Yue Chen^1,2, Haitao Li^1,2,*, Lei Gao^3,*, Wei Xu^1,2, Rodolfo Lorenzo⁴, Milan Gaff^5,6

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.6, pp. 2787-2808, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2023.027634

Abstract Bamboo is an eco-friendly material with light weight, high strength, short growth cycle and high sustainability, which is widely used in building structures. Engineered bamboo has further promoted the development of modern bamboo structures due to its unrestricted size and shape. However, as a fiber-reinforced material, fracture damage, especially Mode I fracture damage, becomes the most likely damage mode of its structure, so Mode I fracture characteristics are an important subject in the research of mechanical properties of bamboo. This paper summarizes the current status of experimental research on the Mode I fracture properties of bamboo based on the three-point… More >

Yuhao Zhou, Yuhang He, Zhaoyu Shen, Zheng Wang^*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.12, pp. 3459-3476, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.021251

Abstract In this article, dynamic method and static method of testing Poisson’s ratio of OSB (Oriented Strand Board) were proposed. Through modal and static numerical analyses, the position where the transverse stress is equal to zero was determined. The binary linear regression method was applied to express the gluing position of the strain gauge as a relational expression that depended on the length-width ratio and width-thickness ratio of the cantilever plate. Then the longitudinal and transverse Poisson’s ratios of OSB were measured by the given dynamic and static methods. In addition, the test results of OSB Poisson’s ratio were analyzed with… More >

Zhenggang Zhan¹, Han Chen^2,3, Yanyi Zhang^2,3, Ruilin Cheng¹, Gang Deng^2,3,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.1, pp. 131-144, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.017536

Abstract The factors influencing the permeability coefficient of gravelly soils used for the development of embankment dams (core wall) are analyzed. Such factors include (but are not limited to) soil size, anisotropy, density and boundary effects. A review of the literature is conducted and new directions of research are proposed. In such a framework, it is shown that gravelly soil with controlled density and vertical stress should be used to optimize the measurement of the vertical and horizontal permeability coefficients, respectively. More >

Liu Cao^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.126, No.1, pp. 5-23, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014693

Abstract As a typical laser additive manufacturing technology, laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) has achieved demonstration applications in aerospace, biomedical and other fields. However, how to select process parameters quickly and reasonably is still the main concern of LPBF production. In order to quantitatively analyze the inuence of different process parameters (laser power, scanning speed, hatch space and layer thickness) on the LPBF process, the multi-layer and multi-path forming process of LPBF was predicted based on the open-source discrete element method framework Yade and the open-source finite volume method framework OpenFOAM. Based on the design of experiments method, a four-factor three-level… More >