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Moral and formal model-based control strategy for autonomous vehicles at traffic-light-free intersections

Making an effective traffic strategy is a challenging problem that involves efficiency and safety, where traffic lights play an important role. Especially in cases without traffic lights, creating traffic stra...

Teng Zhou, Yongsheng Zhao, Zhizhe Lin… in Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities (2024)

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Generic load regulation strategy for enhancing energy efficiency of chiller plants

In many chiller plants, high coefficient of performance (COP) is only achieved at a few favorable part load ratios (PLRs), while the COP is low at many other non-favorable PLRs. To address this issue, this stu...

Hang Wan, Yuyang Gong, Shengwei Wang, Yongjun Sun, Tao Xu… in Building Simulation (2024)

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Erratum to: Research on the influence of outdoor trees on natural ventilation performance of an academic building

Shengnan Niu, **aodong Liu, Annan Wang, Lufang Chen, **n Zhou… in Building Simulation (2024)

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This standard specifies the construction technology and related operations of pipe jacking.

Lu Wang, Zhiguo Wu, Yong Chen, Zhaoquan Wang… in Technology Standard of Pipe Jacking (2024)

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Application of the Air-Jet Laser Detection Technology for Asphalt Binders

A fast and convenient technique for Asphalt Binders was proposed in this paper, which was based on air-jet pressurized and laser to detect the transient deformation and creep recovery of asphalt. Taking five k...

Zhijun Wang, **aoming Huang, Rong Ma in International Journal of Pavement Research… (2023)

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Exploring the association between travel demand changes and the built environment during the COVID-19 pandemic

This study compared the extent to which COVID-19 impacted travel demand of bike-sharing and taxi in New York City, and further explored how the changes in travel demand were associated with the built environme...

Zhiyao Mai, Mingjia He, Chengxiang Zhuge… in Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities (2023)

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On-site solar PV generation and use: Self-consumption and self-sufficiency

As energy storage systems are typically not installed with residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, any “excess” solar energy exceeding the house load remains unharvested or is exported to the grid. This p...

Zheng Wang, Mark B. Luther, Peter Horan, Jane Matthews, Chunlu Liu in Building Simulation (2023)

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Value-added recycling of sludge and sludge ash into low-carbon construction materials: current status and perspectives

Sludge as the by-product of wastewater treatment usually accumulates toxic substances that require specific treatment before disposal. With the increase of sludge production, the safe and economic treatment of...

Yan **a, Yue Liu, Lei Wang, Zhenhao Song… in Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction (2023)

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Investigating the use cases of a novel heat battery in Dutch residential buildings

Recent advances in thermochemical storage technology have introduced a novel closed-loop thermal energy storage (TES) system, known as the heat battery (HB), which is believed to have great potential for aidin...

Shuwei Wang, Pieter-Jan Hoes, Jan L. M. Hensen, Olaf C. G. Adan… in Building Simulation (2023)

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Effects of carbon-sequestering coral aggregate on pore structures and compressive strength of concrete

CO₂ sequestration/storage shows considerable impacts on the pore structures and compressive strength of concrete. This paper presents a study in which coral aggregates were presoaked in Ca(OH)₂ slurries with diff...

Renjie Mi, Yifei Wang, Tao Yu, Wengui Li in Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction (2023)

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The next frontier: data-driven urban underground space planning orienting multiple development concepts

In recent years, the comprehensive and extensive development of urban underground space (UUS) has gained substantial popularity with the efficient guidance of UUS planning. This study discussed the research tr...

Fang-Le Peng, Yun-Hao Dong, Wei-** Wang… in Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities (2023)

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Numerical investigation of im**ing jet ventilation in ICUs: Is thermal stratification a problem?

Intensive care units (ICUs) are the high incidence sites of hospital-acquired infections, where im**ing jet ventilation (IJV) shows great potential. Thermal stratification of IJV and its effect on contaminan...

Lei Wang, Zhiqiang Wang, Sirui Zhu, Zhe Zhu, Tao **, Jianjian Wei in Building Simulation (2023)

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AlphaMobileSensing: A virtual testbed for mobile environmental monitoring

Environmental monitoring plays a critical role in creating and maintaining a comfortable, productive, and healthy environment. Built upon the advancements of robotics and data processing, mobile sensing demons...

Qi Zhou, Haoran Zhong, Linyan Li, Zhe Wang in Building Simulation (2023)

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Bamboo Winding Composite Utility Tunnels: a case study on mechanical behavior with WSN monitoring and numerical simulation

Bamboo Winding Composite Pipes (BWCPs) have many advantages such as good mechanical properties, low cost, low carbon, environmental friendliness, thermal insulation and easy installation et al. At present, BWC...

Hengdong Wang, Jiawei Wang, **n **e… in Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction (2023)

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Investigation of carbon emission in slurry shield tunnel construction based on modified process analysis method

Underground engineering, including shield tunnel construction, is a significant contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in infrastructure engineering projects. To better predict and control the carbon emission...

Wuxue Li, Lei Kou, **aoyu He, Yibo Wang… in Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction (2023)

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Tracing the origin of large respiratory droplets by their deposition characteristics inside the respiratory tract during speech

Origin of differently sized respiratory droplets is fundamental for clarifying their viral loads and the sequential transmission mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments. Transient talking activities cha...

Yihan Wang, Jianjian Wei, Caroline X. Gao, Tao **, Li Liu in Building Simulation (2023)

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Temporal-spatial risk assessment of COVID-19 under the influence of urban spatial environmental parameters: The case of Shenyang city

Respiratory infection is the main route for the transmission of coronavirus pneumonia, and the results have shown that the urban spatial environment significantly influences the risk of infection. Based on the...

Sui Li, Zhe Li, Yixin Dong, Tiemao Shi, Shiwen Zhou, Yumeng Chen… in Building Simulation (2023)

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Numerical modeling of seismic behavior of ellipse and peanut-shaped auxetic steel plate shear walls

This study proposes a new auxetic-shaped steel plate shear walls (simply referred to as ASSPSWs) consisting of boundary members and built-in perforated infill plates. The connection type between the boundary m...

Junjie Wang, Yazhi Zhu, **aoning Cai in Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction (2023)

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Carbon emissions from buildings based on a life cycle analysis: carbon reduction measures and effects of green building standards in China

Carbon emissions from buildings account for approximately half of China's total social carbon emissions. Focusing only on the carbon emissions of building operation tends to neglect the carbon emissions of oth...

Zhenwei Guo, Qingqin Wang, Na Zhao… in Low-carbon Materials and Green Construction (2023)

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A modelling method for large-scale open spaces orientated toward coordinated control of multiple air-terminal units

The temperature distribution is always assumed to be homogeneous in a traditional single-input-single-output (SISO) air conditioning control strategy. However, the airflow inside is more complicated and unpred...

Pei Zhou, Songjie Wang, **tao Zhou, Syed Asad Hussain, ** Liu… in Building Simulation (2023)