Bio-based adhesives have low water resistance and they are less durable than synthetic adhesives, which limits their exterior applications. In this study, a bio adhesive was developed from soybean meal and larch tannin that was designed for exterior...
Predictive models were developed to effectively estimate the RC exterior joint’s shear strength using gene expression programming (GEP). Two separate models are proposed for the exterior joints: the first with shear reinforcement and the second...
In this paper, the method of artificial boundary conditions for exterior quasilinear problems in concave angle domains is investigated. Based on the Kirchhoff transformation, the exact quasiliner elliptical arc artificial boundary condition is derive...
The increasing frequency and severity of natural disasters—such as floods, storms, droughts, and earthquakes—have created a growing demand for temporary housing. These facilities must be rapidly deployed to provide safe, functional living...
This study introduces a novel system for detecting humans inside a building by utilizing RF signals from the building’s exterior. Existing RF communication devices encounter signal attenuation issues when passing through walls, limiting their e...
Many studies have sought to overcome the two main limitations of the average method of ISO 9869-1—its long test duration and low accuracy. These studies reported that the reliability of the results is dependent on the temperature differences. T...
This paper presents an automatic visual inspection of exterior surface defects of oil tanks using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and image processing with two cascading fuzzy logic algorithms. Corrosion is one of the defects that has a serious effec...
The application of exterior insulation in both new construction and retrofits is a common practice to enhance the energy efficiency of buildings. In addition to increased thermal performance, the rigid insulation can serve to keep the sheathing board...
The sensory upgrading facilitated by live platforms, such as YouTube Live, Twitch, and Periscope, can facilitate much better interactions and understanding between a product, its brand, and the user. The question of how to enhance sustainable marketi...
To address the issue of deformation mismatch between the exterior wall panels and the resilient frame structure under large deformations, two novel flexible devices (FDs) with different working principles are proposed in this paper. These FDs enable...
In this article, we mainly review the parabolic Hessian equation on the exterior region. The existence and uniqueness of solutions with asymptotic properties to the exterior problem of the parabolic Hessian equation were obtained by using the Perron...
With the need for a green economy and the introduction of low-carbon policies, more and more old buildings are being transformed to improve the thermal performance of buildings and reduce energy consumption. However, people ignore the village buildin...
We describe the nonabelian exterior square G∧^G of a pro-p-group G (with p arbitrary prime) in terms of quotients of free pro-p-groups, providing a new method of construction of G∧^G and new structural results for G∧^G. Then, we investiga...
A building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system produces power using photovoltaic (PV) modules as building exterior materials, whose architectural performance serves the same functions as those of existing building materials. Most relevant studies t...
The envelope (façade) of a building is the first barrier between the exterior and the interior of the building and withstands the highest variation in temperature and solar radiation. Trombe walls are used to take advantage of that and contribute to...
A novel framework for inverse quantitative structure–activity relationships (inverse QSAR) has recently been proposed and developed using both artificial neural networks and mixed integer linear programming. However, classes of chemical graphs treate...
One can question the relationship between the symmetries of the exterior and interior of black holes with an isotropic and static exterior. This question is justified by the variety of recent findings indicating substantial or even dramatic differenc...
Calculating Repeating Thermal Bridges (RTBs) for Timber Frame (TF) closed panels that could occur in Offsite Manufactured (OSM) Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), such as exterior walls for nearly-to-zero operational energy dwellings to be constru...
A sound field control approach is investigated for recording a primary sound field and synthesizing it at a secondary field without exterior radiation using circular double-layer arrays of microphones and loudspeakers. Although the conventional least...
The Wood Innovation Research Lab was designed as a low energy-use building to facilitate the construction and testing of engineered wood products by the faculty and staff of the Master of Engineering in Integrated Wood Design Program at the Universit...
The improvement of human well-being and the urban environment in cities and towns around the world will always be at the forefront of our interests. After all, the resilience of the urban environment to climate change is very important now. For examp...
Sensitivity analysis is crucial in building energy assessments. It is used to determine the major variables influencing building thermal performance, using both observational research and energy simulation models. This study investigates the most inf...
Currently, metal is the most common exterior material used in robot development due to the need to protect the motor. However, as soft, wearable, and humanoid robots are gradually being developed, many robot parts need to be converted into artificial...
Mechanical damage like bruises produced during postharvest handling can lower market value, affect nutritional value, and pose food safety risks. The study evaluated bruises on apples using image processing. This research focuses on using computer vi...
This paper presents a deep learning-based automated background removal technique for structural exterior image stitching. In order to establish an exterior damage map of a structure using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a close-up vision scanning i...
Exterior shading devices and outdoor units can be closely coupled since these two building components are commonly installed next to each other. This study uses a coupled EnergyPlus-Fluent modeling approach to examine how a combination of exterior sh...
We investigate a generalization of the equation curlw→=g→ to an arbitrary number n of dimensions, which is based on the well-known Moisil–Teodorescu differential operator. Explicit solutions are derived for a particular problem in bounded domains of...
This paper proposes a novel reinforced ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)-normal strength concrete (NSC) composite column. The main feature of the reinforced UHPC-NSC composite column is the use of an exterior UHPC cover, which is helpful for imp...
The building envelope is the barrier between the interior and exterior environments. It has many important functions, including protecting the interior space from the climatic variations through its envelope materials and design elements, as well as...
The aim of this review was to map synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development and energy efficiency and savings regarding exterior lighting. Exterior lighting, such as public road and street lighting, requires significant amounts of ener...
Buildings account for nearly one-third of overall energy consumption in today’s world energy status, in which a considerable part is used for indoor conditioning. Energy efficiency enhancement of buildings components and technologies is a key p...
Since 2018, the authors have been working on reconstructing the exterior of the Great Pitiunt Roman fortress in 3D. This article presents the results of the visualization of the exterior and interior of the temple complex. During the study, the dimen...
In this paper, we introduce a discretization scheme for the Yang–Mills equations in the two-dimensional case using a framework based on discrete exterior calculus. Within this framework, we define discrete versions of the exterior covariant der...
Research on regional residential buildings is an important means of exploring the natural climatic adaptability of buildings and the sustainable development of culture. It is also an important path of sustainable social development. However, current...
Coordination cages are well-known to act as molecular containers that can bind small-molecule guests in their cavity. Such cavity binding is associated with interactions of the guests with the surrounding set of surfaces that define the cavity; a gue...
The historical use of lead (Pb) poses ongoing health risks via exposure to contaminated urban soils. However, there is limited information about heterogeneity in Pb speciation and distribution at the house lot scale. This study determined highly spat...
China accounts for approximately 30% of the CO2 emissions—one of the largest proportions from a single nation. Therefore, reducing the CO2 emissions in China will play a decisive role in global CO2 emissions reduction. This paper is a proposal of opt...
Wood used in exposed exterior applications degrades and changes color due to weathering. Expanded use of mass timber is resulting in architects increasingly designing structures with wood in exterior exposure. Coatings can reduce the effects of weath...
The attractiveness and durability of stone claddings make them a common exterior finish. However, comparative research of the performance of long-lasting “dry fixed” stone claddings and those made using the “wet fixed” method...
In this paper, the energy benefits of switchable insulation systems (SIS) are assessed when applied as shades for windows as well as dynamic insulation for exterior walls of residential buildings located in European countries including Belgium and Sp...
The visual aesthetics of villages are remarkably affected by the exterior quality of traditional residences, influencing the impression and assessment of local culture. A proper scientific assessment of exterior quality can protect traditional cultur...
The goals of this study are to propose a method to minimize the waste of buildings’ exterior walls and to respond to practical technical reports on disaster resistance and reductions in resource extraction. This study’s scientific value i...
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Pediatric lead poisoning remains a persistent public health problem. Children in the US spend the preponderance of their time at home; thus, housing is an important social determinant of health. Improving health outcomes derived from housing-based so...
Recent high-profile building fires involving highly-combustible external cladding panels in Australia as well as Dubai, China, and the United Kingdom have created a heightened awareness by the public, government, and commercial entities to act on the...
The increase in ambient temperature decreases crop yields. Therefore, greenhouse cooling techniques can be considered adaptation strategies to climate change. To improve the efficiency of crop production, semi-closed greenhouses are utilized, which r...
It is well known that topological spaces are axiomatically characterized by the topological closure operator satisfying the Kuratowski Closure Axioms. Equivalently, they can be axiomatized by other set operators encoding primitive semantics of topolo...
In this paper, results from the analysis of the gimbal impact on the determination of the camera exterior orientation parameters of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are presented and interpreted. Additionally, a new approach and methodology for testi...
Venetian blinds (VB) are shading devices of widespread use in residential and corporate buildings. They can reflect or transmit light into buildings and at the same time allow daylighting and exterior views. They can also efficiently block radiative...
To achieve photogrammetry without ground control points (GCPs), the precise measurement of the exterior orientation elements for the remote sensing camera is particularly important. Currently, the satellites are equipped with a GPS receiver, so that...
The determination of thermal resistances (R-values) for enclosed airspaces, including those with one or more low-emittance surfaces, has advanced from one-dimensional heat transfer between large parallel planes to multi-dimensional heat flow in a wid...
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