An interesting subclass of Noun-noun combinations in English can take two meanings depending on whether the first or second word is stressed in speech. A BRICK factory is one that makes bricks, whereas a brick FACTORY is one made of brick. An explanation is offered in terms of a bias for nouns from particular ontological categories to trigger particular semantic interpretations for a combinatio...

One way to increase the heat transfer is to use perforated twisted tapes with different hole diameters, which largely improve heat transfer with an increase in the heat transfer area at the constant volume and more mixed flow. In the previous studies, the effect of nanofluids with perforated twisted tapes is less studied. In this work, the performance of water / iron oxide nanofluid in a double...

Abstract—Coal fly ash, an industrial by product of coal combustion thermal power plants is considered as a hazardous material and its improper disposal has become an environmental issue. On the other hand, manufacturing conventional clay bricks involves on consumption of large amount of clay and leads substantial depletion of topsoil. This paper unveils the possibility of using fly ash as a par...

Masonry infill walls are the standard solution to build envelopes and partitions in reinforced concrete buildings southern Europe. In Portugal, masonry appeared sixties, with massive use of frames for residential commercial buildings. Since then until our days infills (cavity walls) have not experienced significant changes, apart from some variations thickness introduction thermal isolation bet...