Yabin Yang, Guangyu Shi^*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 35-35, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05623

Abstract The efficient and high performance orthotropic steel decks have been widely used in long span bridges over the world. The initial defects at welded joints of orthotropic steel bridge decks will undergo fatigue failure under the action of live load of moving vehicles on the bridge decks. And the fatigue cracks at the rib-to-deck welded joints are the most dangerous cracks for the orthotropic steel bridge decks. Therefore, the fatigue life evaluation of the rib-to-deck welded joints is very important for the safety of orthotropic steel bridge decks. This paper presents a crack propagation-based model… More >

Yingchun Gong^1,#,*, Fenglu Liu^2,#, Zhaopeng Tian¹, Guofang Wu¹, Haiqing Ren¹, Cheng Guan²

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.10, pp. 941-956, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.07354

Abstract Japanese larch is one of the main plantation tree species in China. A lack of engineered wood products made by Japanese larch , limits its application in wood structures. In this study, based on optimum process para meters, such as pressure (1.2 MPa), adhesive spread rate (200 g/m 2 ) and adhesive (one component polyurethane), the mechanical properties of Japanese larch made cross laminated timber ( with different lay ups were evaluated by means of the static method . Results of this study show ed that variations in lay ups significant ly affected the mechanical… More >

Yin Yang¹, Xiaoyan Cao¹, Zhiqiang Wang^1,*, Zhijun Liang¹, Jianhui Zhou^2,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.10, pp. 957-965, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.07558

Abstract The out-of-plane shear properties of cross-laminated timber (CLT) substantially influence the overall mechanical properties of CLT. Various testing methods and theories related to these properties have recently been developed. The effects of the number of layers (three and five layers) and testing method (short-span three- and four-point bending tests) on the out-of-plane shear properties of CLT were evaluated. The out-of-plane shear strength values were calculated based on different theories for comparison. The failure mode in the short-span four-point bending (FPB) method was mainly the rolling shear (RS) failure in the cross layers, indicating that the More >

Fadhel Aloulou^1,*, Sabrine Alila², Habib Sammouda¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.8, pp. 763-774, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.04071

Abstract The influence of nanofiberwood on the properties of the fresh condition of cement based mortars is not known in detail, despite recent advances in nanocellulose technology and it is related composite materials. Nanofiber wood from industrial waste, produced by high-pressure homogenization, was used as cement partial replacement for cement paste at a content ranging from 0% to 2% by weight of cement. The effect of the nanofiber wood content on the porosity, the compressive strength and the degree of hydration of the cement was investigated. Results have shown an improvement in the compressive strength by… More >

Bahaa T. Shawky¹, Mohammed Nagah¹, Mosad A. Ghareeb², Gamal M. El-Sherbiny³, Saad A. M. Moghannem³, Mohamed S. Abdel-Aziz^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.7, pp. 667-682, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.04524

Abstract Rice straw (RS) collected from Egyptian agricultural environment (Al-Masied village-Alsharqia Governorate-Egypt) was used as substrate for three fungal isolates namely: 4b, 1Asp, Pleurotus ostreatus NRRL 3501 and mixed culture of (4b, 1Asp). Isolates number 4b and 1Asp were identified using the molecular technique (18S rRNA). Isolate 4b and 1Asp, were identified as Trichoderma saturnisporum MN1-EGY and Aspergillus niger MN2-EGY, respectively. Trichoderma saturnisporum MN1-EGY extract exhibited the highest antimicrobial activity compared to the other fungal extracts. Total phenolic, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities were also determined from the ethyl acetate extract of rice straw inoculated by these… More >

Larissa Stieven Montagna, Isabela CÉSAR Oyama, Rita de CÁSSIA Barbosa Camargo Lamparelli, Ana Paula Silva, THAÍS Larissa do Amaral Montanheiro, Ana Paula Lemes^*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.2, pp. 117-128, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.00036

Abstract Biodegradable polymers have been increasingly used for scientific and commercial applications because they are similar to some conventional thermoplastics and exhibit the ability of self-degradation. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) nanocomposites films with 1 and 2 wt% of carbon nanotubes (CNT) were prepared by solution mixing, followed by solvent evaporation. In this work, PHBV/CNT nanocomposites were submitted to biodegradation in an aqueous medium for 34 days through a respirometric system. Then, the PHBV films were analyzed by the CO2 production and mineralization as a response of a microbial attack, which was monitored by back titration during all the… More >

M. Imachi, S. Tanaka^*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 17-17, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05896

Abstract The J-integral and the interaction integral method are employing for evaluating dynamics stress intensity factor, in ordinary state-based peridynamics. The governing equation of peridynamics is based on internal force that defined by particles interact each other over finite distances. The interaction each particle needs to be satisfied the newton third law. A lot of particles are required for getting high accuracy in peridynamic modeling. Therefore, it is required the efficient modeling such as local meshing in finite element modeling. However, when arrangement of particle with varying particle size and horizon sizes are locally used, the… More >

M. J. Dai, S. Tanaka^*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 16-16, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05895

Abstract The J-integral evaluation are analyzed employing effective reproducing kernel method. Several numerical examples of cracked shell structure are carried out to investigate the mixed-mode stress resultant intensity factors (SRIFs). It is formulated by the first order shear deformation plate theory. Reproducing kernel (RK) is used to the meshfree interpolant. A diffraction method, visibility criterion and enriched basis are introduced to model the through crack. J-integral is evaluated based on the stress resultants and is decomposed into the symmetric and asymmetric parts for extracting the mixed-mode SRIFs. The stabilized conforming nodal integration (SCNI) and sub-domain stabilized More >

Lingjie Yu^1,2, Guanlin Wang¹, Chao Zhi¹, Bugao Xu^1,2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.119, No.2, pp. 365-372, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.04494

Abstract A fibrous filtering material is a kind of fiber assembly whose structure exhibits a three-dimensional (3D) network with dense microscopic open channels. The geometrical/morphological attributes, such as orientations, curvatures and compactness, of fibers in the network is the key to the filtration performance of the material. However, most of the previous studies were based on materials’ 2D micro-images, which were unable to accurately measure these important 3D features of a filter’s structure. In this paper, we present an imaging method to reconstruct the 3D structure of a fibrous filter from its optical microscopic images. Firstly, More >

Huiwei Niu¹, Jiao Yao^1,*, Jing Zhao², Jin Wang^3,4

Journal on Big Data, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 17-24, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jbd.2019.05799

Abstract Railway is the backbone of Chinese transportation system, but its poor quality of services for passengers cause complains now and then. This study first analyzed the influencing factors of service quality on railway passenger, and its quality characteristics was also explained, and finally we proposed an evaluation system of service quality on railway passenger transport. Through the statistical analysis and processing of the basic information from survey data from railway station, trains and the official website of the ticket purchase, the evaluation score of question naire was converted into the score in evaluation index system, More >