Sand-cement concrete in the century-old Camarasa Dam by Ana Blanco-Alvarez, Ignacio Segura, Sergio Pialarissi-Cavalaro, S. Chinchon-Paya, Antonio Aguado

“…Sand-cement emerged in the early twentieth century as an alternative binder in infrastructures that required a significant amount of concrete volume in order to reduce the costs associated with portland cement. …”
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Drainage and erosion of Cambodia's great lake in the middle-late Holocene: The combined role of climatic drying, base-level fall and river capture by Stephen E Darby, Peter G Langdon, James L Best, Julian Leyland, Christopher R Hackney, Mackenzie Marti, Peter R Morgan, Savuth Ben, Rolf Aalto, Dan Parsons, Andrew P Nicholas, Melanie J Leng

“…We argue that this widespread erosion, which removed at least 1.2 m of sediment across the lake’s extent, was triggered by up to three, likely interacting, processes: (1) base-level lowering due to mid-Holocene sea-level fall, leading to (2) capture of the Tonlé Sap drainage by the Mekong River, and (3) a drying climate that also reduced lake level. …”
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Characterization of the acoustic properties of cementitious materials by Ruting

“…In order to meet the aim, this research was conducted by employing the semi-experimental (half analytical) method: two experimental programmes were performed (I and II); a mathematical optimization technique (least square method) was then implemented in order to construct an optimized mathematical model to match with the experimental data. …”
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A comparative analysis of the stability of homogeneous and non-homogeneous soil slopes subject to various surcharge loading conditions by Thomas Leeworthy, Alireza Ahangar Asr

“…The results gathered suggest that point loads caused failure in models to occur much quicker than surcharge loading from a uniformly distributed load, however, the failure area is much smaller. …”
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The performance and durability of anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings on solar cover glass by Kenan Isbilir

“…Three hydrophobic coatings commercially available for other applications such as on ophthalmic lenses and smart phone displays, ASC3, ASC4 and ASC5 coatings were subjected to a range of stress tests to demonstrate suitability for use in PV applications. …”
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Soil cement for low cost roads by Megat J. Megat Mohd Noor, Azlan Abdul Aziz

“…The works include conducting basic soil mechanics tests on the soil-cement mix­ture and evaluating the effect of additives such as sand and rice husk ash on strength. A field trial on the construction of the soil­cement road was also done to evaluate the weathering effect under exposure.…”
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Numerical modelling of 3G artificial turf under vertical loading by David Cole

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3D-printed limestone calcined clay cement concrete incorporating recycled plastic waste (RESIN8) by Adewumi John Babafemi, Chris Norval, John Kolawole, Suvash Chandra Paul, Kamoru Ademola Ibrahim

“…They are the control (C), which is a fly ash-cement-based mix, LC2-cement-based mix (LC), and two mixes with RESIN8 replacing the sand by 10 % vol., yielding CR (control + 10 % RESIN8) and LCR (LC2 + 10 RESIN8). …”
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