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Thermoelectric Building Materials
The external facade of a building showcases the novel high‐efficiency thermoelectric building material proposed in this paper. By harnessing the technology of thermoelectric power generation based on temperature differences, this material enables buildings to transform from passive electricity consumers to active electricity producers. This breakthrough technology...
Thermoelectric (TE) building materials have the potential to revolutionize sustainable architecture by converting temperature differences into electrical energy. This study introduces geopolymeric TE materials enhanced with manganese dioxide (MnO2) as a modifying agent. Calorimetric experiments examine the impact of MnO2 on geopolymerization. Mechanical tests show that adding MnO2 (up to 5% by weight)...
The bond between concrete and reinforcement is one of the critical parameters influencing the structural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC). This research proposes a mathematical methodology to scale the reinforcement‐concrete bond‐slip relationship in a beam lattice modeling framework. A simplified, generalized approach based on stochastic analysis is proposed to model the interaction between the...