Eng, Volume 6, Issue 8

To meet the demands of deep grid integration of renewable energy and long-distance power transmission, this paper presents a hybrid multi-infeed DC system architecture that includes an AC power source (AC), a voltage source converter (VSC), and a mod...

This Special Issue, titled, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Applications, presents a curated selection of the recent advancements at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and engineering [...]

Partial shading condition (PSC) for photovoltaic (PV) arrays complicates the operation of PV systems at peak power due to the existence of multiple peak points on the power–voltage (P–V) characteristic curve. Identifying the global peak a...

This study investigates sedimentation dynamics and microstructural evolution of silty clay and mucky sediments from the immersed tube tunnel trench of the Shunde Tanzhou Waterway. Experiments examined different initial unit weights (11.5–12.6 k...

With changing demands in regulation, understanding methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production infrastructure has become increasingly important. Reported emissions from facilities in the Gulf of Mexico range from zero to thousands of tons...

Secondary control (SC) under false data injection attacks (FDIAs) in microgrids can compromise control decisions and disrupt the normal operation of the system. This paper proposes a washout-filter power-sharing-based resilient control strategy to ta...

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of natural ventilation as a health and safety strategy in municipal buildings, focusing on its capacity to ensure indoor air quality and limit airborne disease transmission. Natural ventilation can be incorporat...

Traffic safety is a significant global concern, and traffic sign recognition (TSR) is essential for the advancement of intelligent transportation systems. Traditional YOLO11s-based methods often struggle to balance detection accuracy and processing s...

The rising demand for energy resources and industrial goods presents significant challenges to sustainable development. Sunflower oil, commonly utilized in the food sector, biofuels, and various industrial applications, is notably affected by this de...

For the precise description of gas physical processes in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission, an advanced and robust numerical framework for the simulation of transient particle densities in the course of corona discharges is developed in...

For high-voltage signal detection applications, an auto-zero and chopper operational amplifier (OPA) is proposed in this paper. With the auto-zero and chopper technique, the OPA adopts an eight-channel Ping-Pong mechanism to reduce the high-frequency...

Natural gas plays a critical role in integrated energy systems. In this context, the present study proposes an optimization model for the electricity–gas coupling system, grounded in the theory of interdependent networks. By integrating network...

The successful deployment of sustainable building construction (SBC) is connected to sound knowledge sharing. Concerning SBC, knowledge sharing has been identified to directly and indirectly increase innovation, environmental performance, cost saving...

Portland cement production is a major source of global CO₂ emissions due to its high energy consumption and calcination processes. This study proposes a sustainable alternative through the partial replacement of cement with alkali-activated pumice, a...

In this work, we proposed a dynamic inverse solution with spatio-temporal constraints of the nonlinear heat diffusion problem in 1D and 2D based on a regularized Gauss–Newton and Krylov subspace with a preconditioner. The preconditioner is comp...

Land use significantly influences mobility dynamics, affecting both travel behavior and mode choice. Traditional indicators such as the Floor Area Ratio, Land-Use Mix Index, and Built-up Area Ratio are widely used to describe settlement patterns; yet...

Blast mitigation of structures is an important research topic due to increasing intentional and accidental human-induced threats and hazards. This research area is essential to building capabilities in sustaining structural protection, site planning,...

Electricity distribution systems face increasing challenges due to demand growth, regulatory requirements, and the integration of distributed generation. In this context, distribution companies must make strategic and well-supported investment decisi...

Slope stability assessment is a critical component of engineering safety. Conventional analytical methods frequently struggle to integrate heterogeneous slope data and model intricate failure mechanisms, thereby constraining their efficacy in practic...

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) has become a key data source for ship behavior monitoring and maritime traffic management, widely used in trajectory prediction and anomaly detection. However, AIS data suffer from issues such as spatial spar...

Traditional Pavement Condition Index (PCI) assessments are highly resource-intensive, demanding substantial time and labor while generating significant carbon emissions through extensive field operations. To address these sustainability challenges, t...

Upon reaching stabilized production in waterflooded reservoirs, waterflood performance curves are conventionally used to predict technically recoverable reserves (TRRs). However, as reservoirs enter high water-cut stages, the relationship between the...

As a core device in low-voltage distribution networks, the distribution zone transformer (DZT) is influenced by short circuits, overloads, and unbalanced loads, which cause thermal aging, mechanical stress, and eventually deformation of the winding,...

An Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) is an indispensable part of image sensor systems. This paper presents a silicon-based 13-bit 100 kS/s two-step single-slope analog-to-digital converter (TS-SS ADC) for infrared image sensors with a frame rate of 1...

Straw fiber curtain contains a plant fiber blanket woven from crop straw, which is mainly used to protect embankment slopes from rainwater erosion. To investigate the erosion control performance of slopes covered with straw fiber curtains of differen...

Soft soils, characterized by high compressibility, low shear strength, and high water sensitivity, pose serious challenges to geotechnical engineering in infrastructure projects. Traditional stabilization methods such as lime and cement face limitati...

Fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) have revolutionized the field of biomass degradation by introducing an oxidative mechanism that complements traditional hydrolytic enzymes. These copper-dependent enzymes catalyze the cleavage of gly...

The 2020 southern Puerto Rico earthquake sequence highlighted the severe seismic vulnerability of informally constructed two-story reinforced concrete (RC) houses. This study examines the failure mechanisms of these structures and assesses the effect...

To support carbon peaking and neutrality goals in the city transportation sector, this paper accounts for CO₂ emissions from the transport sector in Xuzhou City, North Jiangsu Province, from 1995 to 2023. This study explores the relationship between...

The majority of the challenges faced in power system engineering are presented as constrained optimization functions, which are frequently characterized by their complicated architectures. Metaheuristics are mathematical techniques used to solve comp...

When emergency incidents, such as bridge damage, abruptly occur on highways and lead to traffic disruptions, the multidimensionality and complexity of driver behaviors present significant challenges to the design of effective emergency response mecha...

Machine learning models that only use data for training and forecasting oilfield production have a sense of disconnection from the physical background, while embedding development patterns in them can enhance interpretability and even improve accurac...

This article first constructs a multi-layer deep learning neural network to help understand the structural characteristics of communication data, thereby learning complex functions and obtaining the predicted network values. At the same time, signal...

This study presents a simulation-based evaluation of advanced control strategies for residential air conditioning systems, including On–Off, PI, and Model Predictive Control (MPC) approaches. A black-box system model was identified using an ARX...

Early warning systems depend heavily on the accuracy of landslide displacement forecasts. This study focuses on the Bazimen landslide located in the Three Gorges Reservoir region and proposes a hybrid prediction approach combining support vector regr...

This review investigates recent developments in cardiac mechano-electrical-fluid interaction (MEFI) modeling, with a focus on multiphysics simulation platforms and digital twin frameworks developed between 2015 and 2025. The purpose of the study is t...