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Optimized Structural Design of a Reciprocating Wing for the Reciprocating Airfoil (RA)-Driven Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Aircraft

open access: yesActuators
The development of unconventional and hybrid unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) has gained significant momentum in recent years, with many designs utilizing small fans or rotary blades for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). However, these systems often
Johnson Imumbhon Okoduwa   +2 more
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Progressive Failure Analysis of Laminated Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Composite Plate Structure in the Post-Buckling Region

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)-laminated composite materials are increasingly recognized as a transformative solution for future structural applications, due to their exceptional properties, such as lightweight, superior fatigue life, corrosion ...
Muhammad Ali Sadiq, György Kovács
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Entropy for business failure prediction : an improved prediction model for the construction industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper examines empirically the effectiveness of entropy measures derived from information theory combined with discriminant analysis in the prediction of construction business failure.
Bal, Jay, Cheung, Yen, Wu, Hsu-Che
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Deformation Behaviour and Failure Prediction of Additively Manufactured Lattices: A Review and Analytical Approach

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Cellular structures are well-established in biological materials and are often mimicked in many kinds of structural designs applicable to engineering. This results from their lightweight designs and good mechanical properties.
Munashe Ignatius Chibinyani   +3 more
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Mining-Induced Failure Criteria of Interactional Hard Roof Structures: A Case Study

open access: yesEnergies, 2019
Due to the additional abutment stress, interactional hard roof structures (IHRS) affect the normal operation of the coal production system in underground mining. The movement of IHRS may result in security problems, such as the failure of supporting body,
Wenlong Shen   +5 more
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Review on the damage behavior of metal laminated composite

open access: yesMaterials Research Express, 2020
Metal laminated composite (MLC) have attracted widespread attention for their potential in achieving excellent properties. However, damage and failure are more likely to occur during the plastic deformation due to the existence of the interface region ...
Tao Huang   +3 more
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Failure Behavior and Vulnerability of Containment Structures Subjected to Overpressure Loads Considering Different Failure Criteria

open access: yesBuildings
This paper investigates the failure behavior and vulnerability of the containment structure (CS) under internal pressure according to different functional and structural failure criteria.
Junying Guo, Xinbo Li, Jinxin Gong
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Determining the amplitude of certainty for empirical rock failure criteria

open access: yes, 2012
The empirical rock failure criteria play an important role in predicting the mechanical behavior of rocks, since affecting parameters on the behavioral properties of rocks are complex and numerous.
Hosseini, Navid   +2 more
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Numerical Simulation of C/SiC Plain Weave Composites with Defects under Unidirectional Tension

open access: yesJournal of Aeronautical Materials, 2017
The second time develop of the ANSYS was realized by using APDL language, and an ovoid sectional multi-scale unit cell model for fiber bundle section with pre-made defects was established.
ZENG Xianglong, WANG Qizhi, SU Fei
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Evaluation of Clinical and Immunological Markers for predicting Virological Failure in a HIV/AIDS treatment cohort in Busia, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In resource-limited settings where viral load (VL) monitoring is scarce or unavailable, clinicians must use immunological and clinical criteria to define HIV virological treatment failure. This study examined the performance of World Health Organization (
Dalmau, David   +29 more
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