Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals : Emerging Issues / edited by Manuela Antonelli, Gabriele Della Vecchia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antonelli, Manuela, Editor.

Contributor:

Antonelli, Manuela, editor.

Della Vecchia, Gabriele, editor.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology.

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, 2282-2585.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental engineering.

Civil engineering.

Geotechnical engineering.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 108 p. 54 illus., 46 illus. in color. :)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights provided are presented with reference to the relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs), hoping that scientists, technicians and decision makers will find them as a valid support to face future sustainability challenges.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

A Risk-Based Approach for Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Production and Distribution Chain

1 Introduction

2 Rationale and Methods

2.1 Problem Identification and System Conceptualization

2.2 Design of the Research

3 Methods and Relevant Results

3.1 Application of Advanced Method for Censored CECs Data Analysis

3.2 Development of a Quantitative Chemical Risk Assessment (QCRA) for CECs in DW Supply System

3.3 Modeling of GAC Adsorption Performance Towards CECs

3.4 Modeling of BPA Release from Epoxy Resins and Fate in DWDN

4 Conclusions

References

Influence of the Collection Equipment on Organic Waste Treatment: Technical and Environmental Analyses

2 Materials and Methods

2.1 Household Storage Tests

2.2 Evaluation of the Anaerobic Degradation of Food Waste Collection Bags

2.3 Life Cycle Assessment

3 Results and Discussion

3.1 Household Storage Tests

3.2 Evaluation of the Anaerobic Degradation of Food Waste Collection Bags

3.3 Life Cycle Assessment

Flood Damage Assessment to Economic Activities in the Italian Context

2 Methods

2.1 Empirical Approach

2.2 Synthetic Approach

3 Results

3.1 Empirical Approach

3.2 Synthetic Approach

4 Discussion and Conclusion

Cold Atom Interferometry in Satellite Geodesy for Sustainable Environmental Management

2 Spaceborne Cold Atom Gradiometer for Future Gravity Mission

3 Data Analysis

4 Simulation Scenario

5 Simulation Results

6 Conclusion

Autonomous Wireless Sensors via Graded Elastic Metamaterials

1 Preliminary Comments and Outlines

1.1 Mechanical Waves

1.2 Metamaterials

1.3 Piezoelectricity

2 Graded Elastic Metamaterials.

2.1 Numerical Analyses on Slow Flexural Waves

2.2 Experiments on Graded Waveguides for Energy Harvesting

3 Conclusions

Limit Analysis for Masonry Vaults and Domes of Cultural Heritage

1 Protect and Safeguard the word's Cultural Masonry Heritage

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Geometry Considered

1.3 Barrel Vault

1.4 Hemispherical Dome

1.5 Polygonal Dome

2 The Limit Analysis Algorithms for Shell Structures

2.1 The Kinematic Algorithm Applied to Barrel Vaults

2.2 The Static Algorithm Applied to Rotational Domes

2.3 The Static Algorithm Applied to Polygonal Domes

2.4 Application to Real Case Studies

Displacement-Based Design of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments to Increase Sustainability

2 Numerical Model

3 Mathematical Model

4 Optimisation of GRPS Embankments Design to Increase Sustainability and Practical Example

5 Conclusion

Characterization and Monitoring of an Unstable Rock Face by Microseismic Methods

2 Methods and Results

References.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9783030995935

3030995933

OCLC:

1324254561

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access