Abstract: A combination of gravimetric, internal relative humidity, and electrical measurements were used to study moisture changes and spatial distribution of moisture within the surface 100 mm of concrete. Specimens were subjected ...

Abstract: This paper outlines several issues related to the design of sandwich structures with a truss-reinforced polymeric or hollow core. The first part of the paper employs a simple analytical model that illustrates the contribution ...

Abstract: Human erythrocytes were collected in ACD anticoagulant, glycerolized with an equal volume of 8.6 M glycerol, 8 percent glucose, 1 percent fructose, and 0.3 percent Na2 EDTA solution, sealed in ...

Abstract: The height distributions of surface profiles generated by some engineering production processes are discussed, and it is shown that they may usually be modelled by continuous distributions from ...

Abstract: National infrastructure systems (energy, transport, digital communications, water, and waste) provide essential services to society. Although for the most part these systems developed in a piecemeal way, they are now an ...