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RISRemoval of Endosulfan from Water Using Wood Charcoal—Adsorption and Desorption
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Endosulfan, one of the most widely used pesticides in various sectors including agriculture, has been reported posing a threat to the ecology as well as to the environment. Contamination of groundwater and surface water ...
Competitive Sorption of Pesticides onto Treated Wood Charcoal and the Effect of Organic and Inorganic Parameters on Adsorption Capacity
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents competitive sorption of coexisting pesticides onto treated wood charcoal and describes the effect of various water quality parameters, viz., pH, ionic strength, chloride concentration, presence of calcium ...
Study of HRT, CRT, and Biomass Renovation in Fungal Sequencing Batch Aerobic Reactor for Decolorization of Distillery Spentwash
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Decolorization of anaerobically digested and polyaluminium chloride (PAC) treated distillery spentwash was studied in a fungal sequencing batch aerobic reactor (FSBAR). Pellets of isolated
First-Order Design of GPS Networks Using Particle Swarm Optimization
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper discusses the optimization problem of first-order design (FOD) of global positioning system (GPS) networks. The classical least-squares technique was revised for the formulation of the objective function of FOD ...
Effect of Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Loading on the Thermomechanical Properties and the Machinability of CNT-Reinforced Polymer Composites
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The machinability of carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced polymer composites is studied as a function of CNT loading, in light of the trends seen in their material properties. To this end, the ...
A Microstructure-Level Material Model for Simulating the Machining of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A continuum-based microstructure-level material model for simulation of polycarbonate carbon nanotube (CNT) composite machining has been developed wherein polycarbonate and CNT phases are modeled ...
Microstructure-Level Machining Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites—Part II: Model Interpretation and Application
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The microstructure-level finite element machining model developed in Part I of this paper is used to perform a detailed analysis of the failure mechanisms that occur while machining the carbon ...
Microstructure-Level Machining Simulation of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Composites—Part I: Model Development and Validation
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A microstructure-level finite element machining model has been developed to simulate the machining of carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced polymer composites. The model integrates a failure model with ...
Recreating Romance of Civil Engineering: 2001 Summer Camp at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper describes an initiative to enthuse undergraduate Civil Engineering (CE) students in India about the profession. Various issues impacting CE students are addressed in a novel approach, the 2001 Summer Camp at IIT ...
Analytical Approach to Characterize Tornado-Induced Loads on Lattice Structures
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This paper presents a quasi-steady technique that combines aerodynamic force coefficients from straight-line wind tunnel tests with empirically developed tornado wind speed profiles to estimate the time history of aerodynamic ...