All Outputs (1310)

Bristol’s inclusive growth strategy: Excavating the discourse of the One City Plan (2023)
Journal Article

Over the last twenty years, particularly since the publication of the Barca report (2009) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2014) report, a new 'conventional wisdom'/ paradigm has emerged for local development - the p... Read More about Bristol’s inclusive growth strategy: Excavating the discourse of the One City Plan.

Stream power indices correspond poorly with observations of alluvial river channel adjustment (2023)
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A variety of stream power-based approaches for predicting catchment-scale alluvial channel adjustment have been developed. There is an international interest in applying these to inform river catchment management. However, there is some uncertainty r... Read More about Stream power indices correspond poorly with observations of alluvial river channel adjustment.

Agricultural soils and microplastics: Are biosolids the problem? (2023)
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Biosolids are the solid by-product of the wastewater treatment system. They are regularly applied to agricultural land in the UK to fertilize and increase crop yields, but they have been shown to contain high concentrations of microplastics. Here we... Read More about Agricultural soils and microplastics: Are biosolids the problem?.

Development of rectangular vibration isolators with double core systems for structures (2023)
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One of the best techniques for isolating structures from the ground is the seismic isolation technique. Nowadays, square and circular base isolators are the most frequently employed shapes. Nevertheless, these configurations are not applicable for th... Read More about Development of rectangular vibration isolators with double core systems for structures.

Behaviour and microstructural characteristics of lime-GGBS-treated kaolin clay contaminated with gypsum (2023)
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In this experimental study, the physico-mechanical and microstructural properties of sulphate-bearing clays have been investigated. Sulphate bearing soils constituted by mixing kaolin and gypsum at 0%, 15%, 25%, and 35% gypsum contents were treated w... Read More about Behaviour and microstructural characteristics of lime-GGBS-treated kaolin clay contaminated with gypsum.

Improving the performance of lightweight crumb rubber mortar using synthetic, natural, and hybrid fiber reinforcements (2023)
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The global market for tires is ever-growing, and partially replacing sand with crumb rubber (CR) as fine aggregates in concrete could reduce environmental pollution. However, the main barrier to the complete usage of recycled tire crumbs in construct... Read More about Improving the performance of lightweight crumb rubber mortar using synthetic, natural, and hybrid fiber reinforcements.

Spatial integration framework of solar, wind, and hydropower energy potential in Southeast Asia (2023)
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Amid its massive increase in energy demand, Southeast Asia has pledged to increase its use of renewable energy by up to 23% by 2025. Geospatial technology approaches that integrate statistical data, spatial models, earth observation satellite data, a... Read More about Spatial integration framework of solar, wind, and hydropower energy potential in Southeast Asia.

The role of civil society in extreme events through a narrative reflection of pathways and long-term relationships (2023)
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This reflective commentary is a facilitated exchange between two retired professionals in community risk management for extreme weather events – in two different cultural contexts. Paul Cobbing (formerly CEO UK National Flood Forum) and Ewan Waller (... Read More about The role of civil society in extreme events through a narrative reflection of pathways and long-term relationships.

Development of non-sticking steady-state solution for structures with hybrid damping mechanism (2023)
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Energy dissipation occurs through Coulomb friction and is considered a conventional type of mechanical damping mechanism in structures subjected to external loads. Structures that are subjected to severe dynamic excitations such as ground motion or w... Read More about Development of non-sticking steady-state solution for structures with hybrid damping mechanism.

Wildlife reports: Freshwater fishes (2022)
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A review of conservation-relevant issues around British Freshwater fishes in 2022

Assessment of the sustainable use of chemicals on a level playing field (2022)
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Misleading conclusions can result from applying tools beyond the purposes for which they were designed. A range of chemical assessment systems was compared against a set of principles germane to the sustainable use of chemicals relevant to the whole... Read More about Assessment of the sustainable use of chemicals on a level playing field.

Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete (2022)
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Evaluation of the effect of embodied carbon reduction using an optimized design section for a ground beam, use of supplementary cementitious materials, and replacement of normal aggregate with light weight aggregate on the mechanical properties of lo... Read More about Evaluation of the structural performance of low carbon concrete.

Development of adjustable fluid damper device for the bridges subjected to traffic loads (2022)
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In this research, an Adjustable Bypass Fluid Damper (ABFD) is developed by utilizing a pair of external fluid flow pipes and flow control valves. The flow control valves control the flow pressure of the fluid passing through bypass pipes and adjusted... Read More about Development of adjustable fluid damper device for the bridges subjected to traffic loads.

Acceptance should not be assumed. How the dynamics of social acceptance changes over time, impacting onshore wind repowering (2022)
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Local community acceptance is a key influence on wind farm siting decisions. However, there is a temporal limitation to much social acceptance literature in that it does not consider how perceptions of the local community may change over the operatio... Read More about Acceptance should not be assumed. How the dynamics of social acceptance changes over time, impacting onshore wind repowering.

Optimisation of embodied carbon and compressive strength in low carbon concrete (2022)
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To improve the prediction of compressive strength and embodied carbon of low carbon concrete using a program algorithm developed in MATLAB, 84 datasets of concrete mix raw materials were used. The influence of water, silica fume and ground granular b... Read More about Optimisation of embodied carbon and compressive strength in low carbon concrete.

Hybrid rubber-concrete isolation slab system with various shape factors for structures subjected to horizontal and vertical vibrations (2022)
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The present framework proposed the development of a Hybrid Rubber-Concrete Isolation Slab System (HRCISS) to support building structures subjected to horizontal and vertical vibration due to ground motion and machine or equipment operation in the str... Read More about Hybrid rubber-concrete isolation slab system with various shape factors for structures subjected to horizontal and vertical vibrations.

Reinforced concrete beams externally strengthened by CFRP rods with steel plate, anchorage bolts, and concrete jacketing (2022)
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This study proposed a new scheme for the retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete (RC) beams using Carbon Fiber Reinforced (CFRP) rods restrained using steel plates and anchorage bolts called the mechanical anchorage system (MAS). This system also employe... Read More about Reinforced concrete beams externally strengthened by CFRP rods with steel plate, anchorage bolts, and concrete jacketing.

Chronic crisis: 30 years on from the Dublin Principles and still no market to value water (2022)
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Solving the global water crisis requires water to be economically mobile. Well-regulated water markets that can allocate scarce water resources to their best economic, social and environmental uses will require rigorous water accounting; access to th... Read More about Chronic crisis: 30 years on from the Dublin Principles and still no market to value water.

An approach for developing probabilistic models for temperature-dependent properties of construction materials from fire tests and small data (2022)
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Probabilistic approaches provide a more realistic look into assessing structures under fire conditions and overcome some limitations observed in the more traditional (deterministic) approaches. These approaches have also been introduced to the fire e... Read More about An approach for developing probabilistic models for temperature-dependent properties of construction materials from fire tests and small data.

Housing and the politics of Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Planning in England (2022)
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The 2008 Planning Act introduced a new approach for determining large (‘nationally significant’) infrastructure projects in a new national process that would unify consent regimes and speed up decisions within fixed timescales outside of local planni... Read More about Housing and the politics of Nationally Strategic Infrastructure Planning in England.