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Polytechnic University of Turin

EducationTurin, Piemonte, Italy
About: Polytechnic University of Turin is a education organization based out in Turin, Piemonte, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Finite element method & Nonlinear system. The organization has 11553 authors who have published 41395 publications receiving 789320 citations. The organization is also known as: POLITO & Politecnico di Torino.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of different types of road paving technologies based on the use of bituminous mixtures containing recycled materials such as crumb rubber from end-of-life tires and reclaimed asphalt pavement.
Abstract: This paper focuses on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of different types of road paving technologies based on the use of bituminous mixtures containing recycled materials such as crumb rubber from end-of-life tires and reclaimed asphalt pavement. Analyses were carried out by considering different scenarios which stem from the combination of production, construction and maintenance operations, and by comparing them with a reference case involving use of standard paving materials. LCA results, expressed in terms of gross energy requirement and global warming potential, showed that the use of rubberized bituminous mixtures produced by means of the so-called wet technology leads to significant benefits in comparison with standard paving solutions. This was proven by the reduction of both considered environmental indicators, ranging between 36% and 45%. However, these improvements are only slightly enhanced by making use in the same type of mixture of reclaimed asphalt pavement material in partial substitution of virgin aggregates. In the case of materials deriving from the alternative dry technology, no significant differences can be identified, with results that are very close to those of the standard scenario. Finally, the LCA also considered effects caused by variations of thickness and maintenance frequency for the wet technology scenarios, thus showing that their environmental effectiveness is guaranteed only by ensuring an adequate durability of the mixtures in service.

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the performed or proposed attempts to detect the Lense-thirring effect affecting the orbital motions of natural and artificial bodies in the gravitational fields of the Sun, Earth, Mars and Jupiter.
Abstract: Recent years have seen increasing efforts to directly measure some aspects of the general relativistic gravitomagnetic interaction in several astronomical scenarios in the solar system. After briefly overviewing the concept of gravitomagnetism from a theoretical point of view, we review the performed or proposed attempts to detect the Lense-Thirring effect affecting the orbital motions of natural and artificial bodies in the gravitational fields of the Sun, Earth, Mars and Jupiter. In particular, we will focus on the evaluation of the impact of several sources of systematic uncertainties of dynamical origin to realistically elucidate the present and future perspectives in directly measuring such an elusive relativistic effect.

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, various spinel-type catalysts AB2O4 (where A = Mg, Ca, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Cr, Fe, Zn) were prepared and characterized by XRD, BET, TEM and FESEM-EDS.

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the results of a field study about indoor thermal comfort, based on investigations in Italian classrooms, were analyzed and compared, showing a trend characterized by a gradual change in the thermal preference from the heating season to the mid and warm season.

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, an accurate representation of the hydrological mechanisms that control the nitrogen cycle at the daily time scale is shown to be necessary to capture the impact of the highfrequency variability of the soil moisture on the nitrogen and carbon dynamics.

149 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Rodney S. Ruoff164666194902
Silvia Bordiga10749841413
Sergio Ferrara10572644507
Enrico Rossi10360641255
Stefano Passerini10277139119
James Barber10264242397
Markus J. Buehler9560933054
Dario Farina9483232786
Gabriel G. Katul9150634088
M. De Laurentis8427554727
Giuseppe Caire8282540344
Christophe Fraser7626429250
Erasmo Carrera7582923981
Andrea Califano7530531348
Massimo Inguscio7442721507
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023210
2022487
20212,789
20202,969
20192,779
20182,509