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Designs, Volume 5, Issue 1

March 2021 - 24 articles

Cover Story: Turbo Roundabouts provide enhanced traffic safety compared to an ordinary multi-lane roundabout. Sight distance, a pivotal parameter in geometric design, has not been previously instigated for this type of roundabout. This paper presents the geometric characteristics of the knee turbo roundabout and models its intersection sight distance (ISD). ISD was modeled for an approaching vehicle at the yield line and at 15 m from the yield line. Design aids for ISD and lateral clearance requirements are presented. The developed analytical method was validated graphically. View this paper.
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Articles (24)

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,341 Views
11 Pages

23 March 2021

The paper describes the design of a fuzzy motion control system of an autonomous underwater vehicle. A mathematical model of the underwater vehicle is synthesized. A fuzzy regulator for controlling the depth of immersion autonomous underwater vehicle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,099 Views
16 Pages

Smart Management of the Production–Demand Binomial and the Active Participation of End-User through the Smart Metering Support

  • Anna Pinnarelli,
  • Daniele Menniti,
  • Nicola Sorrentino,
  • Luca Mendicino and
  • Stefano Mendicino

22 March 2021

At global level nowadays, there is a general movement towards the goal of a ‘zero-emission’ energy systems. It will require a necessary energy transition characterized by a continuous increase of generation facilities from renewable energy sources (R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,029 Views
25 Pages

22 March 2021

This study utilises the Pareto approach to highlight the energy losses that mainly originate from the phenomena of tiny, initiated events created by end-users of electricity in Australia. Simulation modelling was applied through two stages to examine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,875 Views
16 Pages

Optimized Design of a Novel Hydraulic Propeller Turbine for Low Heads

  • Dario Barsi,
  • Marina Ubaldi,
  • Pietro Zunino and
  • Robert Fink

12 March 2021

In the present paper, an optimized design procedure capable of providing the geometry of a high efficiency compact hydraulic propeller turbine for low head is proposed and developed. The turbine preliminary design is based on fundamental turbomachine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,852 Views
14 Pages

10 March 2021

This research aims to test the feasibility of a prototype of a newly designed thermal engine for a hybrid propulsion vehicle. This study consists of the implementation of an innovative supercharger for city car internal combustion engine ICE (900 cc)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
71 Citations
20,551 Views
22 Pages

Smart Monitoring and Controlling of Appliances Using LoRa Based IoT System

  • Nur-A-Alam,
  • Mominul Ahsan,
  • Md. Abdul Based,
  • Julfikar Haider and
  • Eduardo M. G. Rodrigues

9 March 2021

In the era of Industry 4.0, remote monitoring and controlling appliance/equipment at home, institute, or industry from a long distance with low power consumption remains challenging. At present, some smart phones are being actively used to control ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,079 Views
17 Pages

Place-Making of Transit Towns in Qatar: The Case of Qatar National Museum-Souq Waqif Corridor

  • Khalida Marthya,
  • Raffaello Furlan,
  • Labeeb Ellath,
  • Maha Esmat and
  • Rashid Al-Matwi

9 March 2021

Over the last two decades, Doha, the capital city of Qatar, has undergone rapid urbanization. The city has capitalized large-scale urban and infrastructural projects resulting in a loss of historical areas of heritage value to people. Recent construc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,066 Views
18 Pages

Intersection Sight Distance Characteristics of Turbo Roundabouts

  • Akshay Salwan,
  • Said M. Easa,
  • Narayana Raju and
  • Shriniwas Arkatkar

8 March 2021

A turbo roundabout uses spiral circulatory roads for effectively counteracting the problems faced in modern multilane roundabouts. First developed in 1996, the turbo roundabout has an advantage over the conventional roundabout regarding capacity and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,690 Views
23 Pages

3 March 2021

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a powerful tool used to evaluate displacements and deformations in a non-intrusive manner. By comparing two images, one from the undeformed reference states of the sample and the other from the deformed target state...

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Designs - ISSN 2411-9660