• Development of a Semiglobal Reaction Mechanism for the Thermal Decomposition of a Polymer Containing Reactive Flame Retardants: Application to Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Polybutylene Terephthalate Blended with Aluminum Diethyl Phosphinate and Melamine Polyphosphate 

  Ding, Yan; Stoliarov, Stanislav I.; Kraemer, Roland H. (MDPI, 2018-09-17)

  This work details a methodology for parameterization of the kinetics and thermodynamics of the thermal decomposition of polymers blended with reactive additives. This methodology employs Thermogravimetric Analysis, ...

• Utilization of Dynamic and Static Sensors for Monitoring Infrastructures 

  Fu, Chung C.; Zhu, Yifan; Hou, Kuang-Yuan (IntechOpen, 2018-12-12)

  Infrastructures, including bridges, tunnels, sewers, and telecommunications, may be exposed to environmental-induced or traffic-induced deformation and vibrations. Some infrastructures, such as bridges and roadside upright ...

• Development of a Fatigue Life Assessment Model for Pairing Fatigue Damage Prognoses with Bridge Management Systems 

  Saad, Timothy; Fu, Chung C.; Zhao, Gengwen; Xu, Chaoran (IntechOpen, 2018-12-18)

  Fatigue damage is one of the primary safety concerns for steel bridges reaching the end of their design life. Currently, US federal requirements mandate regular inspection of steel bridges for fatigue cracks; however, ...

• Fatigue Assessment of Highway Bridges under Traffic Loading Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation 

  Zhao, Gengwen; Fu, Chung C.; Lu, Yang; Saad, Timothy (IntechOpen, 2018-11-13)

  Fatigue is a common failure mode of steel bridges induced by truck traffic. Despite the deterioration caused by environmental factors, the increasing truck traffic volume and weight pose a premier threat to steel highway ...

• Protein-based vehicles for biomimetic RNAi delivery 

  Pottash, Alex Eli; Kuffner, Christopher; Noonan-Shueh, Madeleine; Jay, Steven M. (BioMed Central, 2019-02-26)

  Broad translational success of RNA interference (RNAi) technology depends on the development of effective delivery approaches. To that end, researchers have developed a variety of strategies, including chemical modification ...

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