Structural Design of a Large-Scale 3D-Printed High-Altitude Propeller: Methodology and Experimental Validation

This paper presents an original approach to the structural design and analysis of a 3D-printed thermoplastic-core propeller blade for high-altitude UAVs.A macroscale linear isotropic numerical model for the behavior of 3D-printed parts (in Tough PLA, as well as ABS) is fed with values from tensile and bending testing on standard specimens (ISO 527-

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Building confidence in COVID-19 vaccine rollout: the importance of responsible presentation and follow-on investigation of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) reports for elderly patients

Given the extreme need for vaccines to flatten the curve of COVID-19 cases and deaths worldwide, many researchers, some governments and donor agencies have initiated a good number of vaccine development projects.COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for use in mass population immunization programmes in a much shorter time than is usual for new pharm

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Development of a Software Tool for Seismic Probabilistic Safety Assessment Quantification with a Sufficiently Large Number of Bins for Enhanced Accuracy

Quantification in seismic probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) includes the convolution of hazard and fragility curves.Because it is difficult to find the closed-form integration for the convolution of two curves, numerical methods are widely used in practice.In practical applications, the number of ground motion level bins in numerical methods is

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