Monte Carlo simulations of a concrete specimen under uni-axial tension were carried out with extensive investigation of the effects of important numerical algorithms and material properties on numerical efficiency and stability, crack propagation processes and load-carrying capacities.
These factors make it difficult to understand the effect of particle size and material properties on overall separator efficiency, effects known to be critical to system performance.
The review is mainly divided by two topics, i.e. design of geometry profiles and the crash box material advancements, both geometry and material properties would influence the efficiency of kinetic energy absorption during collision.
Under the experimental conditions, it is found suitable for the heating and cooling rates to be 0.5 0.75 and 0.33 °C/s, respectively, through comprehensive consideration of the requirements of both the material properties and the manufacturing efficiency.
Copper zinc tin sulfide (Cu2ZnSnS4) or simply CZTS is one of the promising absorber materials in thin-film solar cell because of its excellent material properties for obtaining high efficiency such as direct bandgap (1.45 eV) [3], which is very close to optimum bandgap for solar energy conversion, high absorption coefficients (>104 cm−1) [4], etc.
The effect of temperature on inherent material properties responsible for photo-conversion efficiency is studied using impedance spectroscopy technique.
Although steam curing can effectively increase the early-age strength of concrete in addition to other material properties and hence improve production efficiency, it increases the fabrication cost due to the consumption of fuel.
First, variability of the compressive resistance of FRP-confined RC columns considering uncertainty in the model error, material properties, section dimensions, FRP strain efficiency factor and minimum load eccentricity as well as any existing correlation among random variables was studied.
The energy utilization, exergy losses and exergy efficiency vary with material properties and dryer conditions.
Such a model can be used to study the effects of burden distribution, inlet gas composition and material properties on the operation and energy efficiency of a BF.
