<jats:p>This paper evaluates the potential energy savings when switchable insulation systems (SIS) are applied to walls of residential buildings located in Belgium and other locations in Europe. The study considers two low-energy prototypical dwellings (an apartment and...

<jats:p>Rock mass is a medium created through processes that have lasted over four billion years, and its intrinsic feature is the variability of the parameters that describe it. A particularly high variability of mechanical parameters is observed in Carboniferous sedim...

Construction of any excavation adds to the re-distribution of stresses around abutment and crown. This is stabilised by providing extra reinforcement. When a large underground cavern is excavated, stress re-distribution around abutment is obvious. Underground powerhouse...

[EN] From a letter dated 1913 to W. Ritter in which he described the “erotic obsession” which had caused him to depict the statue of the Sleeping Ariadne in the gardens of Versailles as a scantily-clad odalisque in the painting entitled “La Versailles du Grand Turc”, up...

Installation time of ground support in many caverns excavation is mainly based on analytical and empirical method, instead of the robust numerical simulations. A novel graph method is proposed to determine the installation time of the support upon finite difference meth...

The phenomenon of the floor upheaval occurs in virtually every type of rock mass and at every depth, accompanying the process of excavation of tunnels and headings. Despite its inconvenience, it is rarely studied because of the complexity of the process and the multipli...

Thermal bridges accounted for 30% of the impact on the energy performance of European residential building stock. Nevertheless, European countries and their standards do not take into account the influences of this type of anomaly. Furthermore, current methods for quant...

<jats:p>The present research primarily focuses on the investigation of gate-entry stability of longwall trial panel under weak geological condition in Indonesia coal mine by means of numerical analysis. This work aims at identifying appropriate roof support at 100 m and...