The purpose of this study is to investigate porous vegetation concrete formed using the industrial by-products blast furnace slag powder and blast furnace slag aggregates. We investigated the void ratio, compressive strength, freeze–thaw resistance, plant growth and water purification properties using concretes containing these by-products, natural jute fiber and latex. The target performance w...

The thermodynamic behavior of asphalt mixtures is critical to the engineers since it directly relates to the damage in asphalt mixtures. However, most of the current research of the freeze-thaw damage of asphalt mixtures is focused on the bulk body from the macroscale and lacks a fundamental understanding of the thermodynamic behaviors of asphalt mixtures from the microscale perspective. In thi...

Freeze-thaw events can affect plant hydraulics by inducing embolism. This study analyzed the effect of temperature during the freezing process on hydraulic conductivity and ultrasonic emissions (UE). Stems of 10 angiosperms were dehydrated to a water potential at 12% percentage loss of hydraulic conductivity (PLC) and exposed to freeze-thaw cycles. The minimal temperature of the frost cycle cor...

Freeze–thaw damage is one of the primary causes deteriorating seismic resistance reinforced concrete (RC) structures. This paper proposed a freeze–thaw deterioration model for C30 concrete, and it can be employed to study time-varying performance aging RC columns. Next, this developed fragility analysis framework columns considering effect damage. Considering geometric parameters case-study bri...

The strengthening of concrete structures externally bonded with fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheet is increasingly being used for repair and rehabilitation of existing structures. This paper provides information in the area of long-term durability of FRP-concrete interface externally bonded with FRP composite sheet. It mainly discusses and summarizes the influence of harsh environmental expos...

A slow freezing/rapid thawing method for the cryopreservation of human oocytes has been employed using a sodium-depleted culture media. In 53 frozen egg-embryo transfer (FEET) cycles, a 60.4% survival rate post-thaw was obtained and a 62.0% fertilization rate following intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Overall pregnancy rates were 26.4% per thaw attempt, 30.4% per patient, and 32.6% per embryo ...

Moisture damage of asphalt mixtures is a major distress affecting the durability pavements. The loaded wheel tracking (LWT) test gaining popularity in determining moisture because its ability to relate laboratory performance field performance. However, accuracy LWT’s “pass/fail” criteria for screening limited. objective this study was evaluate capability LWT identify susceptibility with differe...