Numerical study on the chemical and electrochemical coupling mechanisms for concrete under combined chloride-sulfate attack

Cementitious materials exposed to marine and saline environments are commonly threatened by a combined attack of sulfate and chloride ions. This study developed a numerical framework to investigate two combined coupling mechanisms of 1) coupled solid-liquid chemical reactions for competitive chloride-sulfate attack and 2) electrostatic multi...

Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction Based on the Efficient Hinging Hyperplanes Neural Network

Traffic flow (TF) prediction is an important and yet a challenging task in transportation systems, since the TF involves high nonlinearities and is affected by many elements. Recently, neural networks have attracted much attention for TF prediction, but they are commonly black boxes with complex architectures and difficult to be interpreted,...

A 1-dimensional continuous and smooth model for thermally stratified storage tanks including mixing and buoyancy

To mitigate the effects of the intermittent generation of renewable energy sources, reliable and efficient energy storage is critical. Since nearly 80% of households energy consumption is destined to water and space heating, thermal energy storage is particularly important. In this context, we propose and validate a new model for one of the...

A generalized model for short-term forecasting of solar irradiance

In recent years, as the share of solar power in the electrical grid has been increasing, accurate methods for forecasting solar irradiance have become necessary to manage the electrical grid. More specifically, as solar generators are geographically dispersed, it is very important to have general models that can predict solar irradiance without...

Numerical simulation of the hydration process and the development of microstructure of self-compacting cement paste containing limestone as filler