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Designs, Volume 4, Issue 3

September 2020 - 23 articles

Cover Story: The design of domestic living environments tends to influence occupants’ feelings, emotions, and moods. Thus, domestic environmental experiences need to be examined and incorporated into architectural design decisions. This study explored a concept of domestic environmental experiences using the following research question: what is the notion of domestic environmental experience that may have impacts on occupants’ mental health and wellbeing? To understand the notion of such experiences, this study reviewed literature concerning the related domains extensively. Through this study, the term domestic environmental experience was defined as users’ experiences of cognitive perceptions and physical responses to their domestic built environment. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
19,525 Views
20 Pages

Leonardo da Vinci’s Contributions from a Design Perspective

  • Ernesto Cerveró-Meliá,
  • Salvador F. Capuz-Rizo and
  • Pablo Ferrer-Gisbert

18 September 2020

The figure of Leonardo da Vinci has been extensively studied. In fact, the Leonardiana Library brings together tens of thousands of titles on Leonardo and his work. During the second half of the 20th century, various treaties were published focusing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,839 Views
13 Pages

18 September 2020

Printed circuit boards, chemical etching, and computer numerical control milling currently dominate industrial processes for manufacturing microwave components. However, these manufacturing methods do not provide the flexibility for customization pos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,585 Views
12 Pages

A Framework for the Improvement of Frugal Design Practices

  • Ravindra Singh,
  • Sumedha Seniaray and
  • Prateek Saxena

17 September 2020

Current frugal design practice is focused on the cost reduction of the product. Despite advancements in the domain of frugal Innovation, it is not systematized to develop products for all sets of users, including marginalized society. Many design res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,543 Views
18 Pages

15 September 2020

Chemical process industries are running under severe constraints, and it is essential to maintain the end-product quality under disturbances. Maintaining the product quality in the cement grinding process in the presence of clinker heterogeneity is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,607 Views
10 Pages

11 September 2020

The paper describes the use of a single-phase three-stage solid-state transformer in networks with non-sinusoidal voltages in order to improve the quality of electricity. An active-inductive load was chosen as the load. The solid-state transformer wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,912 Views
18 Pages

Estimated View of Renewable Resources as a Sustainable Electrical Energy Source, Case Study

  • Heyam Al-Najjar,
  • Christoph Pfeifer,
  • Rafat Al Afif and
  • Hala J. El-Khozondar

8 September 2020

Renewable energy resources for energy generation in the Gaza Strip (GS) emerge as a complementary resource, not only to meet the need of society for energy in various forms, but also to find available, sustainably, and less costly resources for insti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,952 Views
20 Pages

8 September 2020

In this paper, a model for a single stage plasma gasification system for marine vessels characterized by significant waste production is proposed. The main objective of the model is to investigate the effects of different feedstock compositions on ke...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,981 Views
24 Pages

Influence of the Coating System on the Acoustic, Thermal and Luminous Performance of Brazilian Buildings

  • Pedro F. Gois,
  • Ângelo J. Costa e Silva,
  • João M. P. Q. Delgado,
  • António C. Azevedo,
  • Ana S. Guimarães and
  • Ana Vaz Sá

8 September 2020

This work presents an extensive numerical simulation to analyze the influence of the coating layers on the performance of construction systems, in order to make the constructions projects feasible, not only economically but also technically. Through...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
8,705 Views
13 Pages

5 August 2020

This is the first of two companion articles which aim to address the research on Architecture and Steel. In this article, some architectural projects are analyzed to show the potentiality to conjugate architectural conception and steel structures, as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,364 Views
19 Pages

5 August 2020

Researchers have proposed different methods for testing digital systems and circuits in the last couple of decades. The need for testing digital logic circuits has become more important than ever due to the growing complexity of such systems. During...

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Designs - ISSN 2411-9660