This paper presents a framework to systematically measure and assess power grids’ resilience with a focus on performance as perceived by customers at the power distribution level. The proposed framework considers an analogous measure of availability as a basic metric for resilience and defines other key resilience-related concepts and metrics, such as resistance and brittleness. This framework ...

Dynamic light scattering and oscillatory rheology experiments were performed to study the effects of various salts on the hydrogel consisting of an oligomeric electrolyte gelator, poly(pyridinium-1,4-diyliminocarbonyl-1,4-phenylenemethylene chloride) (1-Cl). Sol-gel transition temperature increased with increasing salt concentration that suggested the salt-in behavior. The concentration depende...

INTRODUCTION: Vertebral fractures are often the result of a progressive deformation process. Structural brittleness parameters should be considered relevant for such failure processes. Much of the previous work has been concerned with vertebral stiffness and strength but measures of brittleness such as work to fracture and failure displacement largely remained unexplored. In a previous study ex...

The microhardness study reveals the mechanical strength of the grown crystal. The Vicker’s and Knoop hardness studies were performed to understand the mechanical behavior of the glycine lithium chloride crystals. The Vicker’s and Knoop microhardness numbers (HV and HK) for the crystal were found for different loads. It is found that these numbers increase with an increase in the load. The Mayer...