- Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
- Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Concrete and Cement Materials Research
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
- Heat Transfer Mechanisms
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
- Concrete Corrosion and Durability
- Microbial Applications in Construction Materials
- Building materials and conservation
- Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
- Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
- Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
- Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
- Seismic Performance and Analysis
- Dam Engineering and Safety
- Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
- Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
- Lubricants and Their Additives
- Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis
- Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
- thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
2022-2024
Institute of Technology and Life Sciences
2024
Heat and mass transfer have numerous industrial applications. The classical heat laws (Fourier Fick laws) do not predict thermal solute relaxation time phenomena. However, in this article, generalized modeling related to simultaneous non-Newtonian fluid the presence of chemical reaction generation is presented models are numerically solved by finite element method (FEM). Hybrid nanoparticles Ag andFe3O4 considered novel correlations inserted during numerical simulations. present results a...
The mechanical properties of concrete are the important parameters in a design code. amount laboratory trial batches and experiments required to produce useful data can be decreased by using robust prediction models for concrete, which save time money. Portland cement is frequently substituted with metakaolin (MK) because its technical environmental advantages. In this study, three MK, i.e., compressive strength (f'c), splitting tensile (fst), flexural (FS) were modelled four machine...
Abstract The article aims to investigate the influence of copper (Cu) and a combination aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) on simultaneous transfer heat mass in sodium alginate liquid moving over circular pipe. This transport activity is modeled by use conservation laws with correlations for physical quantities Cu, Al , alginate. Through cylindrical coordinates formulation, set partial differential equations obtained. These models are solved numerically finite element method (FEM). relaxation time...
Researchers and engineers are presently focusing on efficient waste material utilization in the construction sector to reduce waste. Waste marble dust has been added concrete minimize pollution landfills problems. Therefore, was utilized concrete, its prediction made via an artificial intelligence approach give easier way scholars for sustainable construction. Various blends of having 40 mixes were as partial substitutes dust. The ultrasonic pulse velocity (WMDC) compared a control mix...
For the creation of healable cement concrete matrix, microbial self-healing solutions are significantly more creative and potentially successful. The current study investigates whether gram-positive "Bacillus subtilis" (B. subtilis) microorganisms can effectively repair structural non-structural cracks caused at nano- microscale. By creating an effective immobilization strategy in a coherent manner, primary challenge regarding viability such microbes mixture atmosphere has been successfully...
Around the globe, natural reserves are depleting consistently. In this undeniable situation, it has become essential to find out substitute resources for ingredients of cement concrete. To encounter issue, present study aims utilize electronic waste (e-waste) as a source aggregates in production experimental-based investigation, shredded e-waste is utilized partial replacement coarse aggregate (CA) concrete with constant volume 30% mechanical, durability, and microstructural features....
Cracking is one of the main ways that concrete ages, allowing pollutants to seep within and potentially lowering physical mechanical strength endurance structures. One healing procedures merits research use bacterially generated calcium carbonate precipitation in mixtures mend cracks. The impact different variables, including nucleation location, bacterial type, concentration, uratolytic activities, pH, nutrition, temperature on bio-mineralization are discussed this review article. ATR-IR...
Water treatment plants produce a huge amount of sludge, which are ultimately disposed to the nearest water channel, leading harmful effects. This unmanaged wastewater plant sludge (WTS) results in social and environmental concerns. Therefore, utilization WTS construction activities can be viable option for management waste sustainable infrastructures. The main aim this study was investigate potential manufacturing clay bricks at an industrial scale. procured from Rawal Lake plant, Pakistan....
The low tensile strain capacity and brittle nature of high-strength concrete (HSC) can be improved by incorporating steel fibers into it. Steel fibers' addition in HSC results bridging behavior which improves its post-cracking behavior, provides cracks arresting stresses transfer concrete. Using machine learning (ML) techniques, properties prediction is an effective solution to conserve construction time cost. Therefore, sophisticated ML approaches are applied this study predict the...
Cracking is one of the main problems in concrete structures and affected by various parameters. The step-by-step laboratory method, which includes casting specimens, curing for a certain period, testing, remains source worry terms cost time. Novel machine learning methods anticipating behavior raw materials on ultimate output are being introduced to address difficulties outlined above such as excessive consumption time money. This work estimates splitting-tensile strength containing recycled...
The present study aims to fill a gap in the literature on estimation of bond strength fiber reinforced polymer sheets bonded concrete, via externally reinforcement grooves (EBROG) technique, employing curve-fitting existing datasets and methodology Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Therefore, dataset 39 experimental results derived from EBROG technique is collected literature. A mathematical equation for FRP applied concrete was suggested using general regression. proposed compared...
While openings are an essential requirement in buildings as a source of access, fresh air and sunlight, these cause reduction the lateral stiffness torsional resistance masonry wall units. A detailed numerical investigation was carried out to explore impact opening percentage on in-plane strength unconfined confined panels prepared using calcium silicate bricks, for sustainable structures. commercially available FEM package (ANSYS) used carry comparative analysis ten panels, five each type...
This paper presents a study focused on two pivotal innovations in the field of fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC) to significantly enhance its durability and sustainability construction. First, our research investigates application advanced self-healing mechanisms FRC. By embedding microcapsules containing healing agents within matrix, we achieved remarkable reduction crack propagation improved structural integrity. Our results demonstrate that FRC exhibited 30% increase compressive strength...
Improper disposal of plastic waste (P-waste) poses significant pollution and health risks to the environment. Additionally, steel rebar corrosion in concrete structures reduces their strength serviceability. To address these issues, this study explores using glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebars replacing natural coarse aggregates with P-waste for sustainable eco-friendly construction. This work investigates axial performance polypropylene structural aggregate (SFPC) compressive...
Novel models for heat flux with laws of linear and angular momenta convection-diffusion equation are used the formulation system problems associated flow polymer (micropolar fluid) over a cylindrical heated body elongating in radial direction non-uniform velocity. Spin gradient vortex effects couple stresses taken into account. Problems solved using finite element method (FEM) Galerkin approximation. Grid-independent convergent solutions derived. The results special cases compared validated...
The load–deformation relationship under the footing is essential for foundation design. Shallow foundations are subjected to changes in hydrological conditions such as rainfall and drought, affecting their saturation level conditions. actual load–settlement response design reconstructions determined experimentally, numerically, or utilizing both approaches. Ssettlement computation performed through large-scale physical modeling extensive laboratory testing. It expensive, labor intensive,...
This article models the diffusion process of heat and mass transfer in synovial fluid (SF) which is viscous non-Newtonian present articular cartilage joint. The viscosity SF a function concentration hyaluronan (HA) shear rate. physicochemical properties HA use antioxidants main motivation for considering Brownian motion thermophoresis liquid. mathematical depending upon rate dependent are coupled with conservation governing equations. To explore behavior material parameters on lubricant...
Motile gyrotactic organism activity in micropolar fluid subjected to simultaneous heat and mass transfer the presence of thermal diffusion thermo effects is modeled. The base taken as kerosene oil. immersion nano-sized particles Cu−TiO2 oil makes its rheological characteristics because serve micro-structures. In this case couple stress, vortex spin gradient viscosities become significant simultaneously linear angular momenta equally remarkable. So, theory best model nano-structures fluid....
Heat conduction and solute diffusion in fluid have been used for modeling of simultaneous heat mass transportation non-Newtonian obeying the power-law rheological constitutive model. For thermal transport enhancement, nanoparticles (Cu Al2O3 ) are dispersed a mixture water ethylene glycol (EG). Mathematical models with correlations physical properties solved numerically via finite element method (FEM). Wall shear stress on surface pipe is enhanced when intensity magnetic field rises. The...