Abstract: Smart cities will need collections of buildings that are responsive to the variation in renewable energy generation. However, an unprecedented level of renewable energy being added to the power grid compounds the level of ...

Abstract: An efficient venturi scrubber system combining a particle growth device and a traditional venturi scrubber was designed and tested in the laboratory. Before the venturi scrubber, saturated steam at

Abstract: This paper researches temporary bonding/debonding based on propylene carbonate (PPC). The highest shear strength of 4.1 MPa was achieved when pure PPC was used as bonding adhesive. Room temperature debonding methods were ...

Abstract: The functional performance of pervious concrete pavement surfaces (such as hydraulic, acoustic, and frictional performances) is greatly influenced by the properties of its internal pore structure (such as effective porosity, ...

Abstract: Gravel deposits are materials that contain large particles. The mechanical behavior of such materials is conventionally examined using large-scale tests such as large-scale triaxial and in situ shear tests. However, the ...

Abstract: Large-diameter cast-in-place concrete pipe (PCC) pile is widely used for pile foundation and pile-supported embankment over soft clay in China. However, studies on PCC pile-soil reactions (

Abstract: Woven straw has been demonstrated to be a cheap and effective method to prevent fugitive particular matter (PM), which is a typical air pollution source emitted from the exposed area, like farmland or a construction site. ...

Abstract: Because of the aggressive and saturated traffic on the current urban arterials, traffic congestion often occurs, traffic lights periodically interrupt traffic, resulting that vehicles frequently block upstream intersections. ...

Abstract: easurements within the mobile bed layer have been limited by previous Eulerian-based technologies. A microelectromechanical system device, called a smart sediment grain (SSG), that can measure and record Lagrangian ...