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Conventional steel bars in Reinforced Concrete (RC) square columns are utilized as longitudinal reinforcement and steel ties are utilized as transverse reinforcement for concrete confinement. The concrete confinement in RC columns with square section is less than that with circular section. Recently, Steel-Equal Angle (SEA) as longitudinal reinforcement has been investigated for square RC columns. The RC columns with SEA as longitudinal reinforcement exhibit higher strength and ductility than th...

Soft pneumatic actuators are usually fabricated using molding and casting techniques with silicone rubbers, which requires intensive manual labor and limits repeatability and design flexibility for complex geometries. This article presents the design and direct 3D-printing of novel omnidirectional soft pneumatic actuators using stereolithography (SLA) with an elastic resin and fused deposition modeling (FDM) with a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). The actuator is modeled and optimized for bendi...

Operator Good day, and welcome to Resonants first-quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Todays conference is being recorded. At this time, Id like to turn the conference over to Greg Falesnik from MZ Group, the companys investor relations firm. Greg Falesnik -- Investor Relations Please note, well be using a presentation during todays call, which is accessible on the events page of Resonants IR website. If you are with us today via phone, please go to the events page to either view or downloa...

When They Were New Back Story: 1998 Honda Prelude Type SH and 1998 Acura NSX by Nicholas Frankl HOT CAR GUY Speak softly - but carry a big stick. Now there is a quote for Honda Motor Co if I ever heard one. The company that brought us marvels like 4-wheel steering and a total domination of Formula One amongst other things seems to a have a serious personality disorder. On the one hand the Japanese giant is happy to play Mummy & Daddy - churning out respectable - but lets face it rather uninspi...

Does MIPS really work? It’s a question that’s been asked many times before, but deciding what extra protection that famous yellow slip plane really affords your head has been tough to quantify.