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Article
Publication date: 15 April 2024

Lina Zhong, Xiaonan Li, Sunny Sun, Rob Law and Mengyao Zhu

Existing tourism review articles have limited review topics and cover a relatively short period. This review paper aims to extend the coverage of the previous literature and…

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Abstract

Purpose

Existing tourism review articles have limited review topics and cover a relatively short period. This review paper aims to extend the coverage of the previous literature and enhances the completeness of tourism-related studies to provide comprehensive tourism-related literature from 1945 (World War II onward) to 2022. Specifically, this paper reveals the major research themes present in published tourism research during this time period and highlights the evolution of tourism research from the preliminary phase, the transversal phase, to the growth phase.

Design/methodology/approach

The present study visualizes tourism research through networks of coauthors and their countries and regions, cocitation analysis of keywords and explores the thematic evolution of tourism research after the World War II (i.e., 1945–2022) from Web of Science and Google Scholar through bibliometric analysis.

Findings

Findings reveal that the themes of tourism research in the past years can be divided into seven major research themes. The tourism research evolution from World War II to 2022 can be categorized into three stages: preliminary (1945–1970), transversal (1971–2004) and growth (2005–2022). In addition, the research themes of tourism are not static but evolve according to the dynamics of the society and the industry, and that seven main research themes have been formed, namely, “heritage tourism,” “medical tourism,” “adventure tourism,” “dark tourism,” “sustainable tourism,” “rural tourism” and “smart tourism.”

Originality/value

The present study expands and refines the comprehensive literature in tourism research, as well as reveals the trends and dynamics in tourism research through network analysis and thematic evolution research methods.

目的

现有的旅游评论文章在审查主题方面有限, 并且涵盖的时间相对较短。本综述文章扩展了先前文献的涵盖范围, 增强了与旅游相关研究的完整性, 提供了从1945年(第二次世界大战之后)到2022年的全面旅游相关文献。具体而言, 本文揭示了此期间发表的旅游研究中的主要研究主题, 并突出了旅游研究从初步阶段、横向阶段到增长阶段的演变。

设计/方法/途径

本研究通过共同作者及其国家的网络、关键词的共同引用分析, 将旅游研究可视化, 并探索二战后旅游研究的主题演变。本研究通过文献计量学分析, 将 Web of Science (WoS) 和 Google Scholar 中的旅游研究(即 1945–2022 年)可视化。

研究结果

研究结果显示, 过去几年的旅游研究主题可分为七大研究主题。从第二次世界大战到 2022 年的旅游研究演变可分为三个阶段:初步阶段(1945–1970 年)、横向阶段(1971–2004 年)和成长阶段2005–2022 年)。此外, 旅游的研究主题并不是静态的, 而是根据社会和行业的动态而演变, 形成了七个主要研究主题, 即“遗产旅游”、“医疗旅游”、“冒险旅游”、“黑暗旅游”、“可持续旅游”、“乡村旅游”和“智慧旅游”。

原创性

本研究通过网络分析和主题演变研究方法扩展和完善了旅游研究方面的综合文献, 并揭示了旅游研究的趋势和动态。

Objetivo

Los artículos de revisión existentes sobre turismo tienen temas de revisión limitados y cubren un periodo relativamente corto. Este artículo de revisión amplía la cobertura de la bibliografía anterior y mejora la exhaustividad de los estudios relacionados con el turismo para ofrecer una bibliografía exhaustiva sobre el turismo desde 1945 (Segunda Guerra Mundial en adelante) hasta 2022. En concreto, este documento revela los principales temas de investigación presentes en la investigación turística publicada durante este periodo de tiempo y destaca la evolución de la investigación turística desde la fase preliminar, la fase transversal, hasta la fase de crecimiento.

Diseño/metodología/enfoque

El presente estudio visualiza la investigación turística a través de redes de coautores y sus países y regiones, análisis de co-citación de palabras clave, y explora la evolución temática de la investigación turística después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (es decir, 1945–2022) a partir de Web of Science y Google Scholar mediante análisis bibliométricos.

Resultados

Los resultados revelan que los temas de la investigación turística de los últimos años pueden dividirse en siete grandes temas de investigación. La evolución de la investigación turística desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta 2022 puede clasificarse en tres etapas: preliminar (1945–1970), transversal (1971–2004) y de crecimiento (2005–2022). Además, los temas de investigación del turismo no son estáticos, sino que evolucionan según la dinámica de la sociedad y de la industria, y que se han formado siete temas principales de investigación, a saber: “turismo patrimonial”, “turismo médico”, “turismo de aventura”, “turismo oscuro”, “turismo sostenible”, “turismo rural” y “turismo inteligente”.

Originalidad/valor

El presente estudio amplía y perfecciona la amplia bibliografía existente en el campo de la investigación turística, además de revelar las tendencias y la dinámica de la investigación turística mediante el análisis de redes y los métodos de investigación de evolución temática.

Article
Publication date: 6 December 2022

Lina Zhong, Sunny Sun, Rob Law, Xiaonan Li and Baolin Deng

The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the evolution of health tourism development, identify relevant themes and segments of health tourism research and offer…

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the evolution of health tourism development, identify relevant themes and segments of health tourism research and offer future research directions and practical implications for academic researchers and tourism practitioners worldwide using China as an example.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a bibliometric analysis, the present study comprehensively analyzes the theme, segments and the evolution of health tourism research over the past 40 years in China.

Findings

Major findings show that health tourism research in China could be divided into four stages with different characteristics, and three segments, including wellness tourism, health and wellness tourism and medical tourism. Findings also reveal the trend of health tourism development tends to be industrialized, diversified and systematic under the guidance of recent policies. Theoretically, based on the theoretical framework developed by Hall (2011), the present study contributes to the establishment and extension of the framework for health tourism within the context of China. Practically, findings can provide health tourism-related policy implications for the future development of health or health sector-integrated tourism.

Research limitations/implications

The study proposes possible collaboration between government and academia in terms of health tourism-related policy formulation.

Originality/value

Through 40-year bibliometric analysis of health tourism evolution in China, the present study explores the main themes of health tourism development, identifies the segments of health tourism and analyzes the development stages of health tourism. Findings should be of use to international readers to better understand the uniqueness of health tourism development and find out possible future health tourism development research directions. As a result, major contributions of this paper are the comprehensive analysis of the evolution of health tourism research and the implications on other countries and regions to adopt a pragmatic approach to explore the trend and unique characteristics of health tourism for future development.

目的

本研究旨在系统地分析中国健康旅游的演变过程, 探索健康旅游研究的相关主题及细分领域, 并为全球学术研究人员及旅游从业者提供未来的研究方向。

设计/研究方法

此研究通过文献计量学的研究方法, 全面分析了中国近40年健康旅游研究的主题、细分以及演变。

结果

中国健康旅游研究根据其发展特点可以分为四个阶段及三个细分主题:分别是养生旅游, 康养旅游及医疗旅游。调查结果还表明, 在近期政策的引导下, 健康旅游发展趋于产业化、多元化和系统化。从理论意义来说, 本研究基于Hall (2011) 提出的理论框架, 构建了中国背景下的健康旅游框架。从实践意义来说, 研究结果可以为健康和旅游业相关部门提供政策建议。

启示

此研究还有助于促进政府和学术界在健康旅游政策制定方面的合作。

原创性

此研究通过对中国近40年健康旅游的研究进行文献计量分析, 探索了健康旅游发展的主题, 分析了健康旅游的细分市场以及发展阶段。研究结果有助于学术界及旅游业更好地了解健康旅游发展的独特性及未来健康旅游的研究方向。因此, 本研究的主要贡献是全面地分析了健康旅游研究的演变, 并有助于其他国家/地区探索未来健康旅游的发展趋势和其独特特征。

Objetivo

El propósito del presente estudio es analizar sistemáticamente la evolución del desarrollo del turismo de salud, identificar temas y segmentos relevantes de la investigación en turismo de salud y ofrecer direcciones de investigación futuras e implicaciones prácticas para investigadores académicos y profesionales del turismo en todo el mundo utilizando a China como ejemplo.

Diseño/metodología/método

Mediante un análisis bibliométrico, el presente estudio analiza exhaustivamente la temática, los segmentos y la evolución de la investigación sobre turismo de salud en los últimos 40 años.

Resultados

Los principales hallazgos muestran que la investigación del turismo de salud en China podría dividirse en cuatro etapas con diferentes características y tres segmentos, incluido el turismo de bienestar, el turismo de salud y bienestar y el turismo médico. Los hallazgos también revelan que la tendencia del desarrollo del turismo de salud tiende a ser industrializado, diversificado y sistemático bajo la guía de políticas recientes. El presente estudio hace aportes tanto teóricos como prácticos. Teóricamente, basado en el marco teórico desarrollado por Hall (2011), el presente estudio contribuye al establecimiento y extensión del marco para el turismo de salud en el contexto de China. En la práctica, los hallazgos pueden proporcionar implicaciones políticas relacionadas con el turismo de salud para el desarrollo futuro de la salud o el turismo integrado en el sector de la salud.

Implicaciones

El estudio también propone una posible colaboración entre el gobierno y la academia en términos de formulación de políticas relacionadas con el turismo de salud.

Originalidad/valor

A través del análisis bibliométrico de 40 años de la evolución del turismo de salud, el presente estudio explora los temas principales del desarrollo del turismo de salud, identifica los segmentos del turismo de salud y analiza las etapas de desarrollo del turismo de salud. Los hallazgos deberían ser de utilidad para los lectores internacionales para comprender mejor la singularidad del desarrollo del turismo de salud y descubrir posibles direcciones futuras de investigación sobre el desarrollo del turismo de salud. Como resultado, las principales contribuciones de este documento son el análisis exhaustivo de la evolución de la investigación en turismo de salud y las implicaciones en otros países y regiones para adoptar un enfoque pragmático para explorar la tendencia y las características únicas del turismo de salud para el desarrollo futuro.

Article
Publication date: 29 April 2024

Lina Zhong, Mengyao Zhu, Xiaonan Li, Alastair M. Morrison and Mark Anthony Camilleri

The purpose of this research paper was to determine which needs for incentives influence positive word-of-mouth (PWOM) among international tourists and how these needs differ…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this research paper was to determine which needs for incentives influence positive word-of-mouth (PWOM) among international tourists and how these needs differ based on the cultural orientation toward individualism and collectivism.

Design/methodology/approach

This research used online surveys to gather data from 959 Australian, US, UK, Japanese and Korean respondents who had visited Beijing. A random sampling method was used, and data were analyzed using SmartPLS 4.0. By adopting the existence relatedness growth theory, the findings explain how cultural orientation affects the impact of needs for incentives in generating PWOM.

Findings

Three hypothesized relationships were significant for Australia/UK/USA and Japan/Korea – the effect of needs for incentives on motivation, the effect of motivation on PWOM and the effects of needs for incentives on PWOM were significant and positive for Australia/UK/USA and Japan/Korea. The effect of needs for incentive type on motivation varied across national populations, and the intensity of the effects of needs for incentive type on PWOM was also different. For Australian, UK and the US tourists, the honorary title was the most influential need to stimulate word-of-mouth motivation. The need for cultural learning was the most influential for Japanese and Korean tourists.

Originality/value

This research contributes to the literature by exploring and comparing the needs for incentives that influence PWOM among tourists from the perspective of individualism and collectivism. The results also increase the understanding of the relationships among needs for incentives, motivation and PWOM.

研究目的

本研究旨在确定哪些激励需求会影响国际旅游者的积极口碑(PWOM), 以及这些激励方式的影响在个人主义和集体主义文化取向的群体中有何不同。

设计/方法/途径

本研究通过在线调查收集了 959 名曾到访北京的澳大利亚、美国、英国、日本和韩国的国际游客数据。研究采用了随机抽样的方法, 使用 SmartPLS 4.0 对数据进行了分析。基于ERG理论, 本研究解释了文化如何影响激励类型对积极口碑的影响。

研究结论

研究结果显示, 三个假设关系在澳大利亚/英国/美国和日本/韩国两个群组中均显著, 即激励需求对动机的影响、动机对积极口碑的影响、以及激励需求对积极口碑的影响在澳大利亚/英国/美国和日本/韩国群组中都是显著和正向的。激励需求类型对动机和积极口碑的影响在不同国家群体中存在差异。对于澳大利亚、英国和美国的国际游客, 满足名誉需求的激励对产生积极口碑动机的影响更大。对于日本和韩国的国际游客, 满足文化学习需求的激励对产生积极口碑动机的影响更大。

原创性

本研究从个人主义和集体主义的角度, 探讨比较了影响国际旅游者积极口碑的激励需求, 为相关领域研究做出了贡献。研究结果加深了对激励需求、动机和积极口碑之间关系的理解。

Objetivo

El objetivo de esta investigación era determinar qué necesidades de incentivación influyen en el boca a boca positivo (PWOM por sus siglas en inglés) entre los turistas internacionales y cómo difieren estas necesidades en función de la orientación cultural hacia el individualismo y el colectivismo.

Diseño/metodología/enfoque

Esta investigación utilizó encuestas en línea para recopilar datos de 959 encuestados australianos, estadounidenses, británicos, japoneses y coreanos que habían visitado Pekín. Se empleó un método de muestreo aleatorio y los datos se analizaron con SmartPLS 4.0. Adoptando la teoría del Crecimiento de la Relación con la Existencia (ERG por sus siglas en inglés), los resultados explican cómo afecta la orientación cultural al impacto de las necesidades de incentivos en la generación del PWOM.

Resultados

Tres relaciones hipotetizadas resultaron significativas en los dos grupos de Australia/Reino Unido/Estados Unidos y Japón/Corea: el efecto de las necesidades de incentivación en la motivación, el efecto de la motivación en la PWOM y los efectos de las necesidades de incentivación en la PWOM fueron significativos y positivos para Australia/Reino Unido/Estados Unidos y Japón/Corea. El efecto del tipo de necesidad de incentivación sobre la motivación varió entre las poblaciones nacionales, y la intensidad de los efectos del tipo de necesidad de incentivos sobre la PWOM también fue diferente. Para los turistas australianos, británicos y estadounidenses, el título honorífico fue la necesidad más influyente para estimular la motivación WOM. La necesidad de aprendizaje cultural fue la más influyente para los turistas japoneses y coreanos.

Originalidad/valor

Esta investigación contribuye a la bibliografía al explorar y comparar las necesidades de incentivación que influyen en la motivación boca a boca entre los turistas desde la perspectiva del individualismo y el colectivismo. Los resultados también aumentan la comprensión de las relaciones entre las necesidades de incentivación, la motivación y el PWOM.

Article
Publication date: 1 March 2023

Lina Zhong, Alastair M. Morrison, Chengjun Zheng and Xiaonan Li

This study aims to use a bottom-up, inductive approach to derive destination image attributes from large quantities of online consumer narratives and establish a destination…

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Purpose

This study aims to use a bottom-up, inductive approach to derive destination image attributes from large quantities of online consumer narratives and establish a destination classification system based on relationships among attributes and places.

Design/methodology/approach

Content and social network analyses were used to explore the consumer image structure for destinations based on online narratives. Cluster analysis was then used to group destinations by attributes, and ANOVA provided comparisons.

Findings

Twenty-two attributes were identified and combined into three groups (core, expected, latent). Destinations were classified into three clusters (comprehensive urban, scenic and lifestyle) based on their network centralities. Using data on Chinese tourism, the most mentioned (core) attributes were determined to be landscape, traffic within the destination, food and beverages and resource-based attractions. Social life was meaningful in consumer narratives but often overlooked by researchers.

Practical implications

Destinations should determine into which category they belong and then appeal to the real needs of tourists. Destination management organizations should provide the essential attributes while paying greater attention to highlighting the destinations’ social life atmosphere.

Originality/value

This research produced empirical work on Chinese tourism by combining a bottom-up, inductive research design with big data. It divided the 49 destinations into three categories and established a new system based on rich data to classify travel destinations.

目的

本研究旨在使用自下而上的归纳方法从大量的在线消费者的叙述中总结出目的地形象的属性, 并根据目的地形象的属性和地点之间的关系建立一个目的地分类系统。

设计/方法/方法

首先通过内容分析方法和社会网络分析方法分析在线消费者的叙述数据得出目的地的消费者形象结构, 然后采用聚类分析方法按照属性对目的地形象进行分组, 并通过方差分析进行比较。

结果

结果显示总结出22种属性, 并将其组合为三组(核心、预期和潜在)。目的地根据其网络中心度被分为三个集群(综合城市、风景和生活方式)。最常被提及的(核心)属性是景观、目的地的交通、食品和饮料以及资源型景点。在消费者的叙述数据中表明社会生活是有意义的, 但常常被研究人员忽视。

原创性/价值

首先本研究通过将自下而上的归纳研究设计与大数据相结合对中国旅游业进行了实证研究。其次通过将49个旅游目的地分为三类以及基于大数据建立了一个新的旅游目的地分类系统。

实际意义

旅游目的地应该明确自己属于哪一类目的地类型然后迎合游客的真正需求。DMOs应该提供旅游目的地的基本属性, 注重提升旅游目的地的社会生活氛围。

Diseño/metodología/enfoque

Se realizó un análisis de contenido en redes sociales para explorar la estructura de la imagen de los destinos por parte de los consumidores basándose en las descripciones en línea. A continuación, se empleó el análisis de clusters para agrupar los destinos por atributos, estableciendo comparaciones mediante el análisis ANOVA.

Propósito

Los propósitos de esta investigación eran utilizar un enfoque ascendente e inductivo para obtener atributos de imagen de los destinos a partir de grandes cantidades de descripciones de consumidores en línea, y establecer un sistema de clasificación de destinos basado en las relaciones entre atributos y lugares.

Resultados

Se identificaron 22 atributos que luego se agruparon en tres grupos (principales, esperados, latentes). Los destinos se clasificaron en tres grupos (urbano integral, paisajístico y de estilo de vida) en función de sus centralidades de red. Utilizando datos sobre el turismo chino, se determinó que los atributos (centrales) más mencionados eran el paisaje, el tráfico dentro del destino, la comida y las bebidas, y las atracciones basadas en los recursos. La vida social era importante en los comentarios de los consumidores, pero a menudo los investigadores la pasaban por alto.

Implicaciones prácticas

Los destinos deberían determinar a qué categoría pertenecen y luego apelar a las necesidades reales de los turistas. Los DMO deberían proporcionar los atributos esenciales prestando mayor atención a resaltar el entorno de vida social de los destinos.

Originalidad/valor

Esta investigación elaboró un trabajo empírico sobre el turismo chino combinando un diseño de investigación inductiva ascendente con big data. Dividió los 49 destinos en tres categorías y estableció un nuevo sistema basado en los grandes datos para clasificar los destinos turísticos.

Article
Publication date: 22 August 2023

Rob Law, Sirong Chen, Xiaonan Li and Davis Ka Chio Fong

This study aims to analyze review research in hospitality, identifying the structure and most recent developments in current hospitality review studies while providing exploratory…

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to analyze review research in hospitality, identifying the structure and most recent developments in current hospitality review studies while providing exploratory insights for future research in this research area.

Design/methodology/approach

Using bibliometric analysis, content analysis and a quantitative systematic literature review, this study provides a comprehensive review and critical analysis of 128 review studies published in leading hospitality journals (International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, International Journal of Hospitality Management and Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management).

Findings

This paper presents a comprehensive and in-depth discussion based on the title, journal source, author contribution, year of publication, sample size, selected period, database selection, methodology, data collection methods, themes, regional selection, keywords, abstracts and results of the hospitality review studies analyzed. The findings provide new insights to advance the theoretical and practical implications of review studies in hospitality.

Research limitations/implications

This research provides critical insights for both hospitality review studies and academic and industry hospitality personnel.

Originality/value

As a pioneering study in research on review studies, the results of this paper focus not only on a systematic overview and assessment of recent hospitality review works but also on the future agenda of hospitality and review studies.

Details

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, vol. 36 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0959-6119

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Article
Publication date: 1 May 2005

Satish P. Deshpande, Jacob Joseph and Xiaonan Shu

This study examines the impact of perceived emotional intelligence of 118 Chinese respondents on perceived ethicality of various counter productive behaviours. Respondents in the…

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This study examines the impact of perceived emotional intelligence of 118 Chinese respondents on perceived ethicality of various counter productive behaviours. Respondents in the high emotional intelligence group perceived 6 of the 16 items to be more unethical than the low emotional intelligence group. There was a significant difference in aggregate counter productive behaviours between high and low groupings of three (self‐regulation, social awareness, and social skills) of the five facets of emotional intelligence and over all emotional intelligence. There was no significant difference in over all counter productive behaviour between the student and manager sub‐samples. Implications of the study are discussed.

Details

Management Research News, vol. 28 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0140-9174

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Article
Publication date: 20 June 2017

Changjun Chen, Yang Li, Min Zhang, Xiaonan Wang, Chao Zhang and Hemin Jing

Additive manufacturing (AM), a method used in the nuclear, space and racing industries, allows the creation of customized titanium alloy scaffolds with highly defined external…

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Purpose

Additive manufacturing (AM), a method used in the nuclear, space and racing industries, allows the creation of customized titanium alloy scaffolds with highly defined external shape and internal structure using rapid prototyping as supporting external structures within which bone tissue can grow. AM allows porous tantalum parts with mechanical properties close to that of bone tissue to be obtained.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, porous tantalum structures with different scan distance were fabricated by AM using laser multi-layer micro-cladding.

Findings

Porous tantalum samples were tested for resistance to compressive force and used scanning electron microscope to reveal the morphology of before and after compressive tests. Their structure and mechanical properties of these porous Ta structures with porosity in the range of 35.48 to 50 per cent were investigated. The porous tantalum structures have comparable compressive strength 56 ∼ 480 MPa, and elastic modulus 2.8 ∼ 9.0GPa, which is very close to those of human spongy bone and compact bone.

Research limitations/implications

This paper does not demonstrate the implant results.

Practical implications

It can be used as implant material for the repair bone.

Social implications

It can be used for fabrication of other porous materials.

Originality/value

This paper system researched the scan distance on how to influence the mechanical properties of fabricated porous tantalum structures.

Details

Rapid Prototyping Journal, vol. 23 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1355-2546

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Article
Publication date: 1 October 2024

Bingqi Li, Jilei Zhang, Xiaonan Liu and Tianyi Meng

Structural design theory and method for the polyurea coating system have rarely been developed. The normally used experience-based design method may lead to unsafe, unreasonable…

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Purpose

Structural design theory and method for the polyurea coating system have rarely been developed. The normally used experience-based design method may lead to unsafe, unreasonable and uneconomic results. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the deformation and failure behaviour of the polyurea coating so as to propose a rational design method.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, the fundamental theories concerning the nonlinear analysis of polyurea coating were discussed. Nonlinear Finite Element Method (FEM) models were built to investigate the mechanical behaviour, peeling behaviour and failure mode of the polyurea coating under various conditions, such as surface fracturing, surface hydraulic pressure and reverse hydraulic peeling.

Findings

The main conclusions are as follows. The peeled coating at the crack location exhibits a tensile-bending stress state. Coating material damage may occur at the stress concentration point. The maximum stress increases with the increase in the hydraulic pressure and cohesive strength. The peeling length of the coating decreases with the increase in cohesive strength and increases with the increase in fracture width. The reverse hydraulic pressure-induced blister edge stress concentration is the main trigger of the polyurea coating blistering damage. The blistering height decreases with increasing coating thickness and increases with increasing blistering radius and hydraulic load. The maximum stress increases with increasing blistering radius and hydraulic load. Finally, the frame of design and simple design programme were proposed.

Originality/value

Currently, a design method for polyurea anti-seepage coating can hardly be found. The reason is that the anti-seepage coating has only been recognized as a water-proofing layer, the mechanical behaviour of which has been ignored. This study focused on the mechanical behaviour of the anti-seepage coating and investigated the deformation and failure behaviour of the coating structure under various loading conditions through nonlinear FEM analysis. These research results offer a better understanding concerning the mechanical behaviour and design method of the polyurea anti-seepage coating.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 41 no. 8/9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 29 July 2024

Bingqi Li, Jilei Zhang, Xiaonan Liu and Tianyi Meng

Multilayer composite liner structures are the primary structural form of hydraulic tunnels. However, the bearing mechanism of multilayer composite liners has not been investigated…

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Abstract

Purpose

Multilayer composite liner structures are the primary structural form of hydraulic tunnels. However, the bearing mechanism of multilayer composite liners has not been investigated thoroughly. Many existing design schemes do not properly achieve a balance between structural safety, anti-seepage capacity, and cost effectiveness. Thus, a new composite liner structure type and its theoretical model was proposed.

Design/methodology/approach

A novel hydraulic tunnel composite liner structure with a polyurea spray coating interlayer was proposed in this study. A theoretical model based on the state-space method was developed and verified using FEM models and existing theoretical models. Parametric analysis was conducted based on the theoretical model to investigate the influence of various variables, including interfacial shear stiffness, inner liner thickness, and outer liner elastic modulus.

Findings

It was concluded that the proposed theoretical model can be used successfully to calculate multilayer composite liner structures with high calculation efficiency. The overall deformation stiffness of the composite liner system increased with the interfacial shear stiffness. The sprayed coating interlayer significantly affects the residual force distribution between the outer and inner liners, which can also be affected by the adjustment of the thickness of the outer and inner liners. Thus, attention should be paid to these factors in the rational design of the proposed composite liner system.

Originality/value

With the development of China’s water conservancy projects, complex geological conditions, high surrounding rock stress, high internal and external water pressures, and other unique application scenarios have gradually increased. This places higher requirements on the bearing performance and impermeability of hydraulic tunnel lining structures. On the other hand, conventional hydraulic tunnel lining structures can hardly achieve a satisfactory balance between economy, structural safety, and impermeability. Thus, the proposed structure has the potential to be used in a wide range of applications.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 41 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 28 February 2023

Tayfun Yörük, Nuray Akar and Neslihan Verda Özmen

The purpose of this study is to reveal the research trends in guest experiences of service robots in the hospitality industry.

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to reveal the research trends in guest experiences of service robots in the hospitality industry.

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, a review was carried out on the Web of Science (WoS) database with the assistance of bibliometric analysis techniques. Cluster analysis was also employed for this to group important data to determine the relationships and to visualize the areas in which the studies are concentrated. The thematic content analysis method was used to reveal on which customer experiences and on which methods the focuses were.

Findings

On the subject of experiences of service robots, the greatest number of publications was in 2021. In terms of country, China has come to the fore in the distribution of publications. As a result of thematic content analysis, it was determined that the leading factor was the main dimension of emotional experience. In terms of sub-dimensions, social interactions attracted more attention. Most of the studies discussed were not based on any theory. Apart from these, the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the Service Quality Model (SERVQUAL) and Perceived Value Theory (PVT) were featured more prominently among other studies.

Research limitations/implications

In this study, only the WoS database was reviewed. In future studies, it would be possible to make contextual comparisons by scanning other databases. In addition to quantitative research designs, social dimensions may be examined in depth following qualitative research methods. Thus, various comparisons can be made on the subject with mixed-method research designs. Experimental research designs can also be applied to where customers have experienced human-robot interactions (HRIs).

Originality/value

In the hospitality industry, it is critical to uncover every dimension of guests' robot acceptance. This study, which presents the current situation on this basis, guides future projections for the development of guest experiences regarding service robots in the hospitality industry.

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European Journal of Innovation Management, vol. 27 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1460-1060

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