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Sustainable earthworks: Optimization with the ICOM method

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2020
In the construction of highways and roads, one of the main activities is earthworks. This activity has an economic and environmental impact that cannot be overlooked.
Yago Villar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A BIM-IFC Technical Solution for 3D Crowdsourced Cadastral Surveys Based on LADM

open access: yesEarth, 2021
In most countries, three-dimensional (3D) property units are registered utilizing two-dimensional (2D) documentation and textual description. This approach has several limitations as it is unable to represent the actual extent of complicated 3D property ...
Maria Gkeli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flow of evaporating, gravity-driven thin liquid films over topography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The effect of topography on the free surface and solvent concentration profiles of an evaporating thin film of liquid flowing down an inclined plane is considered.
H. M. Thompson   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Bonding Evaluation of Asphalt Emulsions used as Tack Coats through Shear Testing

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
A poor bond between the layers constituting an asphalt pavement can cause structural problems such as slippage, delamination, and top-down cracking.
José Roberto Galaviz-González   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accuracy Evaluation of Ionospheric Delay from Multi-Scale Reference Networks and Its Augmentation to PPP during Low Solar Activity

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021
The Precise Point Positioning (PPP) with fast integer ambiguity resolution (PPP-RTK) is feasible only if the solution is augmented with precise ionospheric parameters.
Lewen Zhao   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Developments in Corneal Topography and Tomography

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2021
Introduction: Accurate assessment of the corneal shape is important in cataract and refractive surgery, both in screening of candidates as well as for analyzing postoperative outcomes.
P. Kanclerz, R. Khoramnia, Xiaogang Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of Topography on Seismic-Wave Propagation: An Example from Northern Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Topography influences ground motion and, in general, increases the amplitude of shaking at mountain tops and ridges, whereas valleys have reduced ground motions, as is observed from data recorded during and after real earthquakes and from numerical ...
Huang, Bor-Shouh   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Statistical Topography of Glassy Interfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Statistical topography of two-dimensional interfaces in the presence of quenched disorder is studied utilizing combinatorial optimization algorithms. Finite-size scaling is used to measure geometrical exponents associated with contour loops and fully ...
A. A. Middleton   +23 more
core   +3 more sources

Detection of Geothermal Potential Zones Using Remote Sensing Techniques

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2019
The transition towards a new sustainable energy model—replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources—presents a multidisciplinary challenge. One of the major decarbonization issues is the question of to optimize energy transport networks for ...
David Lago González   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Compaction Energy on the Mechanical Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt with a Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) and Rejuvenating Additive

open access: yesInfrastructures, 2023
The Mexican asphalt paving industry is increasingly interested in using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) to produce hot mix asphalt (HMA) due to its economic and environmental advantages.
Pedro Limón-Covarrubias   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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