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Erratum to: The Effect of Limb Kinematics on the Speed of a Legged Robot on Granular Media
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Open AccessExperimental Investigation Into the Condition of Insulated Rail Joints by Impact Excitation
This paper presents a feasibility study to determine if the health condition of Insulated Rail Joints (IRJs) can be assessed by examining their dynamic response to impact excitation. First, a reference dynamic...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a New Biaxial Testing System for Generating Forming Limit Diagrams for Sheet Metals Under Hot Stam** Conditions
Conventional experimental approaches used to generate forming limit diagrams (FLDs) for sheet metals at different linear strain paths are not applicable to hot stam** and cold die quenching processes because...
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Open AccessStress- and Temperature-Dependent Wideband Fluorescence of a Phosphor Composite for Sensing Applications
As both stress and temperature can alter the lattice of a solid phosphor in a similar way, the dopant rare-earth ion may be used as a probe for either parameter using the same sensing mechanism. Here, a wideba...
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Open AccessA Novel Grip Design for High-Accuracy Thermo-Mechanical Tensile Testing of Boron Steel under Hot Stam** Conditions
Achieving uniform temperature within the effective gauge length in thermo-mechanical testing is crucial for obtaining accurate material data under hot stam** conditions. A new grip design for the Gleeble Mat...
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Open AccessA Simulation-Assisted Non-destructive Approach for Permittivity Measurement Using an Open-Ended Microwave Waveguide
A new convenient and non-destructive permittivity measurement method is presented. No physical cut of specimens is needed here for material characterisation. In the setup, the material under test is placed in ...
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Open AccessComparison of Experimental Measurements of Material Grain Size Using Ultrasound
Material grain size is related to metallic material properties and its elastic behaviour. Measuring and monitoring material grain size in material manufacturing and service is an important topic in measurement...
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Open AccessPrediction of Residual Strains Due to In-Plane Fibre Waviness in Defective Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers Using Ultrasound Data
Residual strains affect the properties and performance of composite components, therefore measuring and predicting them are important. The prediction of residual strains from a model can be achieved by two ste...
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Open AccessEstimation of the Deformation Gradient Tensor by Particle Tracking Near a Free Boundary with Quantified Error
Obtaining accurate displacement measurements for large material deformation and/or rotation presents a distinct challenge to digital image correlation (DIC) due to cumulative and decorrelation errors, particul...