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Kristina M. Chomiak, Wendy A. Owens-Rios, Carmella M. Bangkong, Steven W. Day, Nathan C. Eddingsaas, Matthew J. Hoffman, André O. Hudson and Anna Christina Tyler
Plastic debris is a growing threat in freshwater ecosystems and transport models predict that many plastics will sink to the benthos. Among the most common plastics found in the Laurentian Great Lakes sediments are polyethylene terephthalate (especially ...
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Zhilong Cao, Qianlong Hao, Xin Qu, Kexin Qiu, Ruiqi Zhao and Qianyu Liu
To explore the performance evolution mechanism of SBS-modified bitumen (SMB) during construction and service, the chemical structure, molecular weight and properties of styrene?butadiene?styrene triblock copolymer (SBS) and SMB under multiple aging level...
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Junjie Pan, Xin Lin, Zezhong Wang, Ruoyan Wang, Kun Wu, Jinhu Liang and Xilong Yu
This study investigated combustion characteristics of composite fuel grains designed based on a modular fuel unit strategy. The modular fuel unit comprised a periodical helical structure with nine acrylonitrile?butadiene?styrene helical blades. A paraffi...
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Michele Pierigé, Francesca Nerli, Francesca Nardelli, Lucia Calucci, Mattia Cettolin, Luca Giannini, Marco Geppi and Francesca Martini
The tackifying effect of resins used in the tire industry highly depends on the compatibility and interaction strength with the rubber matrix. Here, uncured and cured styrene/butadiene rubber compounds, either in the presence or absence of a hydrocarbon ...
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Inamullah Khan, Abdul Wahab Khattak, Alireza Bahrami, Shahab Khattak and Ali Ejaz
Flexible pavements are mostly affected by meteorological factors in addition to traffic loads, which results in premature pavement failures like rutting and moisture-induced damage. This study focuses on the impacts of adding various contents of nano-sil...
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Ryan Mendenhall and Babak Eslami
Four-dimensional printing is a process in which a 3D-printed object is intentionally transformed in response to an external stimulus such as temperature, which is useful when the final geometry of a 3D-printed part is not easily manufacturable. One metho...
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Ruoyan Wang, Xin Lin, Zezhong Wang, Kun Wu, Zelin Zhang, Jiaxiao Luo, Fei Li and Xilong Yu
The combustion characteristics of a swirl-radial-injection composite fuel grain were experimentally and numerically investigated. This composite grain permits swirl-radial oxidizer injection based on three hollow helical blades, each having a constant ho...
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Kangsu Lee and Chang-Yong Song
The destructive power of typhoons has been continuously increasing due to the influence of global warming. In a situation where the installation of floating wind turbines is increasing around the world, concerns about huge losses and collapses of floatin...
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Klára Odehnalová, Petra Pribilová, ?tepán Zezulka and Blahoslav Mar?álek
Plastic/rubber materials used as fasteners in equipment for analyzing or removing organic pollutants in water treatment technologies form an essential part of the device. Micropollutants in water are typically present at very low concentrations (ng/L to ...
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Albertus Wijanarko, Muslikhin Hidayat and Sutijan Sutijan
The naphtha cracking process is the most commonly used technology for the production of ethylene, propylene, mixed C4s (including 1,3-butadiene and other C4 components), and pygas (pyrolysis gasoline, a mixture of benzene, toluene, and xylene), all of wh...
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