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Florian Frédéric Vincent Breider, Yang Liu, Wenxin Liu

Microplastics pollution in river systems has generated great concern; however, few studies have focused on the contributions of multiple influencing factors to microplastics in river systems. In the current study, we utilized data on microplastics in surfa ...

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This paper focuses on an inverse problem involving a commonly used material model in structural steel applications—the Voce-Chaboche model. In particular, the paper proposes an approach focused on obtaining a consistent set of material parameters that accu ...

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Biodegradable Wireless Microheaters for Transient Biomedical Implants

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Temperature effect on fatigue behavior of basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composites

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Xing Zhao, Xin Wang

In this study, the temperature effect on the static and tension–tension fatigue behavior of basalt fiber‐reinforced epoxy polymer (BFRP) composites is investigated. The S–N curves, energy dissipation, stiffness degradation, and displacement increment with ...

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