Paths of interactive cracks in creep conditions

The paper contains plane strain analysis of uniformly stretched plate working in creep condition.The plate contains initial defects in forms of central and/or edge cracks working in mode I.These cracks are modelled by attributing critical value of damage parameter to preset points and therefore resulting in stresses set to zero (material does not s

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Two Better Than One? Potential Effects of Intraguild Predation on the Biological Control of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) by the Parasitoid Aganaspis daci (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) and the Predator Pseudoophonus rufipes (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

The use of more than one species Ski de fond - Enfant - Bottes - Combi to manage a single insect pest is a common practice among biological control programs.However, the beneficial effects of natural enemies are not always additive, which in many cases may be attributed to interspecific interactions such as intraguild predation (IGP).Herein, we inv

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Evaluation of Shoulders Functions on Lithuanian Regional Roads

Granular shoulder is an important element of road system.One can frequently notice shoulders rutting, edge breakage, unconformity of cross-section to the norms that could be caused by wind and water-generated erosion.These problems directly affect the drivers, influences their behaviour on the road and traffic safety.Therefore, a constant maintenan

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