Analytical solution for externally bonded joints considering snap-back
Studying interfacial behavior is important for a composite structure involving relative movement or slip at its joint interface. Recent experimental and theoretical studies on bond interfaces have...
View ArticlePhysisorption-based charge transfer in two-dimensional SnS2 for selective and...
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a gas species that plays an important role in certain industrial, farming, and healthcare sectors. However, there are still significant challenges for NO2 sensing at low...
View ArticleThermodynamics of gold dissolution behavior in CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgOsat slag system
Gold solubility in the CaO-SiO2-Al2O3-MgOsat slag system was measured at 1773 K (1500 C) under a CO2-CO atmosphere over a wide range of compositions, i.e., 8 to 40 mass pct CaO, 26 to 50 mass pct SiO2,...
View ArticleStructural stability in Aurivillius phases based on ab initio thermodynamics
The Aurivillius oxide family possessess various attractive physical properties and have been commercially applicable in many areas. The regular large-period phases of this family are believed to offer...
View ArticleStock market investors' use of stop losses and the disposition effect
The disposition effect is an investment bias where investors hold stocks at a loss longer than stocks at a gain. This bias is associated with poorer investment performance and exhibited to a greater...
View ArticleThe mediator authorization-security model for heterogeneous semantic...
Many organizations often need to share semantic knowledge base content with selected members of other organizations. However, sharing semantic knowledge across different organizations is a critical...
View ArticleBayesian likelihood-free localisation of a biochemical source using multiple...
Localisation of a source of a toxic release of biochemical aerosols in the atmosphere is a problem of great importance for public safety. Two main practical difficulties are encountered in this...
View ArticleObservation of Eisenbud-Wigner-Smith states as principal modes in multimode...
All rights reserved. Generally, light becomes scattered in space and time as it is coupled among multiple spatial paths during propagation through disordered media or multimode waveguides. This limits...
View ArticleGeneral stress-strain model for steel and FRP confined concrete
A new and general stress-strain model for concrete confined by steel or fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) is developed in this work. One additional variable and one constant are added to the well-known...
View ArticleExploring the potential of role play in higher education: Development of a...
Role-play, in which learners act out roles in case scenarios, appears to be used across a broad range of discipline areas to address learning across the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains....
View Article(100)-Textured KNN-based thick film with enhanced piezoelectric property for...
Using tape-casting technology, 35 mu m free-standing (100)-textured Li doped KNN (KNLN) thick film was prepared by employing NaNbO3 (NN) as template. It exhibited similar piezoelectric behavior to lead...
View ArticleSeed-Free Solid-State Growth of Large Lead-Free Piezoelectric Single...
Large Na0.5K0.5NbO3 (NKN) piezoelectric single crystals were obtained by seed-free solid-state crystal growth method, which is a traditional sintering grain growth process, with LiBiO3 used as a...
View ArticleBond-test protocol for plate-to-concrete interface involving all mechanisms
Attaching reinforcing material such as steel or fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plate to the external face of concrete members is a conventional technology used for strengthening concrete structures....
View ArticleGeochemical legacies and the future health of cities: A tale of two...
The past and future of cities are inextricably linked, a linkage that can be seen clearly in the long-term impacts of urban geochemical legacies. As loci of population as well as the means of...
View ArticleA review on lead-free piezoelectric ceramics studies in China
There are a large number of research publications on the hot topic of environmental friendly lead-free piezoelectric materials worldwide in the last decade. The number of researchers and institutions...
View ArticleLocal elastic and thermal behaviors of dielectric breakdown regions in...
Local elastic and thermal behaviors of dielectric breakdown regions in BaTiO3 based multilayer ceramic capacitors were investigated by acoustic and thermal mode scanning probe microscopy. Nanoscale...
View ArticleCommunity based adaptation to urban floods and other environmental hazards: a...
Rapid urbanization and increasing population have created environment risks to the urban residents, especially urban poor in developing countries. Community based adaptation is mentioned in national...
View ArticleWho Is watching whom? Surveillance in Australian social work supervision
Supervisors of social work practice have long grappled with professional and disciplinary expectations and the competing daily organisational demands of a transformed neo-liberal human service...
View ArticleTerritorializing atmospherics: The radiophonics of public space
Scarlatti - A Radio Romance by Paul Carter is a radio work in the neue Hörspiel tradition broadcast in Australia in 1986. This article discusses a project in-progress, the remaking of Scarlatti in a...
View ArticlePredicting the strength of adhesively bonded joints of variable thickness...
One major characteristic of bonded structures is the highly localised nature of deformation near sharp corners, ply-terminations, and ends of joints where load transfer occurs. This paper presents an...
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