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Koppen, S. (author), Langelaar, Matthijs (author), van Keulen, A. (author)High-tech equipment critically relies on flexures for precise manipulation and measurement. Through elastic deformation, flexures offer extreme position repeatability within a limited range of motion in their degrees of freedom, while constraining motion in the degrees of constraint. Topology optimization proves a prospective tool for the...journal article 2022
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Turan, Deniz (author), Poulis, J.A. (author)Glass bottles having a metal closure are preferred for oxygen sensitive beverages e.g. beer. Using thinner closure which comprise polyvinyl chloride-free component is more sustainable. However, protecting the sealing performance as a result of metal closure thickness reduction is challenging. Here we show the relation between the leakage in...journal article 2022
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Yao, Peng (author), Su, Min (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), van Rijn, Leo C. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Xu, Chunyang (author), Chen, Yongping (author)The erosion threshold, beyond which bed sediments start to move, is a key parameter describing sediment transport processes. For silt-dominated mixtures, in which the grain size is between sand and clay, existing experimental studies exhibit contradictory observations. That is, the erosion was either sand-like or clay-like, suggesting...journal article 2022
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Wang, Junpeng (author), Wu, J. (author), Westermann, Rüdiger (author)The optimization of porous infill structures via local volume constraints has become a popular approach in topology optimization. In some design settings, however, the iterative optimization process converges only slowly, or not at all even after several hundreds or thousands of iterations. This leads to regions in which a distinct binary...journal article 2022
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Teunissen, L.P.J. (author), Jansen, K.M.B. (author), Janssen, E.S. (author), Kingma, Boris R.M. (author), De Korte, Johannus Q. (author), Eijsvogels, Thijs M.H. (author)Objectives To evaluate how separate and combined climatic parameters affect peak core temperature during exercise in the heat using computer simulations fed with individual data. Methods The impact of eight environmental conditions on rectal temperature (T re) was determined for exercise under heat stress using the Fiala-thermal-Physiology...journal article 2022
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Gao, Peng (author), Ye, G. (author), Huang, Haoliang (author), Qian, Zhiwei (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Wei, Jiangxiong (author), Yu, Qijun (author)A structure-based modelling framework was established to simulate the three-dimensional autogenous shrinkage of cement paste. A cement hydration model, HYMOSTRUC3D-E, was used to obtain the microstructures and ionic concentrations of the cement paste. A lattice fracture model based on the effective stress and effective modulus was used to...journal article 2022
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Chiang, Y.-C. (author)This paper investigates the correlations among 3D graphic statics, Maxwell–Rankine stress function, and Pucher's equation (the governing equation of membrane shells). When there is only vertical load, a solution of Pucher's equation can be converted into a Maxwell–Rankine stress function. The resulting stress function can be further...journal article 2022
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Moldovan, I. A. (author), Apostol, A. (author), Muntean, A. (author), Ghita, C. (author), Toader, V. E. (author), Ambrosius, B.A.C. (author)In the last 300 years the window of time for two consecutive large and destructive intermediate-depth earthquakes in Vrancea (Romania) was between 36 and 102 years. An explanation for the larger window of time might be a release of stress produced by a slow-slip-event (SSE). In a vertical sinking slab slightly attached from the Earth’s crust...journal article 2022
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Sañudo, Roberto (author), Miranda, Marina (author), Alonso, Borja (author), Markine, V.L. (author)Sleeper spacing has been a taboo subject throughout the railway’s history. Safety concerns related to the structural integrity have been the main causes of not addressing this matter. There are no specific and clear recommendations or guidelines in relation to this matter and the distances do not go more than 0.8 m. In order to go beyond this...journal article 2022
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Jongbloed, Hendrik (author), Schuttelaars, H.M. (author), Dijkstra, Y.M. (author), Donkers, Paul B. (author), Hoitink, Antonius J.F. (author)An idealized width-averaged model is employed to study the influence of wind stress on subtidal salt intrusion and stratification in well-mixed and partially stratified estuaries. We show that even in mild conditions, wind forcing can influence the estuarine salinity structure in a substantial way. By studying the role of wind forcing on...journal article 2022
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Li, Xueliang Sean (author), Rozendaal, M.C. (author), Vermetten, Eric (author), Jansen, K.M.B. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author)Smart wearables are increasingly used to help people deal with stress. Still, a less explored area of research in this field concerns the partnerships that smart wearables can take on when engaging people in stress-coping activities. To facilitate further understanding of the human-wearable partnerships, we designed Grippy, a smart wearable...journal article 2022
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Numerical analysis and discussion on the hot-spot stress concept applied to welded tubular KT jointsVieira Ávila, Bianca (author), Correia, J.A.F.O. (author), Carvalho, Hermes (author), Fantuzzi, Nicholas (author), De Jesus, Abílio (author), Berto, Filippo (author)Nominal stresses have been used for a long time for the assessment of fatigue resistance of welded joints, however, this approach has strong limitations since the definition of the nominal stress may be subjective for complex welded details and/or complex loading. On the other hand, the hot-spot stress approach has been proposed to overcome...journal article 2022
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Vittorietti, M. (author), Hidalgo Garcia, J. (author), Galan Lopez, J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Jongbloed, G. (author)This study proposes a new approach to determine phenomenological or physical relations between microstructure features and the mechanical behavior of metals bridging advanced statistics and materials science in a study of the effect of hard precipitates on the hardening of metal alloys. Synthetic microstructures were created using multi-level...journal article 2022
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Baar, Simon (author), Pavlov, Leonid (author), Kassapoglou, C. (author)Onset Theory (previously known as Strain Invariant Failure Theory) is a physics-based composite failure criterion attempting to predict failure at the level of constituents rather than for a homogenized ply. Applying Onset Theory correctly requires a number of steps. As a starting point for other researchers, a consistent approach is...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Z. (author), Peeters, J.W.R. (author), Popovich, V. (author), Ayas, C. (author)Hydrogen plays a vital role in the utilisation of renewable energy, but ingress and diffusion of hydrogen in a gas turbine can induce hydrogen embrittlement on its metallic components. This paper aims to investigate the hydrogen transport in a non-hydride forming alloy such as Alloy 690 used in gas turbines inspired by service conditions of...journal article 2022
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Varouchakis, Emmanouil A. (author), Corzo Perez, GA (author), Diaz-Loaiza, Andres (author), Spanoudaki, Katerina (author)Mining activities depend significantly on water resources availability as it consists a major tool of the extraction, processing and the post closure mining operations. Especially, groundwater is the major water source in most mining areas. However, overexploitation, competition from the communities and climate change effects have caused...journal article 2022
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Chamakura, J.N. (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Reinton, T.E. (author), Popovich, V. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)The reversible behaviour of metals at low applied stresses is more complex than the generally assumed linear behaviour. This is primarily because of the reversible nature of dislocation motion leading to a strain contribution known as anelasticity. This work aims to investigate (a) quantification of dislocation structures in industrial grade...journal article 2022
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Faraj, Noura (author), Duinkerken, B. H.Peter (author), Carroll, E.C.M. (author), Giepmans, Ben N.G. (author)Microscopic analysis of molecules and physiology in living cells and systems is a powerful tool in life sciences. While in vivo subcellular microscopic analysis of healthy and diseased human organs remains impossible, zebrafish larvae allow studying pathophysiology of many organs using in vivo microscopy. Here, we review the potential of the...review 2022
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Fayezioghani, A. (author), Dekker, R. (author), Sluys, Lambertus J. (author)Structural components in corrosive environments such as pipelines, bridges, aircrafts, and turbines are imposed to stress corrosion. A stress corrosion model for pit growth should a) accurately consider the electrochemistry of the corrosion process, b) properly deal with the moving interface between solid and electrolyte, and c) effectively...journal article 2022
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Bufalari, G. (author), den Besten, J.H. (author), Kaminski, M.L. (author)The predominant mode-I response of maritime structures can be multiaxial, involving out-of-plane mode-III shear components. Semi-analytical mode-III notch stress distribution formulations have been established for critical details like welded T-joints and cruciform joints, reflecting (non-)symmetry with respect to half the plate thickness....journal article 2022