It is nearly 20 years since the concept of a small-world network was first quantitatively
defined, by a combination of high clustering and short path length; and about 10 years since …

The network architecture of the human brain has become a feature of increasing interest to
the neuroscientific community, largely because of its potential to illuminate human cognition …

Granular materials consist of macroscopic grains, interacting via contact forces, and
unaffected by thermal fluctuations. They are one of a class systems that undergo jamming, ie …

The macroscale connectome is the network of physical, white-matter tracts between brain
areas. The connections are generally weighted and their values interpreted as measures of …

The development of reliable strategies to optimize part production in additive manufacturing
technologies hinges, to a large extent, on the quantitative understanding of the mechanical …

Powder spreading process is to use a spreader such as blade or roller to spread powder
layers for subsequent fusion in powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. In this work, the …

Quantitative descriptions of network structure can provide fundamental insights into the
function of interconnected complex systems. Small-world structure, diagnosed by high local …

The arrangements of particles and forces in granular materials have a complex organization
on multiple spatial scales that range from local structures to mesoscale and system-wide …

Networks are a convenient way to represent complex systems of interacting entities. Many
networks contain “communities” of nodes that are more densely connected to each other …

Broken gangue from the collapsing roof of a longwall coal panel can be used as the
backfilling material for goaf backfilling. The particle size gradation has important influence …