It is imperative to have an in-depth understanding of the effect of extraneous moisture on the spontaneous combustion of coal not only for the control and prevention of coal spontaneous combustion in the coal mining industry, but also for the optimiz...
Extrusion-based additive manufacturing (EBAM) or 3D printing is used to produce customized prototyped parts. The majority of the polymers used with EBAM show moisture sensitivity. However, moisture effects become more pronounced in polymers used for...
In this project, the adhesion property and moisture effect between styrene–butadiene–styrene (SBS) modified asphalt binder and aggregate were studied to reveal their interface adhesion mechanism. The influence of SBS contents on adhesion...
Soil respiration (RS, Soil CO2 efflux) is the second largest carbon (C) flux in global terrestrial ecosystems, and thus, plays an important role in global and regional C cycling; moreover, it acts as a feedback mechanism between C cycling and global...
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) exhibit outstanding gas barrier properties, which supports their use as a biobased and biodegradable barrier coating on flexible food packaging materials. As highly hydrophilic biopolymers, however, CNCs have a strong se...
Soil moisture is a notably important component in various studies in water sciences, including hydrology, agriculture, and water management. To achieve extensive or global spatial coverage, satellites focusing on soil moisture observation have been l...
Data acquisition and an efficient processing method for hydrological model initialization, such as soil moisture and parameter value identification are critical for a physics-based distributed watershed modelling of flood and flood related disasters...
The main target of the present study is to preserve the structural integrity of the composite pressure vessels (PVs) used in the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants under internal pressure loading when moisture effects are taken into...
Soil moisture is not only an essential component of the water cycle in terrestrial ecosystems but also a major influencing factor of regional climate. In the soil hydrothermal process, soil moisture has a significant regulating effect on surface temp...
The present study aimed to investigate the fatty acid content, and antioxidant and moisturizing effect of Camellia assamica seed oil (CA). Additionally, microemulsions containing CA were also developed for topical use. The antioxidant activity of CA...
To investigate the influence of moisture on the exothermic properties of coal oxidation, this study investigated the variation in thermal effect and radical parameters in the oxidation process of coal under different moisture content. This was achiev...
Most concrete structures and buildings are under temperature and moisture variations simultaneously. Thus, the moisture transport in concrete is driven by the moisture gradient as well as the temperature gradient. This paper presents an experimental...
The plastic deformation of wood perpendicular to the grain is gaining increasing importance due to advancements in forming technologies and the densification of wood. This study investigates how two hardwood species, i.e., beech (Fagus sylvatica) and...
The interest in bistatic SAR systems for soil moisture monitoring has grown over recent years, since theoretical studies suggest that the impact of surface roughness on the retrieval of soil moisture decreases when multistatic, i.e., simultaneous mon...
The purpose of this research was to use empirical models to monitor temporal dynamics of soil moisture in a peatland using remotely sensed imagery, and to determine the predictive accuracy of the approach on dates outside the time series through stat...
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a major nonpsychotropic component of Cannabis sativa with various pharmacological activities. In this study, we investigated the skin moisturizing effect of CBD and its mechanism. A 1% CBD solution was applied daily to skin of HR...
In this work, the influences of moisture intruded into the asphalt-aggregate interface have been investigated at the atomistic scale. The molecular interactions of asphalt with limestone and granite were studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulati...
Spatial heterogeneity in soil properties has been a challenge for providing field-scale estimates of infiltration rates and surface soil moisture content over natural fields. In this study, we develop analytical expressions for effective saturated hy...
Soil moisture is among the most essential variables in hydrology and earth science. Many satellite missions, such as AMSR-E/2, have been launched to observe it in broader spatial coverage to overcome the shortage of in situ observations. However, the...
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...
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly technique that could represent an alternative to conventional soil analysis methods, including total organic carbon (TOC). Soil fertility and quality are usually measured by...
Powder flow is influenced by environmental factors, such as moisture and static electricity, as well as powder related factors, such as morphology, size, size distribution, density, and surface area. Pharmaceutical solids may be exposed to water duri...
Biomass materials have been increasingly used due to their renewable nature. The problems occurring during the storage of fresh woody materials include gas emissions and dry matter losses as a result of degradation. The objective of this study was to...
Haliotis discus, an abalone, is a marine gastropod mollusk that has been cultivated globally owing to its nutritional value and high market demand. However, the visceral parts of H. discus are typically discarded as by-products, highlighting the need...
During the concrete mixing process, the transition of aggregates from a dry to a moist state introduces a crucial dynamic that significantly influences particle interaction, consequently impacting mixing homogeneity. In this paper, based on the discr...
This work investigated the effects of moisture absorption treatment on composite−to−metal double−lap shear joints (DLSJs) bonded with epoxy adhesive film through experiments and simulations. The composite−to−metal DLSJ c...
Porous asphalt has been used for permeable pavement to improve safety of roadways and the effectiveness of storm water management. As a surface drainage layer with frequent exposure to water, this material is affected by moisture. In this study, dyna...
This work is focused on the influence of moisture content on the processing and mechanical properties of a biodegradable polyester used for applications in injection molding. The pellets of the biodegradable polyester were exposed under different rel...
The objective of this paper is to analyze the behaviour of a backscattered signalaccording to soil moisture depth over bare soils. Analysis based on experimental verticalmoisture profiles and ASAR/ENVISAT measurements has been carried out. A modified...
As a green-material structure, cross-laminated timber (CLT) has attracted increasing attention and applications in construction. This study presents an analytical model for a CLT plate under the coupling effect of load and moisture content, where the...
The strong structural integrity of polymer nanocomposite is influenced in the moist environment; but the fundamental mechanism is unclear, including the basis for the interactions between the absorbed water molecules and the structure, which prevents...
Background: Silkworm cocoons are rich in bioactive compounds beneficial for cosmetic applications. This study presented a novel approach by comparing microwave and ultrasonic pretreatments to enhance silk protein extraction efficiency. The aim was to...
This paper highlights the impact of environmental conditions on cob buildings. Different factors such as wall thickness, material permeability and interactions between moisture and heat fluxes can all have significant effects on the performance and d...
Rice protein and moisture content are pivotal in the gelatinization and retrogradation processes of rice starch. This study aimed to explore the influence of rice protein on these processes by preparing rice starch gels with varying moisture levels a...
Considering that the ultrasonic method is applied for the quality evaluation of concrete, this study experimentally and numerically investigates the effect of inhomogeneity caused by changes in the moisture content of concrete on ultrasonic wave prop...
Grinding is a staple size-reduction process to produce food powders in which the powdered form is chemically and microbiologically stable and convenient to use as end products or intermediate products. The moisture content of food materials before gr...
Water and water transfer are the keys of the concrete durability problem; the non-uniform moisture transfer caused by the concrete micro–meso structure has a great effect on the drying shrinkage crack, transfers of inimical ions, etc. For the n...
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...
The aim of this study is to provide new knowledge on the effect of willow on hillslope hydrology at a slope scale. Soil moisture and matric suction were monitored in situ under willow-vegetated and fallow ground covers on a small-scale hillslope in N...
Carbon fiber-reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene (CF/PTFE) composites are frequently used in tribological dry gas applications, such as in dynamic seals in reciprocating hydrogen gas compressors and Stirling engines, due to their superior friction and...
In the present study, the effects of trans-cinnamaldehyde (TCA) addition on selected properties of lime–cement plaster were investigated. The algicidal effect of TCA on natural biofilm isolated from lime–cement plaster was investigated in...
The moisture content of biomass affects its processing for applications such as electricity or steam. In this study, the effects of variation in moisture content of banagrass and energycane was evaluated using techno-economic analysis and life-cycle...
With steadily rising CO2 concentrations in the ambient air and fast-changing concrete compositions with reduced clinker contents, the availability of reliable and accelerated concrete carbonation tests is of crucial importance to design durable struc...
The supercritical defatting of H. illucens was scaled up at 450 bar and 60 °C from a 270 cm3 extraction cell to a vessel five times larger. Then, eight different H. illucens larvae batches, with variable content of oil (16.80–29.17% w/w) an...
The flexible modification of decorative veneer by plastic film is an effective method to broaden its applications. In order to understand the effect of initial veneer moisture content on the performance of plastic film reinforced decorative veneer, F...
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of temperature changes during heat–moisture treatment (HMT) on the appearance, structure and digestibility of sweet potato starch (SPS). The results showed that after HMT, there were dep...
In recent years, cannabis has been proposed and promoted not only as a medicine for the treatment of a variety of illnesses, but also as an industrial crop for different purposes. Being an agricultural product, cannabis inflorescences may be contamin...
Plant canopy morphology plays an important role in water balance, peculiarly in semiarid environments. Through a field experiment, the impact of plant morphology of two native plant species, Artemisia sacrorum Ledeb (ASL) and Spiraea pubescens Turcz...
Soil texture has been shown to affect the dielectric behavior of soil over the entire frequency range. Three universally employed dielectric semiempirical models (SEMs), the Dobson model, the Wang–Schmugge model and the Mironov model, as well a...
Moisture anomaly conditions within humid and subhumid tropics that are associated with different types of El Niño and La Niña phenomena are described and analyzed with a focus on their spatial distribution and seasonal variability. Five...
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