Abstract: The evaluation of the failure mechanism of a shallow tunnel is very significant in geotechnical engineering. In this literature an analytical methodology for determining the plane strain limit failure mechanism for a shallow ...

Abstract: Thermocompression bonding of copper to copper using copper nanoparticles is studied using molecular dynamics. The bonding interface formation process is investigated frst. For the bonding process, the effects of temperature ...

Abstract: The fragments generated by explosions of storage tanks in chemical industrial parks may cause perforations or dents in adjacent tanks and trigger a domino effect. This paper determined reasonable fragment parameters based ...

Abstract: To investigate the moisture equilibrium of expansive soil embankments, a series of stress-dependent soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) tests, one-year field monitoring on a trial covered expansive soil embankment, and ...

Abstract: The existence of openings affects the sound insulation performance of structures significantly. The determination of sound transmission through large rectangular openings is often time-consuming, because of the large number ...

Abstract: The sealing-induced cross-coupling stiffness (CCS) often decreases the rotordynamic stability of turbomachinery. In our previous study, an active negative CCS control strategy applied between two bearings in the middle of ...

Abstract: Finite element limit analysis (FELA) was used to investigate the bearing capacity of strip footing on a rock mass with single or multiple continuous voids. The underlying rock mass was assumed to have perfect plasticity ...

Abstract: To promote heat dissipation in power electronics, we investigated the thermal conduction performance of SnBi solder paste between two Cu plates. We measured the thermal resistance of SnBi solder paste used as thermal ...

Abstract: Bone mechanical properties vary with age; meanwhile, a close relationship exists among bone mechanical properties at different levels. Therefore, conducting multilevel analyses for bone structures with different ages are ...

Abstract: lthough bacteria are an important biological component of aerosol particles, studies of bacterial communities in remote marine aerosol are largely lacking. In this study, aerosol samples were collected over the western ...