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    • Thermo-hydraulic numerical modelling of in-soil conditions in reinforced soil walls 

      Moncada Ramírez, Aníbal Andrés; Puig Damians, Ivan; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Bathurst, Richard (2023-08)
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      The role of temperature and relative humidity on long-term mechanical and chemical degradation of polyester fibres due to hydrolysis and creep is well documented. This study presents the results of a thermo-hydraulic 2D ...

    • Analysis of the extension of the elastic parameters for modelling highly expansive unsaturated soils with the Barcelona basic model 

      Alcoverro Bassols, Jordi; Pintado, Xavier; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià; Toprak, Erdem; Niskanen, Mika (Hindawi, 2023-07)
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      Modelling of engineered barrier systems (EBS) in deep geological disposals of spent nuclear fuel requires sophisticated approaches that include highly nonlinear constitutive models. The Barcelona Basic Model for Expansive ...

    • Microstructure and hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted granular bentonite 

      Zeng, Hao; González Blanco, Laura; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Fraccica, Alessandro (EDP Sciences, 2023)
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      In recent years, granular bentonite GB has become a reference material since it facilitates the backfilling operation due to high-density compacted granules with extended grain size distribution (maximum sizes around 10 ...

    • The importance of the microstructure on hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted granular bentonite 

      Zeng, Hao; González Blanco, Laura; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Fraccica, Alessandro (2023-12)
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      Granular bentonite (GB) with extended grain size distribution, a candidate material to construct engineered barriers, has low water permeability, high swelling potential and self-sealing capacity and is desirable in ...

    • Role of soil biofilms in clogging and fate of pharmaceuticals: a laboratory-scale column experiment 

      Muñoz Vega, Edinsson; Schulz, Stephan; Rodríguez Escales, Paula-Felicidad; Behle, Vera Rebecca; Spada, Lucas; Vogel, Alexander L.; Sánchez Vila, Francisco Javier; Schüth, Christoph (American Chemical Society, 2023-08)
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      Contamination of groundwater with pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) increased over the last decades. Potential pathways of PhACs to groundwater include techniques such as irrigation, managed aquifer recharge, or bank ...

    • Assessment of badland susceptibility and its governing factors using a random forest approach: application to the Upper Llobregat River Basin and Catalonia (Spain) 

      Torra i Truncal, Ona; Hurlimann Ziegler, Marcel; Puig i Polo, Càrol; Moreno de las Heras, Mariano (Elsevier, 2023-11)
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      Badlands are considered hotspots of sediment production, contributing to large fractions of the sediment budget of catchments and river basins. The erosion rates of these areas can exceed 100 t ha-1 y-1, leading to significant ...

    • Utilization of mine waste heat in phase change rechargeable battery 

      Liu, Hengfeng; Zhang, Jixiong; Rodríguez Dono, Alfonso; Zhou, Nan; Wang, Yanjun; Sun, Qiang; Li, Baiyi (2023-10)
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      Mine geothermal energy has been recognized as “heat hazard”, which is harmful to the health of miners and causes disasters. In order to realize the transformation of mine geothermal energy and waste heat from “hazard/waste” ...

    • An assessment tool to improve rural groundwater access: integrating hydrogeological modelling with socio-technical factors 

      Cid Escobar, Daniela; Folch Sancho, Albert; Ferrer Ramos, Nuria; Katuva, Jacob; Sánchez Vila, Francisco Javier (Elsevier, 2024-02)
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      Sustainable exploitation of groundwater resources for drinking water provision in rural communities in sub-Sahara Africa remains elusive due to the limited knowledge of these hydrogeological systems. This is exacerbated ...

    • Influence of temperature on residual strength of clayey soils 

      García Núñez, Luis Miguel; Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Lloret Morancho, Antonio; Soncco Halanocca, Edwin Aristides (Elsevier, 2023-09)
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      This paper presents the influence of temperature on the residual strength by analyzing shearing tests carried out in a temperature- and velocity-controlled ring shear apparatus. Temperature was applied in steps of cooling ...

    • Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Mclaughlin, S; Dalton, Benjamin; Haidar Ahmad, Dima; Ahmad, Shahid; Ahmadi, Abolfaz; Aljahdali, Hani Moaiteq; Andrei, C.O.; Al Badawi, Ahmad; Bagherieh, Sara; Bhaskar, Sonu; Cho, Wonjun; Chu, Dewei; Díaz Sánchez, Daniel; Feng, Xiaodong; Ben Hassen, M.; Heidari, Majid; Hossain, Md Abid; Hosseinzadeh, Mohammad Reza; Ben-Yehuda, Muli; Hussain, Syed Asad; Kilic, Mukremin; Iqbal Begum, Awais; Jain, Rahul; Joseph, Augustine; Kebede, S; Koyanagi, Ai; Kumar, Haresh; Kundu, Swarup; Larsson, A.; Lee, Wonyoung; Anchalee, Puengnim; Lopes, Gonçalo; Mahmoud, Malak Maher Fawzy; Cusmai, Adriel; Makris, K G; Malik Ara, Ibrar; Al Mamun, Abdullah; Martini, Séverine; Marzo Lafuente, Rafael; Mossialos, E; Mueller, Ute; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes; Patel, J M; Rahmani, Saman; Rashidi Meybodi, Mehdi; Riaz, Maryam; Salemsafi, Sanam; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Salehi, Maryam; Salomón Arquedas, Juan Carlos; Sanabria, José A.; Schlaich, Mike; Singh, Parvesh; Soleimani, Hesam; Patan, Krzysztof; Tyrovolas, Stefanos; Vaziri, Sam; Verma, Manish; Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I; Moniruzzaman, Shaikh; Zare, Iman; Zoladl, Mohammad; Zou, ZhiXiang; Vos, Tanja; Marateb, Hamid Reza (2023-06)
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      Background Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global ...

    • Modelling a hydration and heating column test on unsaturated bentonite using a double-porosity approach 

      Barboza de Vasconcelos, Ramón; Gens Solé, Antonio; Vaunat, Jean; Rodríguez Romero, Carlos Eduardo; Villar Galicia, María Victoria (EDP Sciences, 2023)
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      A controlled re-saturation of a heated 50 cm long column made of MX-80 bentonite pellets in the CIEMAT laboratory facilities (Madrid, Spain) has been running for 10 years (2011-2021). The experimental data on the saturation ...

    • Homogenization of unsaturated bentonite during hydration 

      Gens Solé, Antonio; Barboza de Vasconcelos, Ramón; Rodríguez Romero, Carlos Eduardo; Vaunat, Jean; Villar Galicia, María Victoria (EDP Sciences, 2023)
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      Bentonite barriers are a key component in may designs of deep geological repositories for high level nuclear waste. During the hydration stage, the bentonite undergoes non-uniform changes in dry density that may persist ...