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Concrete is the main material used in the construction industry not only for the ability to produce infinite variety of shapes for precast forms and for its characteristics of high resistance to compression, but primarily for their low manufacturing cost. Nonetheless, the production [...]

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The advance in research and development will make the deployment of automated vehicles a reality in the near future. At the initial stage, semi-automated vehicles with the capability to follow each other automatically in the same lane will coexist with manually driven vehicles on [...]

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In this work original experimental data and a simplified model for the prediction of pressure drops in pipelines equipped with static mixers are presented. The experimental data clarify the effect of the element length and of the relative position between two consecutive elements [...]

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This work is aimed at investigating the capability of a fully predictive computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach to catch the main features of the liquid flow in pipelines equipped with corrugated static mixer inserts. The simulations are based on the numerical solution of the [...]

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LIXIL Co. handles a wide range of water-related products such as showers, toilets, baths, and kitchens. The fluid behavior control is a key technology for developing of these products. Therefore, the numerical simulation with CFD plays an important role in product and technical development. [...]