Stability of laminated composites with delaminations by Yap, Chun Wee

“…In this thesis, investigation on buckling problem of composite beam is carried out. A new formula which is denoted as CLT method 3 is derived to calculate the effective flexural stiffness of the thin composite beam. …”
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Damage identification by using a self-synchronizing multipoint laser doppler vibrometer by Miao, Hong, Zhu, Changchun, Yang, Chong, Fu, Yu, Yuan, Jianmin, Guo, Min, Yan, Keyu, Liu, Huan

“…In this paper, a damage detection technique is proposed using a self-synchronizing multipoint LDV. Multiple laser beams with various frequency shifts are projected on different points of the object, reflected and interfered with a common reference beam. …”
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Target Design and Optimizations for Spent Fuel Transmutation by Tukharyan, Grigor

“…This thesis examines the feasibility of using proton beams to transmute LLFPs into shorterlived or stable isotopes. …”
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Analysis and design recommendations for structures strengthened by prestressed bonded Fe-SMA by Li, Lingzhen, Wang, Sizhe, Chatzi, Eleni, Motavalli, Masoud, Ghafoori, Elyas

“…In this study, a symmetric strengthening model and an asymmetric strengthening model are developed to analyze the prestress level in steel and glass beams and plates strengthened by bonded Fe-SMA strips. …”
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Coherently tunable triangular trefoil phaseonium metamaterial by Soci, Cesare, Nguyen, Duc Minh, Ooi, Raymond C. H.

“…Phaseonium is a three-level Λ quantum system, in which a coherent microwave and an optical control (pump) beams can be used to actively modulate the dielectric response. …”
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Experiment and analysis of a hybrid composite post-tension plate girder by Al Mustawfi, Sahib, Safiee, Nor Azizi, Abu Bakar, Nabilah, Abd Karim, Izian, Mohd Nasir, Noor Azline

“…They are typically made up of built-up sections in the shape of I-beams. Web and flange plates withstand shear force and bending moment, respectively. …”
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The Impact of Vegetation Morphology on Turbulence and Bedload Transport by Zhao, Tian

“…Results of flume experiments using a constant channel average velocity revealed that bedload transport was predominantly correlated with near-bed turbulence, but was also weakly correlated with near-bed velocity. …”
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Spatial aliasing effects in a steerable parametric loudspeaker for stereophonic sound reproduction by Shi, Chuang, Nomura, Hideyuki, Kamakura, Tomoo, Gan, Woon-Seng

“…We are motivated to make use of the spatial aliasing effects to create two sound beams from one unit of the steerable parametric loudspeaker. …”
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Non-Abelian adiabatic geometric transformations in a cold strontium gas by Leroux, Frederic, Miniatura, Christian, Grémaud, Benoît, Wilkowski, David, Rebhi, Riadh, Pandey, K., Chevy, F.

“…It leads to a thermometry method based on the interferometric displacement of atoms in the tripod beams.…”
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Clouds and hazes in Saturn's troposphere and stratosphere by Merlet, CTC

“…The haze physical and optical properties can however be independently retrieved from VIMS near-infrared spectra at shorter wavelengths in the 0.8-3.5 <em>μ</em>m spectral range. …”

Loss analysis of a mix-flow turbine with nozzled twin-entry volute at different admissions by Xue, Yingxian, Yang, Mingyang, Martinez-Botas, Ricardo F., Romagnoli, Alessandro, Deng, Kangyao

“…Loss breakdown of turbine shows that loss is higher in nozzle but lower in rotor when the majority of flow is fed from upper part of the component (near shroud). Opposite phenomenon happens when the majority is fed from lower part (near hub). …”
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Battery plug - in electric car : Vehicle chassis components design and modification by Tow, Edward

“…Electric powered vehicles have been in existence for nearly 100 years. The rise in popularity today for many are perhaps of the same reasons when they were first popular. …”
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Converse flexoelectric effect in comb electrode piezoelectric microbeam by Shen, Zhiyuan, Chen, Wei

“…The fringe electric field of a comb electrode induces converse flexoelectric responses in uniformly poled and depoled beams. The simulated electric field distribution shows that bending of the beam is induced by piezoelectric and μ11, μ12 flexoelectric coefficients. …”
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Effect of initial chirp on soliton pulse compression in the ionization regime by Wan, Ying, Chang, Wonkeun

“…Its growing interest in the field is motivated by the system's ability to guide high-power, broadband beams, as well as its dispersion and nonlinear properties that can be controlled precisely through changing the filling gas species or pressure. …”
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Failure mode classification for reinforced concrete members using data-driven approaches by Ong, Billy

“…This study aims to classify images of reinforced concrete (RC) structures by examining characteristic crack patterns associated with specific failure modes in RC columns, beams, and walls. Post-classification, shear strength equations are employed to determine the shear force to predicted shear strength ratio (m), utilizing various parameters obtained from the collected database. …”
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Liquid crystal spiral phase plate : design, fabrication and characterization by Wang, Qin

“…Moreover, SPP have found applications in edge contrast enhancement in microscopy, optical vortex coronagraph and generating radially polarized beams etc. Among various kinds of SPP, Liquid crystal spiral phase plates (LC SPP) have the potential advantages of dynamic switching between optical vortices with different topological charge, adaptability to any visible wavelength and capability to realize high slice number etc. …”
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Control of airflow rate in ACB – HVAC systems using Damper by Krishnan, Ananth

“…HVAC systems have gained a lot of popularity over the past few decades. Active Chilled Beams have been incorporated in HVAC systems to result in an increase energy efficiency, cost reduction and reduce building height. …”
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Tailoring engineered cementitious composites for impact resistance by Yang, En-Hua., Li, Victor C.

“…Low speed drop weight tower test on ECC panels and beams was also conducted. Damage characteristics, load and energy dissipation capacities, and response to repeated impacts, were studied.…”
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Safety analysis of active mobility mode by Ho, Siu Joon

“…Logistical regression model was chosen as it can be used as future predictor for near misses or crashes at a particular location. …”
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Machine learning applied in reconstruction of unitary matrix for quantum computation by Zhang, Haochi, Cai, H., Paesani, S., Santagati, R., Laing, A., Kwek, L. C., Liu, Ai Qun

“…The scheme is based on the measurement of single-photon and two-photon statistics using coherent beams.…”
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