In this paper we present a new experimental setup combining laboratory high resolution computed micro-tomography (MCT) with a flow microcell specially designed to reproduce in-situ multiphase flow experiments and monitor the fluid distribution at the pore scale. The objective is to describe the fluid saturations and distribution at different steps of the capillary pressure cycle (drainage and i...

The pore structure plays an important role in determining the performance of solid materials. This paper reviews studies about geopolymers, a rising kind eco-friendly low-calcium-content cementitious material. Geopolymers usually show four-leveled multiscale structure. abundance nano pores is key feature geopolymers comparing with that ordinary Portland cement. Factors, such as raw materials, a...

In this paper, the analysis and homogenization of a poroelastic model for hydro-mechanical response fiber-reinforced hydrogels are considered. Here, medium in question is considered to be highly heterogeneous two-component media composed connected fiber-scaffold with periodically distributed inclusions hydrogel. While fibers assumed elastic, hydromechanical hydrogel modeled via Biot's poroelast...

ions of the global environment are brought down to the macro level to guide macro-level implementation. Shadow This is a representation of the global wires overlaying a macro that is used to guide macro physical design and for macro extraction. Timing assertions This is information on the global timing at macro interfaces-arrival times with phase tags on inputs, required arrival times with phas...

POMDP planning faces two major computational challenges: large state spaces and long planning horizons. The recently introduced Monte Carlo Value Iteration (MCVI) can tackle POMDPs with very large discrete state spaces or continuous state spaces, but its performance degrades when faced with long planning horizons. This paper presents Macro-MCVI, which extends MCVI by exploiting macro-actions fo...