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Flexural performance of RC beams strengthened with HB CFRP plates: Experimental study and theoretical model based on the intermediate crack debonding
Full text linkThis paper presents a study on the flexural performance of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams strengthened with Hybrid Bonded (HB) Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) laminates. Single-shear tests and flexural tests on RC beams strengthened with CFRP are examined, comparing both Externally Bonded (EB) and HB strengthening techniques with different anchor spacings. Results show that hybrid bonding improved the bond and flexural capacity in single shear and beam tests, respectively. A numerical model is developed to predict Intermediate Crack Debonding (ICD) in RC beams strengthened with HB CFRP laminates. The methodology is based on considering two different bond-slip laws, one for the EB and another for the HB CFRP portions. The proposed model is validated applying the bond-slip laws calibrated from the EB and HB CFRP single-shear tests to the flexural test results, demonstrating accurate prediction of ICD failure for both EB and HB CFRP specimens
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Experimental and theoretical study on flexural behavior of hybrid bonded CFRP RC beams
Full text linkFiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are widely used to strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) structures due to their high mechanical and durability properties compared to traditional materials. However, intermediate crack debonding (ICD) failure limits the effectiveness of strengthening RC beams in flexure with externally bonded (EB)-FRP laminates. Anchorage of the FRP can mitigate this debonding, enhancing the efficiency of FRP strengthening. Hybrid bonding (HB)-FRP emerged as a viable method for delaying/preventing debonding of EB-FRP RC beams. HB combines adhesive bonding from EB with mechanical fastening through metallic plates, increasing resistance to debonding. While previous research explored the bonding capacity of the HB connection using FRP sheets in single-shear tests, few simplified approaches exist for predicting the bending capacity of strengthened beams. In this paper, the feasibility of HB systems to delay ICD of RC flexural elements strengthened with carbon FRP (CFRP) pre-cured laminates is assessed through experimental and theoretical studies. For this purpose, three RC beams strengthened with CFRP are tested, one using EB and two using HB with different anchor spacings. Results include load-deflection response, flexural capacity and failure mode. Experimental results are compared to literature provisions. Results show that the HB technique consistently improves the flexural performance of the beam in all considered cases
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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