Abstract: No track thermoplastic is a relatively new thermoplastic traffic marking material which can be installed on newly constructed asphalt pavement shortly after finishing paving operations. The main objectives of this study ...

Abstract: As the most critical part of a hydropower station, reversible pump–turbines (RPTs) are facing the trend of high parameterization (e.g., high head and high rotation speed) with the rapid development of hydropower, which ...

Abstract: China has made great achievements in wind power generation. By the end of 2009, the installed capacity of wind power totaled 25.8053 GW, 13.8032 GW of which was added in 2009. Although the industry has developed at an ...

Abstract: Investigating the triaxial dynamic mechanical behavior of hydraulic asphalt concrete (HAC) plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of dams. Currently, there is a gap in the knowledge of its dynamic mechanical behavior ...

Abstract: While forward osmosis (FO) has great potential to be the next generation water treatment technology, it is constrained by the development of ideal draw agents and membranes. Herein, a series of copolymerized hydrogels based ...

Abstract: The flowfield around a 6:1 prolate spheroid at angle of attack is predicted using solutions of the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations and detached-eddy simulation (DES). The calculations ...

Abstract: The large head loss of the disc filter has always been one of its main limiting factors, which may affect its working efficiency and service life. Disc flow channel structure is an important factor affecting the performance ...

Abstract: Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) are widely used in infrastructure construction due to their great advantages in the supply of public services. The evolutionary process linking hybrid governance and PPP project performance, ...