In China, Gaomiaozi (GMZ) bentonite is recognized as a barrier material for isolating nuclear waste. Different chemical solutions may change the hydraulic conductivity and swelling capacity of bentonite. Consequently, a series of swelling pressure an...
In this study, the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFSs) is adopted to model Chemical Vapor Infiltration (CVI) in a fibrous preform. The preparation of dense fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composites is considered. The reaction flux at the solid s...
Preferential flow has an important role as it strongly influences solute transport in forest soil. The quick passage of water and solutes through preferential flow paths without soil absorption results in considerable water loss and groundwater pollu...
Numerical modeling has become an irreplaceable tool for the investigation of water flow and solute transport in the unsaturated zone. The use of this tool for real situations is often faced with lack of knowledge of hydraulic and soil transport param...
Urban nature-based solutions (NBSs) are widely implemented to collect, store, and infiltrate stormwater. This study addressed infiltration rate as a measure of the performance of bioretention solutions. Quick scan research was conducted, starting wit...
Modeling water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone is essential to understanding the fate of soil pollutants and their travel times towards groundwater bodies. It also helps design better irrigation strategies to control solute concentration...
A nanofluidic energy absorption system (NEAS) is composed of nanoporous material and functional liquid with high energy absorption density. Applying an electric field to adjust the energy absorption characteristics of a nanofluidic system will open b...
Biochar application is a well-recognized strategy to enhance agricultural soil fertility, but its structural heterogeneity leads to inconsistent outcomes in soil improvement, particularly in water and nutrient transport dynamics. In order to ensure t...
In order to effectively suppress the negative effects of salt ions contained in saline soils on agricultural soil quality and crop growth, this study took advantage of the water-saving properties and better soil improvement properties of poly-γ...
The process of how soil moisture profiles evolve into the soil and reach the root zone could be estimated by solving the appropriate strong nonlinear Richards’ equation. The nonlinearity of the equation occurs because diffusivity D is generally...
Vehicle washing facilities (VWFs) consume substantial amounts of potable water and produce wastewater containing pollutants such as hydrocarbons, detergents, and pathogens, presenting significant environmental and operational challenges. This study e...
Phengite series is a dioctahedral solid solution between two end-members of muscovite [K1[Al2]VI[Al1,Si3]IVO10(OH)2] and celadonite [K1[(Fe3+,Al)1,(Mg,Fe2+)1]VI[Si4]IVO10(OH)2], which have a hetero-valent substitution of AlVIAlIV ↔ (Mg, Fe)VISiI...
Bone grafts are commonly used in orthopedic and dental surgeries to facilitate bone repair and regeneration. A new type of bone graft, polycaprolactone-infiltrated three dimensionally printed hydroxyapatite (3DP HA/PCL), was previously developed by i...
The aim of this study was to establish a mathematical model of the infiltration of sodium chloride solution into cadaveric liver tissue. Methods. The time law of the flow of the infiltrated fluid at every node of the finite element model was obtaine...
Rainfall infiltration is one of the main triggers of inner dump slope failure in the process of mining coal. Changes in water content throughout the process of rainfall infiltration have rarely been studied. The reductions in soil strength due to wat...
Obtaining reliable information on the wetting front depth of soil is beneficial to the understanding of one-dimensional (1D) vertical infiltration under border irrigation. This paper presents an approximate explicit solution to the Green-Ampt (GA) in...
In small populations and scattered communities, wastewater treatment through vegetation filters (VFs), a nature-based solution, has proved to be feasible, especially for nutrient and organic matter removal. However, the presence of pharmaceuticals in...
The application of infiltration basins and tanks is one of the primary means of sustainable stormwater management. However, the methods currently used to size these facilities do not take into account a number of parameters that have a significant im...
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) steaming, a green and highly efficient delignification method, has been demonstrated to provide a wood skeleton with a very low content of residual lignin in the manufacturing of transparent wood. It usually requires a long r...
One sustainable method of stormwater management is surface infiltration with retention. Proper design of stormwater infiltration facilities ensures a reduction in flood risk within urban catchments. However, this is not possible without considering t...
The frequent effects of urbanization and climate change make stormwater runoff control critical. Infiltration systems can provide multiple benefits to the environment, i.e., flood risk mitigation, stormwater quality improvement, aquifer recharge, and...
Salt and nutrient transport and transformations during water infiltration directly influence saline soil improvement and the efficient use of water and fertilizer resources. The effects of soil initial salinity (18.3 g/kg, 25.5 g/kg, 42.2 g/kg, 79.94...
Porous asphalt pavements and water-retentive asphalt pavements are widely used because of their ability to infiltrate both rainfall and stormwater runoff. There is very limited information available to assist designers of porous asphalt pavement syst...
The increase in rainfall intensity caused by climate change, combined with high levels of urban soil sealing and the limited capacity of drainage systems, is significantly increasing flooding risk. Integrated stormwater management is a key factor in...
Swales are widely used Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) that can reduce peak flow, collect and retain water and improve groundwater recharge. Most previous research has focused on the unsaturated infiltration rates of swales without consider...
In this study, a stable and highly skin-permeable topical delivery system for itraconazole (ITZ) was designed to provide effective treatment against superficial mycosis. Herein, ITZ was incorporated into a solution composed of ethanol, benzyl alcohol...
Surface-active solutes that exist in the subsurface either naturally (humic acid) or as a result of anthropogenic activities (alcohols, surfactants, PFAS) alter the hydraulic and geotechnical properties of the unsaturated porous media. The alteration...
Cerebral malaria (CM) is the severe progression of an infection with Plasmodium falciparum, causing detrimental damage to brain tissue and is the most frequent cause of Plasmodium falciparum mortality. The critical role of brain-infiltrating CD8+ T c...
A series of indoor soil box simulation experiments were carried out to investigate the infiltration capacity of fertilizer solution in mixing waste biomass and the distribution characteristics of water-fertilizer in wetted soil under moistube fertiga...
The present work describes the combination of the well-established dispersion infiltration of the hollow struts in reticulated porous ceramics (RPCs) and the salt solution infiltration of the remaining strut porosity. This approach is applied on alum...
Modeling infiltration into soil and runoff quantitative evaluations is very significant for hydrological applications. In this paper, a flow model of unsaturated soils was established. A computational process of soil water content and runoff predicti...
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease causing loss of articular cartilage and structural damage in all joint tissues. Given the limited regenerative capacity of articular cartilage, methods to support the native structural properties of...
A nanofluidic system consists of a nano-porous medium and functional liquid, which demonstrates a higher energy absorption density compared to conventional systems for energy absorption. Alterations in the composition of the functional liquid can sig...
The infiltration phenomena has been studied by several authors for decades, and numerical and approximate results have been shown through the asymptotic solution in short and long times. In particular, it is worth highlighting the works of Philip and...
The uncertainty in a hydrological model, due to its structure or implemented input parameters, affects the accuracy of simulations that are usually used for important applications such as drought predictions, flood risk assessment, irrigation schedul...
This study analyzes the soil water infiltration characteristics under muddy water irrigation and bio-organic fertilizer conditions in the current context of muddy water irrigation rarely being used in agricultural production and in combination with t...
Soil water movement is important in fields such as soil mechanics, irrigation, drainage, hydrology, and agriculture. The Richards equation describes the flow of water in an unsaturated porous medium, and analytical solutions exist only for simplified...
Decentralized water management requires innovative technical solutions due to restricted operational and economic resources. In this study, a combined, decentralized infiltration system in the form of closely-spaced sub-systems for precipitation wate...
The structure of soils is often heterogeneous with layered strata having distinct permeabilities. An advanced mathematical and numerical coupled model of elastic wave propagation in poroelastic multi-layered soils subjected to subsoil water infiltrat...
In this work, the infiltration technique was used to produce hydrogen electrodes for solid oxide cells. Different infiltration methodologies were tested in order to try to shorten the infiltration cycle time. The porous scaffolds used for infiltratio...
The incorporation of a prototypical rosamine fluorescent dye from organic solutions into transparent and microstructured columnar TiO2 and SiO2 (MO2) thin films, prepared by evaporation at glancing angles (GAPVD), was evaluated. The aggregation of th...
Ponded infiltration processes occur in agricultural lands irrigated by flooding of their soil surface or under insufficient drainage conditions. The existing equations describing the phenomenon of vertical infiltration under ponded conditions have no...
Resin infiltration is an effective method to mask vestibular white spots. If needed, external bleaching is usually recommended before infiltration, whilst in clinical practice, this sequence may not always be feasible. This in vitro study evaluated t...
Water repellency has a great influence on water infiltration into soil. Currently, there is no modified correlation model that is applicable to the water infiltration of water-repellent soils (WRS). In order to better construct a model suitable for w...
Water scarcity affects at least 11% of the population and 17% of the territory of the European Union. Simultaneously in cities there is a problem of urban floods caused by violent and intense rainfalls. Decentralized drainage systems are designed to...
We obtain exact solutions for a class of nonlinear partial differential equations which models soil water infiltration and redistribution in a bedded soil profile irrigated by a drip irrigation system. The solutions obtained are invariant under two p...
Background and Objectives: White spot lesions (WSLs) denote regions of subsurface demineralization on the enamel that manifest as opaque and milky-white regions. Treatment for WSLs is essential for both clinical and aesthetic reasons. Resin infiltrat...
Urbanization and increased precipitation volumes and intensities due to climate change add pressure to the urban drainage system, resulting in increased flooding frequencies of urban areas and deteriorating water quality in receiving waters. Infiltra...
Over the last decades, the quality and quantity of the Mediterranean freshwater resources have significantly deteriorated due to climate change, unsustainable utilization, user conflicts, and seawater intrusions. On the small and remote island of Vis...
The effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)β/δ ophthalmic solution were investigated in a rat corneal alkali burn model. After alkali injury, GW501516 (PPARβ/δ agonist) or vehicle ophthalmic solution was top...
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