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Jun Wang, Bo Yang, Bingchen Liang, Zai-Jin You, Zhenlu Wang and Zhaowei Wang
In this study, laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of changes in storm wave height and water level on beach response in a medium-scale wave flume. A schematic storm was simulated (rising, apex, and waning phases). A non-int...
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Athakorn Promwee, Sukimplee Nijibulat and Hien Huu Nguyen
The rising adoption of agricultural technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) or ?smart farming? aims to boost crop production in terms of both quantity and quality. This study compares the benefits of a smart farm employing an IoT-based hydropon...
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Binsheng Wu and Chunqing Liu
Air pollution is a rising environmental concern that has detrimental effects on human health and the environment. Building environment and urban green space features play a crucial role in the dispersion and accumulation of air pollutants. This study exa...
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Norzana Mohd Anuar, Hee-Min Teh and Zhe Ma
Amid mounting concerns about climate change?s impact on coastal areas, this study investigates storm surge dynamics induced by Tropical Depression 29W (TD 29W) using the MIKE 21 model. Comprehending the complex mechanisms behind storm surges is crucial c...
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Yuanxin Li and Guilin Liu
Against the background of global warming and rising sea levels, the threat of typhoon disasters to marine engineering structures has become increasingly serious. Therefore, the research on the design standards of marine environmental elements has become ...
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Chang Liu, Yan Jia, Yaprak Onat, Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen, Amin Ilia, Grant McCardell, Todd Fake and James O?Donnell
Accurately estimating the probability of storm surge occurrences is necessary for flood risk assessments. This research models Long Island Sound using a coupled coastal circulation and wave model (FVCOM-SWAVE) to hindcast the 44 highest storms between 19...
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Nils B. Kerpen, Talia Schoonees and Torsten Schlurmann
The wave impacts on horizontal and vertical step fronts of stepped revetments is investigated by means of hydraulic model tests conducted with wave spectra in a wave flume. Wave impacts on revetments with relative step heights of 0.3 < Hm0/Sh < 3.5 and a...
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Anna Solcerova, Tim Van Emmerik, Koen Hilgersom, Frans Van de Ven and Nick Van de Giesen
The urban heat island effect was first described 200 years ago, but the development of ways to mitigate heat in urban areas reaches much further into the past. Uchimizu is a 17th century Japanese tradition, in which water is sprinkled around houses to co...
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Guohua Zhang, Gary Feng, Xinhu Li, Congbao Xie and Xiaoyu Pi
Floods are of great concern as the global climate changes, and investigations of flood water infiltration and groundwater recharge are important for water resource management worldwide, especially under conditions of global climate changes. However, info...
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Mieszko Wieckiewicz, Eric Wolf, Katarzyna Walczak, Heike Meissner and Klaus Boening
Chitosan is a cationic natural polymer that is widely used as a topical dressing in wound management. Temporary coatings of removable denture bases with chitosan might be useful as supportive treatment in oral medicine. The aim of this study was to analy...
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