability Analysis and Reinforcement Support Technology of Coal-Rock Interbed Roadway in Gaojiazhuang Coal Mine by Chaolin Liu, Guohua Zhang

“…Based on the ultrasonic detection technology, it is proved that the roadway side failure has strong zoning characteristics, and the failure range and stress distribution range of the surrounding rock of the belt roadway in the 2103 working face of Gaojiazhuang Coal Mine are detected. …”
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斜齿圆柱齿轮裂纹扩展特性及剩余寿命研究 by 吴金亮, 汪中厚, 李刚

“…With the development of the modern detection technology,carrying out the gear life prediction with initial crack is of great significance to power transmission device in special situations and precision predict the gear life.Based on the theory of linear elastic fracture mechanics,the stress intensity factor at the different pinion crack positions of a five-speed gear-type transmission is analyzed by using boundary element analysis software FRANC3 D.The crack propagation path and process is explored,and the failure characteristics of crack propagation in the central tooth root and its crack propagation life are predicted.This gear crack propagation research methods is not only enriches the theoretical strength of the gear but also provides a good reference for the optimization of gear design theory.…”
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