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Daniel Suarez-Riera, Luca Lavagna, Juan Felipe Carvajal, Jean-Marc Tulliani, Devid Falliano and Luciana Restuccia
Biochar, the solid sub-product of biomass pyrolysis, is widely considered an effective water retention material thanks to its porous microstructure and high specific surface area. This study investigates the possibility of improving both mechanical and r...
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Mohammad Sadegh Tale Masoule and Ali Ghahremaninezhad
This study investigates the hydration, microstructure, autogenous shrinkage, electrical resistivity, and mechanical properties of Portland cement pastes modified with PEG-PPG triblock copolymers with varied molecular weights. The early age properties inc...
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Zaid Abdulhamid Alhulaybi, Muhammad Ali Martuza and Sayeed Rushd
Polylactic acid (PLA), the second most produced biopolymer, was selected for the fabrication of mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) via the incorporation of HKUST-1 metal?organic framework (MOF) particles into a PLA matrix with the aim of improving mechanical ...
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Aghiad Alhafez, Shingo Miyazawa, Nobukazu Nito, Ryuichiroh Kuga and Etsuo Sakai
Cement with fly ash has rarely been used in Japan, mainly because its strength development is slower than ordinary Portland cement. In this research, the effect of the new type of fly ash (which was modified by the electrostatic belt separation method) w...
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Tong Wu, Shang Shi, Minghao Ren, Jingwen Wang and Jinyu Dong
Long-term erosion of granite?a type of hard rock?by hydrothermal fluids and tectonic movement can lead to a fragmentation of the internal structure of the original rock, transfer/replacement of mineral elements, and alteration of the rock?s basic propert...
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Thamer Alomayri, Babar Ali, Syed Safdar Raza, Hawreen Ahmed and Moustafa Hamad
Seawater mixed (SW) concrete lessens the freshwater (FW) demand and eases the stress on the already depleting FW resources. The use of SW concrete is a sustainable solution that mitigates the environmental impact of concrete production, especially in coa...
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Shuhe Zheng, Minglei He, Xuexin Jia, Zebin Zheng, Xinhui Wu and Wuxiong Weng
Agricultural robotics has emerged as a research area within robotics, with a particular focus on designing end effectors that are adapted to the physical characteristics of the target fruits. Acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the physical and me...
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Emilia Damiano, Martina de Cristofaro, Antonia Brunzo, Goffredo Carrieri, Luisa Iavazzo, Nadia Netti and Lucio Olivares
Broad mountainous areas in the western Campania (southern Italy), where young pyroclastic deposits extensively outcrop, frequently experience rainfall-induced slope movements of different degrees of mobility, causing heavy damage and fatalities. Such lan...
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João Miguel Peres Medeiros and Luigi Di Sarno
A greener and more sustainable option is proposed to shift the construction paradigm of high embedded carbon values in concrete and the frequency of repairs when it cracks. Using low-carbon concrete with a bacterial self-healing agent can reduce the embe...
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Veerendrakumar C. Khed, Vyshnavi Pesaralanka, Musa Adamu, Yasser E. Ibrahim, Marc Azab, M. Achyutha Kumar Reddy, Ahmad Hakamy and Ahmed Farouk Deifalla
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) was developed to overcome the challenges of concrete placement in dense or congested reinforcement structure, where the concrete can flow under its own weight to fill the densely reinforced structure. However, production of...
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