1. Effects of Al and Sn on electrochemical properties of Mg-6%Al-1%Sn (mass fraction) magnesium alloy as anode in 3.5%NaCl solution

   • Qiao Huang
   • Kun Yu
   • Xue-yan Qiao

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4409 - 4414

2. Microstructure and abrasive wear behaviour of anodizing composite films containing SiC nanoparticles on Ti6Al4V alloy

   • Song-mei Li
   • Xiu-mei Yu
   • Kang Yang

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4415 - 4423

3. Crystallization characteristics of Ni-W-P composite coatings reinforced by CeO₂ and SiO₂ nano-particles

   • Rui-dong Xu
   • Da-cheng Zhai
   • Yu-zhi Zhang

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4424 - 4431

4. Simulation of hydrogen diffusion in welded joint of X80 pipeline steel

   • Chun-yan Yan
   • Cui-ying Liu
   • Gen-yuan Zhang

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4432 - 4437

5. Defect-free surface of quartz glass polished in elastic mode by chemical impact reaction

   • Wen-qiang Peng
   • Chao-liang Guan
   • Sheng-yi Li

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4438 - 4444

6. Adsorption behavior of molybdenum onto D314 ion exchange resin

   • Ming-yu Wang
   • Chang-jun Jiang
   • Xue-wen Wang

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4445 - 4449

7. Direct spray pyrolysis of aluminum chloride solution for alumina preparation

   • Guo-zhi Lü
   • Ting-an Zhang
   • Yan Liu

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4450 - 4455

8. Dynamics analysis of planar armored cable motion in deep-sea ROV system

   • Wei-cai Quan
   • Zhu-ying Zhang
   • Ai-qun Zhang

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4456 - 4467

9. Controller design based on viscoelasticity dynamics model and experiment for flexible drive unit

   • Wei-guo Wu
   • Yue-yang Hou

   OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4468 - 4477

10. Adaptive backstepping control for levitation system with load uncertainties and external disturbances

    • Jin-hui Li
    • Jie Li
    • Lian-chun Wang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4478 - 4488

11. Vibration transmissibility characteristics of smart spring vibration isolation system

    • De Ni
    • Ru-peng Zhu
    • Qiu-ju Fu

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4489 - 4496

12. Imperfect preventive maintenance for numerical control machine tools with log-linear virtual age process

    • Jun-feng Guo
    • Zhi-yuan Rui
    • Xing-chun Wei

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4497 - 4502

13. Determination of interference fit value on entire roller embedded shapemeter roll

    • Hai-miao Wu
    • Hong-min Liu
    • Li-po Yang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4503 - 4508

14. Real time remaining useful life prediction based on nonlinear Wiener based degradation processes with measurement errors

    • Sheng-jin Tang
    • Xiao-song Guo
    • Bang-cheng Zhang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4509 - 4517

15. System failure analysis based on DEMATEL-ISM and FMECA

    • Gui-xiang Shen
    • Shu-guang Sun
    • Chuang Ma

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4518 - 4525

16. Energy saving analysis of segment positioning in shield tunneling machine considering assembling path optimization

    • Hu Shi
    • Guo-fang Gong
    • Xue-song Mei

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4526 - 4536

17. Delay optimization for planar wireless sensor network with N-policy

    • Zhi-gang Chen
    • De-yu Zhang
    • Long Chen

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4537 - 4543

18. Frame-bitrate-change based steganography for voice-over-IP

    • Jin Liu
    • Hui Tian
    • Ke Zhou

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4544 - 4552

19. 2D registration based on contour matching for partial matching images

    • Jian-wei Zhang
    • Da-cheng Huang
    • Wen-zhong Ye

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4553 - 4562

20. Comparative analysis of different methods for image enhancement

    • Xiao-Feng Wu
    • Shi-gang Hu
    • Zai-fang Xi

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4563 - 4570

21. Adaptive preprocessing algorithms of corneal topography in polar coordinate system

    • Yan-wen Guo

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4571 - 4576

22. Intelligent manufacturing system of impeller for computer numerical control (CNC) programming based on KBE

    • Ling-yun Wang
    • Hong-hui Huang
    • Da-zhong Wang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4577 - 4584

23. Mixed convective heat and mass transfer analysis for peristaltic transport in an asymmetric channel with Soret and Dufour effects

    • F. M. Abbasi
    • A. Alsaedi
    • T. Hayat

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4585 - 4591

24. Heat transfer study on solid and porous convective fins with temperature-dependent heat generation using efficient analytical method

    • S. E. Ghasemi
    • P. Valipour
    • D. D. Ganji

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4592 - 4598

25. Performance evaluation on field synergy and composite regeneration by coupling cerium-based additive and microwave for a diesel particulate filter

    • Qing-song Zuo
    • Jia-qiang E
    • Guo-hai Jia

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4599 - 4606

26. Dynamic test on waste heat recovery system with organic Rankine cycle

    • Zhi-qi Wang
    • Li-wen Liu
    • Nai-jun Zhou

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4607 - 4612

27. Experimental study on co-pyrolysis characteristics of typical medical waste compositions

    • Na Deng
    • Wen-qian Cui
    • Hong-ting Ma

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4613 - 4622

28. Effect of different surfactants on removal efficiency of heavy metals in sewage sludge treated by a novel method combining bio-acidification with Fenton oxidation

    • Miao-miao Ren
    • Xing-zhong Yuan
    • Ning-bo Lin

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4623 - 4629

29. Seismic sedimentology of conglomeratic sandbodies in lower third member of Shahejie Formation (Palaeogene) in Shengtuo area, East China

    • Yong Yuan
    • Jin-liang Zhang
    • Yan Li

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4630 - 4639

30. Geoelectric response of porous media in water and grout injection processes

    • Qiang Sun
    • Sheng-dong Liu
    • Bo Wang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4640 - 4645

31. Degradation mechanism of rock under impact loadings by integrated investigation on crack and damage development

    • Zi-long Zhou
    • Yi-hui Jiang
    • Lei Wong

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4646 - 4652

32. New criterion for rock joints based on three-dimensional roughness parameters

    • Zhi-cheng Tang
    • Quan-sheng Liu
    • Ji-hui Huang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4653 - 4659

33. Limiting drainage criterion for groundwater of mountain tunnel

    • Pan Cheng
    • Lian-heng Zhao
    • Wei Luo

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4660 - 4668

34. Energy analysis of stability of twin shallow tunnels based on nonlinear failure criterion

    • Jia-hua Zhang
    • Jing-shu Xu
    • Biao Zhang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4669 - 4676

35. An improved Mesri creep model for unsaturated weak intercalated soils

    • Yan-bo Zhu
    • Hong-ming Yu

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4677 - 4681

36. Shear creep parameters of simulative soil for deep-sea sediment

    • Wen-bo Ma
    • Qiu-hua Rao
    • Kang Feng

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4682 - 4689

37. Analysis of nonlinear settlement for an unsaturated soil under stage continuous loading

    • Wei-zhi Chen
    • Guan-lu Jiang
    • An-hong Li

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4690 - 4697

38. Variation of hydraulic gradient in nonlinear finite strain consolidation

    • Xin-yu Xie
    • Jie-qing Huang
    • Jin-zhu Li

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4698 - 4706

39. Numerical verification of similar Cam-clay model based on generalized potential theory

    • Zhi-hui Zhong
    • Guang-hua Yang
    • Yu-cheng Zhang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4707 - 4713

40. Moisture effect on compressive behavior of concrete under dynamic loading

    • Ji-kai Zhou
    • Ning Ding

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4714 - 4722

41. Ultrasonic testing and microscopic analysis on concrete under sulfate attack and cyclic environment

    • Lei Jiang
    • Di-tao Niu
    • Qian-nan Fei

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4723 - 4731

42. Road boundary estimation to improve vehicle detection and tracking in UAV video

    • Li-ye Zhang
    • Zhong-ren Peng
    • Hua Wang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4732 - 4741

43. Model and algorithm of optimizing alternate traffic restriction scheme in urban traffic network

    • Guang-ming Xu
    • Feng Shi
    • He-lai Huang

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4742 - 4752

44. Analysis of external noise spectrum of high-speed railway

    • Yong-quan Deng
    • Xin-biao Xiao
    • Xue-song Jin

    OriginalPaper 24 December 2014 Pages: 4753 - 4761

45. Erratum to: An advanced segmentation using area and boundary tracing technique in extraction of lungs region

    • Kiran Thapaliya
    • Sang-Woong Lee
    • Goo-Rak Kwon

    Erratum 24 December 2014 Pages: 4762 - 4762