Upscaling for Strategic MaterialsFor the first time, two international research networks Multi-scale Materials Under the Nanoscope (M2UN) and GdRI Multi-Physics and Multi-scale Couplings in Geo-environmental Mechanics (GeoMech) organize a joint workshop with the goal of identifying and proposing future dir...
Read MoreAbstract: Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials; it is usually associated with Portland cement as the main component for making concrete. The cement industry alone is responsible for about 6% of all CO2 emissions, because the production of one ton of Portland cement emits approximately one ton of CO2 into the atmosphere. Cement is the product of the reaction between water and clinker. As a result, the main components formed from cement hydration reaction a...
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Although it is used to construct some of the world’s largest structures, it turns out that cement actually has something in common with a sponge.A highly porous material, cement tends to absorb water from precipitation and even ambient humidity. And just as the shape of a sponge changes depending on water saturation, so too does...
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Abstract: Traditional structural mechanics approaches evaluate damage of structural elements (ie beams, plates, walls) in relation to a design code limit load, while not accounting for the contribution of non-structural elements (ie sheathings, windows). While there exist more detailed frameworks accounting for all elements, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s HAZUS-MH and P58, they are only limited to specific building types and qualitative damage descri...
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Abstract: Assessing hurricane resilience is inherently complex. In all approaches, potential hurricane events are translated to levels of damage through fragility functions and levels of loss through vulnerability functions. Approaches differ in factors and details incorporated into these functions. The multitude of interrelated and interdependent layers of vulnerability causes amplifications of loss in hurricane events. Hurricane resilience assessments need to acknowled...
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Clean hydrogen production via water electrolysis is incumbent upon the development of high-...
The ability to measure the bulk dynamic behavior of soft materials with combined time and...
While hydrocarbon expulsion from kerogen is certainly the key step in shale oil/gas recovery,...
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A critical challenge in reducing anthropogenic impacts on the environment is to decrease the...
