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Wenhua Yuan, Lianjie Ji, Long Meng, Min Fang and Xiangchi Zhang
Pervious concrete is an innovative eco-friendly construction material. Through the application of mineral admixtures and microscopic analysis to optimize its performance and analyze its mechanisms, its traits as a sustainable building option may be furth...
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Robert E. Melchers
Corrosion on the interface between a metal alloy, such as steel, and a wet, permeable non-metallic medium is of considerable practical interest. Examples include the interface between steel and water, the atmosphere or concrete, as for steel reinforcemen...
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Ali Shubbar, Mohammed Salah Nasr, Abdullah Kadhim, Tameem Mohammed Hashim and Monower Sadique
Pavement deterioration is mainly caused by high traffic loading and by increased levels of runoff water resulting from storms, floods, or other reasons. Consequently, this issue can be efficiently solved by employing permeable pavement, such as permeable...
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Rehab O. Abdel Rahman, Ahmed M. El-Kamash and Yung-Tse Hung
Permeable concrete is a class of materials that has long been tested and implemented to control water pollution. Its application in low-impact development practices has proved its efficiency in mitigating some of the impacts of urbanization on the enviro...
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Sachet Siwakoti, Andrew Binns, Andrea Bradford, Hossein Bonakdari and Bahram Gharabaghi
Permeable Interlocking Concrete Paver (PICP) systems provide onsite stormwater management by detaining runoff and removing contaminants. However, a major problem with PICPs is the significant maintenance cost associated with their clean-out to restore th...
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Guanzheng Zhou and Ray Kai Leung Su
Foam concrete is a promising material in building and construction applications, providing such outstanding properties as high specific strength, excellent thermal insulation, and effective acoustic absorption in human-inhabited buildings. However, becau...
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Bowen Qi, Peilong Xu and Chengzhao Wu
With the gradual advancement of urbanization, urban hardened roofs and pavements are increasing, and the rainwater cycle is being seriously damaged; sponge city construction has become an inevitable trend to address this problem. The analysis of the infi...
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Enedir Ghisi, Thiago Belotto and Liseane Padilha Thives
A reduction in potable water demand in buildings could be made by using non-potable water for certain uses, such as flushing toilets. This represents a sustainable strategy that results in potable water savings while also using an underutilised resource....
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Piergiorgio Tataranni and Cesare Sangiorgi
According to the latest estimates, 40% of urban areas are covered by pavements. One of the most remarkable effects on the urban environment is the increase in impermeable surfaces which leads to problems related to water infiltration into the ground and ...
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Charlene LeBleu, Mark Dougherty, Keith Rahn, Amy Wright, Ryan Bowen, Rui Wang, Jeisson Andrés Orjuela and Kaylee Britton
Urbanization causes alteration of the thermal regime (surface, air, and water) of the environment. Heated stormwater runoff flows into lakes, streams, bays, and estuaries, which potentially increases the base temperature of the surface water. The amount ...
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