Abstract: Deterioration plays an important part in the life cycle of infrastructure systems. Among all causes of deterioration (aging, chloride ingress, etc.) the action of live organisms has shown to be critical in, for example, ...

Abstract: This article presents the measurements and experiments conducted on the external receiver: the so-called Advanced Sodium Receiver (ASR) of the Small Solar Power Systems (SSPS) Project of the ...

Abstract: When using finite-volume methods and the conservative form of the Saint Venant equations in one-dimensional flow computations, it is important to establish the correct balance between the discretized flux vector and the ...

Abstract: The use of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) has substantially grown over the last several decades. RCA is a composite material composed of original virgin aggregates (OVA) and residual mortar (RM); it has been found that ...

Abstract: A combined system composed of three sequentially arranged reactors, anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic reactors, was used to treat the wastewater generated in the tuna cookers of a fish canning factory. These wastewaters are ...

Abstract: Various numerical models have been developed to appraise alkali-silica reaction (ASR) induced expansion and to predict its potential to generate further damage. A previous work proposed a finite element approach that does ...

Abstract: An efficient method to produce ecoefficient cementitious mixtures is using particle packing models (PPMs) combined with limestone fillers (LF). Yet, key outcomes obtained in the fresh and hardened states, including slump ...