Engineering Structures and Technologies, 2017 Nowadays, there is a considerable shortage in the availability of river sand and natural stone aggregate for the construction activities all around the globe and the way out is being worked out by the use of discarded foundry sand and crushed brick ...
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Artificial recharge – measurement of soil infiltration in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential for infiltration in a study area – Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, the Czech Republic. The results are important for the future design of an artificial recharge structure as a method to store water underground
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A comparative study of the surface glaze characteristics of concrete treated with CO2 and high power diode lasers. Part II: mechanical, chemical and physical properties [PDF]
, 2000 The hardened ordinary Portland cement (OPC) surface layer of concrete which was glazed using a CO2 and a high power diode laser (see Part I of this paper) has been tested in order to determine the mechanical, chemical and physical characteristics of ...
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Estimation of Philip Equation Sorptivity Factor by Two Methods Using Disc Permeameter [PDF]
علوم و مهندسی آبیاری, 2014 Determination of unsaturated soil hydraulic parameters are important for assessment and understanding of many processes. These processes include as: runoff and rainfall infiltration, salt, contaminations and nutrition elements transmission in soil and ...
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2016 Water sorptivity symbolises an important property associated with the preservation of porous construction materials. The water movement into the microstructure is responsible for deterioration of different types of materials and consequently for the ...
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Resources, 2019 This investigation is focused on durability studies of binary blended self-compacting concrete (SCC) with the replacement effect of electronic plastic waste, namely high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) granules as partial sand.
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Impact of secondary succession in abandoned fields on some properties of acidic sandy soils
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2020 Abandonment of agricultural lands in recent decades is occurring mainly in Europe, North America and Oceania, and changing the fate of landscapes as the ecosystem recovers during fallow stage.
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Effect of Sodium Stearate on the Microstructure and Hydration Process of Alkali-Activated Material
Applied Sciences, 2023 In response to the high water sorptivity of alkali-activated slag–red mud–steel slag cementitious material (AASRSS), water and aggressive ions are easily transferred to the interior of cementitious materials, which poses a significant threat to their ...
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An ANN to Predict Sorptivity and Water Absorption of Concrete Made with Industrial Waste and Artificial Sand [PDF]
Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling, 2023 Large-scale cement and natural fine aggregate use in construction has negative environmental effects. In light of this issue, crushed sand is a good material, and wastes from industries such as metakaolin, Furness ash, blast furnace slag, and micro ...
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Impact of basidiomycete fungi on the wettability of soil contaminated with a hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon [PDF]
, 2006 Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present a challenge to bioremediation because they are hydrophobic, thus influencing the water availability and repellency of soil.
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