by António A. L. Ferreira  , Pedro Delgado  , Helena Parauta  , Charles V. Löwenström  and Joana O. Almeida

Received: 30 September 2022;  Published: 11 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2301004

In the context of inspection and maintenance actions for beach walkways in the North of Portugal, some samples of wood used in their construction were collected – the Pinus sylvestris wood, widely applied in the country. The sustainability of the beach walkways over natural coastal areas is very dependent on their material durability. One of the main problems of the timber used to build those structures is its behavior under wet-drying cycles. For that reason, this work aimed to simulate the effects of weathering o [...]

by Adefemi Alade  and Ahmed Ibrahim

Received: 22 September 2022;  Published: 09 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2301003

Performance evaluations of wood and other lignocellulosic-based composites involve complex scenarios of several factors such as material heterogeneity and geometry that often leads to complicated, expensive, and time-consuming experimental procedures. Hence, the application of computational modeling and simulation is desirable to mitigate these biocomposites’ performance testing challenges. This review paper, therefore, presents an outlook on the finite element method (FEM) application in probing performance charac [...]

by Recent Progress in Materials Editorial Office

Received: 04 January 2023;  Published: 04 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2301002

The editors of Recent Progress in Materials would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2022. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can download a certificate of re [...]

by Suman Roy

Received: 27 September 2022;  Published: 03 January 2023;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2301001

Increased occurrence of dynamic loading on bridge piers caused by seismic, blast and vehicular impact incidences have been increasingly reported. Statistical data shows that while seismic and blast have received significant attention in the literature, whereas the frequency of occurrence of vehicular impact is remarkably higher but contemplating little consideration. With the newer construction methods like accelerated bridge construction (ABC) and its response against vehicle impact performance needs an additional [...]

by Chingrishon Kathing  and Geeta Saini

Received: 15 October 2022;  Published: 30 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2204028

Wastewater generated by the textile industry has been a major environmental concern for a long. Production of fiber involves various steps and uses a lot of chemicals, dyes, and water. Therefore, the effluent produced from the textile industry needs proper purification before discharging into the water body. The current review summarizes various physical and chemical methods like ion exchange, coagulation-flocculation, membrane separation, membrane distillation, oxidation, ozonation, etc., for wastewater treatment. [...]

by Ladislaus Alexander Bányai  and Mircea Bundaru

Received: 21 October 2022;  Published: 08 December 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2204027

We describe here the coherent formulation of electromagnetism in the non-relativistic quantum-mechanical many-body theory of interacting charged particles. We use the mathematical frame of the field theory and its quantization in the spirit of the quantum electrodynamics (QED). This is necessary because a manifold of misinterpretations emerged especially regarding the magnetic field and gauge invariance. The situation was determined by the historical development of quantum mechanics, starting from the Schrödinger e [...]

by Jeet Chand  , Shiva Jha  and Sameer Shrestha

Received: 29 August 2022;  Published: 25 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2204026

Water recycling is a potential tool for reducing the dependency on traditional water sources, which would eventually reduce the likelihood of volumetric restrictions and their impacts on the water sector. Therefore, exploration, development, and use of alternative water sources are required for sustainable development. Scientific studies on the efficient and economical use of nontraditional water sources developed using the recycling process have attracted the attention of agriculturists, planners, and engineers fo [...]

by Pratik Shukla  , Vincent Zhang  , Xiaojun Shen  , Victor M. Villapún  , Sophie Cox  and Phillip Swanson

Received: 10 April 2022;  Published: 22 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2204025

This is a multi-disciplinary paper focused on the preliminary results of deploying laser shock treatment (LST) to ZrO2 ceramics. This work has significance in several industrial sectors for components that will benefit from strengthening. These components are, namely: dental implants; cutting and drawing tools; valves, bearings, pressure vessels, heat exchangers and high-performance scissors and knives, where modification of hard, brittle materials properties such as that of a ZrO2, can yield a performance boost. T [...]

by Rim Werheni Ammeri  , Wafa Hassen  , Ines Mehri  , Nesrine Khelifi  and Abdennaceur Hassen

Received: 29 July 2022;  Published: 18 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2204024

Bioaugmentation by Pseudomonas strains is widely used for the removal of pollutants in wastewater. In this study, we aimed to determine the removal of pentachlorophenol (PCP, 800 mg·L–1) in secondary wastewater by the bioaugmentation process. We determined the effects of using three surfactants, namely sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), cetyl-tri-methyl-ammonium bromide (CTAB), and Tween 80 for PCP removal. We determined the effect of the role of PCP surfactant for the biofilm and auxin production of the selected bacter [...]

by Oleksandr Beshta  , Gennadiy Pivnyak  , Oleksandr Beshta Jr  , Roman Borovik  , Cáceres Cabana Edgar  and Adam Smolinski

Received: 17 August 2022;  Published: 14 November 2022;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2204023

In a lithium-ion battery, the crossing of its charging–discharging curves represents an unambiguous current capacity. The reproduction of a complete charging–discharging cycle defines the maximum possible charge for a current battery state. When obtaining of the curves experimentally, one should consider the duration of polarization or depolarization. It is reported that the battery capacity depends considerably on the value of the battery’s internal resistance as this value defines the location of the actual charg [...]