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Towards increased adoption of furnace bottom ash as sustainable building materials: Characterization, standardization, and applications
(Elsevier Ltd, 2024-04)The global demand for coal is projected to increase in the current decade despite concerns regarding climate change, which will lead to an increasing volume of coal waste products such as furnace bottom ash (FBA). The ... -
Readjusting the climate change hyperfocus: how expanding the scope of impact categories will affect the evaluation of wood buildings
(Institute of Physics, 2023)The sole focus on reducing the climate impact of dwellings by using wood is neglecting other impacts on nature. Therefore, this study clarifies the potential burden shift by considering ten more impact categories than ... -
Closing the gap to sufficiency-based absolute climate targets for wood buildings
(Institute of Physics, 2023)This research investigated the distribution of the global climate planetary boundary (PB) on a national scale. Then it was distributed to a sector-specific carrying capacity by the principles of acquired rights (grandfathering) ... -
Enhancing of uniaxial compressive strength of travertine rock prediction through machine learning and multivariate analysis
(Elsevier B.V., 2023-12)Indirect methods for predicting material properties in rock engineering are vital for assessing elastic mechanical properties. Accurately predicting material properties holds significant importance in rock and geotechnical ... -
Effect of using Oil Shale Ash on geotechnical properties of cement-stabilized expansive soil for pavement applications
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023)Expansive soil is considered an engineering problem that may cause cracks and distresses in structures and roads. Due to its swelling potential and low unconfined strength, expansive soil causes failures in structures and ... -
Environmental Risk of Turbidity Caused by Construction Activities near the Gulf in UAE
(Avestia Publishing, 2023)Studies indicate that construction activities can affect several water surfaces; hence, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has examined the environmental impacts of construction sites near water surfaces. However, ... -
Stabilization of Sandy Soils by Bentonite Clay Slurry at Laboratory Bench and Pilot Scales
(MDPI, 2022)Sand is one of the most abundant, naturally occurring materials in many parts of the world, which is used in local rural areas in infrastructure projects such as in the construction of low volume paved and unpaved road ... -
Mathematical Modelling for Predicting Thermal Properties of Selected Limestone
(MDPI, 2022)Due to a lack of geotechnical and geothermal studies on Jordanian limestone, this paper aims to provide the thermal properties, including thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and specific heat, using the Hot Disk ... -
Effective Microorganisms and Glass Nanopowders from Waste Bottle Inclusion on Early Strength and Microstructure Properties of High-Volume Fly-Ash-Based Concrete
(MDPI, 2022)In concrete production, the use of high-volume fly ash (FA) as the cement substitute became interesting to achieve more sustainable and eco-friendly construction materials. However, concrete produced using high volumes of ... -
New approach for predicting the load-displacement curve of axially loaded piles in sand
(Elsevier Ltd, 2022)A relationship to predict the load-displacement curve for axially loaded piles in sandy soil is presented by using the tri-linear softening model to describe the shaft load-displacement relationships, as well as a bi-linear ... -
Sonicated waves procedure effect on stabilizing expansive soil by nano-clay: Treat with cause
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)The use of hydrophilic bentonite nanoclay to improve the geotechnical properties of expansive soils was studied. Sonic waves and manual mixing for two expansive soils (taken from two different locations in Jordan) were ... -
Estimation of the fracture parameters of macro fiber-reinforced concrete based on nonlinear elastic fracture mechanics simulations
(Elsevier B.V., 2022)Integration of macro synthetic fibers within the concrete mixture provides residual tensile strength and toughness characteristics. Majority of existing studies in this regard focus on the impact of fibers on improving ... -
Functions of fuzzy logic based controllers used in smart building
(Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2022)The main aim of this study is to support design and development processes of advanced fuzzy-logic-based controller for smart buildings e.g., heating, ventilation and air conditioning, heating, ventilation and air conditioning ... -
NLFEA of Sulfate-Damaged Circular CFT Steel Columns Confined with CFRP Composites and Subjected to Axial and Cyclic Lateral Loads
(MDPI, 2022)It is rather costly and difficult to experimentally evaluate the performance of concrete-filled tubular (CFT) circular steel columns exposed to combined axial and cyclic lateral loads. This research paper uses the nonlinear ... -
Hybrid CFRP-steel for enhancing the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams
(King Saud University, 2020)Hybrid use of Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites with conventional construction materials offers an ample opportunity to develop economical and high-performance structures. However, anchoring and debonding ... -
Control of Vibrations of Common Pedestrian Bridges in Jordan Using Tuned Mass Dampers
(Elsevier B.V., 2020)Due to their inherent slenderness and lightness, pedestrian bridges are typically subtle to human induced vibrations. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of human induced vibrations on common simply supported ... -
Energy performance of fuzzy logic controllers in smart buildings
(Econjournals., 2019)This article presents simulation study on using fuzzy logic based controllers in order to determine building’s occupancy level and hence its effect on energy usage. The projected results of energy savings then is used to ... -
Predicting the contribution of recycled aggregate concrete to the shear capacity of beams without transverse reinforcement using artificial neural networks
(Elsevier Ltd, 2020)Although many researchers have studied the shear and flexural behavior of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) beams, code provisions have not been modified yet to take RAC into account. Therefore, the slow development of ... -
Innovative model for accurate prediction of the transfer length of prestressing strands based on artificial neural networks: Case study
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020)This study provides a case study showing the effectiveness of utilizing Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in prestressed concrete. The effectiveness of prestressing is crucially linked to the transfer length (TL) of the ... -
The extrema point deviatoric moment component
(Ain Shams University, 2021)The concern plate's behavior was the growth of the extrema positive tensors of both mean (hydrostatic) and deviatoric moments. Systematic consideration of the limits and growth responses of the mean and deviatoric tensors ...