Study on the Performances of PAC-13 Asphalt Mixture Containing Reclaimed Porous Asphalt Pavement by Fanlong Tang, Jianwei Fan, Tao Ma, Yinhao Sun

“…Additionally, it is recommended to select RAP material with a particle size of 4.75 mm or larger while ensuring that the proportion of RAP does not exceed 20%. …”
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Parametric Appraisal of Process Parameters for Adhesion of Plasma Sprayed Nanostructured YSZ Coatings Using Taguchi Experimental Design by Sisir Mantry, Barada K. Mishra, Madhusudan Chakraborty

“…Maximum adhesion strength of 40.56 MPa has been experimentally found out by selecting optimum levels of selected factors. The enhanced bond strength of nano-YSZ coating may be attributed to higher interfacial toughness due to cracks being interrupted by adherent nanozones.…”
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Physical Model Tests on Reinforced Loess Foundation Model Under Wetting and Loading by ZHANG Wan, MU Hongkun, LIU Fengyin, GUO Huaining, ZHAO Wei, XUE Yifeng

“…When the foundation was damaged, the crack depth equaled the depth of the entire reinforced zone, and the maximum crack width reached 2.5 cm. …”
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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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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dissimilar Resistance Spot Welded Zn-Coated DP800–TBF1180 Automotive Steels Using MFDC Technology by M. Hıdıroğlu, T.A. Başer, N. Kahraman

“…Therefore, LME crack formation were not observed according to magnetic particle test. …”
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Simulation Method for Complex Constraints and the Necessity of Joints in an Early-Age, Large-Volume Concrete Slab—A Case Study of Complex Column Grids and Wall Constraints by Wenqian Li, Wei Jiang, Chen Fu, Zhiyi Li, Hao Zhang

“…The goal was to reconcile the conflict between early-age and in-service performance through precise constraint modeling, offering theoretical foundations for selecting rational constraint parameters. This approach resolves critical issues in bottom slab design optimization and construction control, particularly addressing abnormal stress distributions and crack control challenges stemming from complex constraints.…”
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Research on Rejuvenation of Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymer Modified Asphalt with Rejuvenating Agent Based on Pre-Mixing Method by Rui Wang, Hongjuan Wu, Wei Zhang, Chengqin Chen

“…In this paper, the way of premixing rejuvenating agent and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) and extracting asphalt binder is selected, and the modification effect, mechanism, and optimal content of rejuvenating agent on Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymer (SBS) modified asphalt are studied. …”
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LEM-Detector: An Efficient Detector for Photovoltaic Panel Defect Detection by Xinwen Zhou, Xiang Li, Wenfu Huang, Ran Wei

“…To address the low detection accuracy for Crack and Star crack defects and the imbalanced dataset, a novel data augmentation method, the Linear Feature Augmentation (LFA) module, specifically designed for linear features, is introduced. …”
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Numerical study and pilot evaluation of experimental data measured on specimen loaded by bending and wedge splitting forces by S. Seitl, R. Diego Liedo

“…Therefore, in this paper, the compliance and calibration curves for a novel test geometry based on combination of the wedge splitting test and three-point bending test are introduced. These selected variants exhibit significantly various stress state conditions at the crack tip, or, more generally, in the whole specimen ligament. …”
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Soil Preferential Flow Characteristics in Coal Mine Subsidence Area under Different Rainfall Duration by GUO Qiaoling, HU Qian, DAI Bin, YUAN Yizhe, PENG Zikang

“…[Methods] Three cracks of the same width (3 cm) were selected in the coal mining subsidence area of Shenfu-Dongsheng Coal Field to carry out the staining tracer test under the same rainfall intensity and different rainfall durations. …”
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Design and Optimization Application of Cut Blasting Parameters for One-Time Completion of Blind Shaft by Yifeng Zhang, Yongsheng Jia, Nan Jiang, Quanming Xie, Lin Yuan, Yongbo Wu, Zehui Xu

“…The post-blasting cavity volume and crack length of these three different cutting methods are calculated and analyzed using numerical simulation. …”
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Damage Behavior of Multilayer Axisymmetric Shells Obtained by the FDM Method by Salenko O., Drahobetskyi V., Symonova A., Onishchenko E., Kostenko A., Tsurkan D., Vasiukov D.

“…The research demonstrates that this design feature helps localize damage and mitigates the formation of significant trunk cracks, particularly along generative cracks.…”
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Field investigation of grout propagation within a caving mass under flowing water conditions in a metal mine by Baofu Wu, Guilei Han, Zhiqi Wang, Jiabin Shi, Hongjiang You, Asrullah

“…Ultimately, five propagation filling modes—pure slurry, big crack, small crack, small karst pore, and pore penetration—were identified by examining the propagation filling characteristics of slurry in rock samples, incorporating microscopic material structure analysis through scanning electron microscopy and energy spectrum analysis. …”
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Infiltration-driven performance enhancement of poly-crystalline cathodes in all-solid-state batteries by Junghwan Sung, Junyoung Heo, Dong-Hee Kim, Hawon Gu, Yung-Soo Jo, Heetaek Park, Jun-Ho Park, Jeong-Hee Choi, Yoon-Cheol Ha, Doohun Kim, Jun-Woo Park

“…Abstract All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) with adequately selected cathode materials exhibit a higher energy density and better safety than conventional lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). …”
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A nonlinear concrete damaged plasticity model for simulation reinforced concrete structures using ABAQUS by Cuong Le Thanh, Hoang-Le Minh, Thanh Sang-To

“…The reinforced concrete beam and flat slab are selected as examples to evaluate the reliability of the model presented. …”
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Landslides and sinkholes of the karst environment in the vicinity of the Ufa river by N. A. Orlova

“…As a result of the study, the process sequence was presented for consideration, as well as the assumption was made about the lateral repulse crack deforming the slope surface after the formation of a block at the depth.Conclusion. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Durability Evaluation of Sandstone Concrete by Fayong Yang, Haibin Li, Guijuan Zhao, Ping Guo, Wenbo Li

“…To verify its feasibility, sandstone, syenite, marble, and basalt aggregates were selected to test the mechanical properties and road performance of the four aggregate concretes at 7, 28, 90, and 180 days. …”
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Enhancing food security through reducing Champa rice losses: Assessing the impact of crop moisture and harvesting methods on yield quantity and quality. by Jamshid Kyani, Mahmoud Ghasemi-Nejad-Raeini, Afshin Marzban

“…Conversely, at high moisture levels, grain combine harvesting led to the highest grain breakage (25.66%) and cracked grains (30.66%), whereas manual harvesting resulted in the lowest cracked grain percentage (2.66%). …”
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Test Research of Friction Performance of Sinter Brake Pad for EMU by WANG Fei, WANG Fengzhou

“…According to the research results, the stability of friction coefficient at low pressure, low speed and high temperature could be evaluated when the quality of brake pads need to be evaluated. Pad A was selected to be mounted at cars, and after the in-service test of 600,000 km, it didn’t appear any hot spots, scratches, thermal cracks and other bad phenomena on the brake disc friction surfaces, and the brake pad was in good condition without block dropping anomalies, which proved that the brake pads could meet the requirements of the 250 km/h EMU. …”
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Water Temperature Effect on Hardness and Flexural Strength of (PMMA/TiO2 NPs) for Dental Applications by Zaynab N.Rahseed Alraziqi

“…Although, a major problem with this resin is the frequent fractures due to heavy chewing forces which lead to early crack and fracture in clinical use. The addition of nanoparticles as filler performed in this study to enhance its selected mechanical properties. …”
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