Abstract Wood is increasingly viewed as a more environmentally sustainable material owing to its low embodied energy, workability, and renewability, but two major drawbacks are susceptibility biological degradation fire. Biodegradation typically addressed through effective designs exclude moisture or, where that not possible, the use of either naturally durable or chemically protected timber. N...

background: identification of regional pattern of poisoning is essential for health care authorities for proper planning on prevention programs and optimized management of antidote stockpiles. this study was designed to evaluate one-year epidemiologic pattern of acute poisoning cases treated at a tertiary care hospital in thrissur, india. methods: in this retrospective cross sectional study, me...

regarding the increasing demand for lightweight concrete especially lightweight structural concrete, and safety requirements underlined in 2800 iranian standard, research to achieve the optimized results in lightweight concrete production seems inevitable. since, one of the commonly used methods for producing the light eight concrete, utilizes the light weight aggregates with significant role i...

Cracked and un-cracked Brazilian disc specimens subjected to diametral compression were used for conducting fracture toughness and tensile strength experiments on a polymer concrete (PC) material. The value of mode I fracture toughness (KIc) was determined from the center- cracked Brazilian disc and the indirect tensile strength (σt) was obtained from the un-cracked Brazilian disc specimen. The...

Concrete made with Portland cement is by far the most heavily used construction material in world today. Its success stems from fact that it relatively inexpensive yet highly versatile and functional widely available raw materials. However, many environments, concrete structures gradually deteriorate over time. Premature deterioration of a major problem worldwide. Moreover, production energy-in...

Abstract—The paper is focused on monitoring of dependencies of different composition concretes on elastic modulus values. To obtain a summary of elastic modulus development in dependence of concrete composition design variability was the objective of the experiment. Essential part of this work was initiated as a reaction to building practice when questions of elastic moduli arose at the same ti...

Thermal energy storage systems that use composite phase change materials (CPCM), such as paraffin wax and nonbiodegradable high-density polyethylene, are gaining attention in recent years due to the effort resolve issues. There is a need undertake research development on how prepare durable CPCMs from thermo-chemically treated biowastes, renewable resource. Raw spent coffee grounds (SCG) have b...

Even though, an innovative inorganic family of geopolymer concretes are eye-catching potential building materials, it is quite essential to comprehend the fire and thermal resistance these structural materials at a very high temperature also when experiencing with view make certain not only safety security lives properties but establish them as more sustainable edifice for future. The experimen...