The paper presents results from three large scale experiments on seven reinforced concrete panels obtained during an extensive experimental program. This was aimed at possible application of cement reduced (fly ash replaced) concrete in the production of precast segmental linings for tunnels created by a tunnel boring machine (TBM). In particular, this paper is focused on the comparison of fire...

A Cp*Ru-based bifunctional catalyst system (Cp* = η(5)-C(5)(CH(3))(5)) with a suitably-designed PN ligand (PN = chelating tertiary phosphine-protic amine ligand) has been developed for a regioselective lactonization of unsymmetrically substituted 1,4-diols, which may provide an expeditious access to a variety of lactone lignans.

A series of differently substituted 3,5-diaryl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridines were prepared and characterized using the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction with accordingly selected bromo-derivatives and arylboronic acids. The reaction conditions were carefully optimized allowing high yield of isolated products and also the construction of unsymmetrically substituted diarylpyridines, difficult to access...

Displacements around a tunnel, occurring as a result of excavation, consist of the elastic and plastic parts. In this paper, we discuss the elastic part of displacements as a result of excavation, called net displacement. In general, the previous analytical solutions presented for determining the displacements around a circular tunnel in an elastic medium do not give the net displacements...

Abstract The CFD model of the train-tunnel system, previously developed on proven analytical dependencies, is improved by introduction a tunnel cross-passage and consideration surface roughness. These additions bring simulation setup closer to real conditions allowing explore FDS features in evaluation aerodynamic effects occurring tunnel. Pressure velocity patterns are obtained for resulting h...

Closed-face shielded TBM driven tunnels are supported using precast concrete segmental linings. In the past these types of lining have been assessed without consideration being given to the coupling action along circumferential joints of adjacent rings or the true behaviour of joints along longitudinal joints, especially where these have a taper. The mechanical and geometrical characteristics o...

The first unsymmetrically substituted polyfluorene bearing a bulky poly(benzyl ether) dendron and less bulky 3,6-dioxaoctyl groups in the 9-position was designed and synthesized, which gives almost a pure bluish photoluminescence with negligible weak greenish excimer emission around 520 nm even in a thermally annealed thin solid film.

Analysis of a frequency agile broadband E-shaped patch antenna (ESPA) symmetrically loaded with tunnel diodes is presented in this paper. The notch parameters such as notch-length, notch-width and position are optimized to achieve the optimum broadband operation of ESPA. Under the optimum conditions of ESPA (bandwidth 32.35%), the performance of the antenna is also analyzed as a function of bia...

The therapeutic efficacy of anticancer nanocarriers ishighly dependent on their size, shape, targeting ability, andstimuli-responsiveness. Herein, we studied the in vivo ofDoxorubicin (Dox) loaded redox responsive micellar-like nanoparticles (MNPs)based linear 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylamide (HPMA) via histopathologicalevaluations. DOX-loaded Nanoparticlessignificantly improved while side effect...