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How to Navigate Disrupted Business Models in the 21st Century: At the Crossroads of the Circular Economy and the Industry 4.0 Transition

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our planet faces a critical crisis, with pollution, resource depletion and biodiversity loss surpassing sustainable limits. Businesses must address these challenges, with the circular economy and Industry 4.0 offering transformative potential through closed‐loop systems, regenerative solutions and advanced technologies.
Agnes Toth‐Peter, Rui Torres de Oliveira, Shane Mathews, Leonie Barner   +3 more
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On the New RILEM Technical Committee TC APD: Alternative Paving Materials – Design and Performance

RILEM Technical Letters
This paper introduces the new RILEM Technical Committee on Alternative Paving Materials – Design and Performance (TC APD), which builds upon the foundational efforts of the former TC 279-WMR focused on the Valorisation of Waste and Secondary Materials ...
Augusto Cannone Falchetto , Fan Yin, Maria Chiara Cavalli, Salvatore Mangiafico, Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri, Justine Cantot, Punyaslok Rath, Avishreshth Singh, Michael Elwardany, Di Wang, Chen Chen, James Grenfell, Fan Zhang, Yuxuan Sun, Kateryna Krayushkina   +14 more
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Graphene Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications: A Contemporary Perspective

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Graphene has garnered significant attention as a promising material with great potential for contributing to sustainable energy initiatives, such as RE100 (100% renewable energy initiative) and CF100 (100% carbon‐free initiative). This review aims to explore the potential of graphene for advancing renewable energy applications by highlighting
Niraj Kumar, Seul‐Yi Lee, Roop L. Mahajan, Soo‐Jin Park   +3 more
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Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt Moisture Sensitivity Using the Nottingham Asphalt Test Equipment;TR-483, July 2005 [PDF]

, 2005
Moisture sensitivity of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) mixtures, generally called stripping, is a major form of distress in asphalt concrete pavement. It is characterized by the loss of adhesive bond between the asphalt binder and the aggregate (a failure of the ...

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2D Mesoscale cracking simulation of partially saturated asphalt based on moisture diffusion and a cohesive zone model [PDF]

, 2023
The primary objective of this paper was to develop a combined model that incorporates moisture diffusion and a cohesive zone model, addressing anisotropic and loading-rate dependent cracking within partially saturated asphalt.
Zhen Zhang, Rahman, Mujib, Thom, Nick, Linglin Li, Abed, Ahmed, Zhang, Zhen, David Hargreaves, Wu, Ji, Zhu, Jusheng, Jusheng Zhu, Nick Thom, Hargreaves, David, Airey, Gordon, Ahmed Abed, Mujib Rahman, Li, Linglin, Gordon Airey, Ji Wu   +17 more
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Thermodynamic modeling: Success in cement science – Untapped potential in corrosion research

RILEM Technical Letters
For more than a century, the corrosion of steel in concrete has prevailed as a complex and yet poorly understood phenomenon, with many durability design approaches relying on phenomenological or semi-empirical service life models.
Fabio Furcas, Barbara Lothenbach, Shishir Mundra, O. Burkan Isgor, Mette R. Geiker, Ueli M. Angst   +5 more
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Infrared Spectral Classification of Natural Bitumens for Their Rheological and Thermophysical Characterization

Molecules, 2023
Natural bitumens consist of many molecules whose chemical composition depends on the oilfield and determines the physicochemical properties of the bitumens as materials.
Anastasiya Y. Yadykova, Larisa A. Strelets, Sergey O. Ilyin   +2 more
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Waste Sawdust‐Derived Hard Carbon Anodes With Engineered Interlayer Spacing for Sodium‐Ion Batteries Exhibiting High Initial Coulombic Efficiency

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
It is demonstrated that waste sawdust, a green, eco‐friendly, and low‐cost biomass byproduct, can be converted into high‐performance hard carbon through the application of a precisely controlled heating rate. This strategy is optimized and validated through first‐principles calculations, achieving precise control over interlayer spacing and pore ...
Jie Di, Pengcheng Mao, Xiang Li, Yuqi Liu, Jingyi Luan, Wenbin Hu, Cheng Zhong   +6 more
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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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Development of a combined micromechanics & damage mechanics model for the design of asphalt pavements [PDF]

, 2006
Joint Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering (UK) and the Irish Society for Scientific and Engineering Computation, 19-20 April 2006, QUB, BelfastAsphalt is a complex, heterogeneous material that is composed of ...
Gibney, Amanda, Sorelli, L. G., Gilchrist, M. D., McNally, Ciaran, Tabakovic, Amir   +4 more
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