Civil and Environmental Engineering: Recent submissions
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Enhanced treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater by short-term applied voltage in single chamber microbial fuel cell
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Electrochemically active anodic biofilm that has adapted under mild applied potentials in the range 100-500 mV was evaluated for its improved bioelectrogenesis and bioelectrochemical treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater ... -
Quantifying morphology of sands using 3D imaging
( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2015 , Article)Particle morphology plays a significant role in influencing engineering behavior of granular materials. Surface texture, roundness, and sphericity represent distinct multiscale measures needed to fully describe particle ... -
Numerical study on the damping characteristics of a shock absorber valve utilizing different velocities through CFD analysis
( National Technical University of Athens , 2021 , Conference)Shock absorbers or hydraulic dampers are power dissipating devices. The fluid flow inside the damper is governed by predefined passages. The damping effect is accomplished by the resistance of oil to flow through the ... -
Energy harvesting from railway vibrations - A numerical study based on beam-on-elastic-foundation under quasi-static loading
( National Technical University of Athens , 2021 , Conference)The objective of this paper is to investigate energy harvesting of train-induced rail vibrations and to provide a comparison between various feasible harvesting locations based on the expected electrical power output. ... -
Accounting for the influence of the free surface on the vibration response of underground railway tunnels: A new iterative method
( KU Leuven - Departement Werktuigkunde , 2020 , Conference)This paper presents a new method for calculating the ground-borne vibration from shallow underground railways. The method is based on an iterative wave-scattering approach, which decouples the problem into two sub-systems: ... -
The fictitious force method for efficient calculation of vibration from a tunnel embedded in a multi-layered half-space
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)This paper presents an extension of the Pipe-in-Pipe (PiP) model for calculating vibrations from underground railways that allows for the incorporation of a multi-layered half-space geometry. The model is based on the ... -
A mixed space-time and wavenumber domain model for predicting ground vibration from railway tracks
( National Technical University of Athens , 2015 , Conference)In this paper, a mixed model for studying ground vibration generated from surface railway tracks is presented. A ballasted track with nonlinear resilient components is modelled in the time domain using the Finite Element ... -
The PiP model and progress in ground vibration from railways
( Australian Acoustical Society , 2017 , Conference)Vibration in the ground causes problems. At large amplitude vibration causes damage, the most obvious example being earthquake damage. But the ground motion in a damaging earthquake is typically low-frequency (below 1Hz) ... -
Experimental validation of a numerical model for the ground vibration from trains in tunnels
( DC/ConfOrg , 2015 , Conference)Ground vibration and ground-borne noise from trains in tunnels are attracting increasing attention from researchers and engineers. They are important environmental issues related with the operation of underground networks ... -
Effect of rail unevenness correlation on the prediction of ground-borne vibration from railways
( DC/ConfOrg , 2015 , Conference)This paper presents the influence of rail unevenness correlation on the predicted track and ground vibration. The study is based on an integrated railway model in the wavenumber-frequency domain with varying complexity ... -
Modelling the dynamic pile-soil-pile interaction in a multi-layered half-space
( DC/ConfOrg , 2015 , Conference)Within the context of railway ground-borne vibration, the dynamic pile-soil-pile interaction remains an area that has not been sufficiently investigated. Whilst a number of researchers have scrutinised the vibration response ... -
Poly (amido amine) dendrimer based membranes for wastewater treatment - A critical review
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article Review)Membrane based wastewater treatment technologies in which polymeric membranes are most commonly used have been extensively applied in water/wastewater treatment to help address the issue of water shortage through ... -
Investigation of the effect of surfactant on the electrokinetic treatment of PFOA contaminated soil
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a persistent, nonbiodegradable environmental pollutant progressively becoming more problematic. Due to its ubiquitous use, PFOA is one of the PFAS chemicals frequently detected in the ... -
Recent developments in forward osmosis membranes using carbon-based nanomaterials
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)Contamination and industrial development are among the reasons for water quality deterioration beyond treatability by conventional processes. Unfortunately, conventional water and wastewater treatment technologies are not ... -
A state of the art review on condition assessment models developed for sewer pipelines
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)In order to achieve an efficient and a successful operation and maintenance plan for assets, management personnel should have detailed information on the condition of the assets to make informed strategic decisions and ... -
Modeling of forward osmosis process using artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict the permeate flux
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Artificial neural networks (ANN) are black box models that are becoming more popular than transport-based models due to their high accuracy and less computational time in predictions. The literature shows a lack of ANN ... -
Thermo-economic assessment of forward osmosis as pretreatment to boost the performance and sustainability of multi-effect distillation for seawater desalination
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This work presents the thermodynamic and techno-economic assessment of a forward osmosis – multi-effect distillation (FO-MED) system able to improve the thermal performance of the MED seawater desalination process and ... -
Brine reject dilution with treated wastewater for indirect desalination
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The forward osmosis (FO) process was suggested as a pretreatment to a multi-stage flashing (MSF) plant to reduce the environmental impact of brine discharge and the chemicals used. Yet, there is no study investigating the ... -
A novel empirical method for predicting concentration polarization in forward osmosis for single and multicomponent draw solutions
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Concentration polarization is one of the inherent problems in forward osmosis membrane process. A quantitative evaluation of concentration polarization is therefore vital to understand its impact on the performance of the ... -
Harvesting of Chlorella sp. microalgae by dielectrophoretic force using titanium dioxide (TiO2) insulated electrodes
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The harvesting of microalgae using conventional technologies suffers from biomass contamination, high energy consumption and long processing time. In this study, titanium dioxide insulated stainless steel electrodes were ...
