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Julián Pulecio-Díaz, Miguel Sol-Sánchez and Fernando Moreno-Navarro
Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) pavements have been the subject of studies focused on their increasing deterioration over time due to the influence of vehicular loading and ambient factors in humidity and temperature conditions ranging from medium to low...
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Xingxing Huang, Kang Han, Zhenyu Lu, Shuncheng Zhang and Liang Guo
In order to reduce the influence of temperature deformation of large-size body-mounted radiators on the observation accuracy of space station telescopes and adapt to launch vibration loads, this paper proposes a floating combination stress release mechan...
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Grigorios Kostopoulos, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Vaios Lappas and Stelios K. Georgantzinos
This study explores the shape-morphing behavior of 4D-printed structures made from Polylactic Acid (PLA), a prominent bio-sourced shape-memory polymer. Focusing on the response of these structures to thermal stimuli, this research investigates how variou...
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Aikaterini Lyra, Athanasios Loukas, Pantelis Sidiropoulos and Lampros Vasiliades
This study presents the projected future evolution of water resource balance and nitrate pollution under various climate change scenarios and climatic models using a holistic approach. The study area is Almyros Basin and its aquifer system, located in Ce...
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Yan Zhang, Bingfei Chu, Tianming Huang, Shengwen Qi, Michael Manga, Huai Zhang, Bowen Zheng and Yuxin Zhou
Carbon geological storage (CGS) is an important global practice implemented to mitigate the effects of CO2 emissions on temperature, climate, sea level, and biodiversity. The monitoring of CGS leakage and the impact of storage on hydrogeological properti...
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Mark A. Denisenko, Alina S. Isaeva, Alexander S. Sinyukin and Andrey V. Kovalev
The fast, convenient, and accurate determination of railroad cars? load mass is critical to ensure safety and allow asset counting in railway infrastructure. In this paper, we propose a method for modeling the mechanical deformations that occur in the ra...
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Ahmed Skhiri, Ali Ferhi, Anis Bousselmi, Slaheddine Khlifi and Mohamed A. Mattar
A correct determination of irrigation water requirements necessitates an adequate estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ETo). In this study, monthly ETo is estimated using artificial neural network (ANN) models. Eleven combinations of long-term ave...
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Munir Bhatti, Amanjot Singh, Edward McBean, Sadharsh Vijayakumar, Alex Fitzgerald, Jan Siwierski and Lorna Murison
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are photosynthetic bacteria that play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems and are susceptible to changes in temperature. Hence, as global temperatures rise due to climate change, some Cyanobacterial species...
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Kees Nederhoff, Sean C. Crosby, Nate R. Van Arendonk, Eric E. Grossman, Babak Tehranirad, Tim Leijnse, Wouter Klessens and Patrick L. Barnard
The Puget Sound Coastal Storm Modeling System (PS-CoSMoS) is a tool designed to dynamically downscale future climate scenarios (i.e., projected changes in wind and pressure fields and temperature) to compute regional water levels, waves, and compound flo...
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Isabela M. Dias, Lucas C. Mourão, Guilherme B. M. De Souza, Jose M. Abelleira-Pereira, Julles M. Dos Santos-Junior, Antônio C. D. De Freitas, Lucio Cardozo-Filho, Christian G. Alonso and Reginaldo Guirardello
Pharmaceutical pollutants are considered emerging contaminants, representing a significant concern to the ecosystem. Thus, this study reports on the degradation of antihypertensive and cardiovascular drugs (atenolol, captopril, propranolol hydrochloride,...
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