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Wang, XiaoX (author), Liu, JiaP (author), Zhong, PeiH (author)
When the corrosion expansion stress of the steel reinforcement exceeds the ultimate tensile strength of the concrete, the concrete will crack and eventually cause structural damage. Therefore, direct characterization methods of steel corrosion expansion stress can help predict the concrete cracking time, prevent corrosion expansion and repair...
conference paper 2021
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Liu, Z. (author), Lacasse, S. (author), Nadim, F. (author), Gilbert, R. (author)
The safe bearing capacity for offshore shallow foundations has been traditionally assessed using working stress design (WSD) methods (e.g. the API RP 2GEO guideline). Other codes of practice such as the ISO standard strive to provide designs achieving a desired target reliability level in the form of the Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)...
conference paper 2015
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Liu, Y. (author), Tang, Q. (author), Fox, R.O. (author)
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a useful tool for modeling chemical reactors. However, because the design goals and expected outcomes are different than in "traditional'' CFD applications, chemical reactors require special attention to the treatment of chemical reactions, and heat and mass transfer. Here we provide an overview of the...
conference paper 2006
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Liu, Xueyan (author)
Recycling of base asphalt pavement with rejuvenators or soft binders has been applied for many decades and a lot of experience has been gained. However, the high-quality recycling technique of polymer modified asphalt (PMA) has still not been sufficiently studied. The aging mechanism of PMA is complex, including the combined effects of the...
conference paper 2021
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Fellows, R. (author), Liu, A. (author)
In almost 20 Years since Latham published the interim report ‘Trust and Money’ in which he asserted that there was too little of either in the UK construction industry, has anything changed? This paper addresses issues of what trust is, how it is created and its fragility, and progresses to examine how trust operates in the construction industry...
conference paper 2011
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The drag reduction effect of a semi-circular riblet-structured surface in a turbulent boundary layer is experimentally investigated using the micro-pillar shear stress sensor MPS3. The MPS3 sensor is a novel tool for the quantitative measurement of the wall-shear stress distribution and possesses a high spatial and temporal resolution. The...
conference paper 2015
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Cai, Y. (author), Liu, Z. (author)
According to the COLREGs, every Officer On Watch (OOW) shall at all times maintain a proper look-out. Among all the available means of look-out, sight is the most basic and commonly used one. OOWs always need to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision by sight, including estimating the range and bearing. Unlike the...
conference paper 2013
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Deng, Feilian (author), Zuo, Chenjia (author), Liu, Yanbo (author), Liu, Xianpeng (author)
The incorporation of macro fibers have been an effective method to improve the mechanical and durability properties of concrete. As the mechanical properties of Macro fiber reinforced concrete are mostly tested at room temperatures, the effect of ambient temperature on the mechanical properties have been rarely reported. In this investigation,...
conference paper 2021
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Wang, Haochuan (author), Feng, Pan (author), Geng, Zifan (author), Liu, Qi (author)
The deterioration of organic coatings on concrete is closely linked to the efficiency in the protection process of reinforced structures. In the present work, polyurea resin and epoxy resin, which are widely used engineering coatings, were selected to measure and compare the performance under artificial aging. Fourier Transform infrared...
conference paper 2021
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Liu, Z. (author), Besseling, N.A.M. (author), Mendes, E. (author), Picken, S.J. (author)
Polyborosiloxanes (PBSs) are viscoelastic, transparent, colourless, self-healable polymer matrices, synthesized by reacting linear polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMSs) with boric acid (BA) above 150°C. BA takes part not only in cleaving the PDMS chains, but also contributes boronic-acid like moieties to the cleaved chain ends, which provide...
conference paper 2013
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Zuo, Chenjia (author), Liu, Yu (author), Liu, Yanbo (author)
Transport of chlorides is one of the most critical factors determining the service life of concrete structures under ocean environments, and diffusion is usually regarded as the major mechanism for the transport of chloride ions into concrete. As chloride diffusivity is affected by temperature, most existing service life prediction models use...
conference paper 2021
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Sun, C. (author), Liu, S.L. (author)
In this study, we exploit the ?PIV (microscale particle image velocimetry) analysis to investigate the internal flow field of a dividing droplet in a bifurcating microchannel. Herein, droplets are generated by a flow focusing scheme and sent downstream toward an asymmetric bifurcation. In order to control the proportion of split droplets, we...
conference paper 2013
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Liu, K. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Jommi, C. (author)
Piping has been attributed as a major cause of dam and embankment failures. Current national prediction models to predict piping use the hydraulic gradient between the upstream and downstream water levels as an indicator. They are deterministic and take no account of preferential pathways. However, piping usually initiates from a discrete...
conference paper 2015
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Zhang, Jiyi (author), Li, Gang (author), Liu, Youzhi (author), Yin, Pengcheng (author), Yu, Jinyu (author), Shi, Zhifeng (author)
Since the introduction of the concept of 3D cadastre, a great many of significant research results have been done. To promote the development of 3D cadatre, 3D cadastre working group sponsored by International Federation Surveyors (FIG) commissions 3 and 7 was organized by Delft University of Technology in 2001. This working group provides a...
conference paper 2018
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Zuo, Chenjia (author), Zhang, Yixiang (author), Tong, Yudong (author), Liu, Yanbo (author)
Synthetic fibers have been widely studied as reinforcing materials to increase the mechanical and durability properties of concrete. According to its diameter, fibers can be categorized as micro and macro (or coarse) fibers. As most research focuses on the mechanical properties of fiber reinforced concrete, its chloride permeability properties...
conference paper 2021
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Ye, Shaoxiong (author), Feng, Pan (author), Liu, Yao (author), Liu, Jiaping (author)
The nanoscale dissolution flux of tricalcium aluminate (C3A) in flowing water is characterized in situ by Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM). The pure dissolution of C3A in flowing water with a flow rate of 34 ml·min-1 before the precipitation of hydrated phases only lasted about one quarter of a second, and the pure dissolution rate mostly...
conference paper 2021
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Liu, Qing-feng (author), Mao, Li-xuan (author), Hu, Zhi (author)
Existing reinforced concrete structures experience severe durability degradation when subjected to alkali–silica reaction (ASR) and chloride attack. A special electrochemical rehabilitation treatment, containing lithium compound anolyte, has been developed to drive lithium ions into concrete as well as remove chlorides simultaneously, for...
conference paper 2021
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Zheng, Lina (author), Duan, Huabo (author), Liu, Gang (author)
Abstract only. Associated with the continuing increase of construction activities such as infrastructure projects, commercial buildings, and housing programs, China has been experiencing a rapid increase of construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Till now, the generation and flows of China’s C&D waste has not been well understood. This paper...
conference paper 2017
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Direct numerical simulations of natural convection in liquid metal within rectangular box heated uniformly from below with uniform strong vertical magnetic field are conducted. The main aim is to explore the possibilities and mechanisms of convection instabilities in such flows. The effects of parameter range on the flow structure, i.e....
conference paper 2015
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Wu, Xintong (author), Huang, Haoliang (author), Liu, Hao (author), Hu, Jie (author), Wei, Jiangxiong (author), Yu, Qijun (author)
In this study, a new concept on self healing of cracks that the ingressive ions in the crack is chemically bound to improve the self-healing efficiency was proposed for cracked cementitious materials in a marine environment. Thermodynamic modeling was performed to determine the appropriate masses and ratio of Ca2+ and Al3+ provided by chemical...
conference paper 2021
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