Modeling Sandbar Effects on Nearshore Waves and Morphological Change using SWAN by Murman, Charles E.

“…Simulations were run with observed bathymetry for both the outer bar and inner shallow bathymetry, with smoothed outer bar and observed shallow bathymetry, and with digital elevation model bathymetry to determine the effects of outer bar and shallow bathymetry on wave evolution.…”
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Thermomechanical coupling during large strain deformation of polycarbonate: experimental study by Song, P, Chapman, D, Graham, A, Trivedi, A, Siviour, C

“…Typically, this is expected to result in a reduction in stress at large strain, compared to the behaviour under isothermal conditions; however, compared to other glassy polymers, it has been observed that less softening than expected is experienced in polycarbonate at high strain rates. …”

Alternative solution for pre-treatment of seawater for the desalination process by Goh, Qing Kai

“…The NF membranes were able to sustain its original flux performance at 2.5 bar much longer than the UF membrane could at 0.25 bar. …”
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Fabrication of hollow fiber membranes using amphiphilic block copolymers as pore-forming additives by Loh, Chun Heng

“…When Pluronic F127 concentration was 10 wt%, the as-spun hollow fiber exhibited the highest PWP of 114 L/m2•h•bar and the lowest MWCO of 9 kDa. Due to the good performance of Pluronic F127 in PES membrane fabrication, it has been selected as the amphiphilic additive to further study the formation of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes. …”
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Dual layer composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes for low-pressure water softening by Setiawan, Laurentia, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…The newly developed (PAI-PAAm)-PES dual layer hollow fiber membranes show a salt water permeability of 15.8 L/m2.h.bar and high Mg2+ and Ca2+ rejections of 94.2% and 92.3%, respectively, at operating pressure of 2 bar using a 3000 ppm TDS feed solution. …”
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Seismic behavior of interior concretebeam-column joints with non-seismic and limited seismic detailing by Li, Qingyuan.

“…The beams and columns were not severely damaged while shear failure formed in the joints. …”
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Preparation of low-pressure water softening hollow fiber membranes by polyelectrolyte deposition with two bilayers by Rajabzadeh, Saeid, Liu, Chang, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…A salt water flux (SWP) of 12 LMH/bar and 94% Mg2 + rejection was obtained by depositing only two bilayers of PSS/PAH polyelectrolytes on the PES substrate, while for the 3000 ppm mixed salt solution, the water permeability was 11 LMH/bar with Mg2 + and Ca2 + rejection as high as 90%. …”
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Polyamide-imide hollow fiber membranes crosslinked with amine-appended inorganic networks for application in solvent-resistant nanofiltration under low operating pressure by Lim, Siow Kee, Setiawan, Laurentia, Bae, Tae-Hyun, Wang, Rong

“…The development of polyamide-imide (PAI) hollow fiber membranes for solvent-resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) in polar aprotic solvents such as dimethylformamide (DMF) under low operating pressure of 2 bar is reported in current study. Highly porous PAI substrates were fabricated and crosslinked with (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APTMS). …”
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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

“…A bonded Fe-SMA strengthening solution with partial activation has been proposed. However, an analytical model for assessing the strengthening efficiency was lacking, due to the unique nature of the employed prestressing mechanism involving heating. …”
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Properties and flexural performance of iron ore tailings concrete by Oritola, Sikiru Folahan

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Enhancing the Permselectivity of Thin-Film Composite Membranes Interlayered with MoS₂ Nanosheets via Precise Thickness Control by Cao, Siyu, Deshmukh, Akshay, Wang, Li, Han, Qi, Shu, Yufei, Ng, How Yong, Wang, Zhongying, Lienhard, John H

“…The optimized MoS2-interlayered TFC membrane (0.3-inter) had a 96.8% Na2SO4 rejection combined with an excellent permeability of 15.9 L m-2 38 h-1 bar-1 39 (LMH/bar), approximately 2.4 times that of the control membrane (6.6 LMH/bar). …”
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Application of response surface methodology (RSM) for optimization of hydrogen sulphide adsorption using coconut shell activated carbon xerogel: effect of adsorption pressure and h... by Saleh, Ali Mohammed, Mahdi, Hadi Hamdi, Alias, Azil Bahari, Ali, Obed M., Wan Ab Karim Ghani, Wan Azlina, Abdulwahhab Shihab, Thaer, Syed Hasan, Syed Shatir A., Ahmed, Omer Khalil, Mohammed Saleh, Noah

“…Our findings showed that the optimum conditions for H2S removal were at 1 bar and 100 L/hr for 25 ppm of H2S and 1 bar and 100.3830 L/hr for 50 ppm of H2S. …”
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Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation of static and dynamic compression test of materials by Ong, Dalton Ke Yuan

“…The Static compression test and the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar test are the most commonly used method to determine the material properties of the specimen, in this case, Aluminum T6061. …”
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Mixed polyamide-based composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes with improved low-pressure water softening capability by Fang, Wangxi, Shi, Lei, Wang, Rong

“…The optimized NF membrane possessed a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of 380 Da, an effective pore diameter of 1.27 nm, and pure water permeability (PWP) of 18.2 l/m2 h bar. Under an operating pressure of 2 bar, the membrane exhibited rejection of 96.3% and 93.8% to 1000 ppm MgCl2 and MgSO4 feed solutions, respectively. …”
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A tight polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane fabricated via polyion complex assisted phase inversion for dye desalination by Zhao, Yali, Liao, Yuan, Lai, Gwo Sung, Yin, Yurong, Wang, Rong

“…This resultant membrane exhibited a high pure water permeance of 94 LMH/bar. When it was utilized to separate a dye/salt mixture of 100 ppm Congo red (CR) and 2 g/L Na2SO4 at 1 bar, the rejection of CR could reach 99.7%, alongside a very low Na2SO4 rejection of 8.4%, while the water permeance of dye solution maintained 61 LMH/bar. …”
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Improved design of an advanced Ice Giants Net Flux Radiometer by Aslam, S, Calcutt, SB, Hewagama, T, Irwin, PG, Nixon, C, Quilligan, G, Roos-Serote, MC, Villanueva, G

“…This unique design allows for small net flux measurements in the presence of large ambient fluxes and rapidly changing temperatures during the probe descent to ≥10 bar pressure.…”

A type of novel energy harvesting device by Deng, J

“…<p>Pervasive networks of wireless sensors and communication nodes have been developed during past decades and most of them are powered by fixed-energy sources, e.g., wiring power and batteries. …”

Effect of initial chirp on soliton pulse compression in the ionization regime by Wan, Ying, Chang, Wonkeun

“…These features have been utilized to harness various novel phenomena that are unique to the system.…”
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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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Energy gain of wetted-foam implosions with auxiliary heating for inertial fusion studies by Paddock, RW, Li, TS, Kim, E, Lee, JJ, Martin, H, Ruskov, RT, Hughes, S, Rose, SJ, Murphy, CD, Scott, RHH, Bingham, R, Garbett, W, Elisseev, VV, Haines, BM, Zlystra, AB, Campbell, EM, Thomas, CA, Goffrey, T, Arber, TD, Aboushelbaya, R, Von der Leyen, MW, Wang, RHW, James, AA, Ouatu, I, Timmis, R, Howard, S, Atonga, E, Norreys, PA

“…Low convergence ratio implosions (where wetted-foam layers are used to limit capsule convergence, achieving improved robustness to instability growth) and auxiliary heating (where electron beams are used to provide collisionless heating of a hotspot) are two promising techniques that are being explored for inertial fusion energy applications. …”