Applied Research on the Minimum Thickness of Leveling Layer of Non-Adhesive Flat Extruded Board System
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
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Article
Applied Research of the Minimum thickness of Leveling Layer of Non-adhesive Flat Extruded Board System
This is under the scope of Applied Sciences, falls under civil engineering or applied engineering journals.
The article was written well, but disoriented.
English grammar correction is also required.
It was based on the layered elastic half-space theory, the effects of functional layer thickness, leveling layer thickness and leveling layer material on the maximum tensile stress of the system are compared. The research results lay a solid foundation for the popularization and application of a non-adhesive flat extruded 21 plate system.
The literature review is not adequate, still required few more.
Anyway, manuscript was not under the scope of Applied Sciences, authors may submit it to other engineering/Civil Engg journals.
With Regards,
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Reviewer 2 Report
The article presents a kind of case study of board layered floor structures.
The work is written in the correct language and has the correct structure. However, in the presented work there is a complete lack of information on computational models. It is unknown where all the values presented in the tables came from.
Information about the name of the software used (Matlab) is not enough.
What finite elements were used, how was the contact between layers modeled, what mes formulation was used?
The study also lacks a complete literature review; 10 items seem definitely insufficient.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Seven-layer materials were used as a base in order to study the effect of thickness on multilayered concrete by applying the elastic theory. Elastic modules and Poisson's ratio were evaluated in order to study the tensile stress.
Abstract:
Line 10. In the Abstract, from lines 10 to 15, the authors provide a brief description of the problem with some examples. In any case, this section seems to be too long and too near to be considered an introduction. Therefore, it is suggested to contract this part in order to be more assimilable to an abstract.
Keywords: keywords required to be more concise some of them appear to be generic. For instance, “horizon system”appear to be generic.
Line 27. Any government give details by laws on the environment and related construction. This sentence could be change and contracted.
Line 71 In the sentence: (b) Excessive deformation of insulation layer due to long-term use. The deformation can be change to “flaking of the paint”
Figure 1. it’s not a diagram but a draft
Figure 2. In Figure 2 are reported two figures with different size
Protective layers are used as insulators materials provide by companies with pre define thickness.
The blu cover layer that are used for the figure 2, b) is different from the ground reported in the article. It’s not clear why the authors cite the second figure.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
1654679-Applied Sciences
Article
Version 2
Applied Research of the Minimum thickness of Leveling Layer of Non-adhesive Flat Extruded Board System
The authors refined their manuscript very well and almost considered the queries raised.
Changes were made in the abstract, introduction and references.
Still, there is room for improvement in English.
This manuscript is now well upto the mark.
Check the title and change accordingly.
Suggestion: Applied Research on the Minimum thickness of Levelling Layer of Non-adhesive Flat Extruded Board System
The article can be accepted in its present form after miner corrections
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Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript has been revised, although there is still room for corrections and improvement - especially in the introductory chapter..
In the opinion of the Reviewer, the Authors should also analyze the literature in terms of transversal shear in layered plates, perhaps the authors will be interested in the works of Dr. Gajewski's team on the subject of numerical analyzes by the finite element method - mentioned in the work?
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