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Yin Zhang, Jian Shen, Liwei He, Jimeng Feng, Lina Chi and Xinze Wang
Human activities, global warming, frequent extreme weather events, and changes in atmospheric composition affect the solar radiation reaching the Earth?s surface, affect mass and heat transfer at the air?water interface, and induce oscillations in wind-d...
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Lu Wang, Yiming Li, Zhouping Sun, Sida Meng, Tianlai Li and Xingan Liu
Solar greenhouses are commonly overheated during the day, and the remaining air heat can only be dissipated through ventilation, which is a severe energy waste problem. In order to improve the energy utilization of the greenhouse, this study proposes a w...
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Jingfan Qi, Jiacheng Yu, Kinjal J. Shah, Dhirpal D. Shah and Zhaoyang You
Natural clay mineral and its modifier called modified clay have been used in many environmental applications for a number of years. However, they are not capable enough to achieve a higher conversion rate and so-called ecological sustainability. This can...
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Wen-Cheng Shao, Jia-Wei Chen, Yu-Wei Dong, Chao-Ling Lu and Yi-Ting Chiou
Healthy buildings are the future of industrial development and a global trend. This study is based on the local demand in Taiwan for the certification of healthy building assessments. It consolidates fifteen relevant assessment indicators and the literat...
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Umair Khan, William Pao and Nabihah Sallih
Gas?liquid two-phase flow is very common in industrial pipelines. Flow regime identification is the first step to design, analyze, and operate the gas?liquid system successfully. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for identification of...
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Laurentiu Mihai Palade, Mioara Negoi?a, Alina Cristina Adascalului and Adriana Laura Mihai
The chemical group comprising polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has received prolonged evaluation and scrutiny in the past several decades. PAHs are ubiquitous carcinogenic pollutants and pose a significant threat to human health through their envi...
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Tongjin Wei, Di Lu, Zheng Zeng and Lian Lian
In recent years, hybrid unmanned aerial underwater vehicles (HAUVs), which are capable of air?water trans-media motion, have been increasingly developed. For most HAUVs, air?water trans?media motion is a relatively dangerous and difficult process. Theref...
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Fengmei Jing, Song Wang, Zhiqun Guo and Yurui Ni
Air-cushion-assisted platforms (ACAPs) are floating platforms supported by both buoyancy pontoon and air cushion, which have merits of wave bending moment reduction, better stability, and hydrodynamic performance. However, there is barely a concise metho...
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Omar Ahmed Mahfoze, Wendi Liu, Stephen M. Longshaw, Alex Skillen and David R. Emerson
As part of a wider project to understand the applicability of utilising slosh-based damping for wing-like structures, simulations of partially filled tanks subjected to harmonically oscillating and vertical motion are presented. The Volume of Fluid model...
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Zehra Cetin and Naci Yastikli
Trees are the key components of urban vegetation in cities. The timely and accurate identification of existing urban tree species with their location is the most important task for improving air, water, and land quality; reducing carbon accumulation; mit...
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