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Evaluation of the hygroscopic and CO2 capture capacities of earth and gypsum-based plasters
Earth mortars and gypsum mortars present ecological advantages compared to mortars made with other common binders. When applied as plasters, they are also referred as having advantages in improving comfort and indoor air quality. For earth plasters, this improvement is associated with the hygroscopic capacity of the clay minerals, which promotes high sorption and desorption capacity of water vapor. So, earth plasters can contribute to the regulation of the indoor relative humidity. Another important advantage of plasters could be their ability to capture carbon dioxide (CO2). In the present study, the sorption and desorption performance, and the capacity to capture CO2 by earth and gypsum plasters are evaluated. It is confirmed that the earth plaster has the greatest sorption and desorption capacity, but also higher CO2 capture capacity than gypsum plaster. This confirmation opens new perspectives for the use of functionalized plasters that guarantee greater control of air quality inside buildings.
Ano: 2023
Número Páginas:
207-215pp..
Autor(es): Faria, P.; Gomes, I.; Santos Silva, A.; Santos, T.
Revista: Conservation and Restoration of Historic Mortars and Masonry Structures
Editor: Springer
Keywords: Mortar; Indoor air quality; Hygroscopicity; Gypsum; Clayey earth; CO2 capture
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Innovative Durability Tests on Construction Materials
Innovation in structures and construction materials demands a more accurate performance analysis during the life cycle. In addition, climatic changes pose new challenges to civil infrastructures that were not so relevant in the past. In most cases, the traditional test methods cannot accurately assess the complex phenomena involved in durability. The modern and complex factors require a different approach to durability analysis. The purpose of this chapter is to present innovative durability tests on construction materials: wood; rammed earth, cob and unfired blocks; natural stone; bituminous binders and mixtures; and Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) to concrete bonded connections. Most of these tests concern the accelerated simulation of the main phenomena involved in durability performance
Ano: 2023
Número Páginas:
53-73pp..
Autor(es): Lina Nunes; Biscaia, H.; Ludovico-Marques, M.; Neves, J.; Faria, P.; Chastre, C.
Revista: Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering
Editor: Springer
Keywords: Performance; Innovation; Durability; ccelerated durability tests; Accelerated durability tests; Ageing techniques
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New Environmental Requirements
In the construction sector, overall policies on resource efficiency and the circular economy have as one of their objectives the shift from the use of natural mate-rials to industrial by-products and materials recovered from waste. In this context, the assessment of the presence of hazardous substances in construction products and the corresponding implications for the environment
Ano: 2023
Número Páginas:
103-119pp.
Autor(es): Silva, H. M.; Martins, I. M.
Revista: Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering. Materials, Structures and Buildings
Editor: Springer
Volume:
Cap. 5.
Keywords: Eco-labels; Ecotoxicity; Leaching; Hazardous substances; Environmental assessment; Construction materials
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Optimisation of Production Parameters to Develop Innovative Eco-efficient Boards
Laboratory tests were carried out to define production parameters of innovative eco-efficient composites made up of hazelnut shells as aggregate and a sodium silicate solution as adhesive. The aim was to maximize the content of bio-aggregates and minimize the amount of adhesive, guaranteeing the feasibility of producing samples. Therefore, after preliminary testing, the percentages of hazelnut shells and the sodium silicate solution were kept constant: 70% and 30% of the total volume, respectively. However, the characteristics of the considered composites did not allow the production of uniform samples. The sodium silicate solution was not rapidly absorbed by the bio-aggregates; during the drying process, it was deposited on the bottom side of the samples. The uniformity of the samples is required to guarantee a correct evaluation of their performance and future homogeneous panels. Hence, different production parameters were investigated, such as drying at T
Ano: 2023
Número Páginas:
11p..
Autor(es): Lina Nunes; Molari, L.; Faria, P.; Cintura, E.
Revista: Bio-Based Building Materials
Editor: Springer
Volume:
Volume 45.
Keywords: Sodium silicate; Hazelnut shells; Bio-waste
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Testing Durability on Construction Materials
The durability of construction materials is a key concern and can be related to different actions such as weathering conditions outdoors enhanced by climatic change, chemical and biological attack, abrasion, and other conditions of service over time. Frequently, several actions develop simultaneously, making it difficult to reproduce in situ conditions in laboratory. Furthermore, testing to assess durability depends largely on the nature of the material itself or on the way it has been assembled with other materials. The ageing techniques to assess long-term durability performance of construction materials are based on accelerated durability tests, which include, for example, thermal stress, freeze
Ano: 2023
Número Páginas:
29-51pp..
Autor(es): Lina Nunes; Biscaia, H.; Ludovico-Marques, M.; Neves, J.; Faria, P.; Chastre, C.
Revista: Advances on Testing and Experimentation in Civil Engineering
Editor: Springer
Keywords: Wood; UV radiation; Frost; Weathering; Salts; Natural stone; Polymeric composites; Clayish materials; Cementitious composites; Brick; Bituminous binders and mixtures; Biological agents
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3.3 O Regime da Acessibilidade aos Edifícios e Estabelecimentos que Recebem Público, Via Pública e Edifícios Habitacionais.
O Regime da Acessibilidade aos Edifícios e Estabelecimentos que Recebem Público, Via Pública e EdifíciosHabitacionais (RAcE) foi aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 163/2006, de 8 de agosto. Em anexo ao articulado doDecreto-Lei foram aprovadas as
Ano: 2022
Número Páginas:
207-218pp..
Autor(es): Campos, V.; Branco Pedro, J.
Revista: Manual de Reabilitação
Editor: Plataforma Tecnológica Portuguesa da Construção
Volume:
V. 1.
Keywords: NTA; Edifícios Habitacionais; Via Pública; Recebem Público; RAcE; Regime da Acessibilidade aos Edifícios e Estabelecimentos
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Activated carbons in full-scale advanced wastewater treatment
Activated carbons are versatile adsorbents that can play a crucial role in the enhancement of wastewater treatment, namely by controlling organic microcontaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and organic matter. These materials have a 100-year market availability, large scientific testing at lab-scale and applicability in consolidated technologies. However, the use of activated carbons at full-scale wastewater treatment is still emerging, driven by the increasing awareness on environmental and human threats mainly resulting from CECs. The present chapter reviews the literature on the application of activated carbons in full- or large pilot-scale plants, highlighting the state-of-art knowledge on practical issues on operational set-ups, improvements on water overall quality, and costs. The selection criteria and properties of the powdered and granular (PAC and GAC) materials used, and the pros and critical aspects of their application, relevant for product development and process optimisation, are also analysed and determine the research needs proposed for a technical, economic, and environmentally sustainable application of activated carbon in full-scale advanced wastewater treatment.
Ano: 2022
Número Páginas:
44 pp..
Autor(es): Mestre, A.S.; Campinas, M.; Viegas, R.M. C.; Mesquita, E.; Carvalho, A.; Rosa, M. J.
Revista: Advanced Materials for Sustainable Environmental Remediation: Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments
Keywords: Cost analysis; Contaminants of emerging concern; Wastewater treatment; GAC; PAC
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Assessing urban resilience to cope with climate change (Cap. 7)
Urban areas are dynamic, complex, and vulnerable systems involving multiple strategic services such as water supply, wastewater, and stormwater and waste management. Climate-change trends may directly affect the urban water cycle, through heavy rainfall, tides, and droughts, potentially causing cascading impacts with serious consequences for people, the natural and built environments, and the economy. These challenges to urban areas require an integrated and sustainable approach to increase their resilience, with the allocation of the needed resources, including the development and implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies, plans, and regulations in all relevant sectors. This chapter describes a resilience-assessment framework to be used by cities and urban-service managers. It considers a structured and objective-driven assessment aiming at supporting the development and monitoring of cities' and urban services' resilience action plans, thus contributing to appropriate DRR investments. Our approach considers four resilience dimensions: organizational, spatial, functional, and physical. It is aligned with the UNDRR's Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities and addresses the priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. In this chapter, we apply the resilience-assessment framework to the waste and mobility sectors in Lisbon (Portugal), identifying main opportunities to enhance their resilience and supporting the development of resilience and DRR strategies.
Ano: 2022
Número Páginas:
163-188pp..
Autor(es): Brito, R.; Morais, M.; Telhado, M.; Almeida, M. C.; Cardoso, M. A.
Revista: Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience. Design, methods and knowledge in face of climate change
Editor: Elsevier
Keywords: Urban-resilience assessment; Multisectoral approach; Lisbon; Disaster risk reduction; Climate change; Adaptation strategies and measures
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Experimental Characterization of the Flow Field around Oblong Bridge Piers
The prediction of scour evolution at bridge foundations is of utmost importance for engineering design and infrastructures safety. The complexity of the scouring inherent flow field is the result of separation and generation of multiple vortices and further magnified due to the dynamic interaction between the flow and the movable bed throughout the development of a scour hole. In experimental environments, the current approaches for scour characterization rely mainly on measurements of the evolution of movable beds rather than on flow field characterization. This paper investigates the turbulent flow field around oblong bridge pier models in a well-controlled laboratory environment, for understanding the mechanisms of flow responsible for current-induced scour. This study was based on an experimental campaign planned for velocity measurements of the flow around oblong bridge pier models, of different widths, carried out in a large-scale tilting flume. Measurements of stream-wise, cross-wise and vertical velocity distributions, as well as of the Reynolds shear stresses, were performed at both the flat and eroded bed stages of scouring development with a high-resolution acoustic velocimeter. The time-averaged values of velocity and shear stress are larger in the presence of a developed scour hole than in the corresponding flat bed configuration.
Ano: 2022
Número Páginas:
81-101.
Autor(es): Bento, A. M.; Viseu, T.; Pêgo, J. P.; Couto, L. T.
Revista: Environmental Hydraulics, Turbulence and Sediment Transport
Editor: MDPI
Volume:
Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Fluids.
Keywords: velocity profile measurements; flow field; flat and eroded bed; bridge pier
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Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience. Design, methods and Knowledge in the face of climate change.
Urban areas are dynamic, complex, and vulnerable systems involving multiple strategic urban services, stakeholders, and citizens. Strategic services essential to society include water and sewerage (water supply, and wastewater and stormwater management), waste management, energy supply, public lighting, transport, and public security. The potential effects of climate dynamics on the urban areas might lead to the aggravation of existing fragile conditions and the emergence of new hazards or risk factors, with major impacts on strategic urban services, people, the natural and built environment, and the economy. Climate change challenges to urban areas thus require an integrated and sustainable approach to increase their resilience, with the allocation of the needed resources at all administrative levels. These include the development and implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies, policies, plans, laws, and regulations in all relevant sectors (UNISDR, 2015). This chapter describes a resilience assessment framework to be used by cities and urban-service managers. The framework considers a structured and objective-driven assessment aiming at supporting the development and monitoring of cities and urban services resilience action plans, thus contributing to appropriate DRR investments. We then apply this assessment framework to the waste and mobility sectors in Lisbon (Portugal), identifying main opportunities to enhance their resilience.
Ano: 2022
Autor(es): Cardoso, M. A.; Brito, R.; Almeida, M. C.; Telhado, M.; Morais, M.
Revista: Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience. Design, methods and Knowledge in the face of climate change.
Editor: Elsevier
Keywords: Lisbon; Urban resilience assessment; Multisector approach; Disaster risk reduction; Climate change; Adaptation strategies and measures
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