The long-term reaction of alkaline solutions representative of early and late stages of concrete degradation (K Na OH, pH 13.5, and Ca OH, pH 12.5, synthetic solutions) was studied by diffusion experiments with compacted bentonite columns at 90 °C.
Building on an extensive literature review on the state-of-the-art of non-structural retrofit solutions, representative retrofit options are investigated for six combinations of building class and seismic hazard at the building location (in Italy), by means of probabilistic seismic loss estimation and corresponding cost-benefit analysis.
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The actual brine composition was determined by Rosenberg et al. [6] after evaporating a synthetic solution representative of certain types of calcium-rich pore waters at Yucca Mountain and concentrating that solution by a factor of 1,243.
"The White House said they were 'shaking every tree' for solutions," said Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the No. 2 House Republican.
In DETCHEMMONOLITH, the concept of building a transient model of the monolith reactor by the calculation of steady-state solutions of representative channels has been improved.
Cyclic voltammetries and impedance investigations recorded in alkaline solutions at representative Ni electrodes decorated with nanowires provide consistent values of roughness factor, in the range 20 25.
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"House Republicans will seize the opportunity in respectful terms, but candid and frank terms, and make it clear to the president that we have better solutions," said Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, the chairman of the House Republican Conference.
This problem is magnified when applied to many-objective optimisation, as care is needed to ensure that the final population of candidate solutions is representative of the trade-off surface.
