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Global steel production is a testament to human innovation and industrial prowess, with steel smelting plants at the heart of this process. One critical aspect that significantly impacts the efficiency and sustainability of these plants is the use of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) products. This material, also known as fiberglass reinforced plastic, has emerged as a game-changer in the steel manufacturing industry due to its unique properties and wide range of applications.

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In recent decades, carbon aerogels have been widely explored by using graphitic carbons and soft carbons, which show advantages in superelasticity. These elastic aerogels usually have delicate microstructures with good fatigue resistance but ultralow strength. Hard carbons show great advantages in mechanical strength and structural stability due to the sp3 C-induced turbostratic “house-of-cards” structure. However, the stiffness and fragility clearly get in the way of achieving superelasticity with hard carbons. Up to now, it is still a challenge to fabricate superelastic hard carbon-based aerogels.

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FRP, at its core, is a declarative programming model that treats computation as a continuous flow of data, much like a pipeline carrying data from one stage to another. In this context, a pipeline refers to a sequence of processes where the output of one process serves as the input for the next. This design pattern aligns perfectly with FRP's principle of time-varying values and event streams, making it an ideal fit for real-time systems and user interfaces.

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