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Amanda Barros, Eva Barreira, Lino Maia and Maria Lurdes Lopes
Innovation in construction plays a fundamental role in helping us face current challenges, namely the reduction in energy consumption, the mitigation of the effects of climate change, the depletion of resources, and the generation of waste. Regarding the...
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Kunda Chamatete and Çaglar Yalçinkaya
Three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) is of great interest to scientists and the construction industry to bring automation to structural engineering applications. However, studies on the thermal performance of three-dimensional printed concrete (3DP...
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Ruiqian Wang, Dan Yao, Jie Zhang, Xinbiao Xiao and Ziyan Xu
The body of a high-speed train is a composite structure composed of different materials and structures. This makes the design of a noise-reduction scheme for a car body very complex. Therefore, it is important to clarify the key factors influencing sound...
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Jaroslav Pokorný, Lucie Zárybnická, Radek ?evcík and Lubo? Podolka
Plastics represent an integral part of our everyday lives, with various functions from packaging materials to insulation layers in our buildings. Pure expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a good example of a fully recyclable material. However, once polluted wit...
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Glauco Nobrega, Beatriz Cardoso, Reinaldo Souza, José Pereira, Pedro Pontes, Susana O. Catarino, Diana Pinho, Rui Lima and Ana Moita
The issue of thermal control for space missions has been critical since the early space missions in the late 1950s. The demands in such environments are heightened, characterized by significant temperature variations and the need to manage substantial de...
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Yumei Zhang, Jie Zhang, Ye Li, Dan Yao, Yue Zhao, Yi Ai, Weijun Pan and Jiang Li
Acoustic metamaterials (AMs) composed of periodic artificial structures have extraordinary sound wave manipulation capabilities compared with traditional acoustic materials, and they have attracted widespread research attention. The sound insulation perf...
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Dilanka Chandrasiri, Perampalam Gatheeshgar, Hadi Monsef Ahmadi and Lenganji Simwanda
In the construction domain, there is a growing emphasis on sustainability, resource efficiency, and energy optimisation. Light-gauge steel panels (LGSPs) stand out for their inherent advantages including lightweight construction and energy efficiency. Ho...
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Mehmet Ali Kallioglu, Ahmet Yilmaz, Ashutosh Sharma, Ahmed Mohamed, Dan Dobrota, Tabish Alam, Rohit Khargotra and Tej Singh
The current study depicts the effects of different insulation materials and fuel types on the cooling and heating performance of buildings situated in hot and dry, warm and humid, composite, and cold climatic conditions in India. Ten different locations ...
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Henriette Fischer and Azra Korjenic
The use of renewable building materials in construction is crucial to minimising the environmental impact of new buildings. Bio-based building materials have a wide range of positive properties, many of which are due to their hygroscopic behaviour. The p...
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Oleg M. Alifanov, Margarita O. Salosina, Sergey A. Budnik and Aleksey V. Nenarokomov
Highly porous open-cell carbon materials have great potential for use as high-temperature thermal insulation for space vehicles due to a unique combination of properties: low density, high rigidity, sufficient compressive strength, and low thermal conduc...
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