Thermomechanical Analysis of Plasma-Facing Components for SST-1 Tokamak

Soil Health Changes Over a 25-Year Chronosequence From Forest to Plantations in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis) Landscapes in Southern Côte d'Ivoire: Do Earthworms Play a Role?

“…This explains the higher species richness and diversity in plantations due to gradual enrichment or increase in species composition consistently with findings in cocoa landscape in southwestern Côte d'Ivoire (Tondoh et al, 2015). Another explanation is supported by the high soil water content in the 25-year-old plantation characterized by great production of litter (Chaudhuri et al, 2013;N'Dri et al, 2018) of good quality due to its low content in polyphenol, flavonoid and lignin (Chaudhuri et al, 2013). Moreover, the same trend of increased density of earthworm populations was found along rubber chronosequence in southern Côte d'Ivoire (Gilot et al, 1995;N'Dri et al, 2018) and in Tripura, India (Chaudhuri et al, 2013).…”

“…disturbed agro-ecosystems. It has been reported in rubber tree plantations in India and across the Amazonia that this species populations represented up to 70% total earthworm populations in density and biomass, respectively (Chaudhuri et al, 2008(Chaudhuri et al, , 2013Marichal et al, 2010). The detritivores and the geophageous mesohumic were the most important functional groups in forestderived landscapes with a marked presence of native species that were composed of earthworms from both functional groups.…”

“…Another explanation is supported by the high soil water content in the 25-year-old plantation characterized by great production of litter (Chaudhuri et al, 2013;N'Dri et al, 2018) of good quality due to its low content in polyphenol, flavonoid and lignin (Chaudhuri et al, 2013). Moreover, the same trend of increased density of earthworm populations was found along rubber chronosequence in southern Côte d'Ivoire (Gilot et al, 1995;N'Dri et al, 2018) and in Tripura, India (Chaudhuri et al, 2013). The trend in biomass was different with higher values in the forest compared to human-derived ecosystems, mostly characterized by the prevalence of small and medium-sized species.…”

Study on Laterite Aggregate on Concrete Strength

“…The research done by Chaudhuri et al, (2013)This research about replacing laterite as sand and study the Strength performance of concrete the main objective of this study is to determine the Strength of concrete by replacement of sand by laterite 3. Laterite as Fine Aggregate in Concrete.…”