Abstract: The macroscopic viscoelastic behavior of collagen gel was studied through relaxation time distribution spectrum obtained from stress relaxation tests and viscoelastic constitutive modeling. Biaxial stress relaxation tests ...

Abstract: and surface evaporation is an important component of the earth?s surface hydrological cycle, as well as in the atmospheric energy and water balances. In China, different instruments have been used over time to measure ...

Abstract: A novel anti-icing and deicing technique for wind turbine blades using surface-mounted continuous carbon fiber sheets is proposed and experimentally verified with model blades under both static and rotation conditions. ...

Abstract: The utilization of low-enthalpy geothermal systems holds substantial potential for mitigating the greenhouse effect. However, the thermal efficiency of geothermal systems is significantly influenced by the spatial distribution ...

Abstract: evel 2 rain-rate retrievals from the Microwave Radiation Imager (MWRI) on board the Chinese FengYun (FY)-3B satellite are verified using minute rainfall measurements from a dense automatic weather station (AWS) network ...

Abstract: This work revealed the flood damage rule of road-bridge binding sites in highway bridge engineering according to the Fr similarity criterion by adopting the orthogonal test design method and emphasizing, exploring, and ...

Abstract: Ultrahigh ductile cementitious composites (UHDCC) developed by the authors has the tensile strain capacity up to 10%. Considering UHDCC has deformability close to steel used for the reinforcement of the concrete, the authors ...

Abstract: This paper discusses an experimental validation of a real-time augmented control scheme for an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery (WHR) system. A nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is designed to regulate ...