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Evaluation Of Anti‐Cracking Performance Of Recycled Concrete With Recycled Rubber/Sbs Composite Modified Asphalt, Li Xiaobin

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

In order to improve the crack resistance of recycled asphalt mixture, a new styrenic block copolymer (SBS)/rubber composite modified asphalt with excellent crack resistance was proposed for the regeneration of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Based on the creep of low temperature bending beam, confined temperature stress, and four-point bending fatigue test, the low temperature cracking resistance and fatigue cracking performance of composite modified asphalt and SBS-modified asphalt were studied. The results show that the addition of rubber can improve the low temperature and medium temperature crack resistance of recycled asphalt concrete, which may be related to the propagation of micro-cracks …

Study On Anti‐Scattering Performance Of Asphalt Concrete On Aggregate Scattering Pavement Of Highway, Yang Siyuan, Chen Guiliang

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

Due to the lack of quantitative evaluation methods for aggregate scattering degree of expressway asphalt pavement in China and abroad, according to the disease characteristics of surface layer spalling, this paper adopted the Cantabro standard dispersion test to sample the concrete of the section with aggregate scattering of Huangqunan Expressway (G3) in Zhejiang Province. The dispersion impact damage modes of the mixture with different severity were analyzed, and the anti-dispersion performance of concrete was evaluated by mass loss rate and water absorption rate. The results show that aggregate scattering will reduce the density of the concrete structure at the surface …

Study On The Effect Of Quicklime On The Properties Of Cold Mix Asphalt, Liu Tao, Yi Ming, Song Tao

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

The low initial strength of cold mixed asphalt mixture leads to the delay of traffic opening time, and the large void ratio leads to poor water stability and other problems, which seriously hinder the development of cold mixed environment-friendly construction mode. In this paper, based on the principle that the heat of quicklime in the presence of water promotes the rapid loss of water in the cold mixed mixture, the mixing test and cohesion test of the MS-3 slurry cold mixed asphalt mixture with quicklime were carried out to explore the influence of quicklime on the demulsification time and cohesion. …

Research On Design Process Of Toll Interchange‐Expressway In The Area Of Funiu Mountain, Zhang Jie, Yang Qing, Chai Xiaolong

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

Currently, the expressways under construction in Henan Province are mainly concentrated in the Funiu Mountain area in the west, such as Yaoshan–Luanchuan–Xixia Expressway, Xixia–Xichuan Expressway, Yingchi–Luanchuan Expressway, and Luanchuan–Lushi Expressway. These projects are characterized by complex terrain conditions, difficult design, large-scale engineering, and a cluster of long tunnels and grand bridges. Under such complex conditions, how to arrange the interchange reasonably and ensure the optimal project plan becomes the key point of successful project design. This paper summarized the typical characteristics of toll interchange in Funiu Mountain area in recent years and put forward the design process of design preparation, …

Variable Speed Limit Control Method For Highway Under Dense Fog, Sun Jiancheng, Qiao Jiaxing

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

In order to solve the problem of traffic safety on expressways under dense fog and change the original fixed speed limit measures, a variable speed limit control method based on the safe allowable speed was proposed. The speed limit value was calculated based on the regulations in road traffic safety law on the speed under dense fog by considering that the traffic law does not mention the road alignment conditions, road conditions, and other factors, and the monitor data was used to approximate replace the data of individual vehicles for data optimization, and the safe speed and safe distance of …

Study On Dynamic Allocation Optimization Of Highway Pavement Maintenance Funds, Zou Yi

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

The conflict between the lack of maintenance funds and the growth of maintenance demand restricts the improvement of highway pavement technologies. In this paper, the state space of pavement maintenance demand was defined by the technical condition of the pavement, and the state of demand under different maintenance measures was designed as a Markov decision process. The dynamic allocation optimization model of highway pavement maintenance funds was established, and the corresponding genetic algorithm was designed. Finally, an example was given to simulate the optimized model. The results show that the Markov decision process can dynamically allocate highway pavement maintenance funds, …

Influence Factors Of Deicing And Thaw Performance Of Asphalt Mixture With Low Freezing Point, Zhou Shuiwen, Lin Fang, Zhang Xiaohua, Zhang Lingbo, Jiang Haoqiu

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

The conductivity test was used to study the release law of thawing and deicing components. The freezing test was used to study the cooling law of the mixture, and the thawing rate test was used to study the thawing and deicing performance. The results show that the release of thawing and deicing components of materials with a low freezing point is temperature-dependent, and the release at the high temperature is 3.49–3.77 times that at the low temperature. The granular materials tend to dissolve in water, which results in the release rate of thawing and deicing components faster than that of …

Experimental Analysis On Recycling And Mechanical Properties Of Waste Cement, Chen Liang

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

In order to recycle waste cement, construction waste cement materials were collected in the laboratory, and they were crushed, ground, and heat treated to facilitate reuse. Then, the waste cement was combined with the commonly used active fly ash admixture to prepare a new cement material for test analysis. The results show that the new cement material produced by industrial by-product, fly ash and waste cement material is feasible. A small amount of construction waste cement material (about 5%) can increase the 28-day compressive strength of cement by more than 50%, and the compressive strength of the prepared building material …

Experimental Study On Characteristics And Stability Of Different Aged Steel Slag Aggregate, Zhang Hongri, Wang Guiyao, Feng Jian, Lan Tianzhu, Wu Tao

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

Steel slag aggregate has good building material properties, but the utilization rate of steel slag in road engineering is low at present. In this paper, the chemical composition, basic physical and mechanical indexes, f⁃CaO, f⁃MgO, pulverization rate, CRB expansion rate, and other indexes of open-air aged steel slag aggregate in Fangchenggang, Guangxi Province for 0, 6, and 12 months were studied. The results show that the physical and mechanical properties of steel slag aggregate basically meet the requirements of road base materials and subgrade fillers, but the indexes of f⁃CaO, pulverization rate, and CRB expansion rate of steel slag aggregate …

Study On Effect Of Fiber Stabilizers On Water Temperature Cycle Damage Resistance Of Drainage Asphalt Mixtures, Liu Fuming, Wu Di, He Qingde, Yang Zhiping

Journal of China & Foreign Highway

In order to study the effect of fiber stabilizer on the water temperature cycle damage resistance of drainage asphalt mixture, drainage asphalt mixture without fiber stabilizer and with wood fiber, polyester fiber, and basalt fiber, respectively, were compared through tests. By standard dispersion test and immersed dispersion test, the anti-spalling ability of the mixture was analyzed. Under the same asphalt condition, the standard dispersion loss of the drainage asphalt mixture was reduced to different degrees after adding fiber stabilizer, which could increase the anti-spalling property of the drainage asphalt mixture to some extent. The splitting, indirect tensile, and rutting tests …

Precious Plastics - Plastic Brick Machine Fabrication, Timothy Ukaobasi Kanu, Evi Paraskevi Troulis

Architectural Engineering

The goal of this research is to determine the structural parameters of the recycled plastic polypropylene when molded into bricks resembling CMU blocks. To accomplish this, three mechanisms had to be assembled: the shredder, the injector, and the 1x1 mold. A tensile and compression test were to be performed on the plastic brick, and the values would be used to compare the tensile and compressive strength of PP plastic bricks, as well as their modulus of elasticity and stress vs. Strain performance. These values would be analyzed to determine whether it would be feasible to build an entire plastic wall. …

Architecture Of Heptagonal Metallo-Macrocycles Via Embedding Metal Nodes Into Its Rigid Backbone, A.M.Shashika D. Wijerathna, He Zhao, Qiangqiang Dong, Qixia Bai, Zhiyuan Jiang, Jie Yuan, Jun Wang, Mingzhao Chen, Markus Zirnheld, Rockwell T. Li, Yuan Zhang, Yiming Li, Pingshan Wang

College of Sciences Posters

Metal-organic macrocycles have received increasing attention not only due to their versatile applications such as molecular recognition, compounds encapsulation, anti-bacteria and others, but also for their important role in the study of structure-property relationship at nano scale. However, most of the constructions utilize benzene ring as the backbone, which restricts the ligand arm angle in the range of 60, 120 and 180 degrees. Thus, the topologies of most metallo-macrocycles are limited as triangles and hexagons, and explorations of using other backbones with large angles and the construction of metallo-macrocycles with more than six edges are very rare.

In this study, …

Building Structures From Mycelium, Noah M. Brown

Physics

The purpose of this project was to develop a method for creating bricks from mycelium and agricultural waste. The bulk of the research happened in two parts, the first part being a period in which different substrates, strains, and methods were used build the bricks. This research took place in San Luis Obispo and was aided by a group of students in PSC392 under Dr. Pete Schwartz in early 2022. After developing a method for constructing these bricks, the research was moved to St. Thomas, Jamaica, in collaboration with an ecovillage called The Source Farm from July to September. The …

Experimental Evidence That Shear Bands In Metallic Glasses Nucleate Like Cracks, Alan A. Long, Wendelin Wright, Xiaojun Gu, Anna Thackray, Mayisha Nakib, Jonathan T. Uhl, Karin A. Dahmen

Faculty Journal Articles

Highly time-resolved mechanical measurements, modeling, and simulations show that large shear bands in bulk metallic glasses nucleate in a manner similar to cracks. When small slips reach a nucleation size, the dynamics changes and the shear band rapidly grows to span the entire sample. Smaller nucleation sizes imply lower ductility. Ductility can be increased by increasing the nucleation size relative to the maximum (“cutoff”) shear band size at the upper edge of the power law scaling range of their size distribution. This can be achieved in three ways: (1) by increasing the nucleation size beyond this cutoff size of the …

Influence Of Defects On In-Plane Dynamic Properties Of Hexagonal Ligament Chiral Structures, Ning An, Xunwen Su, Dongmei Zhu, Mileta M. Tomovic

Engineering Technology Faculty Publications

Although the six-ligament chiral structure has many unique properties, due to its special structure, the stress concentration is prone to defects. In addition, additive manufacturing is also prone to defects. This paper studies the effect of defects, which is helpful for the better application of the six-ligament chiral structure. Several new six-ligament chiral structures with random and concentrated defects were designed to explore the effects of the defects on the in-plane dynamic properties. The structures were studied with the finite element ANSYS/LSDYNA numerical simulation and experimental methods. According to the defect-free six-ligament chiral structures exhibiting different deformation modes at different …

Removal Of Selenium And Heavy Metals From Coal Combustion Residuals Wastewater Using Surface Modified Iron Based Media, Madan Tandukar, Alex Korff, Andrew Vincent, Chris Hardin

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Bbt Acoustic Alternative Top Bracing Cadd Data Set-Norev-2022jun28, Bill Hemphill

STEM Guitar Project’s BBT Acoustic Kit

This electronic document file set consists of an overview presentation (PDF-formatted) file and companion video (MP4) and CADD files (DWG & DXF) for laser cutting the ETSU-developed alternate top bracing designs and marking templates for the STEM Guitar Project’s BBT (OM-sized) standard acoustic guitar kit. The three (3) alternative BBT top bracing designs in this release are
(a) a one-piece base for the standard kit's (Martin-style) bracing,
(b) 277 Ladder-style bracing, and
(c) an X-braced fan-style bracing similar to traditional European or so-called 'classical' acoustic guitars.

The CADD data set for each of the three (3) top bracing designs includes …

Ecological Risk Assessment For Coal Combustion Residuals And Herrington Lake Adjacent To The Kentucky Utilities E.W. Brown Generating Station, Mary Sorensen, Alex Smith, Mark Nielsen

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Epri Research On Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions Near Coal Combustion Product Sites, Bruce Hensel, Jeff Thomas, Tim Towey, Anthony Aufdenkampe

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Cqa - A Common Sense Approach At Becoming The Mvp On Your Next Project, James Price, Michael Fisher, John Metcalf

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Challenges & Pragmatic Solutions For The Design And Construction Of A 300-Acre Ccr Landfill Located In The Southwestern Us - A Case Study, Andy Lucas, Jason Pokorny

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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State Of The Practice For Compaction Quality Of Dry Stack Ccr Storage Facilities, Bruce Cunningham, Pavana Vennapusa, David J. White, Robert Eric Hageman

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Groundwater Compliance & Strategy Insights For Ccr Rule Stakeholders, Sheryl Smith, Mark Johnson

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Hybrid Closure Approach: Constructing Bidding Lessons Learned, Brian Harthun, P.E.

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Ccr Landfill Construction & Operation Under Subtitle D, Thomas R. Gredell

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Hybrid Closure Approach: Design Investigation Review, Brian Sperrazza, P.E., P.G.

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Geochemical Explanations For Strong Natural Attenuation Of Molybdenum, Selenium, And Lithium In A Groundwater Plume, Jacob Chu, J. P. Brandenburg

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Construction Risk Management Considerations For Ccr Surface Impoundment Closures, John P. Seymour, Chris Robb

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Monitoring Well Integrity And Performance Part Ii - Seeing The Benefits, Bryan R. Hansen, Jacob G. Gruzalski, Thomas S. Dicken, Rock J. Vitale

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Use Of A Net Environmental Benefit Analysis To Evaluate Remedial Options To Address Coal Ash – Case Studies, Joseph Nicolette, Michael Rockel

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.