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An adaptive welding method for grooves with position and size errors
A large batch of mass-produced components, represented by architectural steel structure joint spheres, is influenced by the upstream processing technology level, making it difficult to maintain the position an...
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Multifractal Description of the Agricultural and Meteorological Drought Propagation Process
This study uses Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis to examine the scaling behavior and spatiotemporal variability of drought indicators. We employ two hybrid drought indicators—the GRACE Root Zone Soi...
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Resolving Trans-Boundary Water Conflicts: Third-Party Mediation Using an Inverse Approach of GMCR Under Incomplete Preference Environments
Trans-boundary water conflicts and the ensuing social security have become concerning issues. However, the existing studies regarding trans-boundary water management mainly focus on river basin countries while...
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Open AccessStress-assisted corrosion behaviour of Hastelloy N in FLiNaK molten salt environment
The use of molten-salt–based energy production and storage systems requires high-temperature corrosion- and creep-resistant structural materials. This study investigated the microstructure evolution and corros...
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Partial Wavelet Coherence to Evaluate Scale-dependent Relationships Between Precipitation/Surface Water and Groundwater Levels in a Groundwater System
Identifying the scale-dependent control of various surface factors on a groundwater system is a challenge due to the potential interdependence between these factors. Here, this challenge was addressed using pa...
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Preparation and study of Z-type heterojunction composite photocatalytic material with Ag2MoO4-modified rosette-like Bi2WO6 with Ag-SPR-promoting effect
Here, the novel Ag2MoO4/Bi2WO6 (AMO/BWO) heterojunction composite photocatalysts were synthesized based on the combination (co-precipitation method + hydrothermal method) XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, UV–Vis DR spectroscop...
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Open AccessFractal nature of groundwater level fluctuations affected by riparian zone vegetation water use and river stage variations
Groundwater systems affected by various factors can exhibit complex fractal behaviors, whose reliable characterization however is not straightforward. This study explores the fractal scaling behavior of the gr...
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Corrosion Behavior of Aluminum-Steel Weld-Brazing Joint
Dissimilar metals of 1060 aluminum and galvanized steel were joined with a lap joint by pulsed double-electrode gas metal arc weld brazing with aluminum-magnesium and aluminum-silicon filler metals. The corros...
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Far-infrared reflection study on crystal structures and dielectric properties of Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3-BaWO4 ceramics
Ba(Mg1/3Ta2/3)O3–BaWO4 (BMT–BW) ceramics were synthesized at 1,490 °C for 3 h using the conventional solid-state sintering technique, with BW contents of 2, 4 and 6 wt%. Crystal structures were elucidated by X-ra...
