SAM: Recent submissions
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(elsevier, 2018)This study deals with the durability of composites based on polyamide 6.6 (PA6.6) in a humid environment, and more especially, with the loss of fracture properties. It is known that PA6.6 undergoes plasticization in the ...
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(elsevier, 2018)Chitosan (CS) layers are coated on a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) film in order to decrease the oxygen permeability through the polymeric films for food packaging applications. Oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of the ...
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(2018)Structural Health Monitoring is a multidisciplinary field whose aim is to monitor damages within structures. Damages are detected by means of features - Damage Index (DI) - obtained by comparing measurements obtained from ...
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Performance enhancement of downwind sails due to leading edge flapping: A wind tunnel investigation (Elsevier BV, 2018)This work presents a wind tunnel experimental study on the effect of the leading edge flapping on the aerodynamic performance of a spinnaker. Four J80-class spinnaker models, combining two different assembling structures ...
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(2018)Public Participation encounters great challenges in the domain of urban design concerning decision making and citizens’ appropriation of a future place. Many tools and methods have been proposed to ease the participation ...
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(Springer, 2018)The discrete element method (DEM) is used for continuous material modeling. The method is based on discretizing mass material into small elements, usually spheres, which are linked to their neighbours through bonds. If DEM ...
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(IEEE, 2018)Nowadays, virtual reality (VR) is widely used in the AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industry. One crucial issue is how to reuse Building Information Modeling (BIM) models in VR applications. This paper ...
