In this study, the development of a multi-layer marking toolkit was investigated to improve construction quality and mitigate the problem of irregular designs in the layout-printing work performed at construction sites. The quality of conventional la...
Non-water reacting double-component foamed polyurethane has been increasingly used in the field of transportation. Particularly, it is recognized that a polymer damping layer between tunnel linings and surrounding rocks can improve the seismic perfor...
As a full tension structural system, the spoke-type single-layer cable net structure has a light graceful shape and superior mechanical properties. During construction, the structure will gradually be tensioned from the flexible unstressed state to t...
When a fire occurs in a tunnel during construction, the smoke cannot be discharged in time and continues to settle near the ground, which threatens the safety of personnel. It is essential to understand smoke layer distribution for safe evacuation. T...
The purpose of the research was to assess the possibility of using granulated expanded glass aggregate (GEGA) with cement grout as a replacement of a sub-grade and frost-protection layer, made of natural fine aggregates (NATU), stabilized with a hydr...
The waterborne epoxy resin (WER) colored antiskid thin layer has been widely used in asphalt pavement to improve driving safety. The tectonic depth determines the antiskid performance of aparticle antiskid type thin layer. The spalling of aggregate f...
Estimation of urban seismic damage using numerical simulation needs an automatic modeling method of surface layers and residential buildings. This study focuses on modeling of surface layers and shows a method of constructing models by interpolating...
A major challenge in myocardial tissue engineering is replicating the heart’s highly complex three-dimensional (3D) anisotropic structure. Heart-on-a-chip (HOC) is an emerging technology for constructing myocardial tissue in vitro in recent yea...
Lignin is the second most abundant and low-cost natural polymer, but its high value-added utilization is still lack of effective and economic ways. In this paper, waste lignosulfonate (LS) was introduced to fabricate antifouling membrane surfaces via...
In contrast to the network security that relies on upper-layer encryption for the confidentiality and authenticity of communications, physical layer security (PLS) exploits the uniqueness and randomness of the physical channel to encrypt information...
In coastal cities, some paralleled twin tunnels must be constructed in soft soil layers, and stratum reinforcement is necessary to enhance the stability of the tunnel. However, the influence of construction of the following tunnel on the preceding tu...
A cloud structure construction algorithm adapted for the nighttime condition is proposed and evaluated. The algorithm expands the vertical information inferred from spaceborne radar and lidar via matching of infrared (IR) radiances and other properti...
SITSCAN CS is an original tactile system, which was primarily developed to investigate pressure distribution on uneven surfaces, e.g., chairs; however, due to its flexibility and modular conception, it can be utilized in other industrial or medical a...
The growing need to preserve natural resources and minimize landfill waste has led to an increased consideration of incorporating waste materials in road construction and maintenance. This study focuses specifically on utilizing waste glass as part o...
The snow melting and runoff process in the black soil area of Northeast China has led to soil quality degradation in farmland, posing a threat to sustainable agricultural development. To investigate the regulatory effect of tillage layer construction...
Unsafe behaviors among construction workers are a leading cause of safety accidents in the construction industry, and studying the mechanism of unsafe behavior propagation among construction workers is essential for reducing the occurrence of safety...
This study develops an operator-based method for constructing scenario-based boiling curves for a carbon nanotube buckypaper (BP) layer on copper in liquid nitrogen, using a reference Cu–LN
In this study, a facile and effective method is adopted to prepare mechanochemically robust super antifouling membrane surfaces. During the process, vinyl trimethoxy silane (VTMS) was used as the reactive intermediate for coupling the hydrophilic ino...
Wood dyeing is an effective way to alleviate the supply-demand imbalance of valuable wood and improve the surface decoration of fast-growing wood. However, applications of dyed wood are limited due to the susceptibility of dyes and wood to photo-disc...
A foundation pit is constructed in the floodplain of Yangtze River, and a deep and thick layer of large-particle pebble gravel exists below the base slab, thus forming a connected supply channel with the adjacent Yangtze River. The large water volume...
This study examines how major global hotel groups construct sustainability through corporate communication, assessing both the thematic content and the internal coherence of their Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) narratives. The research questio...
To implement the balance system of cultivated land in occupation and supplement and to adhere to the principle of “supplement the occupied cultivated land of high quality with the one bearing same quality”, in the thesis, a field experime...
In response to the rapid urban expansion and the burgeoning number of landfill sites, managing water infiltration in these areas has become a critical challenge, especially in cities like Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Singapore where traditional cover mat...
In view of the climate crisis, green technologies should be used to ensure sustainable structures in the construction industry. Road construction could also contribute to the creation of a circular economy, as it is partly responsible for several cur...
As-built progress of the constructed pavement should be monitored effectively to provide prompt project control. However, current pavement construction progress monitoring practices (e.g., data collection, processing, and analysis) are typically manu...
In the global energy sector, water-bearing reservoir-typed gas storage accounts for about 30% of underground gas storage (UGS) reservoirs and is vital for natural gas storage, balancing gas consumption, and ensuring energy supply stability. However,...
The article aims to present the modified structural composition of the sub-ballast layers of the railway substructure, in which a part of the natural materials for the establishment of sub-ballast or protective layers of crushed aggregate is replaced...
Additive technologies are widely used in various industries. However, nowadays, the large-scale implementation of these technologies in the construction industry is difficult, due to a lot of open practical and scientific questions in terms of both b...
Dendrite growth and parasitic reactions with liquid electrolyte are the two key factors that restrict the practical application of the lithium metal anode. Herein, a bis(benzene sulfonyl)imide based single-ion polymer artificial layer for a lithium m...
In the field of shield tunnels, the occurrence of uneven longitudinal settlement in segment linings has presented persistent challenges, including heightened risks of localized damage and water leakage. While the adoption of a secondary lining has be...
“Cause analysis” constitutes an indispensable component in quality management systems, serving to systematically identify the causes of quality defects, thereby enabling the development of targeted improvement strategies that concurrently...
Taking the shield construction of Xiamen Metro Line 2 tunnel side-crossing the Tianzhushan overpass and under-crossing the Shen-Hai Expressway as the engineering background, FLAC3D 6.0 software was used to examine the deformation of adjacent structur...
Data integrity remains a critical requirement for secure communication in IoT environments. To address this challenge for resource-constrained IoT devices, lightweight cryptographic hash functions have been widely studied. However, static substitutio...
In consideration of the mild climatic conditions of North Vietnam with average monthly air temperatures ranging from 15 °C in winter to 26.5 °C, this study analyzes the regulation of the temperature regime and thermally stressed state of a co...
This study investigated the impact of the response mechanism of tillage construction on paddy yield in black soil fields by adopting four mechanical tillage techniques, namely, rotary tillage (RT), shallow plowing (SP), deep plowing (DP), and culvert...
The application of recycled aggregates (RA) from construction and demolition waste and crushed concrete blocks is a very important challenge for the coming years from the environmental point of view, in order to reduce the exploitation of natural res...
This paper examined the opportunities of composite double-layer grid superstructures in short-to-medium span bridge decks. It was empirically shown here that a double-layer grid deck system in composite action with a thin layer of two−way reinf...
Relying on the Mawan undersea large-diameter, dual-line, mud–water-balanced shield tunnel project and focusing on the characteristics of the tunnel, such as the complex geological conditions at the expected intersection location and the existen...
Time is money, and it is crucial to accelerate road construction to improve the accessibility and connectivity of infrastructure. Prolonged periods of project implementation lead to delays and cost overruns, and further delays could destabilize the c...
Road construction contributes to embodied carbon in infrastructure, with asphalt-bound layers often dominating construction-stage greenhouse gas emissions in flexible pavements. Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and high-modulus asphalt concrete can r...
These days, the use of natural materials is required for sustainable and consequently plus-, zero- and low-energy construction. One of the main objectives of this research was to demonstrate that pelite concrete block masonry can be a structural and...
Consumers facing home-renovation quotes operate in a credence-goods market: they cannot verify whether a quoted price is fair, and general-purpose large language models (LLMs) are now a zero-cost place to ask. Whether LLM answers are actionable for t...
With urban space becoming much more crowded, the construction of underground spaces continues to expand to deeper, and the requirements for the large depth and minor deformation in urban engineering construction are getting more urgent. A new kind of...
The study aims at lowering the pressure drop and extending the service life at a given set of filter materials implementing a space between the filter layers. As design factors, the web-to-web space was implemented by inserting either a bulk air gap...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have matured into a credible sensing layer for traffic engineering, yet the knowledge they generate remains scattered across one-off campaigns, bespoke pipelines, and scenario-specific studies. Existing surveys treat t...
A numerical analysis model for sand-mudstone interbedded fracturing based on field application in South China is presented in this paper. The proposed model can analyze the influence laws of different longitudinal lithology changes, stress difference...
This paper deals with the issue of fastening sheet-metal components on the facades of contemporary buildings that are massively insulated with external thermal insulation composite systems. This research focused on facades with thin-layer acrylic pla...
Cement is the most-used construction material worldwide. Research for sustainable cement production has focused on including nanomaterials as additives to enhance cement performance (strength and durability) in recent decades. In this concern, graphe...
It is in the preliminary design phase of a project that the designer makes decisions concerning the global geometry of the structure. When working with space frames, the choice of the frame topology is key for the structural behavior. It is difficult...
In contrast from traditional unmanned aerial vehicle communication via unlicensed spectrum, connecting unmanned aerial vehicles with cellular networks can extend their communication coverage and improve the quality of their service. In addition, the...
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