Abstract: Energy piles are a profitable solution for extracting shallow geothermal energy and have recently attracted increasing attention. However, the thermomechanical response of energy piles considering shaft resistance softening ...

Abstract: Phase change materials (PCMs) have attracted greater attention in battery thermal management systems (BTMS) applications due to their compact structure and excellent thermal storage performance. This work developed a BTMS ...

Abstract: The presence of bound water in clay has a significant impact on the physical and chemical properties of clay, particularly its strength, permeability, and creep behavior. In this paper, the bound water in clay has been ...

Abstract: In this paper, the stress–strain state and the effectiveness of shear resistance of a glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bar soil nail in a pullout test was studied in laboratory using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing ...

Abstract: During the past few decades, soil nailing has been widely used for stabilizing slopes and excavations. The nail-soil interface shear resistance in the passive zone of a slope or excavation is a critical parameter in design. ...