Abstract: Directionally solidified superalloys have been extensively used as turbine blade materials to improve creep-rupture and thermal fatigue performances. Turbine blades are subjected to fluctuant ...

Abstract: To evaluate curling stresses in concrete pavements requires the input of a temperature differential or even a temperature distribution between the top and bottom of slabs. However, the slab temperature fluctuates throughout ...

Abstract: It has recently come to our attention that there were errors in the proper referencing of Table 1 and discrepancies in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs in Table 2.The caption for Table 1 should read as ...

Abstract: Use of a ballast is still popular in railway engineering due to its resilience, relatively low noise, and convenience in construction and maintenance. The ballast layer was modeled with two modeling approaches in this ...

Abstract: The nonlinear models of pavement base and subgrade were briefly reviewed. Subroutines of the three-dimensional finite-element analysis in the ABAQUS package were developed for nonlinear behavior of a coarse-grained base ...

Abstract: A regional coupled soil?vegetation?atmosphere model is used to study changes and interactions between climate and the ecosystem in East Asia due to increased atmospheric CO2. The largest simulated climate changes are due ...

Abstract: Bluetooth-based traffic detection is an emerging travel time collection technique; however, its use on arterials has been limited due to several challenges. In particular, data missing not at random (MNAR) is a common data ...

Abstract: The honeycomb sandwich structure has been widely used in the aerospace industry due to its high specific strength and stiffness. However, the machining defects of the aluminum honeycomb core (AHC) have become the key factor ...

Abstract: A finite element method utilizing quadrilateral elements to obtain an efficient solution to determining the opening‐mode stress intensity factor

Abstract: The investigation of innovative macroalgal cultivation is important and needed to optimize farming operations, increase biomass production, reduce the impact on the ecosystem, and lower system and operational costs. However, ...