Concrete is one of the most popular construction materials in the world. Chemical admixtures are ingredients added to concrete to enhance its properties. However, most chemical admixtures on the market today are expensive, thereby making them out of reach for small consumers of concrete. In Africa, use of chemical admixtures is rare despite the harsh weather conditions. In the current study, Gu...

nowadays, a lot of frost damage is inflicted upon vineyards because of changing weather conditions as well as introducing new of cultivars and genotypes from different geographical regions. on the other hand, the prevalence of a wide variety of grapes in iran, the provides possibility of selection of superior and cold tolerant varieties (or single plants) which is proposed a strong hypothetical...

Clarifying the origins of fractures and adopting acceptable repair plans are crucial for design, maintenance, safe operation concrete gravity dams. In this research, numerical simulation is largely utilized to investigate reasons in anti-arc portion dam top a substation tunnel Guangdong Province, China. The calculation parameters chosen based on design information engineering expertise model te...

OBJECTIVES In this study a prototype of a new health forecasting alert system is developed, which is aligned to the approach used in the Met Office's (MO) National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). This is in order to improve information available to responders in the health and social care system by linking temperatures more directly to risks of mortality, and developing a system more co...

Because of the differences between indoor and outdoor thermal condition, preparing some outdoor thermal indices is a way to understand and categorize the outdoor thermal sensation. The aim of these indices is not to provide thermal comfort - as it is the aim of indoor indices. Instead, they are provided to analyze outdoor thermal sensation to help architects, landscape architects and urban desi...