• Title/Summary/Keyword: Environmental Porosity

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An experimental approach for estimating the porosity and effective porosity of porous media by permittivity methods

  • Nishigaki M.;Komatsu M.;Kim M.-I.
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지구물리탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the international symposium on the fusion technology
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    • pp.703-710
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    • 2003
  • In the sub-surface environments, detection of the movement of contaminant substances and recharge of groundwater by rainfall are very important factors which contain porosity and effective porosity of porous media. In this paper, the applicability of permittivity methods and proposed dielectric mixing models (DDMs) are discussed. This study showed that the ratio of effective porosity to porosity of Toyoura and River sands were 0.856 and 0.843. From the relationships between the relative porosity and effective porosity, all measured values can be confirmed to outside the range to about 0.800 for Toyoura and River sands under all experiments by FDR and FDR-V systems. In the study, this permittivity equipment can be considered to be good enough to measure determining the physical parameters of saturated soils. Consequently, this permittivity method can be contributed to estimate a porosity and effective porosity of saturated porous media because it is easy and instantaneous than previous in-situ methods.

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Validation of Adsorption Efficiency of Activated Carbons through Surface Morphological Characterization Using Scanning Electron Microscopy Technique

  • Malik, Ruchi;Mukherjee, Manisha;Swami, Aditya;Ramteke, Dilip S.;Sarin, Rajkamal
    • Carbon letters
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    • 제5권2호
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2004
  • The studies on activated carbon prepared from walnut shell and groundnut shell were undertaken to ascertain the effect of initial state of precursor and activation process on the development of porosity in the resulting activated carbon. Walnut shell based carbon shows the presence of cellular pores while Groundnut shell based carbon shows fibrillar pore structure. The adsorption parameters, characterization of product and scanning electron microscopic studies carried out showed the presence of mainly Micro, Meso and Macro porosity in carbon prepared from Walnut shell while mainly micro porosity was observed in Groundnut shell based activated carbon. An interrelationship between the adsorption efficiency and porosity in terms of quality control parameters, for before and after activation, was validated through the scanning electron microscopic data.

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전기저항 콘 프로브를 이용한 해안지반의 간극률 산정 (Porosity estimation using electrical resistance Cone Probe in offshore soils)

  • 이종섭;김준한;윤형구;조태현;최용규
    • 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지반공학회 2008년도 춘계 학술발표회 초청강연 및 논문집
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 2008
  • The electrical resistivity methods have been commonly used for figuring out the ground layers. The purpose of this paper, differently from previous methods, is not only to figure out the layers but also to develope a equipment and a method to analyze ground porosity. Equipment has a shape of cone, which can be coupled with drilling rods. A field penetration test was performed to test application in Incheon Chungla area. Through the field test soil resistances were measured. To calculate soil porosity along the depth, Archie's law is applied. The results show that a new equipment and porosity analysis method using Archie's law can distinguish soil layers and precisely measure soil porosity.

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초음파 속도 측정을 통한 동결·융해 작용을 받는 시멘트 모르타르의 공극 구조 예측 (Prediction for Pore Structure of Cement Mortar Exposed to Freezing-Thawing Action by Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Measurement)

  • 방기성;이광명
    • 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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    • 제5권4호
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    • pp.421-426
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구에서는 초음파 속도 측정 실험을 이용하여 동결 융해 작용을 받는 시멘트 모르타르의 동탄성 계수 및 공극 구조 변화를 평가하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 초음파 속도는 동결융해 시험 중 매 30cycle마다 시편을 꺼낸 후 측정하였으며, MIP를 이용한 porosity 분석도 수행하였다. 초음파 속도 측정 결과를 이용하여 동탄성계수를 계산한 결과 300cycle 이후 약 13%가 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. porosity는 초기에 대비해서 약 30%가량 증가하였으며, 초음파 속도 측정으로부터 계산된 porosity는 MIP를 통해 측정한 porosity와 약 5~30% 차이를 보였지만 유사한 증가 경향을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다. 이를 통해 초음파 속도 측정 결과를 이용하여 시멘트 모르타르의 porosity 변화를 예측하는 것은 타당한 방법으로 볼 수 있으며, 이를 이용하여 확산계수 등 내구성 평가 지수를 예측할 수 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

Porosity-dependent vibration investigation of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite beam

  • Abdulmajeed M. Alsubaie;Ibrahim Alfaqih;Mohammed A. Al-Osta;Abdelouahed Tounsi;Abdelbaki Chikh;Ismail M. Mudhaffar;Saeed Tahir
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제32권1호
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    • pp.75-85
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    • 2023
  • This work utilizes simplified higher-order shear deformation beam theory (HSDBT) to investigate the vibration response for functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (CNTRC) beam. Novel to this work, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are distributed and aligned in a matrix of polymer throughout the beam, resting on a viscoelastic foundation. Four un-similar patterns of reinforcement distribution functions are investigated for the CNTRC beam. Porosity is another consideration taken into account due to its significant effect on functionally graded materials (FGMs) properties. Three types of uneven porosity distributions are studied in this study. The damping coefficient and Winkler's and Pasternak's parameters are considered in investigating the viscosity effect on the foundation. Moreover, the impact of different parameters on the vibration of the CNTRC beam supported by a viscoelastic foundation is discussed. A comparison to other works is made to validate numerical results in addition to analytical discussions. The findings indicate that incorporating a damping coefficient can improve the vibration performance, especially when the spring constant factors are raised. Additionally, it has been noted that the fundamental frequency of a beam increases as the porosity coefficient increases, indicating that porosity may have a significant impact on the vibrational characteristics of beams.

Mix Design for Pervious Recycled Aggregate Concrete

  • Sriravindrarajah, Rasiah;Wang, Neo Derek Huai;Ervin, Lai Jian Wen
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.239-246
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    • 2012
  • Pervious concrete is a tailored-property concrete with high water permeability which allow the passage of water to flow through easily through the existing interconnected large pore structure. This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation into the development of pervious concrete with reduced cement content and recycled concrete aggregate for sustainable permeable pavement construction. High fineness ground granulated blast furnace slag was used to replace up to 70 % cement by weight. The properties of the pervious concrete were evaluated by determining the compressive strength at 7 and 28 days, void content and water permeability under falling head. The compressive strength of pervious concrete increased with a reduction in the maximum aggregate size from 20 to 13 mm. The relationship between 28-day compressive strength and porosity for pervious concrete was adversely affected by the use of recycled concrete aggregate instead of natural aggregate. However, the binder materials type, age, aggregate size and test specimen shape had marginal effect on the strength-porosity relationship. The results also showed that the water permeability of pervious concrete is primarily influenced by the porosity and not affected by the use of recycled concrete aggregate in place of natural aggregate. The empirical inter-relationships developed among porosity, compressive strength and water permeability could be used in the mix design of pervious concrete with either natural or recycled concrete aggregates to meet the specification requirements of compressive strength and water permeability.

Stability analyses of dual porosity soil slope

  • Satyanaga, Alfrendo;Moon, Sung-Woo;Kim, Jong R.
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2022
  • Many geotechnical analyses require the investigation of water flow within partially saturated soil zone to incorporate the effect of climatic conditions. It is widely understood that the hydraulic properties of the partially saturated soil should be included in the transient seepage analyses. However, the characteristics of dual porosity soils with dual-mode water retention curve are normally modelled using single-mode mathematical equation for simplification of the analysis. In reality, the rainwater flow can be affected significantly by the dual-mode hydraulic properties of the soil. This paper presents the variations of safety factor for dual porosity soil slope with dual-mode water retention curve and dual-mode unsaturated permeability. This paper includes the development of the new dual-mode unsaturated permeability to represent the characteristics of soil with the dual-mode water retention curve. The finite element analyses were conducted to examine the role of dual-mode water retention curve and dual-mode unsaturated permeability on the variations of safety factor under rainfall loading. The results indicate that the safety factor variations of dual porosity soil slope modelled using the dual-mode water retention curve and the unsaturated permeability equation are lower than those of dual porosity slope modelled using single-mode water retention curve and unsaturated permeability equations.

Waves dispersion in an imperfect functionally graded beam resting on visco-Pasternak foundation

  • Saeed I. Tahir;Abdelbaki Chikh;Ismail M. Mudhaffar;Abdelouahed Tounsi;Mohammed A. Al-Osta
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2023
  • This article investigates the effect of viscoelastic foundations on the waves' dispersion in a beam made of ceramic-metal functionally graded material (FGM) with microstructural defects. The beam is considered to be shear deformable, and a simple three-unknown sinusoidal integral higher-order shear deformation beam theory is applied to represent the beam's displacement field. Novel to this study is the investigation of the impact of viscosity damping on imperfect FG beams, utilizing a few-unknowns theory. The stresses and strains are obtained using the two-dimensional elasticity relations of FGM, neglecting the normal strain in the beam's depth direction. The variational operation is employed to define the dispersion relations of the FGM beam. The influences of the material gradation exponent, the beam's thickness, the porosity, and visco-Pasternak foundation parameters are represented. Results showed that phase velocity was inversely proportional to the damping and porosity of the beams. Additionally, the foundation viscous damping had a stronger influence on wave velocity when porosity volume fractions were low.

파랑 중 제주 "테우" 틈에 의한 파 흡수효과 (Efficiency of wave absorption by the porous of "Taewoo" of Jeju in regular seaway)

  • 이창헌;최찬문;안장영;조일형
    • 수산해양기술연구
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    • 제49권2호
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    • pp.144-152
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    • 2013
  • In an effort to find the optimum porous of Taewoo through the mathematical model 2 - dimensional tank water experiment among the approached to a problem related to ocean engineering, this study analyzed the porosity by dividing it into 9 cases. As the wave penetrates through the longitudinal porous of the Taewoo model, it was found that there is a wave energy loss because of the phenomenon of the separation of the porous due to the eddy. Looking into the general tendency based on the wave-height meter (probe) data, it was found that the shorter wavelength and higher frequency area, the more reflection coefficients increased, but in contrast, the longer wavelength and lower frequency area, the transmission coefficients showed the increasing trend and energy dissipation was in a similar way with reflection coefficients. In addition, it was found that the bigger the porosity was, the narrower distribution range of reflection coefficients was, and the more its average value decreased. On the other hand the transmission coefficients in direct opposition to reflection was found to show the wider range and the more gradual increase in the average value as porosity was the bigger around the average value. In contrast, energy dissipation rate was found to increase linearly as porosity increased the more around the porosity of 0.2518 but it decreased gradually around the peak point. Through the above results, it is judged that the porous of optimum in the longitudinal direction of the Taewoo model perforated plate was about 2.6cm because it was found that the porosity which produced the lowest reflection and transmission coefficient and the highest energy dissipation. As a result of comparing this to the case where there was no porosity at all, it showed the function of wave absorbing about 31.60%.

방풍벽에 의한 비산 먼지 저감 효과 (The Effects of Windbreaks on Reduction of Suspended Particles)

  • 송창근;김재진;송동웅
    • 대기
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.315-326
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    • 2007
  • The effects of windbreaks on the reduction of suspended particles are investigated using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model with the ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence closure scheme based on the renormalization group (RNG) theory. In the control experiment, the recirculation zones behind the storage piles are generated and, as a whole, relatively monotonous flow patterns appear. When the windbreaks with the 0% porosity are constructed, the recirculation zones are generated by the windbreaks and very complicated flow patterns appear due to the interference between the windbreaks and storage piles. The porosity of the windbreaks suppresses the generation of the recirculation zone and decreases the wind velocity in the windbreaks as well as that outside the windbreaks. As the emission of suspended particles from the storage piles are closely related with the friction velocity at the surfaces of the storage piles, variation of the friction velocity and total amount of the emission of the suspended particles with the height and porosity of the windbreaks are investigated. The results show that higher and more porous windbreaks emit less suspended particles and that the reduction effect of the porosity is still more effective than that of the height. In the case of the windbreak with 30 m height and 50% porosity, friction velocities above the storage piles are smaller than the critical friction velocity above which particles would be suspended. As a result, total amount of suspended particles are much fewer than those in other cases.