Browsing by Subject "structural"
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(2015-07-28)Acoustic emissions monitoring is a novel form of nondestructive testing by which the elastic waves that propagate through materials and structures are detected and observed. It allows previously unknown information about ...
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(2010-07-14)In post-tensioned (PT) bridges, prestressing steel tendons are the major load carrying components. These tendons consist of strands, ducts, and cementitious grout that fill the interstitial space between the strands and ...
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(2022-04-21)The residential building market has long been dominated by concrete floor systems due to their shallow depth, which allows for more floors in multi-story buildings. However, hot-rolled asymmetric I-beams, or A-shapes, are ...
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(2011-10-21)Morphing air vehicles enable more efficient and capable multi-role aircraft by adapting their shape to reach an ideal configuration in an ever-changing environment. Morphing capability is envisioned to have a profound ...
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(2023-05-01)Lithium-ion batteries have undergone 30 years of development and dominated the secondary battery market in portable devices. However, in harsher and more complex applications, such as electric vehicles, aerospace, subsea, ...
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(2014-04-18)Thermally responsive shape memory alloys (SMA) demonstrate interesting properties like shape memory effect (SME) and superelasticity (SE). SMA components in the form of wires, springs and beams typically exhibit complex, ...