Seismic performance of reinforced concrete columns with plain longitudinal reinforcing bars by Pham, Thanh Phuong, Li, Bing

“…The performance of specimens was discussed in terms of crack patterns, hysteretic response, initial stiffness, shear strength, drift capacity, and energy dissipation capacity. …”
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Agarose as a tissue mimic for the porcine heart, kidney, and liver: measurements and a springpot model by Mishra, A, Cleveland, RO

“…Frequency sweep tests were performed from 0.1 Hz to a maximum of 9.5 Hz at a shear strain amplitude of 0.1% for agarose and porcine organs. …”

Carbon-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures and their photoresponse behaviors by Zhan, Zhaoyao

“…Carbon nanomaterials are unique in terms of structure, carbon nanotube (CNT) bears a hollow one-dimensional structure; and graphene is an one-atom-thick sheet and has extremely high specific surface area; both of them are presenting excellent charge transport capability. …”
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Investigation of nano-copper for electronic packaging application : solder metallization and die attach by Luo, Kaiming

“…Nano-copper (NC) has been developed recently with good potential for electronic packaging applications. …”
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Comparison of Finite Element Methods and Satellite InSAR for Monitoring Deformations of a Large Tailings Dam by Fetell, Robert Henry

“…This site has a well-documented history of lateral deformations in a critical section (XVIE) of the East dam that have been attributed to a deep-seated translation mechanism of shearing through the underlying Pliocene, glacial clays. …”
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Theoretical study on forced convection filmwise condensation inside converging channels in the presence of a non-condensable gas by Liu, Pengfei, Ho, Jin Yao, Kandasamy, Ranjith, Wong, Teck Neng

“…Comparatively, the increased interfacial shear stress results in the normalized heat transfer coefficient along the entire channel to be enhanced. …”
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The corrosion of stirrups and its effect on the seismic fragility of a corroded reinforced concrete (RC) column by Zhang, Guanghui, Li, Bing

“…It deteriorates the confinement behaviour and thus decreases the shear resistant capacity, potentially changing the failure modes from ductile flexural failure mode to brittle flexural-shear failure mode, or even shear failure mode. …”
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Development of a perfusable, hierarchical microvasculature-on-a-chip model by Chen, Sophia W., Blazeski, Adriana, Zhang, Shun, Shelton, Sarah E., Offeddu, Giovanni S., Kamm, Roger D.

“…Several methods have been developed for generating 3D, in vitro, organ-on-chip models of human vasculature to study vascular function, transport, and tissue engineering. …”
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Processing and early age properties of 3D printed sustainable concrete by Ho, Garrick Sze Jian

“…3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) has been around for several years now and it one technique that can minimize waste, man hours and costs with productivity, safety and sustainability being improved at the same time. …”
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Analysis and design of curved steel beam member in elevation using Eurocode 3 by Yandarmadi, Kelvin

“…Thirdly, the comparison is done on the bending moment, shear force and axial force on three different boundary conditions for curved steel beam member in elevation. …”
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Structural upgrading of reinforced concrete beams by MacAlevey, Niall F.

“…Slant shear tests were carried on 60 composite prisms of varying concrete strengths and surface preparations, using both static and dynamic loading. …”
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Combined effects of muscle fatigue and decision making on knee joint biomechanics by Wang, Nan.

“…However, only increased knee extension moment and peak proximal tibial anterior shear force were found when the task was activating by unanticipated stimulus. …”
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Dumbbell-shaped block copolymers for the fabrication of anisotropic soft actuators by Pan, Houwen Matthew, Chan, Jonathan Kai Bin, Sarkar, Jit, Goto, Atsushi

“…However, to date, bottlebrush or comb copolymer self-assemblies have only been utilized in fabricating isotropic actuators. …”
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Potential utilisation of solar-assisted kiln dryer in bamboo drying by Zafhian, Zahidah, Muhammad Roseley, Adlin Sabrina, Shing, Sik Huei, Beng, Ong Chee, Rabidin, Zairul Amin

“…The drying time of G. levis culm has been reduced to about 40 days compared to the conventional air drying of 70 days using the solar-assisted kiln dryer. …”
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High-strength concrete deep beams with different web reinforcements under combined loading by Weng, Li Wei.

“…The investigations described in this thesis are principally concerned with the general behaviour, analysis and design in shear of reinforced concrete deep beams subjected to combined loading with various top to bottom loading ratios. …”
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Electrostatic adhesion pad for wall climbing robot by Suriyono

“…It not only improved the shear strength, but it made a breakthrough in both cost and ease of manufacture.…”
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Stress investigation on crack tip plastic zone - part II: sub-interface crack and crack in layered materials by Poh, Xuan You.

“…Elastic-plastic stress analysis has been carried out for the value of J Integral of a sub-interface crack with small scale yielding. …”
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Develop 3D printable food ink based on whole food by Loh, Nixon Yong Quan

“…The ink also exhibited a shear thinning characteristics which are ideal for 3D food printing.…”
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Metal additive manufacturing repair study on rail steel with Stellite 6 powder by Nellian, Alagu Subramaniam, Pang, John Hock Lye

“…The measured wear data and wear coefficients for Stellite 6 and rail steel were fitted to Archard's wear model. Shear testing was conducted to measure the clad/substrate shear strength as an indication of the metallurgical bond strength. …”
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Control of cylinder wake using oscillatory morphing surface by Zeng, Lingwei, New, Tze How, Tang, Hui

“…With the highest-frequency oscillations, the shear layer develops into a train of many small vortices that follow the trace of undisturbed shear layer. …”
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