A study of refurbishment of listed buildings into a new facilities

This research is a study on the refurbishment of old building and heritage building in Malaysia. This research intends to highlight the existing practice on rehabilitation projects in Malaysia with the main focus on guidelines at rehabilitation work stages. Besides that, this research describes building restoration and the process of the renewal and refurbishment of the fabric of a building. The objectives of doing this research are to emphasize the importance of refurbishment in order to reserve an old and historical building without make big changes at the façade and structure of the buildings. This research also important in order to study on the space utilization for internal after the buildings have been refurbished and finally to determine various of commercial building that have been refurbished for a new facilities and find the most rapidly area with the preservation and conservation of buildings. The phase covers a wide span of activities, from the cleaning of the interior or exterior of a buildings Buildings are structures which have, from time to time, particular purposes. They require ongoing maintenance to prevent them falling into disrepair as a result of the ravages of time and use. Building restoration can be thought of as that set of activities which are greater than year-to-year maintenance. This research was held at Malacca, Batu Pahat and Muar. This is because; there is many old building and historical building that constructed during the British Colonial and others. The design gave an aesthetic value to the tourist. Based on this research, Malacca is the most rapid area with a refurbishment development because Malacca was awarded with World Heritage List by UNESCO. It is important for Malacca to maintain their historic and aesthetic value of the buildings. Batu Pahat was found the slowest region in refurbishment development

Effect of manufacturing parameters on tensile properties of FDM printed specimens

Nowadays, one of the most studied technologies for obtaining different parts is Additive Manufacturing (AM). Whether it is about plastic or metal materials, AM is used because very complex parts can be obtained, without further technological operations. From all AM technologies, Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is the most used all over the world, due to its cost-effective way of printing. FDM is based on the extrusion of a wire, through which a piece is formed by successively depositing layer-by-layer of molten material. This paper experimentally investigates the tensile properties of 3D printed specimens obtained through FDM printing. The influence of spatial printing direction (0°, 45°, 90°) and size effect (different thickness) on main mechanical properties was investigated. Polylactic acid (PLA) dog bone specimens were adopted for all tensile tests. Experimental tests were carried out at room temperature, according to ISO 527-1 Standard. It was observed that the spatial orientation has less influence on the Young modulus and higher influence on the tensile strength. Furthermore, increasing the number of layers leads to decreasing of both the Young modulus and tensile strength

The effect of process parameters on fracture toughness of specimens obtained via DLP additive manufacturing technology

Digital Light Process (DLP) is one of the Additive Manufacturing (AM) methods to produce three-dimensional (3D) polymeric components with high dimensional stability. The technique is based on light-induced polymerization, consisting in spreading the light of a suitable wavelength in a spatially controlled area according to the component’s digital model. Starting from a liquid monomer solution, a 3D solid polymeric object is created. The mechanical and fracture properties of such components are highly influenced by the process parameters which must be carefully considered when load bearing parts have to be produced by AM. This paper investigates the effect of the DLP process parameters on the fracture toughness determined by using Single Edge Notch Specimens loaded in three-point bending. Five different process parameters were considered by testing six specimens; for each of them, the influence of the printing orientation on the fracture toughness of UV-sensitive resin “translucent green” (curing UV light wavelength 405 nm) is considered. Among the various parameters, the study considers also the post-processing effects on the fracture toughness

BiodivERsA project VineDivers: Analysing interlinkages between soil biota and biodiversity-based ecosystem services in vineyards across Europe

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BiodivERsA project VineDivers: Analysing interlinkages between soil biota and biodiversity-based ecosystem services in vineyards across Europe

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BiodivERsA project VineDivers: Analysing interlinkages between soil biota and biodiversity-based ecosystem services in vineyards across Europe

International audienc

BiodivERsA project VineDivers: Analysing interlinkages between soil biota and biodiversity-based ecosystem services in vineyards across Europe

International audienc