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Ecosystem Engineers in the World Coasts: Case Studies and Conceptual Linkages

open access: yesDiversity, 2020
Research on physical ecosystem engineering—i.e., the structural modification of environments by organisms—has flourished during the last two decades. At present, the importance of physical ecosystem engineers for the biodiversity and the functioning of ...
Jorge L. Gutiérrez
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Biomechanical causes for failure of the Physiomesh/Securestrap system

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
This study investigates the mechanical behavior of the Physiomesh/Securestrap system, a hernia repair system used for IPOM procedures associated with high failure rates.
Mateusz Zamkowski   +3 more
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Recent progress in low‐swellable polymer‐based smart photonic crystal sensors

open access: yesSmart Molecules, 2023
Low‐swelling polymers (LSPs) generally refer to materials with a low solvent absorption ratio or volume expansion rate at swelling equilibrium. LSPs with exceptional responsiveness could be upgraded to smart sensors with structural color self‐reporting ...
Yong Qi, Shufen Zhang
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Numerical Analysis of Restrained Continuous Steel Columns under Standard Fire

open access: yesFire, 2023
The steel column performance in realistic structures during a fire has yet to be fully understood because existing research emphasizes single-story performance, thereby disregarding the influence of continuous steel columns in multi-story configurations ...
Jinhua Sun   +3 more
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MILITARY ENGINEERING STRUCTURES WITHIN NATO COMMANDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW DOCTRINAL PROVISIONS

open access: yesBulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University, 2022
According to the directives of the NATO Military Committee, ensuring the effective military engineering support required by the military engineering command and staff structures, as well as command-control (C2) arrangements at all levels.
Cristian Gabriel CÎRJĂU
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Special Issue on “Architectural Structure”

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
This Special Issue on “Architectural Structure” aims to gather general advances in human-made constructions which simultaneously are driven by aesthetic and structural engineering considerations [...]
Luís Filipe Almeida Bernardo
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Relationship between Induced Polarization Relaxation Time and Hydraulic Characteristics of Water-Bearing Sand

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
The induced polarization method has become a popular method for evaluating formation permeability characteristics in recent years because of its sensitivity to water and water-bearing porous media.
Zhao Ma   +7 more
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Machine Learning in Structural Design: An Opinionated Review

open access: yesFrontiers in Built Environment, 2022
The prominence gained by Artificial Intelligence (AI) over all aspects of human activity today cannot be overstated. This technology is no newcomer to structural engineering, with logic-based AI systems used to carry out design explorations as early as ...
Christian Málaga-Chuquitaype
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Thermal Loads Effect on Response of One-Story Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings in UAE

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
In this paper the effect of temperature change (thermal load) on one-story reinforced concrete frame buildings allocated in the UAE is studied. Sixty eight finite element models with different story heights and slab lengths were developed in ETABS to ...
Reem Sabouni, Ikhlass Sydnaoui
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Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Structural Engineering: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature

open access: yesAdvances in Civil Engineering, 2019
Building information modeling (BIM) is transforming the way of work across the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, where BIM offers vast opportunities for improving performance.
Tatjana Vilutiene   +4 more
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