Poro–perm relations of Mesozoic carbonates and fault breccia, Araxos Promontory, NW Greece by S. C. Vinciguerra, F. Vagnon, I. Bottero, J. Fortin, A. V. Petrullo, D. Spanos, A. Pagoulatos, F. Agosta, F. Agosta

“…Selected samples were also tested in pressure vessels with confining pressure up to 80 MPa to reproduce in situ conditions. …”
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Experimental and analytical study of the residual performance of reinforced concrete deep beams with circular web openings by Mohammad Shabanlou, Zeinab Meghdadi, Seyed Hamidreza Ghaffar

“…Using an image processing method to measure the maximum crack widths, it was observed that specimens with openings exhibited greater maximum crack widths compared to solid specimens. …”
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Investigation of the possibility of increasing the life of dump truck frames by Muagkih I.D., Goryunov S.V., Udalova J.S.

“…The article discusses the main causes of cracks in the frames of a quarry dump truck, provides statistical patterns of crack formation, which were obtained by expert survey. …”
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The non-proportionality of local stress paths in engineering applications by C. Riess, M. Obermayr, M. Vormwald

“…The aim of the planned tests is to get a high non-proportionality at the potential crack initiation site. It is not possible to obtain a high non-proportionality factor at the failure location without selective weakening of the component (housing of a rear axle steering). …”
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The non-proportionality of local stress paths in engineering applications by C. Riess, M. Obermayr, M. Vormwald

“…The aim of the planned tests is to get a high non-proportionality at the potential crack initiation site. It is not possible to obtain a high non-proportionality factor at the failure location without selective weakening of the component (housing of a rear axle steering). …”
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Probabilistic Fracture Analysis and Discussion of Reactor Pressure Vessel in Domestic Pressurized Water Reactor by ZENG Xin1, TAN Jianping1, REN Qianyi1, LIU Changjun1, , FENG Churan2, DENG Wei2, MA Chao2

“…The results show that the through-wall crack frequency (TWCF) of the new domestic power plant RPV under selected typical transient conditions meeting the criterion of ＜1×10−6/(reactor·year), and has a large safety margin. …”

Experimental Study on Surface Polishing of SLM-316L Stainless Steel via Laser Treatment and Mechanical Grinding by Wei Fang, Qiuling Wen, Jiaxin Hu, Feng Jiang, Zhongwei Hu, Xian Wu, Jinlin Yang, Xiaoguang Wang

“…This work focuses on the surface polishing of selective laser melting (SLM) 316L stainless steel using 1064 nm nanosecond laser processing and mechanical grinding. …”
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Experimental Research on Fatigue Behavior of Existing Reinforced Concrete Beams by Guangzhen Qu, Pingming Huang, Guangli Zhou, Sizhong Lv

“…The fatigue failure of the beams showed that the outermost rebar at the butt weld fractured at first, and the crack width at the fracture position of the steel bar was about 0.3 mm, which was largest in all cracks. …”
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Self-healing behaviour of lignin-containing epoxidized natural rubber compounds by Bedriye Nur Yeşil, Tuba Ünügül, Bağdagül Karaağaç

“…The self-healing approach is considered a good solution to provide longer service life by instantaneous repairing these cracks by means of internal and external stimulants. …”
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Structural Health Monitoring by Fiber Optic Sensors by Alfredo Guemes, Luis Eduardo Mujica, Daniel del-Río-Velilla, Antonio Fernandez-Lopez

“…Although a crack creates a significant strain field at its tip, its effect on the strain field becomes nearly negligible only a few centimeters away from the crack, which complicates the task of damage detection. …”
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Stress-strain relationship of airfoiled-shaped milled-cut steel fiber-reinforced concrete under uniaxial compression: Experiments and analytical model by Shiqi Liu, Xianlin Wang, Yongjun Li, Yuqing Liu

“…MSF prevents the propagation of axial primary cracks and controls the maximum crack width to less than 1 mm. …”
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Study on the Creep and Fracture Evolution Mechanism of Rock Mass with Weak Interlayers by Na Zhao, Yibin Zhang, Haibin Miao, Lixin Meng

“…We focused on the final failure mode and creep curve of the rock mass with a weak interlayer (θ = 30°, d = 20 mm, c = 1) as examples by selecting the crack distribution state of the model during compression at different time steps. …”
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Comprehensive material activation of concrete structures by Oksana Korobko, Valerii Vyrovoy, Iryna Grynyova, Pavlo Vegera

“…Furthermore, activation allows for precise regulation of the initial setting time within a range of 15 to 210 minutes and reduces the final setting time by 15 to 90 minutes, lowering damage from technological defects by up to 10% and increasing flexural strength by up to 40%. The increase in crack resistance and concrete strength is achieved through the internal and external introduction of optimal fillers, carefully selected based on their specific surface area and quantity, along with the application of fractal-matrix resonators. …”
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Analysis of Wood Pallet Quality Control with Six Sigma and FMEA Methods by Maghrufan Khakim, Said Salim Dahda

“…Based on the analysis using SIX SIGMA and FMEA, quality improvement proposals for the company, namely conducting training and training so that employee knowledge and skills increase, selecting pallets that meet the standards, and adding lighting in the work area.   …”
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Effect of Dielectric Layer on Miniaturized Patch Antenna Sensor by Caifeng Chen, Lei Zou, Chenglong Bi, Andong Wang

“…Furthermore, the resonant frequency of the smaller-sized patch antenna sensor exhibits greater detection sensitivity to crack propagation. These insights provide useful guidance for selecting effective dielectric layers and assist in the miniaturization design of antenna sensors.…”
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Mechanical Properties of Full-Scale Prestressed Concrete Beams with Thin Slab after Exposure to Actual Fire by Chaowei Hao, Yanjiang Chen, Yu Tang, Laiyong Wang

“…Four representative full-scale prestressed concrete beams were selected. Through the comparative test of the ultimate bearing capacity of such beams, the laws of the deflection deformation, strain distribution, crack formation, and crack development were obtained. …”
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Shear Failure of Bolted Joints considering Mesoscopic Deformation Characteristics of Rock by Yanhui Cheng, Dongliang He, Jianyu Yang

“…The greater the bond stiffness ratio, the greater the number of cracks.…”
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Treatment of Natural Fiber for Application in Concrete Pavement by Anteneh Geremew, Pieter De Winne, Tamene Adugna Demissie, Hans De Backer

“…Concrete crack is one of the main problems observed in concrete technology due to drying shrinkage. …”
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Fracture resistance of rubbers with MWCNT, organoclay, silica and carbon black fillers as assessed by the J-integral: Effects of rubber type and filler concentration by T. Ricco, S. Passera, G. Ramorino, S. Agnelli, J. Karger-Kocsis

“…CTOD* = 0.1 mm was considered as crack initiation threshold and thus assigned to the critical value JIc. …”
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Optimizing maize germination forecasts with random forest and data fusion techniques by Lili Wu, Yuqing Xing, Kaiwen Yang, Wenqiang Li, Guangyue Ren, Debang Zhang, Huiping Fan

“…Features such as color, shape, texture, crack count, and normalized voltage were used to form feature vectors. …”
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