YaBeSH Digital Library: Recent submissions
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Valorization of Walnut Shells by Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Its Lignin Extracted Using the Organosolv Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Energy consumption reached 604 EJ in 2022 with 82% of it coming from fossil fuels and resulting in 39.3 billion tons of CO2 emission, causing twin sustainability issues of energy security and global warming. This necessitates ... -
UV–H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-Based Process for Inactivation of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> on Inanimate Surfaces: Kinetics Analysis and Relationship between UV Dose and Log Reduction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Surface disinfection plays an important role in preventing infectious diseases. The present work deals with disinfecting different contaminated material surfaces by the UV–H2O2 process. Almost 3 log count reduction (99.9%) ... -
Utilizing Recycled Clay Brick Powder to Improve the Dispersivity and Water Stability of Dispersive Soil: A Sustainable Soil Improvement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Dispersive soil is susceptible to water erosion and could cause damage in geotechnical engineering or hydraulic engineering projects. Recycled clay brick powder (RCBP) was used as a modifier to improve the dispersivity and ... -
Utilizing Multiskilled Resources in Addressing Labor Shortage Issues in Off-Site Construction: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Although off-site construction (OSC) offers numerous advantages and is gaining market share, its widespread adoption is limited by a shortage of skilled labor. Multiskilling is valued in OSC as a solution to this shortage, ... -
Utilizing Kinematic Models of Kinetic Facades to Obtain Optimal Natural Lighting in an Office Building
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Kinetic facades with various geometric models perform remarkably well in response to changing outdoor conditions. Therefore, their performance in controlling interior daylight could be optimized and balanced. This study ... -
Utilizing Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag during Carbon Sequestration in Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Carbon-sequestered concrete (CSC) and green binders such as ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) have emerged as promising solutions for reducing the environmental impact of concrete. With the aim of optimizing its ... -
Utilization of Water Treatment Plant Sludge for Creating Green Bricks and Examining Its Gamma Radiation Shielding Potential
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study presents the utilization of water treatment plant sludge (WTPS) as a feasible substitute in brick manufacturing, offering a sustainable solution with significant environmental benefits. The research presents a ... -
Atomistic-Informed and Machine Learning–Assisted Crystal Plasticity Modeling for Material Interfaces
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents a novel methodology that addresses the limited predictive capability of the existing crystal plasticity (CP) method in interfaces modeling. Our approach incorporates interfacial parameters generated ... -
Utilization of Textile-Dyeing Sludge Incineration Ash in Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Utilizing hazardous solid waste to produce autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) has been a prominent area of research in the building materials industry. This paper proposes the preparation of AAC by substituting quartz sand ... -
Using Water-Sensitive City Factors to Evaluate the Performance of Water Management Projects at a Global Scale
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)In recent decades, the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and the burdens of economic development have confronted cities with challenges in urban water management. This has resulted in mounting pressures on ... -
Use of Recycled Waste Plastic for Wet Modification of Bitumen
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This research delved into the pivotal factors influencing the production of recycled waste plastic (RWP)-modified bitumen using a wet modification process. Two types of RWP, namely, low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and ... -
Use of Pretreated Plastic Optical Fibers for Making Translucent Concrete-Based Architectural Panels
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The light-transmitting plastic optical fibers (POFs) were treated with hydrofluoric acid and characterized for their wettability, surface topography, loss in mechanical properties, and fiber–matrix adhesion. The fibers ... -
Use of GIS for Identification and Resolution of Workspace Conflicts in Repetitive Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Effective planning of workspace on a construction site is necessary to execute work smoothly. Poor workspace planning results in workspace conflicts, site congestion, obstructions in work execution, and reduction in work ... -
Urban Rail Transit Congestion Management: Coordinated Optimization of Passenger Guidance and Train Scheduling with Skip-Stop Patterns
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Metro stations in metropolitan areas often face the issue of overcrowding, resulting in passengers enduring uncomfortable waiting experiences. Although numerous ongoing studies focus on enhancing transportation efficiency, ... -
Upcycling Coal Gasification Slag to Enhance the Self-Healing Performance of Asphalt Mixtures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)With the extensive application of coal gasification technology, the production and storage of coal gasification slag continue to increase. Expanding the application scope of coal gasification slag is of positive significance ... -
Unveiling the Potential of Pretreated Recycled Aggregates and Alkali-Activated Binders in the Development of Pavement-Quality Concrete
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)As the construction industry faces growing environmental concerns and a need for viable practices, this study explores the potential for substituting natural aggregates (NA) with untreated coarse recycled aggregates (CRAs) ... -
Unveiling the Path to the Cost of Quality Implementation in the Construction Industry: Multivariate Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The construction industry faces a significant challenge due to the absence of a well-established financial classification system for quality, leading to quality issues. Among the various quality management (QM) techniques ... -
Unveiling Future Landscapes: Predicting 2075’s Transformative Changes Using Advanced Hybrid Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Currently, land use and land cover change (LULCC) dynamics are critical in the sustainability of global environmental change. In this study, we performed a comprehensive intercomparison of different hybrid models, employing ... -
Assessments of Liquefaction Triggering Using In Situ and Laboratory Tests in Pohang, South Korea
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The 2017 Pohang earthquake [the second largest local magnitude (ML) of 5.4 since 1978] caused significant damage: numerous sand boils and a few building settlements were observed in rice paddies and residential areas, ... -
Unravelling Champlain Clay Subsidence: Integrating Persistent Scatterer InSAR and Finite-Element Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Excessive decline in pore pressure in fine-grained soils can lead to substantial land subsidence, a phenomenon increasingly observed worldwide amid the water crisis linked to climate change. The presence of soft and sensitive ...