Abstract: Deep geological repositories are the sole option for safeguarding the atmosphere from hazardous radiation from high-level radioactive waste. Hyperalkaline pore fluids are produced when fluids from host rocks penetrate ...

Abstract: This study synthesized a biobased hydrogel from local and renewable raw materials to improve the freeze–thaw resistance of hardened cementitious matrices. A biobased hydrogel was produced by thermal gelatinization process ...

Abstract: In this article, a coupled experimental and numerical method is utilized for characterizing the elastic–plastic constitutive properties of ductile materials. Threedimensional digital image correlation (DIC) is used to ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a simplified modeling scheme for the prediction of heat transport capability of heat pipes and vapor chambers. The modeling scheme introduced in this paper enables thermal ...

Abstract: A theoretical framework to model the dynamics of acoustically driven microbubble inside a rigid tube is presented. The proposed model is not a variant of the conventional Rayleigh–Plesset category of models. It is derived ...

Abstract: We perform global linear stability analysis on low-Re flow past an isolated cylinder with rounded corners. The objective of the present work is to investigate the effect of cylinder geometry (corner radius) on the stability ...

Abstract: Debate regarding the mechanisms of how the eye changes focus (accommodation) and why this ability is lost with age (presbyopia) has recently been rejoined due to the advent of surgical procedures ...

Abstract: The essential properties of sliding isolators used for earthquake resistant design are period shift, energy dissipation, and the restoring mechanism. Isolation systems using a curved surface incorporate all of these in a ...