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Alternate wetting and drying irrigation for rice in Bangladesh: Is it sustainable and has plant breeding something to offer? [PDF]

, 2013
The crop management practice of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is being promoted by IRRI and the national research and extension program in Bangladesh and other parts of the world as a water-saving irrigation practice that reduces the environmental ...
Price, Adam H., Ismail, Abdelbagi M., Meharg (nee Reiff), Caroline, Ismail, Abdelbagi M, Dasgupta, Tapash, Islam, M. Rafiqul, Dodd, Ian C., Salt, David E., Norton, Gareth J., Davies, William J., Salt, David E, Price, Adam H, Davies, William J, Sarna, Ramen N., Zhang, Hao, Norton, Gareth J, Islam, M Rafiqul, Meharg, Andrew A.; id_orcid, Dodd, Ian C, Sarma, Ramen N, Meharg, Caroline, Ebenhöh, Oliver, Meharg, Andrew A, McNally, Kenneth L., McNally, Kenneth L, Ebenhoeh, Oliver   +25 more
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Solar timber kilns: State of the art and foreseeable developments [PDF]

, 2009
Analysis of the evolution in solar heated drying kilns in recent decades shows that there have been a series of modifications to optimize their thermal and drying efficiency.
LUNA, David, JANNOT, Yves, NADEAU, Jean-Pierre   +2 more
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Oxygen Diffusion Property of Fatigue Damaged Concrete under Drying-wetting Cycle [PDF]

, 2023
Oxygen diffusion has an important influence on the corrosion process of reinforced concrete structures. In the marine environment, concrete is subject to both fatigue loads and periodic drying-wetting conditions.
Sheng, Hong, Zhilu, Jiang, Wenjie, Yan, Chuanqing, Fu   +3 more
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Degradation mechanism of shear strength and compressive strength of red sandstone in drawdown areas during reservoir operation

Yantu gongcheng xuebao, 2019
So far, the researches on the degradation of macroscopic strength of rock under cyclic wetting-drying conditions in the course of reservoir operation mainly focus on simulations of single environmental conditions without considering the combined actions ...
ZHANG Zhen-hua , WANG Ye
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Electrical resistivity evolution of compacted silty clay under drying−wetting cycles sequentially coupled with dynamic loads

Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2021
The performance evolution of subgrade soil under the coupling effect of drying?wetting cycle and dynamic load is essential for the safety and stability of the subgrade.
HU Zhi, AI Pin-bo , LI Zhi-chao, MA Qiang, LI Li-hua   +4 more
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Failure mechanism of canal slopes of expansive soils considering action of wetting-drying cycles

Yantu gongcheng xuebao, 2019
The canal of expansive soils is in the state of wetting-drying cycle because of seasonal water level fluctuations, and its slope instability is easily induced.
CAI Zheng-yin 1, CHEN Hao 1,2, HUANG Ying-hao 1, ZHANG Chen 1
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Multifluid macroscopic approach to drying in papermaking [PDF]

, 2018
[EN] Drying process represents one of the main energy-consuming stages for a broad variety of manufacturers. However, despite its significant impact on energy efficiency, most implementations at manufacturing level do not operate within the optimal ...
Tilley, Burt, Yagoobi, Jamal, Milad Farzad, Farzad, Milad, Durán-Olivencia, Francisco, Francisco J. Durán-Olivencia, Burt S. Tilley, Jamal S. Yagoobi   +7 more
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Analysis of changes in volume and propagation of cracks in expansive soil due to changes in water content [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2020
Expansive clay soils are a problem for agriculture and engineering because they are susceptible to change in volume due to seasonal variation in water content and temperature.
Silvio Romero de Melo Ferreira, Arthur Gomes Dantas de Araújo, Felipe Araújo Silva Barbosa, Thalita Cristina Rodrigues Silva, Izabela Medeiros de Lima Bezerra   +4 more
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Experimental study on fully softened shear strength of expansive soil

Yantu gongcheng xuebao, 2020
The fully softened strength tests are carried out on the expansive soil samples from the Yangtze-Huaihe River Water Transfer Project. The fully softened strength indexes under different moisture contents and shear rates are discussed and analyzed.
ZHANG Kun-yong 1, 2, XU Na 2, CHEN Shu 3, ENAMULLAH Baba Kalan 2, XIE Yu-fei 4
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Study on Hygroscopic Swelling and Dehumidification Cracking Characteristics of Expansive Soil under Acid Rain and Cyclic Drying-Wetting

Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021
In this study, to reveal the swelling and cracking characteristics of expansive soil subjected to cyclic drying-wetting of acid rain, the effects of acid rain and cyclic drying-wetting on the swelling deformation of expansive soil were studied by using ...
Jin Chang, Jie Xiao, Jian-Qing Jiang, Rui Zhang, Xi-Long Kuang, Ming Lei, He-Ping Yang   +6 more
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