Various experimental techniques have been used to determine the mechanical properties at the nanoscale, namely, bending tests, nanoindentation tests, resonant excitation tests, etc. [1-3]. Bending of nanowires using an ...

It has been forecast that there will be a severe impact on world economics and ecology in future by energy consumption/production that rely on the combustion of fossil fuels. Therefore more sustainable and more environmentally ...

Polymeric nanocomposite materials with a nano tag are nowadays moving into the market and are beginning to compete with traditional composite materials in various applications. Nanocomposite materials based on a polymeric ...

Urban streets demonstrate a hierarchical structure in the sense that a majority is trivial, while a minority is vital [1]. Jiang claimed that “coherent urban streets demonstrate a scaling law and characterised by the ...

Since 1990s various methods have been proposed by researchers to estimate the fatigue strengths of metals at gigacycle fatigue regime (number of cycles > 108). As testing of metals in the gigacycle regime requires much ...

Under frequency load shedding has been widely used to restore the power system frequency following a severe generation demand unbalance due to a disturbance. If system frequency is not counteracted properly system will be ...

Structural deflections represent a critical response parameter often measured for structural health monitoring. Traditional measurement sensor technologies such as DCDTs, LVDTs, etc., require attaching the device between ...

A method for nonlinear material modeling and design using statistical learning is proposed to assist in the mechanical analysis of structural materials. Although the extension to other materials is straightforward, the ...

Rapid proliferation of information technologies has generated sheer volume of information which makes scientific research related information searching more challenging. Personalized recommendation is the widely adopted ...

Gravity retaining walls derive their capacity to resist lateral movement through the dead weight of the wall. The design methodologies proposed by standards do not take into account the construction sequences that simulate ...