3D printing of cordierite materials from raw reactive mixtures
Abstract: Porous cordierite materials are 3D printed by robocasting from two kaolin containing raw materials mixtures. Water suspensions of both mixtures at variable solid concentrations...
DEVELOPMENT AND THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITE FOR THE RUNWAY CONCRETE OF F-35B JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
Abstract: The current study aims at increasing the strength and heat resistance of concrete that can be used in airport pavements for vertical take-off and landing of new generation F-35B combat...
Recycling of marble cutting waste additives in fired clay brick structure: a statistical approach to process parameters
Abstract: Within the scope of the present study, the marble cutting waste, which is an industrial waste of different sizes (< 75 µm and < 150 µm), was incorporated into the clay...
Evaluation of Epoxidized Soybean Oil as a Green Admixture for Biobased Polymer–Impregnated Cement Pastes: Comparison with Dioctyl Terephthalate
Abstract: Biobased green plasticizers are preferred in the production of plastics in light of the environmental and human health issues posed by traditional plasticizers. Epoxidized soybean oil is an...
A multi-scale methods comparison to provide granitoid rocks thermal conductivity
Granitoid rocks are frequently used in modern construction and restoration, hence the importance of knowing their petrophysical properties. These rocks find several applications in various types of...
Thermal Inertia and Conductivity Measurements of Mars Analog Samples
Thermal inertia (I) is the intrinsic property of a material that describes how efficiently that material can store, conduct, and re-radiate heat. It
is given by: = sqrt() (1) where k is the bulk...
An updated ground thermal properties database for GSHP applications
When a new ground source heat exchanger field is planned, underground thermal properties input data are necessary for the correct sizing of the geo-exchange system. To support the design, the EU...
Rock Thermal Conductivity as Key Parameter for Geothermal Numerical Models
The geothermal energy applications are undergoing a rapid development. However, there are still several challenges in the successful exploitation of geothermal energy resources. A special effort is...
Thermal Insulating Foamy Geopolymers from Perlite
Geopolymerization is an emerging technology which utilizes solid aluminosilicate raw materials that are easily soluble in caustic solutions, in order to produce inorganic polymers with excellent...