The study diagnosed engineering properties on varying moisture content of sunflower seed and kernel from 7.6 to 25% (wet basis). On increasing moisture, dimensional values increased for both seed and kernel. Bulk density, true density and porosity were found higher for kernel as compared to seed at each moisture content. On increasing the moisture content from 7.6 to 25%, true density, porosity...

A molecular model involving only hydrogen bond interactions is successful in explaining the effects of temperature and moisture on the elastic modulus of paper. Concepts of glass transitions, free volume, and plasticization help explain the role of temperature and moisture in affecting paper’s properties in terms that elicit the importance of paper’s macromolecular structure. Ultimate strength ...

We report the thermal, mechanical, and diffusion properties of bisphenol E based polycyanurate nanocomposites with three forms of graphene derived from sequential processing of the same carbon nanostructure. Edgefunctionalized graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) were converted to graphene oxide (GO), then heated to produce thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRGO). All three reinforcements were individu...

Materials with excellent moisture buffering performances have considerable application potential in the future developments of building design. The appropriate materials is determined via effective assessment their hygroscopic performance, however, currently available test methods (e.g., buffer value test) can evaluate only abilities under limited circumstances. Advanced numerical prediction he...

A long term data acquisition effort of profile soil moisture is under way in southwestern France at 13 automated weather stations. This ground network was developed in order to validate remote sensing and model soil moisture estimates. In this paper, both those in situ observations and a synthetic data set covering continental France are used to test a simple method to retrieve root zone soil m...

The analysis of the moisture diffusion inside structural elements is key to assess their time-dependent behaviour and performance, not least in case natural materials like wood. Although software exists solve transfer problem indirectly, there a dearth user-friendly open-source codes tailored peculiarities timber. This work presents Python-based code called OpenMoist developed within procedural...