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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
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Performance of concrete beams partially/fully reinforced with glass fiber polymer bars

Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2021
One of the major advantages of using glass fiber-reinforced polymer bars as a replacement to the traditional steel-reinforced bars is its lightweight and high-resistant to corrosion.
Mohamed S. Moawad, Ahmed Fawzi
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Helix Alignment, Chevrons, and Edge Dislocations in Twist‐Bend Ferroelectric Nematics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The recently discovered twist‐bend ferroelectric nematic (NTBF) is the new member of the multiferroic family, representing a fluid with an oblique helicoidal (heliconical) periodic structure of spontaneous electric polarization. The work presents a thorough exploration of the material properties of this phase, how the periodic modulation of ...
Bijaya Basnet, Priyanka Kumari, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Damian Pociecha, Jakub Karcz, Przemysław Kula, Nataša Vaupotič, Ewa Górecka, Oleg D Lavrentovich   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analytical Study of Reinforced Concrete Beams Tested under Quasi-Static and Impact Loadings

Applied Sciences, 2019
During dynamic events (such as impact forces), structures fail to absorb the incoming energy and catastrophic collapse may occur. Impact and quasi-static tests were carried out on reinforced concrete beams with and without externally bounded sprayed and ...
Sayed Mohamad Soleimani, Sajjad Sayyar Roudsari   +1 more
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Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for Quantifying Membrane Fouling: Fouling Layer Structure and Chemical Interaction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (Nano SIMS) is established as a powerful analytical tool to visualize and quantify the membrane fouling layers. ABSTRACT Membrane technology has garnered considerable attention for applications in wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Nevertheless, membrane fouling remains a major barrier, yet the lack of
Mengfei Wu, Xinhua Wang, Pin Zhao, Weilong Song, Ming Xie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flexoelectricity in Photoconversion: Fundamentals, Materials, and Outlooks

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mechanical bending of a flexible cantilever induces a strain gradient in the photoactive material. The resulting flexoelectric field couples with photovoltaic and photoconductive effects, modulating charge generation, separation, and collection. A comparative analysis of oxide perovskites, halide perovskites, and two‐dimensional materials is presented,
Xiang Huang, Feng Li, Rongkun Zheng
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Behavior of SFRC Beams strengthened with GFRP Laminates: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
This paper presents the experimental results of a reinforced concrete beams (RC) strengthened with internal steel fibers (SF) and external glass fiber reinforced polymer laminates (GFRP). The research work studied the load carrying capacity, deformation,
M. Mariappan, P.N. Raghunath, M. Sivaraja   +2 more
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Stem Cell Differentiation Disperses Transcriptional Clusters via a Conserved Surface‐Condensate Trajectory

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Stem cell differentiation follows a conserved surface condensate trajectory: H3K27ac super enhancers nucleate large RNA polymerase II clusters that grow and unfold before transcriptional activity disperses them. This work reveals how biophysical forces at enhancer surfaces dynamically build and dismantle stem cell transcription hubs, reshaping cell ...
Tim Klingberg, Irina Wachter, Agnieszka Pancholi, Matthias Akyel, Yomna Gohar, Priya Kumar, Ana Miguel Fernandes, Yuzhi Bao, Alica Schmidt‐Heydt, Marcel Piepers, Alicia Günthel, Marcel Sobucki, Elisa Kämmer, Süheyla Eroğlu‐Kayıkçı, Stephan Allgeier, Sylvia Erhardt, Vasily Zaburdaev, Carmelo Ferrai, Lennart Hilbert   +18 more
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A Model of the Moment Curvature Relation for RC Beams Strengthened with Prestressed CFRP Laminates

Archives of Civil Engineering, 2019
The paper presents an analysis of the behaviour of bent reinforced concrete beams strengthened with CFRP laminates fixed with adhesive before and after unloading, and more importantly, an analysis of the work of reinforced concrete beams strengthened ...
Korentz J.
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Multiferroic‐Centric Materials and Systems Engineering for Battery Applications: An Insight Into Mechanisms, Strategies, and Characterizations

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Multiferroic order parameters – polarization, magnetization, and ferroelastic strain – are positioned as dynamic design variables for batteries. Their mechanistic roles, practical tuning through fabrication and external fields, and ferroic‐resolved characterization routes are unified into a closed‐loop framework, revealing how coupled ferroic responses
Jiaqi Su, Yanda Zhu, Hao Peng, Manman Li, Xuzihan Zhang, Meixiao Wu, Siyuan Zhang, Yuhan Zeng, Jiwen Liao, Ming Luo, Hetaishan Huang, Yutong Wang, Sean Li, Wenxian Li   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source