A tap test is used to inspect the full surface of exterior walls, and its results can vary depending on investigator’s senses. In this study, it was examined how improve testing accuracy for detecting lifting RC wall tiles. Research has shown that diagnosis techniques must be considered from perspective judgment vary, diagnostic improved by accumulating techniques, work time varies greatly amon...

We provide an overview on the application of the exterior calculus of differential forms to the ab initio formulation of lattice field theories, with a focus on irregular or " random " lattices.

The π-exterior derivative d, which is the Finslerian generalization of the (usual) exterior derivative d of Riemannian geometry, is defined. The notion of a d-closed vector field is introduced and investigated. Various characterizations of d-closed vector fields are established. Some results concerning d-closed vector fields in relation to certain special Finsler spaces are obtained. 1

We construct projections from HΛk(Ω), the space of differential k forms on Ω which belong to L2(Ω) and whose exterior derivative also belongs to L2(Ω), to finite dimensional subspaces of HΛk(Ω) consisting of piecewise polynomial differential forms defined on a simplicial mesh of Ω. Thus, their definition requires less smoothness than assumed for the definition of the canonical interpolants base...

1 ABSTRACT With uncertainty of energy prices and an increased interest in sustainability, more builders and designers are striving for dramatic levels of home energy efficiency. Performance of the home’s envelope is clearly critical in this endeavor. In colder climates, several builders are moving towards whole-wall thermal resistances above 30 fthr°F/Btu (4.9 m°C/W). While there are numerous h...

Abstract Nowadays the energy usage in building sectors construction industry has been increased for increasing cooling and heating loads of buildings. The renewable generation incorporation PCMs attains around world savings. A passive method with PCM integration system is to decrease demand This process involves storing cool heat discharging it as needed. In this work, ENERGYPLUS simulation car...

Bacterial cell growth necessitates synthesis of peptidoglycan. Assembly of this major constituent of the bacterial cell wall is a multistep process starting in the cytoplasm and ending in the exterior cell surface. The intracellular part of the pathway results in the production of the membrane-anchored cell wall precursor, Lipid II. After synthesis this lipid intermediate is translocated across...