Abstract: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a repository vault, mined deep into a salt strata. It eventually closes in on itself, encapsulating its contents. At room temperature salt may be ...

Abstract: Traditionally, programming of shape memory polymer (SMP) material requires initial heating above the glass transition temperature (Tg ), subsequent cooling below Tg and removal of the applied ...

Abstract: In this paper we develop a mathematical model and associated boundary-value problem for the encapsulating mechanism of a deeply imbedded salt vault at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation ...

Abstract: To maximize the benefits of an interbasin water diversion system (IBWD), an aggregation model and improved NSGA-II algorithm were constructed to establish operation strategies for water diversion and water supply. An ...

Abstract: The construction cost index (CCI) has been widely used to measure the cost trend in the construction industry. The index is used as an important input when estimating construction budgets and assessing risks in resource ...

Abstract: The concession period is an important issue in the contractual arrangement of build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, such as highways, bridges, and tunnels. In determining the concession period, it is predominantly the ...

Abstract: In this paper, the evaporation kinetics of microliter-sized sessile droplets of gold colloids (∼250 nm in particle diameters) was experimentally studied on micropatterned superhydrophobic surfaces, ...

Abstract: In soils with high electrical conductivities, time domain reflectometry (TDR) principles fail to measure the apparent dielectric constant by travel time analysis. This limits the application of water content measurement ...

Abstract: An accelerometer placement scheme to determine the angular velocities and accelerations of a rigid body is presented. We show that the least number of uniaxial accelerometers required in a ...