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This work details a methodology to characterize the performance of solar thermal and photovoltaic thermal (PVT) collectors using an indoor solar simulator. In this study, several cases have been compared to show that the methodology can be used to extract fundamental performance characteristics [...]Abstract
The behavior and response of pipelines subjected to slip fault movement is studied by numerical simulations as well as experimental setup. A finite element modeling is also developed via ABAQUS software. In this study, an artificial accelerogram is applied to the system and matched [...]Abstract
Matrix/Inter-fibre failure is characterized by the appearance at the fiber-matrix interfaces of small debonds that can progress along them until reaching a certain extension, then, changing their orientation kinking towards the matrix and finally growing through it. The particular [...]