Noise is continuously treated as an annoyance to humans and indeed commotion contamination shows up within the environment, causing inconvenience. This is likewise interesting to the engineering tactic that inclines to develop this noise proliferatio...
Concrete is the most common building material; therefore, when designing structures, it is obligatory to consider all structural parameters and design characteristics such as acoustic properties. In particular, this is to ensure comfortable living co...
Passive noise control techniques are an effective way of mitigating environmental noise pollution caused by industrial activities, assisting with long-term sustainability in workplace health and safety. Excessive noise from various sources such as mi...
Plastic pollution represents a significant challenge for the building industry, where synthetic foils are extensively used as acoustic absorbers or vapour barriers but persist in the environment for decades, causing risks to ecosystems and human heal...
The interest in the use of resistant acoustic materials has put further attention on the use of porous concrete in the building industry. This work investigates the acoustic properties of four different mix designs of porous concrete obtained with tw...
This contribution aims to analyze the deterioration behaviour of steel fibre-reinforced high-performance concrete (HPC) in both experiments as well as numerical simulations. For this purpose, flexural tensile tests are carried out on beams with diffe...
The work uses a comprehensive approach based on the information and communication concept of construction management templates to minimize information asymmetry between construction stakeholders when implementing innovative technologies. An analysis...
This study presents the retrofit acoustic dq1esign of the Italian theatre “Cavallino Bianco”. In its historical configuration, the hall had a curved roof with a pressed-plant fiber ceiling, which was demolished and replaced with a wooden...
The construction industry is facing increased demand for adopting sustainable ‘green’ building materials to minimise the carbon footprint of the infrastructure sector to meet the United Nations 2030 Sustainability Goals. Natural bio-compo...
Pumice forms when a volcanic explosion ejects highly pressurized, superheated rock, rapidly cooling and depressurizing, resulting in a porous structure. In countries with high volcanic activity, pumice stone is a low-cost natural material that is lig...