Mechanical and durability performance of lightweight concrete brick with palm oil fuel ash (POFA) [PDF]
, 2020 Lightweight building materials such as precast roof and wall panel has been widely used in the construction industries. This is because lightweight materials could benefits the economy and society in terms of manufacturing, transportation and handling ...
Adnan, Suraya Hani +3 more
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A Review of State-of-the-Art Large Sized Foam Cutting Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Technologies. [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose – Current additive rapid prototyping (RP) technologies fail to efficiently produce objects greater than 0.5?m3 due to restrictions in build size, build time and cost. A need exists to develop RP and manufacturing technologies capable of producing
Aitchison, David +1 more
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Influence of insulating materials on green building rating system results [PDF]
, 2016 This paper analyzes the impact of a change in the thermal insulating material on both the energy and environmental performance of a building, evaluated through two different green building assessment methods: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
BISEGNA, Fabio +7 more
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A simulation model of reinforced concrete beam containing expanded polystyrene beads (EPS) and palm oil fueled ash (POFA) using finite element method [PDF]
, 2020 In this study, Expanded Polystyrene bead (EPS) and Palm Oil Fuelled Ash (POFA) will be used to replace several percents of cement and aggregate in reinforced concrete beam construction.
A Rahman, Noor Khazanah +11 more
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Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIPs) for building construction industry - A review of the contemporary developments and future directions [PDF]
, 2011 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Applied Energy. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and ...
Alam, M, Limbachiya, MC, Singh, H
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Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021 Microplastics (MPs) are established contaminants of coastal ecosystem. Present investigation is aimed to assess comparative toxicity of polystyrene microplastic (PS-MP) and expanded polystyrene microplastic (EPS-MP) in the coelomocytes of Astropecten ...
Abhinandan Barua +6 more
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Laboratory studies on leaching of HBCDD from building insulation foams
Emerging Contaminants, 2019 A series of laboratory experiments were conducted to study emissions of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) into aqueous leaching fluid under simulated landfill conditions.
William A. Stubbings, Stuart Harrad
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Dynamic thermal features of insulated blocks: Actual behavior and myths [PDF]
, 2017 The latest updates in the European directive on energy performance of buildings have introduced the fundamental “nearly zero-energy building (NZEB)” concept.
Cianfrini, Marta +2 more
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Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam: Preliminary Characteristic Evaluation
Procedia Engineering, 2017 Abstract Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is a fascinating area in the field of geotechnical engineering and its service life is comparable to other construction materials. It can be used for backfilling embankments and highways both vertical and sloped sides.
Y.Z. Beju, J.N. Mandal
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Lightweight mortars containing expanded polystyrene and paper sludge ash [PDF]
, 2014 The objective of this research was to develop lightweight cement mortars with good thermal-insulation properties by incorporating expanded polystyrene (EPS) and paper sludge ash (PSA), both of which are problematic waste materials. The mortars formed had
Bond, Thomas +3 more
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