Abstract: Silica gel-water vapor is commonly suggested as a working media for solar-powered desiccant cooling systems since the system can be regenerated at relatively low temperatures. In the present ...

Abstract: It appears from macroand microexperiments that the essential response feature beyond the secondary stage of rock salt creep is characterized by the evolution of localized damage that results in the formation and propagation ...

Abstract: In a multilayer elastic plate, weak debonding in the horizontal direction parallel to the plate boundaries is insensitive to ultrasonic compressional (P) waves impinging perpendicularly, and can ...

Abstract: Although a great deal of research has been carried out in recent years on the use of plate bonding for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) structures, so far this work has generally been limited to RC beams and one-way ...

Abstract: Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) offers a larger design space with greater manufacturability than traditional manufacturing. Despite continued advances, MAM processes still face huge uncertainty, resulting in variable ...