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Open AccessGiant nanomechanical energy storage capacity in twisted single-walled carbon nanotube ropes
A sustainable society requires high-energy storage devices characterized by lightness, compactness, a long life and superior safety, surpassing current battery and supercapacitor technologies. Single-walled ca...
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Velocity-based space-time FEMs for solid dynamics problem: generalized framework for linear basis functions in time
Time discontinuous Galerkin space-time finite element method (ST/FEM) can be used for develo** arbitrary high-order accurate and unconditionally stable time integration schemes for elastodynamics problems. T...
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Oxidation-aided cap-removal of chemical vapor deposition-prepared single-wall carbon nanotubes
The cap-removal conditions of chemical vapor deposition-prepared single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) bundles were optimized via air oxidation at different temperatures.
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Effect of injection on bed shear stress and turbulence characteristics in a closed conduit flow
Bed shear stress and turbulence quantities are important parameters to understand sediment erosion, transport, and hydraulic processes in most hydraulic studies. An experimental investigation was conducted to ...
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Validation of LBM simulation of saturated seepage flow through 3D-printed homogeneous porous medium for fluid-particle coupled analysis
The accuracy of the pore-scale intergranular flow analysis by the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), with the aid of the discrete element method (DEM), is investigated and compared with the experimental results o...
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Application of an HMC Based Approximate Method for Combined Identification of Hydraulic Conductivity and Pi** Region Interface
The detection of pi** and the extent to which it progresses is important in the serviceability of natural dams and levees, where the soil is usually poorly consolidated and filters or drainage zones are abse...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Investigation of Seepage Force Acting on Interfacial Bed Particles by DEM-LBM
The experimental investigations of seepage force on interfacial bed particles furnish only macroscopic phenomenological characteristics. Microscopic numerical analyses provide effective alternative tools to as...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Tsunami Resilient Foundation for Breakwater: Centrifuge Model Tests
Many coastal protection structures collapsed due to the past earthquakes and tsunamis. For example, several breakwaters damaged during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. Due to the fail...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Physical Model Tests for Newly Developed Breakwater Foundation Subjected to Earthquake and Tsunami
Many breakwaters damaged due to earthquake and tsunami in the past. For example, several breakwaters collapsed by the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. It was found that t...
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Hybridized double-walled carbon nanotubes and activated carbon as free-standing electrode for flexible supercapacitor applications
Free-standing hybridized electrode consisting of double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) and activated carbon have been fabricated for flexible supercapacitor applications. The xanthan-gum, used in our methodol...
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P-y Curves of 2x2 pile group in liquefiable soil under dynamic loadings
The seismic analysis of pile groups subjected to lateral and axial loads is often implemented separately. As a result, the calculated bending moment and deflection are found to be nonrealistic in nature, as co...
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Interface-mediated noble metal deposition on transition metal dichalcogenide nanostructures
Functionalizing the surfaces of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanosheets with noble metals is important for electrically contacting them to devices, as well as improving their catalytic and sensing cap...
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Slope stability evaluation of an agricultural embankment by statistically derived rainfall patterns
Torrential rainfall has a detrimental impact on the stability of soil-based agricultural embankments due to seepage and slope failure. The impact on the stability of an embankment due to rainfall patterns is s...
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Experimental study on seepage characteristics of reservoir embankment considering interval of horizontal filter
In the zone fill-type reservoir embankment, the vertical filter for drainage is essentially installed, but in the case of the horizontal filter, the applicability is determined by the reservoir’s scale or the ...
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Countermeasures for enhancing the stability of composite breakwater under earthquake and subsequent tsunami
Many breakwaters have collapsed in the past due to earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis, resulting in considerable devastation as the breakwaters failed to prevent the tsunami from entering the coastal plain ar...
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Distinct photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy signatures for identifying highly crystalline WS2 monolayers produced by different growth methods
Transition metal dichalcogenides such as WS2 show exciting promise in electronic and optoelectronic applications. Significant variations in the transport, Raman, and photoluminescence (PL) can be found in the lit...
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Open AccessMultiple exciton generation induced enhancement of the photoresponse of pulsed-laser-ablation synthesized single-wall-carbon-nanotube/PbS-quantum-dots nanohybrids
The pulsed laser deposition method was used to decorate appropriately single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with PbS quantum dots (QDs), leading to the formation of a novel class of SWCNTs/PbS-QDs nanohybrids ...
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Numerical Analysis of Backward Erosion of Soils by Solving the Darcy–Brinkman Equations
The backward erosion of soils, which is induced by seepage flows, is numerically simulated. To the end, the following three aspects need to be computed: Water flow fields, onset and speed of erosion and bounda...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Analysis of 1D Seepage Failure Process of Sandy Materials by CWENO Method
This paper proposes a numerical method to simulate the seepage failure of sandy materials, known as sand boils or quicksand. The sand is largely deformed and the particles rapidly migrate with the seepage wate...
