THERMODYNAMICAL DESCRIPTION OF RUNNING DISCONTINUITIES: APPLICATION TO FRICTION AND WEAR


Unified Analytical Solutions of Circular Tunnel Excavated in an Elastic-Brittle-Plastic Rock Mass considering Blast-Induced Damage and Dead Weight Loading

Stress and deformation around circular tunnel are crucial for optimizing the support system and evaluating the tunnel stability.The damage zone induced by blasting or mechanical excavation can dramatically influence the support design and methods because the self-weight of broken rock mass at the roof of the tunnel can exert a high pressure on the

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Lestrimelitta chacoana Roig-Alsina, 2010 (Meliponini, Apidae) in a Semideciduous Atlantic Forest, Southern Brazil

The species of the cleptobiotic bee genus Lestrimelitta Friese, 1903 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) are generally known as a menace Hair Straighteners to Meliponiculture and Apiculture, that is why it is common to observe recommendations to beekeepers to avoid the proximity of their meliponaries with any Lestrimelitta hives.So, besides other anthropic press

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