This paper includes an investigation of the thermal conductivity of biocemented soils to
better understanding the regimes of heat transmission through soils treated by microbially …

Purpose Rapid tooling (RT) integrated with additive manufacturing technologies have been
implemented in various sectors of the RT industry in recent years with various kinds of …

The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of incorporation of wastes plastics
additives in the thermal performance of unfired clay bricks. The low adhesion between the …

High temperature episode becoming to be more severe for plant growth and grain yield, this
may affect the global food security. Acute soil temperature also affects microbial activities …

This study assesses the potential of waste wood sawdust, as a construction material
additive, on the mechanical, thermal and physicochemical properties of compressed earth …

The efficiency of energy piles and ground source heat pumps depends on the thermal
conductivity of surrounding soils. This paper presents results obtained from a series of soil …

Granular material (GM) is the second most manipulated substance in the world and is
present in most industries either as raw materials or finished products. Often the temperature …

Sand–tire shred mixtures are useful as thermal backfills due to their lower unit weight and
thermal conductivity than those of most soils. In this study, a series of thermal conductivity …

This study presents the correlations between quantified shape parameters and geotechnical
properties for nine sand specimens. Four shape parameters, sphericity, convexity …

Many constitutive models employed for modeling granular materials have recently
incorporated the evolution of the particle size distribution (PSD) using a relative breakage …