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Predicting the impact of water transport on carbonation-induced corrosion in variably saturated reinforced concrete
E. Korec, L. Mingazzi, F. Freddi, E. Mart\'inez-Pa\~neda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02611

Predicting the impact of water transport on carbonation-induced corrosion in variably saturated reinforced concrete
A modelling framework for predicting carbonation-induced corrosion in reinforced concrete is presented. The framework constituents include a new model for water transport in cracked concrete, a link between corrosion current density and water saturation, and a theory for characterising concrete carbonation. The theoretical framework is numerically implemented using the finite element method and model predictions are extensively benchmarked against experimental data. The results show that the mo…

Reuters: France invites Ukraine's allies, NATO head for video call on March 7: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/05/reuters-france-invites.html

You should read Thomas Zimmer’s three-part series on #Project2025:
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-project-2025-would-…

What “Project 2025” Would Do to America
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. That’s what is on the ballot in November

A shape for the Living Village is emerging! Construction by Shawmut Design and Construction is moving quickly. Keep up with news about the project (and lots of background on the Living Building Challenge) at https://livingvillage.yale.edu

I won't name concrete issues, but I just had to post this to a #RustLang library issue regarding trouble with the C wrappers:

Test post
Can I insert images just by relying on Flickr URL's? Tap and Barrel Bridges is the new temporary home of “Hyperion – Titan of Light,” a stunning outdoor sculpture by local artist Benjamin Lumb! “Hyperion is composed of 5ton bundle of crushed rebar ripped from the concrete walls of a demolished Vancouver building that now emerges from its own concrete foundation.

Test post
Can I insert images just by relying on Flickr URL’s? Tap and Barrel Bridges is the new temporary home of “Hyperion – Titan of Light,” a stunning outdoor sculpture by local artist Benjamin Lum…

CrackNex: a Few-shot Low-light Crack Segmentation Model Based on Retinex Theory for UAV Inspections
Zhen Yao, Jiawei Xu, Shuhang Hou, Mooi Choo Chuah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03063

CrackNex: a Few-shot Low-light Crack Segmentation Model Based on Retinex Theory for UAV Inspections
Routine visual inspections of concrete structures are imperative for upholding the safety and integrity of critical infrastructure. Such visual inspections sometimes happen under low-light conditions, e.g., checking for bridge health. Crack segmentation under such conditions is challenging due to the poor contrast between cracks and their surroundings. However, most deep learning methods are designed for well-illuminated crack images and hence their performance drops dramatically in low-light s…

A Categorical Treatment of Open Linear Systems
Dario Stein, Richard Samuelson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03934 https://arxiv.org/pdf/…

A Categorical Treatment of Open Linear Systems
An open stochastic system à la Willems is a system affected two qualitatively different kinds of uncertainty -- one is probabilistic fluctuation, and the other one is nondeterminism caused by lack of information. We give a formalization of open stochastic systems in the language of category theory. A new construction, which we term copartiality, is needed to model the propagating lack of information (which corresponds to varying sigma-algebras). As a concrete example, we discuss extended Gau…

I won't name concrete issues, but I just had to post this to a #RustLang library issue regarding trouble with the C wrappers:

Test post
Can I insert images just by relying on Flickr URL's? Tap and Barrel Bridges is the new temporary home of “Hyperion – Titan of Light,” a stunning outdoor sculpture by local artist Benjamin Lumb! “Hyperion is composed of 5ton bundle of crushed rebar ripped from the concrete walls of a demolished Vancouver building that now emerges from its own concrete foundation.

Test post
Can I insert images just by relying on Flickr URL’s? Tap and Barrel Bridges is the new temporary home of “Hyperion – Titan of Light,” a stunning outdoor sculpture by local artist Benjamin Lum…