Widespread floods affecting multiple subbasins in a river basin are more disastrous than localized flooding. Understanding the mechanisms, drivers and probability of widespread flooding is pertinent for devising suitable ...
Jilani, Nadim; Yadav, Somil; Panda, Sarat Kumar; Mohapatra, Pranab K.; Tiwari, G. N.(American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023-03)
The present study proposes a Quonset-type greenhouse integrated with a thin-film photovoltaic thermal (GiPVT) system for crop cultivation in harsh hot climate conditions. A periodic thermal model in terms of input climatic ...
The albedo of surfaces in urban areas plays an important role in regulating the urban microclimate and needs to be measured. Artificial urban surfaces, e.g., pavements with lower albedo than natural surfaces such as grass ...
In the recent times, multi-metal co-contamination in the groundwater of various parts of the globe has emerged as a challenging environmental health problems. While arsenic (As) has been reported with high fluoride and at ...
A jack-up structure is a bottom-mounted floating unit having an adjustable hull and movable legs. Particular jack-up structures are more susceptible to hazards under environmental loads during their operation and life cycle ...
The Ganga river, a symbol of faith for hundreds of millions of Indians, provides all essentials for the development of human beings such as ample amount of freshwater for domestic-agriculture-industrial purposes, productive ...
Fayaz, Zarnain; Pandya, Saloni; Sachan, Ajanta(Taylor and Francis, 2023-02)
Micaceous sands are known as problematic/undesirable soils for road/railway construction as such soils exhibit rebound action under traffic loading conditions leading to severe damage in subgrades and embankments. In the ...
Pandey, Abhishek K.; Mohapatra, Pranab K.(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023-04)
Artificial open-channel junctions have sharp corners and a smaller width-to-depth ratio. Despite numerous studies on channel junctions, knowledge on turbulent structures and their role in mixing at artificial junctions is ...