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Liu, Zhengxuan (author), Sun, Ying (author), Huang, Ruopeng (author)The increasing greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions constitute one of the most significant global environmental issues. CO2 emissions from buildings and transportation are responsible for the largest proportion of total global carbon emissions from various sectors. Therefore it is necessary to utilize clean energy sources (e.g., renewable energy,...book chapter 2024
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Menenti, M. (author), Li, X. (author), Wang, J. (author), Vereecken, H. (author), Li, J. (author), Mancini, M. (author), Liu, Q. (author), Jia, L. (author), Li, J. (author), Kuenzer, C. (author), Huang, S. (author), Yesou, H. (author), Wen, J. (author), Kerr, Y. (author), Cheng, X. (author), Gourmelen, N. (author), Ke, C. (author), Ludwig, R. (author), Lin, H. (author), Eineder, M. (author), Ma, Y. (author), Su, Z.B. (author)Ten Dragon 3 projects deal with hydrologic and cryosphere processes, with a focus on the Himalayas and Qinghai – Tibet Plateau, but not limited to that. At the 1st Dragon 3 Progress Symposium in 2013 a significant potential for a better and deeper integration appeared very clearly and we worked out an overview of the ten projects identifying...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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Nie, X. (author), Zhang, J. (author), Huang, H. (author), Liu, Z. (author), Lacasse, S. (author)In the past few years, random field theory has been increasingly used to model the inherent soil variability. The scale of fluctuation is one of the important parameters describing a stationary random field. In this study, the factors affecting an accurate estimation of the scale of fluctuation were studied with numerical experiments to show how...conference paper 2015
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Huang, J. (author), Hong, C. (author), Liu, Yang (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author), Roos, S. (author)Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative learning between parties, called clients, without sharing the original and potentially sensitive data. To ensure fast convergence in the presence of such heterogeneous clients, it is imperative to timely select clients who can effectively contribute to learning. A realistic but overlooked case of...conference paper 2023
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Wang, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)The influence of sulfur on the chemical, rheological, and aging resistance of terminal blend rubberized bitumen (TBRB) was studied. TB hybrid bitumen (TBHB) was prepared from with different sulfur contents (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 wt%) and TBRB prepared with neat bitumen and crumb rubbers at 20% content. TBHB binders were aged by rolling thin film...journal article 2022
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Wang, S. (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)The chemical and rheological properties of terminal blend hybrid asphalt (TBHA) contributing to the consumption of waste tires before and after aging were studied. Styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer, sulphur, crumb rubber (CR), and neat asphalt were chosen to prepare the TBHA. The short-term aging (STA) and long-term aging (LTA) of TBHA...journal article 2022
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Chen, Yangkang (author), Huang, Weilin (author), Zhou, Yatong (author), Liu, Wei (author), Zhang, D. (author)The journal is publishing this Expression of Concern to alert readers while we investigate to determine whether further action is required.journal article 2021
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Liu, Zhiping (author), Li, Z. (author), Huang, Chuanhai (author), Jiang, X. (author)In this paper, we implement the combined method of drilling stop hole and FRP reinforcement to repair cracked steel plates subjected to cyclic tension. The crack initiation and growth are experimentally investigated. The stress distribution at the stop hole and the residual fatigue life are evaluated by the FEM. The effects on prolonging...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Peng (author), Liu, Wei (author), Liu, Siming (author), Tian, Xu (author), Li, Yimiao (author), Huang, Y. (author)Corrosion poses a significant risk to the safety of energy pipelines, while landslide disasters emerge as the primary threat responsible for triggering pipeline failures across mountainous areas. To date, there is limited research focused on the safety of energy pipelines considering the synergistic effect of corrosion and landslides. The...journal article 2023
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Liu, Zhihui (author), Wang, Li (author), Kong, Fanlei (author), Huang, Xia (author), Tang, Zhi (author), He, Shi (author), Vink, P. (author)BACKGROUND: Many occupations require workers to stand for prolonged periods, which can cause discomfort, pain and even injures. Some supermarkets in life provide a foot pad for checkout staff to let them stand on it at work, thereby reducing standing fatigue caused by standing for a long time. The inclined platform is the same as the foot pad...journal article 2021
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Luan, Pengqian (author), Liu, Yunting (author), Li, Yongxing (author), Chen, Ran (author), Huang, Chen (author), Gao, Jing (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Jiang, Yanjun (author)An aqueous chemoenzymatic cascade reaction combining Pd-catalyzed C-C formation and enzymatic C=C asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) was developed for enantioselective synthesis of tertiary α-aryl cycloketones in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities. The stereopreference of the enzyme in AH of α-aryl cyclohexenones was studied. An...journal article 2021
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Wang, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)Asphalt pavements are prone to aging in construction and during service, which can affect the properties of the asphalt. The aging behaviors of high content crumb rubber modified asphalt (HCRMA) were investigated in this paper. The binders were aged in the laboratory and the performances before and after aging were tested using the attenuated...journal article 2022
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Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Short-wave ultraviolet (also called UVC) irradiation is a well-adopted method of viral inactivation due to its ability to damage genetic material. A fundamental problem with the UVC inactivation method is that its mechanism of action on viruses is still unknown at the molecular level. To address this problem, herein we investigate the...journal article 2023
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Ding, Hui (author), Egert, Sonja (author), Huang, Binxiang (author), Jiang, Tianshu (author), Carstensen, Leif (author), Šić, Edina (author), Liu, Yucheng (author), Yang, Tongqing (author), Braga Groszewicz, P. (author)High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) enjoys great advantages for atomic-resolution visualization of the atomic structure, while failing to disclose structural information along the atomic columns. On the other hand, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is highly sensitive to the three...journal article 2023
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Li, Huanhuan (author), Duan, Peigao (author), Huang, Yawen (author), Cui, Chengsen (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Ma, Yunjian (author), Wang, Yonghua (author), Zhang, Jie (author), Liu, Weidong (author), Zhang, Wuyuan (author)The downstream product transformation of lignin depolymerization is of great interest in the production of high-value aromatic chemicals. However, this transformation is often impeded by chemical oxidation under harsh reaction conditions. In this study, we demonstrate that hypohalites generated in situ by the vanadium-containing...journal article 2024
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Wu, Xintong (author), Huang, Haoliang (author), Liu, Hao (author), Hu, Jie (author), Wei, Jiangxiong (author), Jiang, Zhengwu (author), Ye, G. (author), Yu, Qijun (author), Lothenbach, Barbara (author)New self-healing agents that can chemically bind seawater ions invading cracked cementitious materials were proposed. The potential of self-healing and binding of seawater ions were investigated by thermodynamic modeling. It was found that CaO-NaAlO<sub>2</sub> and CaO-metakaolin agents can have Cl<sup>−</sup>, SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> and...journal article 2021
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Huang, Xinxing (author), Li, Yifan (author), Tian, Zhan (author), Ye, Qinghua (author), Ke, Q. (author), Fan, Dongli (author), Mao, Ganquan (author), Chen, Aifang (author), Liu, Junguo (author)Efficient and accurate streamflow predictions are important for urban water management. Data-driven models, especially neural network (NN) models can predict streamflow fast, while the results are uncertain in some complex river systems. Physically based models can reveal the underlying physics, but it is relatively slow and computationally...journal article 2021
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Wang, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer on the aging properties of high-content terminal blend rubber modified asphalt (HCTBMA). All asphalt was tested for chemo-rheological properties using an attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) test,...journal article 2023
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Huang, Qian Ming (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Wang, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tan, C. (author), Luo, Anxin (author), Xu, Siyuan (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author)Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has aroused a wide range of research interests ranging from micro-nano energy devices to the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, the non-degradability of most-used synthetic polymer carbon sources poses a serious threat to the environment. In this work, ecofriendly chitosan-based derivatives, including...journal article 2023