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    Interface crack between two elastic layers

    A semi-infinite interface crack between two infinite isotropic elastic layers under general edge loading conditions is considered. The problem can be solved analytically except for a single real scalar indepen...

    Zhigang Suo, John W. Hutchinson in International Journal of Fracture (1990)

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    Phototorefractive Spatial Solitons

    Mordechai Segev, Bruno Crosignani in Beam Sha** and Control with Nonlinear Op… (1998)

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    Examination of the Extinguishment Performance of a Water Mist System Using Continuous and Cycling Discharges

    We conducted a series of full-scale fire tests of a twin-fluid water mist system in an empty enclosure and in a simulated machinery space. During the tests, two water mist discharge modes, continuous and cycli...

    Zhigang Liu, Andrew K. Kim, Joseph Z. Su in Fire Technology (1999)

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    Extinguishment of Cooking Oil Fires by Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems

    A series of full-scale experiments were conducted in a mock-up commercial cooking area to study extinguishing mechanisms and effectiveness of water mist against cooking oil fires. The impact of water mist char...

    Zhigang Liu, Andrew K. Kim, Don Carpenter, J. M. Kanabus-Kaminska in Fire Technology (2004)

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    Study of Explosion Protection in a Small Compartment

    A series of full-scale explosion suppression experiments were conducted in a compartment. The suppression performance of three extinguishing systems with two suppressants for the deflagration-type explosion wa...

    Andrew Kim, Zhigang Liu, George Crampton in Fire Technology (2007)

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    Study of a Video Image Fire Detection System for Protection of Large Industrial Applications and Atria

    This paper presents the results of full-scale fire and environmental tests to study the use of a newly developed video image detection (VID) system for the protection of large industrial applications and atria...

    Zhigang Liu, George Hadjisophocleous, Guofeng Ding, Choon Siong Lim in Fire Technology (2012)

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    Method for Removing Secondary Peaks in Remote Field Eddy Current Testing of Pipes

    In the remote field eddy current (RFEC) testing of pipes, because the remote eddy current penetrates the pipe’s wall twice, the testing results exhibit two peaks (primary peak and secondary peak) that originat...

    Qingwang Luo, Yibing Shi, Zhigang Wang, Wei Zhang in Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (2016)

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    Reflection of Cylindrical Converging Shock Wave Over Wedge

    The cylindrical converging shock reflection over a plane wedge is investigated experimentally and numerically in a specially designed shock tube which converts a planar shock into a cylindrical one. When the c...

    Zhigang Zhai, Fu Zhang, **sheng Luo in 30th International Symposium on Shock Waves 1 (2017)

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    Experimental Study on the Interaction of Cylindrical Converging Shock Waves with Sinusoidal Light-Heavy Interface

    Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability occurs when an initially perturbed interface separating two different fluids is impulsively accelerated by a shock wave, which was first investigated theoretically by Richtmy...

    Fu Zhang, Zhigang Zhai, Ting Si, **sheng Luo in 30th International Symposium on Shock Wave… (2017)

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    Thin Filament Pyrometry Field Measurements in a Medium-Scale Pool Fire

    This paper presents the development of a thin filament pyrometry method to characterize the time-varying temperature field in a medium-scale pool fire burning in a quiescent environment. A digital camera with ...

    Zhigang Wang, Wai Cheong Tam, Jian Chen, Ki Yong Lee, Anthony Hamins in Fire Technology (2020)

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    Smoldering Fire of High-Density Cotton Bale Under Concurrent Wind

    Cotton is the most widely used natural textile fiber for human beings, and fire safety during transportation, storage, and manufacturing is of great significance. This work investigated the smoldering burning ...

    Qiyuan **e, Zhigang Zhang, Shaorun Lin, Yi Qu, **nyan Huang in Fire Technology (2020)

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    Micromechanics-based modeling of elastic modulus and coefficient of thermal expansion for CNT-metal nanocomposites: effects of waviness, clustering and aluminum carbide layer

    A micromechanical model is analytically developed to estimate the elastic modulus and the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs). The...

    Zhigang Wang, Yuan Yuan in International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design (2020)

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    Microscale mechanical properties dependent on the strain rate and temperature of cured isotropic conductive adhesive

    In this research, the microscale strain rate sensitivity and high-temperature mechanical properties of cured isotropic conductive adhesive (ICA) were investigated using microindentation. The indentation modulu...

    Gesheng **ao, Zhigang Li, Erqiang Liu, Li Qiao in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials (2021)