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Electric vehicles (EVs) exceeded 20 percent of global car sales for the first time in 2024. Yet this rapid growth masks a fundamental inefficiency: lithium-ion batteries store energy but offer no ...

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ABSTRACT: This paper investigated the fire resistance of CSBs with various parameters under high temperature rise due to fire using finite element software ABAQUS. The mechanical parameters of CSBs ...

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Introduction: Aging stiffens arteries, increasing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Elastic arteries stiffen via two main mechanisms: 1) acute load dependent stiffening from higher blood pressure (BP ...

Structural superlubricity (SSL), a state of ultra-low friction between two solid contacts, is a fascinating phenomenon in modern tribology. With extensive molecular dynamics simulations, for systems ...