This paper explores the effect of particle breakage on mechanical behavior coarse sand through 3D Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations direct shear tests (DST). The objective is to gain insights into macro- and micro-mechanical behaviors crushable sand, with a particular focus stress–strain relationship, volumetric deformation, evolution grain crushing. involve comparison between non-crush...

Particle breakage in soils is a well-recognised behaviour. Conventional methods for quantifying the process rely on calculating area between particle size distribution (PSD) curves produced before and after crushing. A key aspect of understanding across different size/sieve fractions. Grading entropy coordinates allow representation any PSD to be shown as single point Cartesian plane are able t...

Dicentric chromosomes undergo a breakage-fusion-bridge cycle as a consequence of having two centromeres on the same chromatid attach to opposite spindle poles in mitosis. Suppression of dicentric chromosome breakage reflects loss of kinetochore function at the kinetochore-microtubule or the kinetochore-DNA interface. Using a conditionally functional dicentric chromosome in vivo, we demonstrate ...

Defect-free graphene is believed to be the strongest material. However, effective strength of engineering used large-area in which defects are inevitable actually determined by fracture toughness, rather than intrinsic that governs breakage atomic bonds perfect graphene. Due limitations commonly adopted experiments, conventional continuum mechanics–based methods and fully atomistic simulations,...

In order to improve the accuracy and efficiency of methods that are used for detection impurities in breakage rate harvested corn grains, we propose a classification identification method using feature threshold backpropagation (BP) neural network is based on genetic algorithm. We also constructed continuous single-layer discrete tile system application grains containing broken kernels. conduct...

Detection of tool breakage is of vital importance in automated manufacturing. Various methods have been attempted, and it is considered that the use of discrete wavelet transform (DWT), which is much more efficient and just as accurate wavelet analysis, may provide a realistic solution to the detection of tool breakage in operation. The DWT uses an analyzing wavelet function which is localized ...

line is the breakage of whatever weld carried out between steel coils, that are used to produce the continuous strip to be processed. A weld breakage results in a several hours stop of the manufacturing line. In this process the damages caused by the breakage must be repaired. After the reparation and in order to go on with the production it will be necessary a restarting process of the line. F...

The breakage of an epidural catheter is a rare complication during the removal of a thoracic epidural catheter. There are many causes to breakage of an epidural catheter, such as the characteristics of the catheter itself, patient's factors (anatomy, position during insertion and removal of the catheter, and the BMI), and the difficulty of the procedure. Surgical removal is considered if there ...

Breakage-Fusion-Bridge cycles in cancer arise when a broken segment of DNA is duplicated and an end from each copy joined together. This structure then ‘unfolds’ into a new piece of palindromic DNA. This is one mechanism responsible for the localised amplicons observed in cancer genome data. The process has parallels with paper folding sequences that arise when a piece of paper is folded severa...