Discontinuity of overhanging melt track in selective laser melting process by Le, Kim Quy, Wong, Chee How, Chua, Gregory Kok Hong, Tang, Chao, Du, Hejun

“…The simulation model was achieved by incorporating Fresnel reflections in the laser beam through the ray-tracing model. The CFD model was employed to investigate different overhanging situations, including perpendicular and parallel overhanging melt tracks on a cuboid block, as well as parallel melt tracks on an inclined block. …”
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Experimental and numerical study of self-locking adaptable inter connection for modular steel structures by Nadeem, Gohar, Safiee, Nor Azizi, Bakar, Nabilah Abu, Karim, Izian Abd, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline

“…The results showed that reinforced joints sustained 80% of the limit of the rigid joint at an inter-story drift ratio of 0.04 radian and satisfied the condition for strong column weak beam joint mechanism. Non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was conducted on this adaptable connection with a parametric study to study more influences of other related parameters. …”

Fabrication of gold nanotip arrays using anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) template by Lim, Xin Yuan.

“…They are usually fabricated by a combination of DRIE (Dry-Reactive-Ion-etching) and FIB (Focused-Ion-Beam) processes. However these processes require many fabrication steps, are high in cost and are limited in material choices. …”
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Two dimensional materials-based multi gated devices and simulation by An, Yicheng

“…In this research project, mechanical exfoliation has been used to prepare 2D semiconductors and electron beam lithography has been used to fabricate the samples of multi-coplanar gates transistors. …”
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Effect of hydrogen peroxide sterilization on properties and degradation of poly (ε-caprolactone) and poly (L-lactide-co-ε-caprocaltone) by Sia, Denia.

“…There are several techniques available to sterilize biomedical devices such as autoclave, gamma and E-beam radiation. However, there are drawbacks in those techniques especially towards biodegradable polymers. …”
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Multi-stable configurations for vibration-based energy harvester by Wileen Kristanto

“…This report will illustrate and analyse the linear and non-linear experiment for the Bimorph, Fibreglass, and Aluminium cantilever beam, as well as discuss the future work of the research.…”
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Growth and characterization of III-V quantum dots on SI-based substrate by Leong, Yu Yan

“…Using the solid-source molecular beam epitaxy, a defect-free GaAs heteroepitaxy on Ge surface can be obtained by employing the low temperature migration enhanced epitaxy technique. …”
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Modelling the electrical characteristics of SiNWs/organic solar cells by Tay, Chiu Kee

“…Whereas, the test subject used in experiment is planar Si/MoOx heterojunction solar cell, which is fabricated by e-beam evaporation, with indium tin oxide as an antireflection coating at the top layer grown by radio frequency sputtering. …”
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FPS-Net: a convolutional fusion network for large-scale LiDAR point cloud segmentation by Xiao, Aoran, Yang, Xiaofei, Lu, Shijian, Guan, Dayan, Huang, Jiaxing

“…Scene understanding based on LiDAR point cloud is an essential task for autonomous cars to drive safely, which often employs spherical projection to map 3D point cloud into multi-channel 2D images for semantic segmentation. …”
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A Report From the Drilling Riser VIV and Wellhead Fatigue JIP: Full-Scale Drilling Riser VIV Measurements and Comparisons With Predictions by Resvanis, Themistocles L., Vandiver, J. Kim, McNeill, Scot

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Phase Change Dispersion Made by Condensation–Emulsification by Fischer, Ludger J., Dhulipala, Somayajulu, Varanasi, Kripa K.

“…They are manufactured by high shear equipment like rotor-stator systems. A recently published method to produce emulsions by the direct condensation of the dispersed phase into the emulsifier-containing continuous phase is applied on this PCD. n-Decane is used as PCM, and the melting temperature is -30 °C. …”
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The Influence of Root Geometry on Soil Cohesion and Anchoring Ability through Geologic Time by Colicci, Vittorio

“…Force laws were then derived to approximate the anchoring contributions of root weight, sediment weight, static friction, and shear strength. This analysis revealed a strong dependence on the span, surface area, and volume of the root system, which were used to normalize values across different geometries. …”
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Turbulent Flow over a Flexible Wall Undergoing a Streamwise Traveling Wavy Motion by Shen, Lian, Zhang, Xiang, Yue, Dick K.P., Triantafyllou, Michael S.

“…Above a threshold value of c/U ≈ 1, separation is eliminated; and, relative to small- c/U cases, turbulence intensity and turbulent shear stress are reduced significantly. The drag force decreases monotonically as c/U increases while the power required for the transverse motion generally increases for large c/U; the net power input is found to reach a minimum at c/U ≈ 1.2 (for fixed U). …”
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Polydopamine nano-hybrids : interfacial and photoactive role in epoxy nanocomposites and polymerization by Subramanian, Alamelu Suriya

“…The results showed as much as 100% improvement in lap shear strength compared to unfilled epoxies bonded on aluminum substrates. …”
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Design of floating photovoltaic structures in coastal waters by Tan, Pek Yeu

“…The rheological properties of the covers will be tested using DMA via small amplitude oscillatory shear test. The experiments will attempt to study the effects of stiffness of cover on the amplitude of cover, the wave attenuation of cover, and the damping effect of the cover. …”
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Ecocement for beach erosion control by Chua, Xue Ning

“…Unconfined compression (UC) tests were used to measure the shear strength of the treated sand in laboratory. …”
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Multi jet fusion of ZnO nanorod-reinforced PA12 nanocomposites by Seah, Ying Ting

“…Nanorods can helps to eliminate the shear induced alignment of short fibres. Together, this work provides a superior mechanical performance polymeric nano composite for the additive manufacturing. …”
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Solder joint testing and failure analysis by Kang, Eng Tat.

“…Adhesively bonded joints within most electronic devices are constantly subjected to a complex combination of tensile-shear loading. These devices are also likely to undergo thermo-mechanical cycling during device processing and service and therefore, the joints are likely to have existing low-cycle fatigue cracks, which might adversely affect the joint mechanical integrity under various loading situations. …”
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Physical properties of keropok (fried crisps) in relation to the amylopectin content of the starch flours by Mohamed, Suhaila, Abdullah, Norakiah, Muthu, Mangayar Karasi

“…These starches can be recognised physically by their clarity on gelatinisation, stability to retrogradation, low resistance to shear and high cold‐paste viscosity. The addition of mung bean flour to tapioca flour helped increase the protein content and flavour of the keropok; it also reduced the oil absorption of the keropok during frying. …”

Compressibility behavior of marine clay treated by combination of coal ash and cement by Pakir, F, Ismail, N A, Yunos, N Z M, Jamaludin, N, Talib, M K A, Dan, M F M, Madun, A

“…A lot of engineering problems could arise either during or after the construction phase due to low shear strength and high compressibility of this soil in the form of excessive settlement, slope instability or bearing capacity failure. …”
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