The most effective method for mitigating the adverse environmental impacts of traditional concrete involves substituting cement and natural aggregate with waste and byproduct resources. Utilizing sintered lightweight aggregate (fly ash) in geopolymer concrete emerges as an efficient solution for managing and disposing of significant amounts of fly ...

By Pushpendra Singh Palash, Priyanka Dhurvey

The environment in earthquake-stricken areas is complex and changeable. The optimization of public service facility layout usually involves multiple objectives, such as maximizing coverage, minimizing service distance, optimizing resource allocation, etc. The coupling conflict between these objectives weakens the functions of public service facilit...

By Wang Feifei

Both biological populations and the terrain suffer greatly from mining. Mining activities upset plant communities, and the habitats that result from the mining become depleted, creating an extremely difficult environment for the growth of plants. The mining leaves behind nutrient-deficient sandy spoils that are hostile to plants, and methods of rec...

By Arasuraja Ganesan, Priya Sethuraman, Sundara Balamurugan

Understanding the impact of geological processes on the environment is very important in comprehending Earth's evolving ecosystem and predicting future ecological challenges. This paper reviews how interactions between different Earth layers-the crust and mantle, affect ecological dynamics. Geological interactions, including tectonic shifts, minera...

By Azamat Saidov, Zukhra Yakhshieva, Nodira Makhkamova, Mirkomil Gudalov, Nilufar Djuraeva, Oybek Umirzaqov, Ozoda Adilova, Anvar Juraev

In nature, the bucking behavior of the web of I section reduces the member's strength considerably. Hence, in common practice, people use the intermediate and end stiffeners to improve the strength of the beam. The stiffeners are connected to the web using the welded connections. In this paper, the experimental study on steel beams with and without...

By S. Kalaiselvi, R. Santhosh Kumar

This research focuses on the energy performance of buildings with glass windows to allow daylight in three different locations in India. The utilization of glass in modern commercial buildings is rapidly increasing for aesthetic views and daylighting through the glazing. Much research has been conducted on WWR and daylight integration into the buil...

By Biswajit Biswas, Subhasis Neogi, Biswanath Roy

Vehicle classification is a crucial task owing to vehicles' diverse and intricate features, such as edges, colors, shadows, corners, and textures. The accurate classification of vehicles enables their detection and identification on roads and facilitates the development of an electronic tollcollection system for smart cities. Furthermore, vehicle ...

By Janak Trivedi, Mandalapu Sarada Devi, Brijesh Solanki

The aim of this study is to identify and map the zones of different vulnerability to flash floods based on the geospatial analysis of natural conditions in the Porečka River basin (Republic of Serbia). The analysis covers the catchment area of the Porečka River (493.82 km2 ). Geospatial analysis was conducted using GIS software (QGIS 3.18). The Fla...

By Ana Lukić

Tourism is one of the most developed industries in the world that is continuously growing. It has many different shapes and types with many different factors that affect its success. Over the years, tourism has changed. The new era of tourism is trying to put focus on present environmental problems such as the amount of waste, the use of natural re...

By Dijana Đurić, Jovana Topalić Marković

The main goal of this research is to examine thermal comfort in the central area of Belgrade (Serbia), over a period of 30 years (1991-2020). The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) was used as a measure for evaluating outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). The obtained results were considered separately for each season, as well as at the annual level. ...

By Milica Lukić, Dijana Đurić