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Bhuyan, Mohammad Amzad Hossain (author), Karkman, Antti (author), Prokkola, Hanna (author), Chen, B. (author), Perumal, Priyadharshini (author), Luukkonen, Tero (author)Alkali-activated foams are ceramic-like materials prepared at near-ambient temperature. This study investigates them for point-of-use water disinfection, thus providing an alternative to ceramic filters fired at a high temperature. Alkali-activated foams with different compositions were characterized for the porosity, mechanical strength,...journal article 2024
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Chen, B. (author), Ye, G. (author)This research explored the microstructure formation and strength development of blended cement pastes prepared with municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash. A new sample preparation approach involving water treatment of MSWI bottom ash was developed to prevent sample cracking caused by the presence of metallic aluminum (Al) in...journal article 2024
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Chen, B. (author), Perumal, Priyadharshini (author), Aghabeyk, F. (author), Adediran, Adeolu (author), Illikainen, Mirja (author), Ye, G. (author)The pursuit of low-carbon binders as alternatives to Portland cement has sparked interest in developing alkali-activated materials (AAM).<sup>1</sup> Using municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as precursor for AAM has attracted increasing attention as it offers a sustainable, resource-efficient solution to mitigate the...review 2024
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Chen, B. (author), Chen, J. (author), França de Mendonça Filho, F. (author), Sun, Yubo (author), van Zijl, Marc Brito (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author), Ye, G. (author)Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash, due to its high mineral content, presents great potential as supplementary cementitious material (SCM). Weathering, also known as aging, is a treatment process commonly employed in waste management to minimize the risk of heavy metal leaching from MSWI bottom ash. Using weathered MSWI...journal article 2024
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Sun, Y. (author), Chen, B. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Blom, C.B.M. (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Ye, G. (author)With the development of waste recovery techniques, previous research has revealed that coarse fractions of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash (BA) after proper treatment could be applied in the construction sector, while the fines are seldom recovered in practice and normally landfilled. This study explores the potential...journal article 2024
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Chen, B. (author)In recent years, considerable attention has been given to the utilization of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as a mineral resource for construction materials. MSWI bottom ash is the primary residue discharged after incinerating municipal solid waste. The generation of MSWI bottom ash is increasing dramatically with the wide...doctoral thesis 2023
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Wils, K.A. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author)With the advent of novel quantum computing technologies and the new possibilities thereby offered, a prime opportunity has presented itself to investigate the practical application of quantum computing. This work investigates the feasibility of using quantum annealing for structural optimization. The target problem is the discrete truss sizing...journal article 2023
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Chen, B. (author), Zuo, Yibing (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Miranda de Lima Junior, L.C. (author), Liang, X. (author), Chen, Y. (author), van Zijl, Marc Brito (author), Ye, G. (author)This work evaluated the reactivity and leaching potential of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as supplementary cementitious material (SCM) and precursor for alkali-activated materials (AAM). The chemical composition of the amorphous phase in MSWI bottom ash was found to be in the same range as that of Class F coal fly ash....journal article 2023
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Yang, Xinkui (author), Wu, Shaopeng (author), Xu, S. (author), Chen, B. (author), Chen, Dongyu (author), Wang, Fusong (author), Jiang, Jian (author), Fan, Lulu (author), Tu, Liangliang (author)Aimed to address the low utilization rate of steel slag (SS) and its challenge in resource utilization in China, this study developed ternary geopolymers made by high-content (50%) SS together with fly ash (FA) and granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS). The effects of GBFS content (0–40%) and curing methods (water curing, standard curing,...journal article 2023
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Chen, B. (author), Perumal, Priyadharshini (author), Illikainen, Mirja (author), Ye, G. (author)In recent years, the widespread application of waste incineration technology has led to an increased generation of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash. There is growing interest in the use of MSWI bottom ash as a mineral resource to produce construction materials. The utilization potential of MSWI bottom ash is determined by...review 2023
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Trabal, Guillem Gall (author), Bak, Brian Lau Verndal (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Jensen, Simon Mosbjerg (author), Lindgaard, Esben (author)A numerical study on the feasibility of using patches of interface weakening or toughening material to trigger multiple delaminations toughening laminated composite structures against delamination is presented. The studies use an adaptive refinement formulation that uses cohesive elements to model delamination initiation and propagation. A DCB...conference paper 2022
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Trabal, Guillem Gall (author), Bak, Brian Lau Verndal (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Lindgaard, Esben (author)A novel and efficient numerical formulation for the modelling of multiple delaminations growth in laminated composite materials subjected to quasi-static loading is presented. The proposed formulation alleviates the high computational cost associated with models featuring cohesive elements by using a novel Adaptive Refinement Scheme and an...journal article 2022
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Tosti Balducci, G.B.L. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Möller, M. (author), Gerritsma, M.I. (author), De Breuker, R. (author)Structural mechanics is commonly modeled by (systems of) partial differential equations (PDEs). Except for very simple cases where analytical solutions exist, the use of numerical methods is required to find approximate solutions. However, for many problems of practical interest, the computational cost of classical numerical solvers running on...review 2022
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Russo, R. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author)The authors would like to point out three writing mistakes that have been found after the publication of the original paper: Equation (13) should be written as: 1 (Formula presented.) to correctly represent the intended column vector of the element's degrees of freedom. Equation (49) and (50) should be written as: 2 (Formula presented.) to...journal article 2022
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Jonkheijm, L. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Schuurman, M.J. (author)With the rising number of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) flying in the sky, an increase in collisions with manned aircraft seems inevitable. Since these devices are permitted to operate in airspace which they share with rotorcraft, a helicopter is certainly not retained from the risk of colliding with a UAS. The only prevailing impact related...conference paper 2022
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Singh, Umed (author), Kumar, Sachin (author), Chen, B. Y. (author)In this work, Floating Node Method (FNM), first developed for fracture modelling of laminate composites, is coupled with cell-wise strain Smoothed Finite Element Method (SFEM) for modelling 2D linear elastic fracture mechanics problems. The proposed method is termed as Smoothed Floating Node Method (SFNM). In this framework, FNM is used to...journal article 2022
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Trabal, Guillem Gall (author), Bak, Brian Lau Verndal (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Carreras, Laura (author), Lindgaard, Esben (author)A novel efficient numerical formulation for the analysis of multiple fatigue-driven delamination cracks is presented. A cohesive zone model is used in combination with an Adaptive Refinement Scheme (ARS) and an Adaptive Floating Node Method (A-FNM) element that refine the model effectively during the analysis. Novel techniques are proposed to...journal article 2022
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Trabal, Guillem Gall (author), Bak, Brian Lau Verndal (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Jensen, Simon Mosbjerg (author), Lindgaard, Esben (author)A numerical study on toughening laminated composite materials against delamination by initiating multiple interlaminar cracks is presented. Different configurations of interface toughening and weakening patches, that modify the interface properties at selected locations, are investigated as a way to trigger multiple delaminations. Both...journal article 2022
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Sun, Yubo (author), Chen, B. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Blom, Kees (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Ye, G. (author)In recent years, the rapid industrialization and urbanization led to the explosive growth of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ashes (BA) production. However, most of them are directly landfilled, which not only brings environmental burden but also results in loss of potential resources. Present researches have proved that MSWI BA...conference paper 2021
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Kocaman, E. S. (author), Chen, B. Y. (author), Pinho, S. T. (author)Design and optimisation of large structures, including the positioning of lower-level components, typically require extensive user involvement and sequential mechanical analysis/optimisation iterations. This paper presents an original method that enables adaptive positioning of lower-level models (such as components) within higher level...journal article 2020