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Designs, Volume 7, Issue 2

April 2023 - 23 articles

Cover Story: This free design of an open-source low-cost vertical wood racking system enables large-scale agrivoltaics deployment at farms producing field crops with conventional farming equipment. The design has a hinge mechanism, which reduces mechanical loading and enables wood to be used as the main structural material of photovoltaic (PV) racks. The design is made from locally accessible sustainable materials with hand tools by average farmers, has a 25-year lifetime to match PV warranties, and is structurally sound, following Canadian building codes to weather high wind speeds and heavy snow. Overall, the design provides users with a PV rack that costs less than commercial racks but also has the potential to increase energy yields in windy areas thanks to its unique swinging mechanism. View this paper
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Articles (23)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,085 Views
29 Pages

11 April 2023

The gear manufacturing method is an important determinant of their performance and service life. Surface hardness and dimensional accuracy play a significant influence in determining wear and contact fatigue in gears. This study’s goal was to measure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,091 Views
24 Pages

Technical and 2E Analysis of Hybrid Energy Generating System with Hydrogen Production for SRM IST Delhi-NCR Campus

  • Shilpa Sambhi,
  • Himanshu Sharma,
  • Vikas Bhadoria,
  • Pankaj Kumar,
  • Georgios Fotis and
  • Lambros Ekonomou

9 April 2023

This work intends to perform technical and 2E (economic & environmental) analysis for the proposed hybrid energy generating system for a part load at SRM IST at the Delhi-NCR campus, India. The investigation has been done for electricity generati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,462 Views
9 Pages

7 April 2023

The use of stress–strain analysis in structural design or mechanical components is critical for avoiding or investigating structural failures. In the case of complicated designs, mathematical full-field stress modeling produces imprecise predic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,244 Views
16 Pages

6 April 2023

While much of additive manufacturing (AM) research is focused on microstructure, material properties, and defects, there is much less research in regards to understanding how well the part coming out of the machine matches the 3D model it is based on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,619 Views
15 Pages

Hybrid Control and Energy Management of a Residential System Integrating Vehicle-to-Home Technology

  • Khadija El Harouri,
  • Soumia El Hani,
  • Nisrine Naseri,
  • Elhoussin Elbouchikhi,
  • Mohamed Benbouzid and
  • Sondes Skander-Mustapha

4 April 2023

Electric vehicles (EV) and photovoltaic (PV) systems are increasingly becoming environmentally friendly and more affordable solutions for consumers. This article discusses the integration of PV and EV in a residential system to meet the requirements...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,996 Views
18 Pages

1 April 2023

This paper discusses the interaction between students (humans) and an interaction response system (IRS) app (machine) in the teaching context and explores the interface usability and interactive experience design through the experimental method. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,290 Views
19 Pages

Designing and Testing a Tool That Connects the Value Proposition of Deep-Tech Ventures to SDGs

  • Joppe Schutselaars,
  • A. Georges L. Romme,
  • John Bell,
  • Annelies S. A. Bobelyn and
  • Robin van Scheijndel

26 March 2023

Deep-tech startups have enormous potential to solve major societal challenges, but their failure rates are quite high (above 90%). In this respect, deep-tech systems and products have long development times and thus require substantial amounts of inv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,665 Views
13 Pages

Caffeine–Acrylic Resin DLP-Manufactured Composite as a Modern Biomaterial

  • Dorota Tomczak,
  • Radosław Wichniarek and
  • Wiesław Kuczko

26 March 2023

Materials based on photocurable resins and pharmaceutically active agents (APIs) are gaining interest as a composite drug delivery system. In this study, a composite of caffeine with acrylic resin was obtained using an additive manufacturing method o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,624 Views
27 Pages

24 March 2023

AI text-to-image generated images have revolutionized the design process and its rapid development since 2022. Generating various iterations of perfect renders in few seconds by textually expressing the design concept. This high-potential tool has op...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,233 Views
13 Pages

On Liquid Flow Maldistribution through Investigation of Random Open-Structure Packings

  • Daniela Dzhonova-Atanasova,
  • Konstantina Stefanova and
  • Svetoslav Nakov

24 March 2023

The optimal design of packed columns for separation processes is strongly dependent on an accurate prediction of the fluid flows in the packing. Insufficient knowledge about the complex factors and mechanisms governing hydrodynamic effects is compens...

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