U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

A Modular Desert Archipelago Architecture for Integrated Solar-Driven Water Production, Thermal Management, Agriculture, and Resource Recovery: A Concept Paper

This concept paper proposes a modular, distributed desert architecture for integrated freshwater production, thermal management, agriculture, and resource recovery. The system is organized as an artificial functional archipelago of physically separated units rather than a single...

A Modular Desert Archipelago Architecture for Integrated Solar-Driven Water Production, Thermal Management, Agriculture, and Resource Recovery: A Concept Paper

This concept paper proposes a modular, distributed desert architecture for integrated freshwater production, thermal management, agriculture, and resource recovery. The system is organized as an artificial functional archipelago of physically separated units rather than a single...

Measuring Ocean Surface Waves

Abstract Propagating waves on the ocean surface can be represented as a stochastic process whose statistics are characterized by a spectrum. This paper reviews methods for measuring the wave spectrum and related quantities. Observations begin by sensing fluid dynamical properties...

Artificial Desert Archipelago Theory (ADAT)

Artificial Desert Archipelago Theory (ADAT) proposes a conceptual environmental and geoengineering framework for addressing water scarcity, desertification, and increasing thermal stress in arid and hyper-arid regions. The central concept is to investigate whether strategically d...

Collaborative Optimization of Mechanical and Alkali-Reduction Performance of Ecological Low-Alkali Porous Concrete Based on Alkalinity Gradient Regulation

Abstract Porous concrete (PC) is widely used in slope ecological restoration due to its good permeability and plantability. However, the synergistic evolution mechanism between its mechanical properties and pore alkalinity has not been systematically elucidated, which has become...