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The potential for EVITA project e-KPIs to be used by Road Authorities
Darko Kokot, 2021, published scientific conference contribution

Abstract: Planning different strategies in road maintenance is one of the most important activities inroad asset management. Assessment of different strategies and their comparison can be done by implementing an appropriate measure - Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). KPIs are currently used in many Road Authorities, and systematic research on the subject and development of indicators has been ongoing for many years. The Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) funded project “EVITA - Environmental Performance Indicators for the Total Road Infrastructure Assets” aimed at developing and integrating new and existing environ-mental KPIs (e-KPIs) into the asset management process, taking into account the expectations of different stakeholders (users, operators, residents, etc.). The research focus was on environmental areas: Noise, with KPIs on day-evening-night & night noise, exposed population, population with sleep disturbance; Air, with KPIs on CO2, NOx, NO2 and PM10 emissions; Water, with KPIs on water quality and salting of roads; and Natural resources and GHG emissions, with KPIs on resource consumption and CO2e calculation. The project outputs were a set of e-KPIs produced after a comprehensive investigation of the state of the art during the project. The main benefit of this project is therefore to provide an applicable solution for the environmental assessment of different road infrastructure assets and to describe the expectations of different stakeholders in form of objective indicators. The ‘User Evaluation Trial’ phase of the project was used to gather feedback on the potential of e-KPIs to be used by national Road Authorities across Europe. Two Slovenian Road Authorities and one each from Denmark and Sweden were involved. The Slovenian Authorities provided input data for case studies, while all evaluated the proposed e-KPIs from their own perspective, taking into account national conditions and specificities.
Keywords: EVITA, environmental performance indicator, users’ feedback, stakeholder’ expectations
Published in DiRROS: 22.02.2024; Views: 85; Downloads: 48
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Quantifying the environmental implication of cotton-fiber-based nanocrystalline cellulose : a life-cycle assessment
Katja Malovrh Rebec, Janez Turk, Matjaž Kunaver, 2024, original scientific article

Abstract: Considering the increasing demand for nanocrystalline-cellulose in the industry, due to its exceptional physical and biological properties, cheaper and more efficient production processes are sought. Addressing environmental concerns, especially within the framework of EU policies, this study employs Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental performance of a novel nanocrystalline-cellulose production procedure, encompassing biomass depolymerization, rinsing, and bleaching. The LCA aims to identify environmental hotspots, explore mitigation measures, and enables comparisons with other LCA studies on nanocrystalline-cellulose. The results are calculated and reported for 19 environmental impact categories, using the ReCiPe 2016 impact assessment method. The production of 1 kg of dry nanocrystalline-cellulose using the novel process emits 63.7 kg CO2 equivalent, which is lower than the literature average (68 kg CO2 equivalent). The solvent (e.g. diethylene glycol) is the major contributor to the global warming potential and fossil-fuel depletion potential in the product stage of the nanocellulose, while the electricity requirements and glycerin represent environmental hotspots regarding 15 of the 19 impact categories assessed. In terms of the water-consumption potential, the environmental hotspot is production of raw materials (e.g. cotton fibers). Electricity contributes more than 50 % of the burden to the impact categories associated with ionizing radiation, the pollution of aquatic ecosystems and human toxicity related to cancer. It also holds a significant share of the burdens for terrestrial acidification (48 % of the impact), the formation of fine particulate matter (46 % of the impact), and human toxicity related to non-cancer diseases (37 % of the impact). This underscores the importance of optimizing the production process, possibly through upscaling. Additionally, incorporating on-site renewable energy sources and utilizing biomass-derived diethylene glycol can enhance the environmental performance of nanocrystalline-cellulose.
Keywords: LCA, cascade use, cellulose nanocrystals, pilot production, environmental performance
Published in DiRROS: 06.02.2024; Views: 94; Downloads: 50
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Editorial : The intersection of cognitive, motor, and sensory processing in agings
Uroš Marušič, Jeannette R. Mahoney, 2024, short scientific article

Keywords: aging, sensory performance, motor performance, cognitive performance, multisensory integration
Published in DiRROS: 22.01.2024; Views: 144; Downloads: 67
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Condition assessment of roadway bridges: from performance parameters to performance goals
Maria P. Limongelli, Eleni Chatzi, Andrej Anžlin, 2018, original scientific article

Abstract: Deterioration of bridges due to ageing and higher demands, induced by increased traffic load, require the development of effective maintenance policies and intervention strategies. Such concern should be aimed at ensuring the required levels of safety, while optimally managing the limited economic resources. This approach requires a transversal advance; from the element level, through the system level, all the way to the network level. At the same time intervention prioritisation based on the importance of the system (bridge) inside the network (e.g. highway), or of the single structural element inside the bridge is dependent. The first step in bridge condition assessment is the verification of safety and reliability requirements that is carried out using the traditional prescriptive (deterministic) approach or the current performance-based (probabilistic) approach. A critical issue for efficient management of infrastructures lies in the available knowledge on condition and performance of bridge asset. This information is obtained using a collection of significant Performance Parameters at one or more of the three levels (element, system, and network). Traditional techniques for estimation of Performance Parameters rely on already established visual inspection. However, a more reliable description of the system performance is obtained through Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring. Condition assessment essentially pertains to the check of compliance with Performance Goals and requires the definition and computation of Performance Indicators. They are calculated directly from Performance Parameters or from physical models calibrated using the Performance Parameters collected on the structure. Paper overviews the steps to bridge condition assessment regarding safety and reliability.
Keywords: bridge, reliability, safety, condition assessment, performance goals, performance parameters
Published in DiRROS: 29.11.2023; Views: 166; Downloads: 92
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Sensitivity analysis of RF+clust for leave-one-problem-out performance prediction
Ana Nikolikj, Michal Pluhacek, Carola Doerr, Peter Korošec, Tome Eftimov, 2023, published scientific conference contribution

Keywords: automated performance prediction, autoML, single-objective black-box optimization, zero-shot learning
Published in DiRROS: 13.11.2023; Views: 275; Downloads: 168
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Defining the fire decay and the cooling phase of post-flashover compartment fires
Andrea Lucherini, Jose L. Torero, 2023, original scientific article

Abstract: The current research study discusses and characterises the fire decay and cooling phase of post-flashover compartment fires, as they are often mixed up despite their important heat transfer differences. The two pha- ses are defined according to the fire heat release rate time-history. The fire decay represents the phase in which the fire heat release rate decreases from the ventilation- or fuel-limited steady-state value of the fully-developed phase to fire extinguishment. This phase is highly influenced by the fuel characteristics, ranging from fast decays for hydrocarbon and liquid fuels to slow decays for charring cellulosic fuels (wood). Once the fuel is consumed, the compartment volume enters the cooling phase, where the cooling in the gas-phase and solid-phase happens with significantly different modes and characteristic times. The thermal boundary conditions at the structural elements are then defined according to physical characteristics and dynamics within the compartment. The research study also underlines how the existing performance-based methodologies lack explicit definitions of the decay and cooling phases and the corresponding thermal boundary conditions for the design of fire-safe struc- tural elements under realistic fire conditions.
Keywords: razpadanje ognja, hlajenje, izgorevanje, naravna izpostavljenost ognju, dinamika požara, požari v oddelkih, požarno inženirstvo, učinkovitost, požarna varnost, fire decay, cooling, burnout, natural fire exposure, fire dynamics, compartment fires, structural fire engineering, performance-based, fire safety
Published in DiRROS: 13.11.2023; Views: 246; Downloads: 116
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Composite beams made of waste wood-particle boards, fastened to solid timber frame by dowel-type fasteners
Meta Kržan, Tomaž Pazlar, Boštjan Ber, 2023, original scientific article

Abstract: To increase the sustainability of prefabricated timber buildings and constructions, composite timber beams with “box” cross-sections were developed in collaboration with an industry partner. They were constructed from a solid timber frame and from webs made of residual waste wood- particle boards from prefabricated timber buildings production. The developed beams’ design concepts presented in this paper were governed by architectural features of prefabricated timber buildings, geometrical limitations, available production technology, and structural demand related to various possible applications. The paper presents the results of experimental bending tests of six variations of the developed composite timber beams constructed by mechanical fasteners only. The developed design concept of composite timber beams without adhesives is beneficial compared to glued beams in terms of design for deconstruction and lower VOC emissions. The tests were conducted to study the influence of the following parameters on the beams’ mechanical behavior: (i) web material (oriented strand boards (OSBs) vs. cement-particle boards); (ii) the influence of beam timber frame design (flanges and web stiffeners vs. flanges, web stiffeners, and compressive diagonals), and (iii) the influence of stiffener–flange joint design. Besides the beams’ load-bearing capacities, their linear and non-linear stiffness characteristics were the main research interest. While adding compressive timber diagonals did not prove to significantly increase the stiffness of the beams in the case of cement-particle board webs, it increased their load-bearing capacity by enabling the failure of flanges instead of prior webs and stiffener–flange joints failure. For beams with OSB webs, failure of the bottom flange was achieved already with the “basic” timber frame design, but timber diagonals proved beneficial to increase the stiffness characteristics. Finally, mechanical characteristics of the developed beams needed in structural design for their application are provided together with further development guidelines.
Keywords: composite timber beam, box beam, OSB, cement-particle boards, innovative engineered wood product, experimental tests, flexural performance, mechanical fasteners, open access
Published in DiRROS: 29.05.2023; Views: 223; Downloads: 128
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