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This paper first designs and implements a composite sensor node capable of reliably collecting sensor data mainly and delivering control actions to actuators in the agricultural sensor network, and then presen...
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An artificial neural network was applied to predict compressive strength, slump value and mix proportion of a concrete. Standard mixed tables were trained and estimated, and the results were compared with thos...
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The effect of shock compression on the solid-state chemical reactivity of titanium and carbon powder mixtures was investigated with the objective of forming net-shaped TiC ceramics with a fine-grain microstruc...
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The effect of combination of “shock-densification” and “reaction synthesis” was investigated to synthesize titanium carbide ceramics. Elemental titanium and graphitic carbon powder mixtures were shock-compress...
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Particle packing techniques employing a liquid phase were used for preparation of dense disks of SiC and diamond particulates. Forty-one SiC and fifteen diamond compositions in the ternary-component particle s...
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Shock compression was used to make dense compacts of Ti and C elemental powder mixtures for subsequent reaction sintering in near-net form. The reaction sintering experiments were performed in an induction-hea...
