Experimental Study on the Pullout Resistance of Smooth Steel Strip Reinforcement with Transverse Members
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper is recommended for publication in the present form.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Not in the field of study after careful reading
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Reviewer 3 Report
The authors have done a good work that could provide valuable information in this field. Some minor issues need to be resolved.
Line 2, “Design” should be changed to “Experiential Study” in this case to better reflect the work of this paper.
Line 14, “a study” can be changed to “an experimental study” in this case.
Line 25, please check “is used for proposal of…” for grammar problem and fix it.
Line 30, “use” should be changed to “used” or “employed” in this case.
Line 46, “a two resistance” should be corrected to “two types of resistance” in this case.
Line 50, “on” should be deleted after “affect”.
Line 54 to 55, please check “…because it can selective application…” for grammar problems and fix them.
Line 88 to 93, in “Firstly…Finally…” since there are only two points, “Finally” can be changed to “Second…”; and “Firstly” can be changed to “First” to match “Second” in this case.
Line 98, add an article “a” before “significantly higher stability…” in this case.
Line 117, “…equation (x)…” should be written as “…Equations (x)…”. Please check throughout the manuscript for the same issues and fix them all.
Line 131, In figure captions, “Figure x” are used, whereas in text, “Fig. x” are used. Please make them to be consistent throughout the manuscript.
Line 131, In the text, “Fig. 2 is mentioned before “Fig. 1”. Please check and fix the order of Figure 1 and Figure 2 and make “Figure 1” is mentioned before “Figure 2” in the text.
Line 163, the subtitle of Section 3 can be changed to “Experimental”.
Line 208, “in” can be changed to “to” in this case.
Line 224, “-“ should be deleted here.
Line 261, “, and” can be changed to “;” in this case.
Line 281, “of” should be deleted after “calculate”.
Line 292, “section x.y” should be written as “Section x.y”. please check throughout the similar issues and fix them all.
Line 300, what it mean by “when the soil approached failure.”?
Line 311, “In case where…” can be changed as “In the case that…” in this case.
Line 332, 343, “according to” should be changed to “with” in this case.
Line 365, please check the use of “by” in this case.
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Reviewer 4 Report
The manuscript “Design of Pullout Resistance on the Smooth Steel Strip Reinforcement with Transverse Members” studied the pullout resistance of a newly improved reinforcement. This reinforcement is smooth steel strip reinforcement with transverse members in order to improve pullout resistance problems of smooth steel strip reinforcement. The authors have employed correctly the techniques. I have found the methodological approach correct and the results are properly interpreted. The presentation of the problem is clear, the results correctly presented and the conclusions well explained. This manuscript is well written and well structured, with a proper English grammar and syntax. From a scientific point of view the manuscript shows a high degree of soundness, supported by pertinent references. Finally, this article definitely further the research in this field. It can be published in the journal “Applied Sciences” after the below minor revisions:
- It would be convenient to include a table of abbreviations.
- Please provide the manufacturers for all the equipment used.
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