Search Results - "Duc Ngo, Tuan"
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Effects of surface treatments of recycled tyre crumb on cement-rubber bonding in concrete composite foam
Published in Construction & building materials (20-05-2018)“…[Display omitted] •Five surface treatments of tyre crumbs yielded strength improvements of 27–56%.•Silica fume coating improves the adhesion between tyre…”
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Deformation of polyurea-coated steel plates under localised blast loading
Published in International journal of impact engineering (01-01-2013)“…Experimental and numerical studies were conducted to investigate the effect of polyurea coatings on the blast resistance of mild steel plates. Square steel…”
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A sustainable application of recycled tyre crumbs as insulator in lightweight cellular concrete
Published in Journal of cleaner production (15-04-2017)“…End-of-life waste tyres are known to have negative economic and environmental impacts due to the difficulty associated with their disposal and recycling. The…”
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Durability performance of reinforced waste-based geopolymer foam concrete under exposure to various corrosive environments
Published in Case Studies in Construction Materials (01-12-2021)“…The construction of conventional concrete structures produces a significant quantity of CO2 released into the environment which can directly impact human…”
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New advancements, challenges and opportunities of multi-storey modular buildings – A state-of-the-art review
Published in Engineering structures (15-03-2019)“…•Reviewed recent progress and directed future research for modular buildings.•Commonly used in UK, Sweden, Japan and USA with growing interest in Australia and…”
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Blast resistance of auxetic and honeycomb sandwich panels: Comparisons and parametric designs
Published in Composite structures (01-01-2018)“…Equivalent sandwich panels composed of auxetic and conventional honeycomb cores and metal facets are analysed and compared for their resistance performances…”
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Investigation of long-term corrosion resistance of reinforced concrete structures constructed with various types of concretes in marine and various climate environments
Published in Construction & building materials (20-03-2020)“…•Investigation of long-term corrosion of OC, SSC and LWC.•Specimens were exposed to varying chloride levels and temperature conditions.•LWC provided more…”
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An artificial neural network (ANN) expert system enhanced with the electromagnetism-based firefly algorithm (EFA) for predicting the energy consumption in buildings
Published in Energy (Oxford) (01-01-2020)“…In this study, a new hybrid model, namely the Electromagnetism-based Firefly Algorithm - Artificial Neural Network (EFA-ANN), is proposed to forecast the…”
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Auxetic nail: Design and experimental study
Published in Composite structures (15-01-2018)“…•The first auxetic nails are designed, fabricated, and experimentally investigated.•The auxetic nails do not always exhibit superior mechanical performance to…”
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A modified firefly algorithm-artificial neural network expert system for predicting compressive and tensile strength of high-performance concrete
Published in Construction & building materials (20-08-2018)“…•The compressive and tensile strength of high-performance concrete (HPC) is a highly nonlinear function.•An expert system is proposed to predict the…”
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Failure analysis of structural steel subjected to long term exposure of hydrogen
Published in Engineering failure analysis (01-08-2020)“…•The long term coupled effect of corrosion and HE of mild steel was investigated.•Hydrogen-rich acidic corrosive environments were used, and their effects…”
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Thermal and mechanical stability of functionally graded carbon nanotubes (FG CNT)-reinforced composite truncated conical shells surrounded by the elastic foundations
Published in Thin-walled structures (01-06-2017)“…The thermal and mechanical stability of a functionally graded composite truncated conical shell reinforced by carbon nanotube fibers and surrounded by the…”
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Biomimetic adaptive electrochromic windows for enhancing building energy efficiency
Published in Applied energy (15-10-2021)“…•A design concept for a biomimetic adaptive façade system is developed.•A case study is used to validate the capacity of the proposed approach.•The effects of…”
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New approach to study nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of sandwich composite cylindrical panels with auxetic honeycomb core layer
Published in Aerospace science and technology (01-11-2017)“…The main goal of this study is using analytical solution to investigate the nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of sandwich auxetic composite cylindrical…”
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A discrete element model of concrete for cyclic loading
Published in Computers & structures (01-02-2018)“…•The discrete element method (DEM) is used to develop a cyclic model of concrete.•A multi-phase DE model is developed to include the effect of the ITZ.•A…”
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Enhancing building energy efficiency by adaptive façade: A computational optimization approach
Published in Applied energy (01-05-2020)“…•A computational optimization approach is proposed to support adaptive façade design.•Two case studies are used to validate the capacity of the proposed…”
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An approach for sustainable, cost-effective and optimised material design for the prefabricated non-structural components of residential buildings
Published in Journal of Building Engineering (01-11-2020)“…Offsite prefabrication of the non-structural components of residential and commercial low- and high-rise buildings is becoming increasingly popular due to its…”
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Nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) shear deformable plates with temperature-dependent material properties and surrounded on elastic foundations
Published in Journal of thermal stresses (03-10-2017)“…Based on Reddy's third-order shear deformation plate theory, the nonlinear dynamic response and vibration of imperfect functionally graded carbon…”
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Bio-inspired composite structures subjected to underwater impulsive loading
Published in Computational materials science (01-02-2014)“…•We developed a model simulating underwater blast loading and composite failure.•We redesigned composite panel to mimic natural material structures.•We…”
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A novel hybrid method combining electromagnetism-like mechanism and firefly algorithms for constrained design optimization of discrete truss structures
Published in Computers & structures (01-02-2019)“…•A new discrete constrained Electromagnetism-like Firefly Algorithm (EFA) for solving discrete optimization problems.•Modified interactive forces among…”
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