Increasing air temperatures are driving permafrost warming across the Arctic and sub-Arctic. This in turn degrades the geomechanical properties of soils, disrupts the natural environment and infrastructure systems, an...
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The reuse of shipping containers is common in civil construction, not only for ecological reasons but also for speeding up the construction time, thus favoring the decrease in the payback time of the applied financial...
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The reuse of shipping containers is common in civil construction, not only for ecological reasons but also for speeding up the construction time, thus favoring the decrease in the payback time of the applied financial investment. Consequently, technological developments guarantee this trend with lighter structural elements, thus occurring natural frequencies closer to the frequency ranges of dynamic excitations associated with human activities. Therefore, a direct consequence of this new design trend is a considerable increase in problems related to unwanted vibrations in steel and concrete composite slabs, which arise from rhythmic actions, and external vibrations arising from earthquakes, which must be analysed to meet the comfort and safety of residents. Thus, this study aims to present a vibration analysis in a composite floor slab, built in steel deck 59S, of a residence built with reuse maritime containers in the municipality of Gravatá in Pernambuco, Brazil. The structure consists of three floors, with the cantilever slab analysed with dimensions of 8.24 m wide and 4.00 m long. In the experimental phase, vibration analysis was carried out through the heel impact test to obtain the natural frequencies, which had average values of 7.0 Hz, and average values of 7.14% for the damping ratio of the slab, a MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) was used, which are accelerometers of signals present in smartphone devices. Subsequently, using the software SCIA Engineer, the numerical analysis of the model was carried out, where usual discretization techniques were used through the Finite Element Method (FEM) to evaluate the structural behavior against dynamic actions, thus obtaining the results of natural frequencies, average values of 6.46 Hz, and modal shapes. With this, it was possible to verify the results regarding the natural frequencies of vibration, analysing the usability, comfort, and health of the structure according to the current normative codes. Finally, t
Research about farmland pollution by heavy metals/metalloids in China has drawn growing ***,there was rare information on spatiotemporal evolution and pollution levels of heavy metals in the major grainproducing *** e...
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Research about farmland pollution by heavy metals/metalloids in China has drawn growing ***,there was rare information on spatiotemporal evolution and pollution levels of heavy metals in the major grainproducing *** extracted and examined data from 276 publications between 2010 and 2021 covering five major grain-producing regions in China from 2010 to *** evolution characteristics of main heavy metals/metalloids was obtained by *** addition,subgroup analyses were carried out to study preliminary correlations related to accumulation of the ***(Cd)was found to be the most prevailing pollutant in the regions in terms of both spatial distribution and temporal *** Huang-Huai-Hai Plain was the most severely *** of Cd,mercury(Hg)and copper(Cu)increased from 2010 to 2015 when compared with the 1990 background ***,the levels of five key heavy metals(Cd,Cu,Hg,lead[Pb]and zinc[Zn])showed increasing trends from 2016 to 2021 in all five *** pH and mean annual precipitation had variable influences on heavy metal *** soil and areas with less rainfall faced higher pollution *** cropped with mixed species showed smaller effect sizes of heavy metals than those with single upland crop,suggesting that mixed farmland use patterns could alleviate the levels of heavy metals in *** various soil remediation efforts,farmland projects only held a small market *** findings are important to support the research of risk assessment,regulatory development,pollution prevention,fund allocation and remediation actions.
A climate-induced extreme flow event such as flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards,which can significantly damage human lives and *** study examined the effects of climate change on the high flow con...
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A climate-induced extreme flow event such as flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards,which can significantly damage human lives and *** study examined the effects of climate change on the high flow conditions in the Great Miami River Watershed in Ohio under two emission scenarios(RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5).Streamflow for the 21st century was simulated by utilizing a watershed model-SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool)and 10 different climate outputs from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5(CMIP5).The future streamflow was divided into three equal periods:2016-2043(early century),2044-2071(mid-century),and 2072-2099(late century)and independently analyzed to compare high flows of respective intervals with baseline periods(1988-2015).The analysis predicted that 7-day,10-year high-flow(7Q10)would increase by 38%under RCP 4.5 and 44%under RCP ***,the annual peak flows for study periods were predicted to increase by 26%under RCP 4.5 and 38%under RCP 8.5 from the base ***,the analysis demonstrated an erratic response for monthly peaks indicating that the peak flow would increase in summer months-May and July to ***,the result did not show any significant increase during the winter season,especially from November to *** analysis of the four major dams located in the watershed showed that the dam’s peak discharges increase in January,May,and *** though increasing peaks were projected in September for the 21st century,the monthly peaks from the watershed outlet were found to be lowest in September as compared to other *** frequency of future flooding compared to the historical record was found to be increasing in the mid-century under RCP 4.5 and the late century under RCP *** the future flood is projected to increase,this study finds the reasonable impact of climate change on flood regulating reservoirs/dams in monthly ***,daily high flows(90th percentile flow)would b
Phthalate as plasticizer is commonly used in plastics industries. Phthalate compounds that are commonly found in everyday life are diethyl phthalate (DEP). This compound is dangerous because it is carcinogenic, xenoes...
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The incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) to improve infrastructure and establish a efficient and responsive environment is a key element of Denpasar Citys ambition to evolve into a Smart Cit...
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The incorporation of information and communication technology (ICT) to improve infrastructure and establish a efficient and responsive environment is a key element of Denpasar Citys ambition to evolve into a Smart City. This research delves into the utilization of E Government, via the Dama Mandala app underscoring its significance in this transition. Through surveys and interviews employing a methodology the study demonstrates that the Dama Mandala app has greatly enriched the lives of Denpasar Citys inhabitants by granting them access to government services and information online. These results imply that the app plays a role, in realizing Denpasar Citys aspiration of becoming a culture oriented Smart City advancing towards the vision of Denpasar Maju.
The development of reliable building energy models at the urban scale is crucial for analyzing and optimizing the energy efficiency of cities. The bottom-up physics-based approach has been widely employed in Urban Bui...
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• We need to develop a framework for tracking progress towards alignment with a circular economy for the life cycles of solar PV and lithium-ion batteries - as well as other products. • This framework needs to be expl...
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Efforts to reduce US emissions from transportation rely greatly on the environmental Protection Agency’s MOVES software to estimate pollutant emissions, a high-precision, computationally intensive tool with many requ...
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