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Mechanical properties of sandstone under hydro-mechanical coupling

open access: yesApplied Rheology, 2022
Study of mechanical properties of rock under hydro-mechanical coupling. The MTS815 rock mechanics system is used to perform triaxial compression tests of water-saturated sandstones under different confining pressures and pore water pressures. The results
Tan Tao   +4 more
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Thermal stress reduction in cool roof membranes using phase change materials (PCM) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A considerable amount of energy is used in the building sector for air conditioning purposes. Additionally, the building sector contributes to the urban heat island (UHI) phenomenon which causes temperature rise in urban areas.
Cabeza, Luisa F.   +5 more
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Research of height of water flowing fractured zone of overburden strata in fully-mechanized top-coal caving

open access: yesGong-kuang zidonghua, 2015
In order to provide theoretical basis of roof water disaster prevention of No.3 coal seam in a working face after fully-mechanized top-coal caving, empirical formulas in Regulations of building, water, railway and leaving coal pillar and mining pressed ...
ZHANG Hui   +4 more
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Juvenile Cosmology; Or Richard Powers’ Post-Global Doughnut

open access: yesTransatlantica, 2010
Richard Powers’ novel Operation Wandering Soul (1993) enacts the canny link between an already jaded and out-dated globalism and the child as an ascendant category.
Judith Roof
doaj   +1 more source

Late Medieval Roof Bosses in the Churches of Devon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Full version unavailable due to 3rd party copyright restrictionsSusan Andrew LATE MEDIEVAL ROOF BOSSES IN THE CHURCHES OF DEVON Abstract The extensive survival of late medieval bosses in the roofs of many parish churches in Devon has long been ...
Andrew, Susan
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«СКИДАННЯ ЦАПА»: ДАХ ЯК ЖЕРТОВНИЙ ПРОСТІР

open access: yesПростір в історичних дослідженнях, 2023
Стаття присвячена одній з ритуальних функцій даху в традиційній культурі, а саме його використанню для принесення жертв, зокрема кривавих. В уявленнях багатьох народів світу дах будинку символічно співвідносився з небом, верхнім ярусом світобудови, і був
Костянтин Рахно
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Hyperbolic Paraboloid Tensile Structure—Numerical CFD Simulation of Wind Flow in RWIND Software

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Tensile membrane structures combine a prestressed roofing envelope material and supporting elements. To design these structures, there is a set of recommendations in the European Design Guide for Tensile Surface Structures and some other national ...
Marek Kawulok   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal performance and energy savings of white and sedum-tray garden roof: A case study in a Chongqing office building [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study presents the experimental measurement of the energy consumption of three top-floor air-conditioned rooms in a typical office building in Chongqing, which is a mountainous city in the hot-summer and cold-winter zone of China, to examine the ...
Gao, Y   +5 more
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Semantic 3D Modeling Based on CityGML for Ancient Chinese-Style Architectural Roofs of Digital Heritage

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017
Ancient Chinese-style architecture has received increased attention during the last century as a segment of cultural heritage and is of great significance, specifically in regard to the process of digitizing and modeling these buildings to preserve and ...
Lin Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geometric Analysis of Greenhouse Roofs for Energy Efficiency Optimization and Condensation Drip Reduction

open access: yesAgriculture
Greenhouses are instrumental in the advancement of regions globally. The geometric arrangement of these structures plays a pivotal role in governing sunlight distribution, facilitating ventilation, and managing condensation.
Araceli Peña-Fernández   +2 more
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