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Eshrati, DornaBall State Univ
Dept Landscape Architecture R Wayne Estopinal Coll Architecture & Planning Urban Design Grad Program Muncie IN 47306 USA
Though nineteenth-century parks, also known as 'pleasure grounds', were seen at the time as an antidote to unhealthy high-density urban living in large cities such as New York City, they were embraced by small...
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Though nineteenth-century parks, also known as 'pleasure grounds', were seen at the time as an antidote to unhealthy high-density urban living in large cities such as New York City, they were embraced by small towns and communities that experienced none of the challenges associated with big city living. Instead, this study argues that parks were seen as a sophisticated sign of modernity. For example, when the state of Kansas was founded in 1861, its settlers felt a strong sense of responsibility and made great efforts to improve their home by creating pleasure grounds for their communities. This study investigates the motives and advocates of shaping and developing the pleasure grounds of Kansas between 1850 and 1920. Results show that it was not only major cities of the state like Topeka and Wichita that developed public parks for their citizens;many smaller Kansas towns also embraced the idea of creating pleasure grounds. Their residents were motivated by a sense of competition and believed that by beautifying their living environments, they could stand out in the region and attract newcomers. Local newspapers, city officials, businesses-most notably railroad companies, property owners, and public-spirited citizens were the main advocates for creating and improving parks in Kansas.
Scissor-type deployable structures, characterized by superior flexibility, high expansion ratio, and ease of control, have been extensively studied across architecture and engineering. A variety of innovative designs ...
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Scissor-type deployable structures, characterized by superior flexibility, high expansion ratio, and ease of control, have been extensively studied across architecture and engineering. A variety of innovative designs have been created using different design methods and/or incorporating specific modifications. Existing reviews on scissor deployable structures have mainly focused on conventional design methods that achieve different configurations by modification of shape and dimensions of basic units. This categorization overlooks several distinct designs. To address this, a different classification method is proposed, organizing the variants of deployable scissor structures into four categories: member shape, joint location, assembly method, and hybrid system. The classification enables a more nuanced exploration of each design, illuminating their underlying working principles and relevant applications. Diverse designs are summarized using this comprehensive approach to facilitate the identification of their similarities, differences, and potential avenues for future improvements.
This work demonstrates the achievements of a dashboard, in development, devised to support energy performance design decisions during pre-design and sketch design phases of office buildings in tropical climates. The i...
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Numerous studies have explored the cooling and energy-saving effects of vegetation and reflective materials under extreme heat conditions in urban residential areas. However, few have explored the synergistic effects ...
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Numerous studies have explored the cooling and energy-saving effects of vegetation and reflective materials under extreme heat conditions in urban residential areas. However, few have explored the synergistic effects of vegetation and albedo, particularly in low-rise, high-density residential areas. Therefore, this study selected six typical low-rise, high-density residential areas in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, based on the neighborhood characteristics. This study investigated the cooling effects and energy-saving potential of vegetation and cooling materials through the development of five simulation scenarios. These included original conditions, the application of highly reflective cooling materials, increased vegetation cover, the removal of vegetation cover, and a comprehensive strategy combining cooling materials with enhanced vegetation. These scenarios were analyzed using ENVI-met and DesignBuilder to evaluate their impact on the microclimate and building energy consumption. The results reveal the following: (1) Cooling materials can lower air temperatures by 1.9 degrees C, saving 10.37% in energy consumption during the summer, demonstrating a greater efficiency in reducing air temperature and energy use. (2) Vegetation slightly reduces daytime air temperatures but hampers nighttime cooling in dense low-rise areas, increasing energy demand. Shrubs or grass are preferable to tall trees. (3) Cooling materials had a stronger correlation with energy consumption reduction compared to vegetation. Hence, combining cooling materials with strategically placed vegetation and controlling vegetation size maximized cooling and energy-saving benefits. This study provides valuable insights for urban planners and designers, offering guidance for improving urban microclimates, reducing building energy use, and achieving carbon neutrality goals.
Environmentally friendly porous asphalt mixtures have poor tensile strength performance and durability due to their porous structure. This results in their service life typically being less than ten years. Reinforceme...
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Environmentally friendly porous asphalt mixtures have poor tensile strength performance and durability due to their porous structure. This results in their service life typically being less than ten years. Reinforcement with fibers can be a possible solution to structural weaknesses in porous asphalt road surfaces. Fibers have been proven to be an effective additive in improving the mechanical performance of asphalt mixes, but little attention has been paid to porous asphalt mixes. This study investigates the effect of four different fibers;(a) polypropylene fiber, (b) glass fiber, (c) basalt fiber, and (d) crumb rubber, on the functional and mechanical performance of porous asphalt mixtures. Fibers were used in four different percentages (0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8%) according to the mix aggregate weight. The experimental test plan includes the characterization of air voids for permeability, Cantabro particle loss, indirect tensile strength, and moisture sensitivity. Type-3 gradation (in Turkish Highways Technical Specification) was chosen as the mixture gradation. Mixture specimens were prepared using a Marshall compactor in 6.0 and 6.5% polymer-modified bitumen. Test results show that void and permeability generally decrease with increasing fiber content, except for polypropylene fiber. Cantabro particle loss was significantly reduced for all fibers at 6.5% bitumen compared to 6.0%. Minimum wear loss value was obtained in 0.2% basalt fiber. Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) improved significantly for all fibers. The ITS of 0.2% basalt fiber was enhanced by 124% compared to the control specimens. The optimum fiber contents were determined as 0.2% for basalt fiber and 0.4% for glass fiber.
In this research, we focus on the joint mortar part of the tile, create a pseudo floating tile, and propose a dynamic impact test and an out-of-plane displacement measurement method. From the results, the peeling prop...
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Calcium carbonate is a compound that is widely distributed throughout the Earth as a natural mineral and a material produced by biological activities. The crystal structure of calcium carbonate has three polymorphs: t...
Calcium carbonate is a compound that is widely distributed throughout the Earth as a natural mineral and a material produced by biological activities. The crystal structure of calcium carbonate has three polymorphs: the most thermodynamically stable calcite, followed by aragonite and vaterite. Of the three crystalline phases, the formation process and structure of the most unstable, vaterite, remain mysterious. In this study, the pathway for forming the vaterite crystal structure from amorphous CaCO3 (ACC) is reproduced using well-tempered metadynamics molecular dynamics simulations. The structures sampled at multiple minima on the energy landscape are refined through first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. The sampled structures are assigned space groups and classified as calcite- and vaterite-like structures according to the arrangement of CO3 2- and Ca2+ sheets. The initial crystal structure produced from ACC is a monoclinic crystal with Ca2+ sheets and CO3 2- lying in the interlayer;however, it does not exhibit the 3-fold symmetry of calcite. Calcite structures with 3-fold symmetry, or orthorhombic crystals with rotated CO3 2- units, as found in vaterite, can be derived from this structure. The orthorhombic structure then transitions to the more stable monoclinic form, which is likely vaterite. The understanding of phase transitions based on the diverse crystal structures of calcium carbonate revealed in this study provides a predictive view of biomineralization and carbonation reactions of cementitious materials.
作者:
Hong, YiChen, XuanyuWang, LizhongWang, LilinHe, BenZhejiang Univ
Coll Civil Engn & Architecture Shanghai Inst Adv Study Hangzhou 310058 Peoples R China Zhejiang Univ
Coll Civil Engn & Architecture Hangzhou 310058 Peoples R China Zhejiang Univ
Coll Civil Engn & Architecture Key Lab Offshore Geotech & Mat Zhejiang Prov Hangzhou 310058 Peoples R China Zhejiang Univ
Ocean Coll Hundred Talents Program Zhoushan 316021 Peoples R China Zhejiang Univ
Key Lab Offshore Geotech & Mat Zhejiang Prov Hangzhou Peoples R China
The increasing turbine sizes have necessitated monopiles in soft clay to have larger diameter and rigidity, from early design of flexible piles to recent semi-rigid piles, with future anticipating rigid piles. Existin...
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The increasing turbine sizes have necessitated monopiles in soft clay to have larger diameter and rigidity, from early design of flexible piles to recent semi-rigid piles, with future anticipating rigid piles. Existing few cyclic soil-pile interaction models are developed for flexible pile associated with full-flow failure (above the rotation point, RP), with little attention paid to semi-rigid and rigid piles involving rotational-shear failure (below RP). This study aims to unify the description of piles with varying rigidity by proposing a cyclic two-spring model, where lateral resistances above and below RP are described with cyclic p-y and M-theta springs, respectively. It naturally recovers to a cyclic p-y model for flexible piles. The cyclic p-y and M-theta formulations are developed within the bounding-surface plasticity framework, based on numerical results of cyclic soil-pile interaction concerning full-flow and rotational-shear mechanisms, respectively. These numerical analyses are performed using a cyclic plasticity clay model developed and implemented numerically in this study. The cyclic "p-y+M-theta" model quantitatively reproduces experimental results of cyclic shakedown and ratcheting for flexible, semi-rigid, and rigid piles. Ignorance of the M-theta spring could underestimate cyclic resistance of rigid piles by 25%, suggesting the model's merit in reducing conservatism for monopiles in feature designs.
The technical landscape of railyard sites brings together a multidisciplinary set of expertise and needs. It entails the union of engineering and landscape design concerns, to redefine these spaces in the way they are...
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Residential mobility in a Sub-Saharan African (SSA) context is substantially different from in the Global North. This paper provides three position statements to substantiate this claim. The first relates to residenti...
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Residential mobility in a Sub-Saharan African (SSA) context is substantially different from in the Global North. This paper provides three position statements to substantiate this claim. The first relates to residential mobility dynamics and posits that in SSA they are characterized by a much more transient and mobile population who frequently move to, from, between and within urban areas. Secondly, formal mechanisms that enable access to decent living conditions in the city are largely absent as compared to most of the Global North context and, as a consequence, poor households have to resort to other options to find a place in the city. Thirdly, real estate markets in SSA are less transparent as social networks interplay with market mechanisms and markets often function on the edge of or outside formal regulatory frameworks. The second part of the paper reflects on the implications of these differences for the African city. It argues that (1) translocal living reduces place attachment to the city, (2) processes of residential sorting and ethnic exclusion aggravate spatial inequality, and (3) limited spatial governance leads to developments that go beyond the capacity to sustain the city.
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