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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research and Application for Thermal Fatigue Analysis of V-Shape Specimen
A thermal fatigue (TF) test bench for V-shape specimen was established successfully. Based on different test schemes, it was observed that the fatigue life of V-shape specimen decreased with increasing cooling...
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Article
Root Growth in Rice (Liangyou 152) Under Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation and Mixed Application of Polymer-coated and Common Urea
Root growth markedly influences crop yield and resource use efficiency. The present study investigated the effects of alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWD) and the mixed application of controlled-relea...
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Physiological Characteristics, Lint Yield, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Cotton Under Different Nitrogen Application Rates and Waterlogging Durations
Nitrogen (N) fertilization is commonly used to regulate plant growth and alleviate abiotic stresses, including waterlogging. The present study examined the effects of N application rates and waterlogging durat...
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Controlled Drainage Mediates Cotton Yield at Reduced Nitrogen Rates by Improving Soil Nitrogen and Water Contents
Controlled drainage (CD) can reduce outflow and improve soil productivity, whereas its impacts on soil nitrogen (N), moisture contents, and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield at reduced N rates remain largely u...
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Nitrogen loss via runoff and leaching from paddy fields with the proportion of controlled-release urea and conventional urea rates under alternate wetting and drying irrigation
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWD) can reduce non-point source pollution from paddy fields by mitigating field water depth. However, the influence of compounding modes of polymer-coated urea (PCU) a...
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Effects of Nitrogen Application Rates and Irrigation Regimes on Root Growth and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency of Maize under Alternate Partial Root-Zone Irrigation
Root growth and its adaptation are quite important for efficient use of water and nutrients. The present study investigated the effects of alternate partial root-zone irrigation (APRI) coupled with nitrogen ap...
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A least squares recursive gradient meshfree collocation method for superconvergent structural vibration analysis
A least squares recursive gradient meshfree collocation method is proposed for the superconvergent computation of structural vibration frequencies. The proposed approach employs the recursive gradients of mesh...
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Effect of Nitrogen Supply Methods on the Gas Exchange, Antioxidant Enzymatic Activities, and Osmoregulation of Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Alternate Partial Root-Zone Irrigation
Increasing drought stress resistance by exploiting crops’ potential is crucial for agricultural sustainable development. Alternate partial root-zone irrigation (PRI) shows some benefits in co** with drought ...
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A Petrov–Galerkin finite element-meshfree formulation for multi-dimensional fractional diffusion equations
Meshfree methods with arbitrary order smooth approximation are very attractive for accurate numerical modeling of fractional differential equations, especially for multi-dimensional problems. However, the non-...
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Open AccessNitrogen and phosphorus losses from paddy fields and the yield of rice with different water and nitrogen management practices
The assessment and control of losses of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from paddy fields is critical to improve the quality of water and atmosphere on earth. A field experiment was conducted to investigate th...
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An efficient gradient smoothing meshfree formulation for the fourth-order phase field modeling of brittle fracture
A reproducing kernel gradient smoothing meshfree formulation is proposed for the fourth-order phase field modeling of brittle fracture. In order to circumvent the complexity and lower efficiency of meshfree gr...
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Open AccessEffect of nitrogen supply method on root growth and grain yield of maize under alternate partial root-zone irrigation
A field experiment was carried out to investigate effect of nitrogen (N) supply method on root growth and its correlation with the above-ground parts in maize (Zea mays L.) under alternate partial root-zone irrig...
