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Building a green economy? Sustainability transitions in the UK building sector [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores the interest by policy makers to encourage and develop a green economy, with a particular focus on UK government attempts to engender a shift in the mainstream building and construction sector towards adopting green building methods ...
Gibbs, David +2 more
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RILEM Technical Letters, 2018 Corrosion products, originating from steel corrosion and precipitating in the concrete pore system, can lead to concrete cracking and to spalling of the concrete cover. Related premature structural repair causes high costs.
Matteo Stefanoni +3 more
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Virtual reality learning resources in building pathology [PDF]
, 2006 Building surveying students must be capable of analysing the condition of buildings and their components and, where this falls below an agreed standard, make recommendations for their repair.
Dickinson, I +4 more
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Molecular engineering of chiral colloidal liquid crystals using DNA origami
, 2017 Establishing precise control over the shape and the interactions of the microscopic building blocks is essential for design of macroscopic soft materials with novel structural, optical and mechanical properties.
Dietz, Hendrik +5 more
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Sustainable Use of Natural Resources In Construction Works: a Case Study of Social Housing. [PDF]
, 2017 Optimizing the use of resources in the building process is a current problem and is also highly regarded in the latest European legislation. The problem can be tackled by minimizing waste production, promoting waste recovery and transforming waste into ...
Paparella, Rossana
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Effects of temperature, pH and calcium-to-carbonate ratio on the calcium carbonate polymorphs
Discover Civil EngineeringThe precipitation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) polymorphs (calcite, vaterite, and aragonite) plays a crucial role in tailoring the physicochemical properties of construction materials during mineral carbonation.
Mohd Hanifa +3 more
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A New Affordable Masonry System Based on Unfired Clay Sandwich Panel [PDF]
, 2018 Nowadays, construction is one of the main sectors that produces waste and consume more materials and energy, so there is a growing need for alternative construction technologies that allow us to modify this situation.
Galán-Marín, Carmen +2 more
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, 2013 Density-functional theory based global geometry optimization is used to scrutinize the possibility of using endohedrally-doped hydrogenated Si clusters as building blocks for constructing highly magnetic materials. In contrast to the known clathrate-type
Palagin, Dennis, Reuter, Karsten
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Bond behaviour of thin concrete overlays for maintenance of concrete pavements
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 Concrete pavements are exposed to a number of stresses during their service life, mostly resulting from traffic and climate conditions. In consideration of the continuously rising traffic volume, the durability requirements of concrete pavements become ...
Breitenbücher Rolf +2 more
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Seismographic recording of large rocket engine operation [PDF]
, 1969 Recording equipment for rocket engine vibration is adaptable to determining the structural strength of building materials. This seismographic system is portable and is capable of measuring displacements in the direction of three mutually perpendicular ...
Dalins, I., Mc Carty, V.
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