Sang-Mook Chang、Sang-Keun Oh、Deok-Suk Seo 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The water leakage in an underground space cannot easily be repaired owing to the characteristics of the underground space, which not only causes continuous inconvenience to the apartment residents but also facilitates condensation. Thus, the effects of different waterproofing methods in underground spaces on changes i…
Jian Liu、Dan Liu、Kai Song2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Problems related to water inflow during tunnel construction are challenging to designers, workers, and management departments, as they can threaten tunneling project from safety, time, and economic aspects. Identifying the impacts on groundwater environment resulting from tunnel drainage and making a correct assessmen…
Turgay Ozdemir、Ali Temiz、Ismail Aydin2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Effect of wood preservatives (waterborne and organicborne) on the performance of surface finishing properties is investigated. Sapwood of scots pine, (Pinus sylvestris L.), oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), and chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) specimens (300 × 100 × 15 mm along the grain) were impregnated with…
Kangwen Sun、Ming Zhu、Lifeng Wang 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The application of single solar array on high-altitude unmanned aircraft will waste energy because of its low conversion efficiency. Furthermore, since its energy utilization is limited, the surface temperature of solar array will rise to 70°C due to the waste solar energy, thus reducing the electrical performance of…
Lei Wang、Feng Hou、Xin Wang 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Continuous carbon nanotube (CNT) networks were formed in Cf/SiC composites via freeze-drying method. Composites were fabricated by precursor infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) process afterwards. The different distribution morphologies of CNTs in the preforms originating from the different CNT contents were analyzed whi…
Shuling Huang、Xiuli Ding、Yuting Zhang 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Rock-soil aggregate, as a specific geomaterial, exhibits complicated mechanical behavior. The rock-soil aggregate sampled from the deep layer of sliding mass at Jinpingzi area of Wudongde hydropower plant on Yangtze River is investigated to understand its mechanical behavior. Large-scale laboratory triaxial tests are…
Brian Yuliarto、Gilang Gumilar、Ni Luh Wulan Septiani2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
A significant amount of pollutants is produced from factories and motor vehicles in the form of gas. Their negative impact on the environment is well known; therefore detection with effective gas sensors is important as part of pollution prevention efforts. Gas sensors use a metal oxide semiconductor, specifically SnO…
Yuanchen Guo、Jueshi Qian、Xue Wang 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The correlation of the wettability of different lithology aggregates and the drying shrinkage of concrete materials is studied, and some influential factors such as wettability and wetting angle are analyzed. A mercury porosimeter is used to measure the porosities of different lithology aggregates accurately, and the…
Hongcheng He、Jinling Nie、Jing Wang2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Sustainable wood floor (WFF), produced from natural plants, is a sort of novel green and ecofriendly composite floor, which has been attracting more and more attention in the world. WFF also gives a solution of utilizations of agricultural wastes, such as bamboo mats and hemp hurd. The additive limestone powder plays…
Qing Wei Li、Gui Huan Yao2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
A soft sensor for oxide scales on the steam side of superheater tubes of utility boiler under uneven circumferential loading is proposed for the first time. First finite volume method is employed to simulate oxide scales growth temperature on the steam side of superheater tube. Then appropriate time and spatial interv…
Nattawoot Rattanathamwat、Jatuphorn Wootthikanokkhan、Nonsee Nimitsiriwat 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-b-poly(styrene-co-chloromethylstyrene) copolymers, to be used as a prepolymer for preparing donor-acceptor block copolymers for organic solar cells, have been synthesised by reacting P3HT macroinitiators with styrene and chloromethylstyrene via three types of atom transfer radical polymerisatio…
Silvia Caprili、Jörg Moersch、Walter Salvatore2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The experimental results of a testing campaign including tensile and low-cycle fatigue tests on different reinforcing steel bar types in the as-delivered and corroded condition are presented. Experimental data were statistically analyzed adopting ANOVA technique; Performance Indicators (PIs), describing the mechanical…
Yidong Wang、Wenjiao Dan、Yongfu Xu 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Crushing of rock particles is a phenomenon commonly encountered in geotechnical engineering practice. It is however difficult to study the crushing of rock particles using classical theory because the physical structure of the particles is complex and irregular. This paper aims at evaluating fractal and morphological…
Xiu-shan Wang、Tao-tao Fan、Lum Kitmeng2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
In order to obtain the viscoelastic constitutive relation of High Modulus Asphalt Concrete (HMAC), the constitutive relationship is used to carry on the various numerical calculation, utilize integral transforming in its Bailey-Norton creep rule, and establish new practical model. Combining with the collection data fr…
Nazatul Aini Abd Majid、Mark P. Taylor、John J. J. Chen 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The challenges in developing a fault detection and diagnosis system for industrial applications are not inconsiderable, particularly complex materials processing operations such as aluminium smelting. However, the organizing into groups of the various fault detection and diagnostic systems of the aluminium smelting pr…
Mirele Costa da Silva、Hélio de Lucena Lira、Rosa do Carmo de Oliveira Lima 等 4 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The aim of this work is to use cheap raw materials, such as kaolin and ball clay, for the manufacture of ceramic membranes for application in effluent treatment from textile industry and to evaluate the influence of sintering temperature in the structural and morphological characteristics of those membranes. The ceram…
Jong Wan Hu、Myung-Hyun Noh2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
This paper mainly deals with seismic response and performance for self-centering friction damping braces (SFDBs) subjected to several maximum- or design-leveled earthquake ground motions. The self-centering friction damping brace members consist of core recentering components fabricated with superelastic shape memory…
Kunlun Wang、Xiuhua Zhao、Yuangang Zu 等 7 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Ultrafine resveratrol (u-Res) particles were prepared through the SAS process. The orthogonal method was used to optimize the factors of the SAS process. The size of u-Res reached 0.68 μm under the optimum conditions. The characterization of the u-Res particles was tested by many analysis methods. The chemical structu…
Shuaixing Wang、Daoxin Liu、Nan Du 等 5 位作者2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
The long-term corrosion rate of X80 steel in an acidic red soil was monitored in situ by using a precise electrical resistance (ER) test system. The corrosion characteristics of X80 steel were examined via SEM, EDS, and XRD. The results indicated that the corrosion rate determined from ER test was very similar to that…
Md. Akter Hosen、Mohd Zamin Jumaat、A. B. M. Saiful Islam2015-01-01Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Nowadays, the use of near surface mounted (NSM) technique strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) structural members is going very popular. The failure modes of NSM strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams have been shown to be largely due to premature failure such as concrete cover separation. In this study, CFRP U…