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Open AccessTowards vibration-based damage detection of civil engineering structures: overview, challenges, and future prospects
In this paper, we delve into the evolving landscape of vibration-based structural damage detection (SDD) methodologies, emphasizing the pivotal role civil structures play in society's wellbeing and progress. W...
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Open AccessCorrection: Evaluation of Mass Spectrometric Methods for Screening Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Particulate Phase of Wildfire/Biomass Smoke
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Open AccessExperimental Study and CFD Modelling of Down-Reaching Flame Behaviors of Tank Fires with Large Ullage Heights
This paper is aimed at studying the down-reaching flame behaviors of tank fires with large ullage heights. Experiments were first conducted using a gas burner in a transparent quartz glass cylinder to simulate...
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Special Issue on State-of-the-Art Fire Research in China and 30th Anniversary of SKLFS
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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...
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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 AccessEvaluation of Mass Spectrometric Methods for Screening Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Particulate Phase of Wildfire/Biomass Smoke
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of compounds containing multiple aromatic rings formed during incomplete combustion. Since many of them are known mutagens and carcinogens, PAHs found in the...
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Open AccessTransmission Characteristics of Terahertz Imaging Detection in Smoke Environments
The terahertz imaging detection technology is applied to low-visibility fire environments to improve the traditional imaging detection equipment affected by the changes in the morphology and particle size dist...
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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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Correction to: High Temperature Mechanical Properties of High Strength Structural Steels Q550, Q690 and Q890
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in “Equation 1b” under Sect. 4.1.
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Open AccessNew Approaches to Evaluate the Performance of Firefighter Protective Clothing Materials
This paper presents new proposals in the evaluation and determination of the optimum materials suitable for use in the design and development of firefighter protective clothing by simultaneously addressing the...
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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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Correction to: Fire Recognition Based On Multi-Channel Convolutional Neural Network
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in “Acknowledgement” section. The funding information of “National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1704158)” is missing in the o...
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Open AccessDevelopment of an image-based numerical model for predicting the microstructure–property relationship in alumina trihydrate (ATH) filled poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)
Particulate composites are found in a wide range of applications. Their heterogeneous microstructure affects their bulk behavior and structural performance, however tools for predicting this important structur...
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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 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 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 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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Erratum to: Theoretical and Experimental Study of Critical Velocity for Smoke Control in a Tunnel Cross-Passage
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Erratum to: The shielding effect of the crack-tip plastic zone