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ScienceDaily ( Apr. 22, 2008 — Creating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much as 15%. Earlier promising predictions, based on mathematical models and wind tunnel tests by TU Delft, have been confirmed during [...]
August 14, 2008
Aerodynamic Truck Trailer Cuts Fuel And Emissions By Up To 15 Percent
August 14, 2008
Quicky Assembled Bamboo Bridge, Strong Enough For Trucks, Opens In China
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 18, 2007) — USC professor’s sustainable design is the first of its kind: 10-meter span in Hunan province was assembled in days without heavy equipment and easily carries 8-ton vehicles.
In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges.
Yan Xiao, a professor at [...]
August 14, 2008
New Bridge Can Be Built In Two Weeks
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ScienceDaily ( June 9, 2008 ) — With new bridge-building materials, industrial production methods, and an efficient construction process, it will be possible to start using a bridge only two weeks after construction starts on the site. This is shown in a new dissertation from Chalmers University of Technology.
A pilot study of the [...]
