Porous asphalt (PA) mixtures are designed with a high air void (AV) (i.e., 18~22%) content allowing rainwater to infiltrate into their internal structures. Therefore, PA mixtures are more sensitive to moisture damage than traditional densely graded a...
Moisture is one of the critical failures affecting asphalt pavement. It has been recently found that moisture created by rainwater and undrained water deteriorate the bonding interface between asphalt mastic and aggregate. Using different mineral fil...
Moisture-induced damage is widely known to cause multiple distresses that affect the durability of constructed pavements and eventually lead to the costly maintenance of pavement structures. The reliability and practicality of the assessment protocol...
Structural characteristics influence assessment of fatigue cracking behavior. In the assessment of asphalt pavements, the asphalt structure and practical conditions must be considered. This study analyzes changes in the elastic modulus of the pavemen...
Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites are widely used in infrastructure applications including water structures due to their relatively high durability, high strength to weight ratio, and non-corrosiveness. Here we demonstrate the potentia...
Recently, damage to asphalt pavements in South Korea has increased because of direct and indirect factors caused by abnormal climatic changes, such as torrential rains, prolonged heatwaves in summer, and heavy snowfall in winter. Additionally, the us...
Moisture damage in buildings has traditionally been discussed primarily in relation to winter condensation in cold climates. In hot-humid regions, however, damage develops under different boundary conditions, including warm and humid outdoor air, fre...
Lignite particles generate considerable dust during drying due to structural damage, which increases the dust removal costs of the drying system, pollutes the environment, and raises the risk of combustion and explosion, thereby posing a threat to th...
Slope failure, as a natural disaster, can cause extensive human suffering and financial losses worldwide. This paper introduces a new soil moisture extended cohesive damage element (SMECDE) method to predict railway slope failure under heavy rainfall...
To enhance the moisture damage performance of hot mix asphalt (HMA), treating the aggregate surface with a suitable additive was a more convenient approach. In this research, two types of aggregate modifiers were used to study the effect of moisture...
As a key component of a swivel bridge, the spherical hinge is a steel-concrete structure, which is susceptible to moisture damage during waiting time. In this paper, spherical hinge moisture damage prevention is investigated comprehensively from two...
Moisture-induced damage is a serious problem that severely impairs asphaltic pavement and affects road serviceability. This study examined numerous variables in asphalt concrete mixtures to assess their impact on moisture damage resistance. Mix desig...
Moisture-induced damage is one of the primary causes of premature distress in asphalt pavements, leading to reduced service life and increased maintenance costs. Although nanomaterials have shown potential in enhancing asphalt performance, the underl...
Under continuous erosion of dynamic water pressure generated by vehicle–water–pavement coupling interaction, asphalt mixture will gradually deteriorate and severe moisture damage finally emerges. The fine aggregate mixture (FAM) component...
Efficient transplanting has been identified as one of the essential steps towards achieving an increased yield in the farm. However, many factors are affecting these processes such as soil moisture content and the speed of pickup. This study was carr...
Moisture damage is a common hidden distress in asphalt pavements in hot and rainy regions, where it can rapidly develop into severe surface deterioration if not detected in time. To address this issue, this study proposes an automated framework integ...
It has been proven that it is a feasible treatment method to prepare paste filling material from coal-based solid waste to fill underground goaf. Based on the complexity of the goaf environment, especially the influence of humidity on paste filling m...
To investigate the effects of different moisture conditions and numbers of freeze–thaw cycles on the damage deterioration behavior of red sandstone, three freeze–thaw conditions were used in this study: GA (sealed water-retaining state af...
To contribute to the development of sustainable composites, this work investigates the effects of moisture on the key AE characteristics related to the damage mechanisms of a bio-based balsa wood core sandwich in 4-point bending tests, including cumu...
To solve the problems of high kernel breakage and low threshing efficiency in the threshing operation of high-moisture maize, this study designs an adaptive threshing device based on the coupled working principle of vortex airflow driving and flexibl...
This study aims to investigate the adhesion properties and moisture damage resistance between castor oil-based bio-asphalt (COBA) and aggregates under the action of thermal oxidation. Different dosages of castor oil-based bio-oil (5%, 10%, and 15%) w...
GFRP bars will be damaged due to a series of irreversible hygroscopic chemical reactions under humid and hot curing environmental conditions. The multiple factors related to the moisture absorption model were established through the moisture absorpti...
Waterlogging harms winter wheat growth. To enable accurate monitoring of agricultural waterlogging, this paper conducts a winter wheat waterlogging monitoring study using multi-source data in Guzhen County, Anhui Province, China. The hydrological mod...
The mechanisms of health effects of moisture damage (MD) are unclear, but inflammatory responses have been suspected. The usefulness of laboratory and allergy tests among patients in secondary healthcare with symptoms associated with workplace MD wer...
This article explores the effectiveness of the Pull-off Tensile Strength (POTS) test as a tool for evaluating the moisture damage resistance of asphalt mixtures. Currently, indirect tensile strength (ITS) and the Hamburg Wheel Tracking (HWT) test are...
Background: Respiratory tract symptoms are associated with workplace moisture damage (MD). The focus of this observational clinical study was patients with workplace MD-associated symptoms, to evaluate the usefulness of different clinical tests in di...
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A considerable proportion of patients having respiratory tract or voice symptoms associated with workplace moisture damage (MD) could have multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). MCS is characterized by symptoms of different organ systems in association...
The moisture transport of axial-compression-damaged mortar and concrete was experimentally and analytically studied in this paper. Five stress levels, i.e., 25%, 40%, 55%, 70%, and 85%, of the corresponding ultimate compressive strengths were selecte...
Moisture susceptibility is still one of the primary causes of distress in flexible pavements, reducing the pavements’ durability. A very large number of tests are available to evaluate the susceptibility of a binder aggregate combination. Tests...
Warm mix asphalt (WMA) provides a sustainable way of lowering production temperatures, reducing energy use for sustainable pavement construction; however, moisture damage affects its durability. Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) contains aged binder t...
In the process of geotechnical engineering excavation, wet and water-filled rock masses are inevitable. To obtain the mechanical properties of these rocks, indoor tests are required, and most of the rock tests rock tests are dry or nearly dry. They c...
To study the mechanical damage characteristics of rock under the effect of subversion, a series of mechanical experiments, including both uniaxial and triaxial mechanical compression experiments under various levels of water content were performed. I...
The present study aims to examine the effect of modifiers (Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene and crumb rubber) on the rutting, moisture-induced damage, and workability properties of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. In this study, three types—namely, con...
By damaging bark, mechanized harvesting deprives wood of its natural mechanical barrier. This study concerns the effect of this damage on the changes in moisture content that occur near the damaged areas of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). This stud...
This article presents an experimental investigation of the effect of water aging on the static mechanical behavior and damage mechanisms of bio-based sandwich structures with auxetic cores using acoustic emission (AE) monitoring. Both the skins and t...
A steel slag porous asphalt (SSPA) mixture, as the surfacing layer of permeable asphalt pavements, not only ensures the pavement surface drainage and noise reduction functions, but also improves the comprehensive utilization of steel slag resources a...
Recycling steel slag into asphalt concrete is an important way to save natural resources and protect the environment. The high asphalt absorption and adsorption and the sensitivity of steel slag aggregate (SSA) to the combined damage of temperature a...
To date, the destructive extraction and analysis of drilling cores is the main possibility to obtain depth information about damaging water ingress in building floors. The time- and cost-intensive procedure constitutes an additional burden for buildi...
Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) remains the predominant material for pavement surfacing. Mixing is performed at about 180 °C, depending on the bitumen used. Environmental concerns in terms of emissions and energy demand are fostering new sustainable techno...
Moisture is a significant problem in standard pavements, causing asphalt mixtures to deteriorate due to insufficient water permeability. This failure from moisture damage is often caused by precipitation accumulation or poor drainage, which allows wa...
Compression tests are widely used to characterize cereal kernels, yet the loading rate is often treated as a secondary methodological factor, despite the fact that the ASAE S368.4 procedure recommends a low crosshead speed, whereas industrial size-re...
For the prompt planting of subsequent crops, most of China’s corn harvest must occur before full maturity, with a grain moisture content above 25%. Harvesting moist corn presents challenges due to significant grain damage during threshing. We c...
Parts of the building envelope that frequently receive high amounts of rain are usually exposed to a higher risk of deterioration due to moisture. Determination of such locations can thus help with the assessment of moisture-induced damage risks. Thi...
The moisture content is closely related to the shear creep deformation behavior of soft rock, and the linear creep deformation behavior of soft rock can be described by the classical Nishihara model. However, its accuracy in describing accelerated no...
Moisture damage is one of the undesired distresses occurring in flexible asphalt pavements, mostly through water intrusion that weakens and ultimately degrades the asphalt mortar-aggregate interfacial bond. One method to mitigate this distress is usi...
The adhesive property between asphalt and aggregate is a crucial factor that affects the resistance of asphalt pavement to moisture damage. In this study, by simulating the actual working conditions of asphalt–aggregate bonding characteristics,...
The alkali–silica reaction is a universally known destructive mechanism in concrete that can lead to the premature loss of serviceability in affected structures. Quite an enormous number of research studies have been carried out focusing on the...
Generally, brick buildings are in the open-air environment year round, and damage to them is aggravated by the effect of repeated freezing and thawing cycles. In order to determine freeze–thaw damage and deterioration mechanism, the initial moi...
Researchers are exploring the utilisation of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) as a recycled material to determine the performance of non-renewable natural aggregates and other road products such as asphalt binder, in the construction and rehabilitati...
This laboratory study was conducted to comparatively assess the effects of different fillers and moisture on the mechanical properties and performance of asphalt mixtures. In the study, a typical Pen70 base asphalt was modified with four different fi...
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