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Development of a Lightweight Low-Carbon Footprint Concrete Containing Recycled Waste Materials

Advances in Civil Engineering, 2011
Use of any recycled material helps to maintain a greener environment by keeping waste materials out of the landfills. Recycling practices also can decrease the environmental and economical impact of manufacturing the materials from virgin resources ...
S. Talukdar, S. T. Islam, N. Banthia
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Laboratory Evaluation of Ground Tire Rubber in Stone Mastic Asphalt

The Journal of Engineering Research, 2004
Stone mastic asphalt (SMA) is a gap-graded mix whereby stiffer asphalt cement is required to bind the stone matrix or arrangement of stones together. Although various asphalt additives are traditionally available, the use of rubber crumbs in SMA is still
R. Muniandy, A. A. Selim, S. Hassim, H. Omar   +3 more
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Compliant Pneumatic Feet with Real‐Time Stiffness Adaptation for Humanoid Locomotion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A compliant pneumatic foot with real‐time variable stiffness enables humanoid robots to adapt to changing terrains. Using onboard vision and pressure control, the foot modulates stiffness within each gait cycle, reducing impact forces and improving balance. The design, cast in soft silicone with embedded air chambers and Kevlar wrapping, offers durable,
Irene Frizza, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Philippe Fraisse, Gentiane Venture   +3 more
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Toward Eco-Friendly Solar Still: Enhancement of Solar Still Productivity Using Ground Tire Rubber

Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
In the present study, the experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding recycled ground tire rubber in the basin of a single-slope solar still unit with a paddle wheel device to improve its performance.
Mohammad N. Fares Fares, Mohammed Al-Saad, Heider H.J. Almutter, Mohammad A. Al-Mayyahi, Mustafa M. Alfaize, Raheem Al-Sabur   +5 more
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A Soft Robotic Device for Targeted Massage Therapy of Residual Limbs

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Residual limb edema after amputation can hinder recovery and delay prosthetic fitting. This study presents a soft‐robotic wearable device that delivers sequential compression through pneumatic McKibben actuators. By replicating the principles of manual lymphatic drainage, the device generates controlled mechanotherapeutic pressure patterns, providing a
Maria Grazia Polizzotto, Alessio Capecchi, Maartje Van der Lingen, Emanuele Gruppioni, Arianna Menciassi, Linda Paternò   +5 more
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3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun, Jan Petrš, Omar Aloui, Dario Floreano   +3 more
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Graham Deacon, Kaspar Althoefer   +3 more
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Ultrasound‐Activated Bifunctional Piezoelectric Hydrogel Dressings Promote Infected Wound Healing via Regulating Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study developed a double‐network hydrogel with piezoelectric properties, exhibiting excellent antibacterial activity and promoting fibroblast migration, angiogenesis, and lymphangiogenesis through piezoelectric stimulation, thereby accelerating the healing of infected chronic wounds.
Xiang Li, Zhen Ding, Zhihua Liu, Hao Chen, Jianyang Shan, Yanxuan Shao, Yaling Yu, Gen Wen   +7 more
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Physics‐Embedded Neural Network: A Novel Approach to Design Polymeric Materials

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Traditional black‐box models for polymer mechanics rely solely on data and lack physical interpretability. This work presents a physics‐embedded neural network (PENN) that integrates constitutive equations into machine learning. The approach ensures reliable stress predictions, provides interpretable parameters, and enables performance‐driven, inverse ...
Siqi Zhan, Hengheng Zhao, Haotian Wang, Zhanjie Liu, Qian Li, Weifeng Zhang, Qingsong Zhao, Liqun Zhang, Jun Liu   +8 more
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Parallel Plate Gap Height Effect on DSR Measurements of GTR Modified Binders

Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure
The current Superpave performance grade (PG) specification uses a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) with a 1-mm gap height to determine the high-temperature performance grade of asphalt rubber binders.
Boudnani Zeine Elabidine, Bachir Glaoui, M’hammed Merbouh, Silva Francisco, Sousa Jorge B   +4 more
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