From among the several types of slabs, there is uncertainty about most cost-effective one for structures with short, medium, and long spans. A study comparing cost solid, flat, hollow block (HB), post-tensioned (PT) slabs 4, 6, 8m spans was conducted using SAFE software. For each span length, total quantities concrete steel bars were found compared 4 slabs. Then, bars, concrete, blocks, tendons...

New European product standards now include a mandatory requirement for manufacturers to declare the temperature-dependent thermal conductivity for each insulation used in building equipments and industrial installations. For pipe insulation systems, the measurement is usually performed by a standard pipe test method, in which the value on a large temperature range is integrated to reduce temper...

2014 The density of states of quasiparticles in an anisotropic flat slab or half-space is calculated in the effective mass tensor approximation. The results obtained are used to find the surface contribution to the density of states which is proportional to the surface-to-volume ratio. Under certain conditions discussed in the paper, the surface contribution found remains valid for an assembly ...

In Table S1, we provide information on the events we used for the receiver functions (RFs). The time-axis RFs are shown in Figure S1. With Figure S2 and Text S1, we derive the relationship between the change in estimated Moho depth and the change in the Vp/Vs ratio used in the reference model to convert Ps arrival time to depth. With Figure S3 and Text S2, we rationalize our observation of posi...

The instrumental polarization induced by a flat isotropic dielectric slab in microwave frequencies is discussed. We find that, in spite of its isotropic nature, such a dielectric can produce spurious polarization either by transmitting incoming anisotropic diffuse radiation or emitting when it is thermally inhomogeneous. We present evaluations of instrumental polarization generated by materials...