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The application of indentation techniques to the evaluation of fracture toughness is examined critically, in two parts. In this first part, attention is focused on an approach which involves direct measurement of Vickers...

Subjects / keywords: Engineering; Research design; Human factors and ergonomics; Poison control; Forensic engineering; Medicine; Medical emergency; Mathematics; Statistics

Subjects / keywords: Indentation; Materials science; Elastic modulus; Characterization (materials science); Indentation hardness; Nanoindentation; Contact mechanics; Modulus; Mechanical engineering; Composite material; Structural engineering...

An attempt is made here to explain the observed phenomena in the yielding and ageing of mild steel, described in two previous papers, in the general terms of a grain-boundary theory. On this hypothesis, a satisfactory ex...

Subjects / keywords: construction and building materials, materials science and engineering, forensic engineering, structural and earthquake engineering, surveying engineering, urban engineering; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engi...

Subjects / keywords: civil engineering, urban engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, construction and building materials, forensic civil engineering; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

The identification, preservation, analysis, and presentation of electronic evidence to support legal or organizational inquiries constitute the discipline of digital forensics, which is crucial to contemporary investigat...

Subjects / keywords: Forensic sciences; Motion control devices; Forensic engineering; Liability for traffic accidents; Colombia

Insider threats pose a significant and growing risk to organizational cybersecurity, with recent studies indicating a 47% increase in insider incidents from 2018 to 2022. This paper presents a comparative analysis of uns...

The integration of humans with computers is advancing biometric systems, particularly in utilizing DNA biometrics for human verification and identification, especially in forensic contexts. DNA analysis has significantly...

Low-lighting conditions pose significant challenges to captured images and result in degraded image quality, characterized by poor visibility, imbalanced illumination, increased noise, limited contrast, inaccurate colour...

Abstract In the course of an investigation of the effect of surface scratches on the mechanical strength of solids, some general conclusions were reached which appear to have a direct bearing on the problem of rupture, f...