The reliability design of automotive structures is characterized by numerous variables and implicit responses. The traditional design of experiments for metamodel construction often requires manual adjustment of model parameters and extensive finite...
Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) in channeling regimes (RBS/C), as an ion beam analysis method performed on a Tandetron 6MV accelerator, generally gives precise information about the structure of crystalline samples by combining RBS signa...
Genome-scale metabolic modeling is widely used to study the impact of metabolism on the phenotype of different organisms. While substrate modeling reflects the potential distribution of carbon and other chemical elements within the model, the additio...
According to the results of a dynamic prototype test for the surface outlet radial gate on the Jinping high arch dam during the flood discharging process, a novel cause of vibration fundamentally different from the traditional causes of flow-induced...
Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source that is rich in reserves, widely distributed, stable and reliable. The development of geothermal energy needs to be carried out by drilling wells to exploit the underground thermal fluid, and air-lift re...
Coordinated eye and head movements simultaneously occur to scan the visual world for relevant targets. However, measuring both eye and head movements in experiments allowing natural head movements may be challenging. This paper provides an approach t...
Agricultural greenhouses incorporate intricate systems to regulate the internal climate. Among the crucial climatic variables, indoor temperature and humidity take precedence in establishing an optimal environment for plant production and growth. The...
Selecting the most preferred software for teaching power systems engineering at the undergraduate level is a complex problem in developing countries, and it requires making an informed decision by compromising on various criteria. This study proposes...
The software package HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System) is widely used by the water engineering community to analyze hydraulic systems and perform development planning. Furthermore, it integrates a control module that all...
With the increasing installed capacity of wind turbines, ensuring the safe operation of wind turbines is of great significance. However, the failure of wind turbines is still a severe problem, especially as blade damage can cause serious harm. To det...
This paper introduces a software tool developed within the MATLAB environment, called Tremors, aimed at streamlining the pre-processing and analysis of seismic catalogues, with a particular emphasis on determining the Magnitude of Completeness. It wi...
Multi-user collaborative robotic simulation has great potential for applications in industry and education. Unity is a powerful software for simulation and online multi-user experience, which can be enhanced with third-party mathematical analysis and...
An adaptive impedance control algorithm for tendon-driven dexterous hands is presented. The main idea of this algorithm is to compensate the output of the classical impedance control by an offset that is a proportion-integration-differentiation (PID)...
The Nonlinear Frequency Response (NFR) method is a useful Process Systems Engineering tool for developing experimental techniques and periodic processes that exploit the system nonlinearity. The basic and most time-consuming step of the NFR method is...
We present our latest research work on the development of a skin image analysis tool by using machine-learning algorithms. Skin imaging is very import in skin research. Over the years, we have used and developed different types of skin imaging techni...
Efficient solution of linear systems of equations is one of the central topics of numerical computation. Linear systems with complex coefficients arise from various physics and quantum chemistry problems. In this paper, we propose a novel ABS-based a...
Fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEMs) are a useful tool in aquatic sciences for monitoring and studying the biogeochemistry of organic matter in natural waters and engineered systems. Yet, the interpretation of the wealth of information av...
Evaluating the statistical properties of a semi-Latin square, and in general, an incomplete block design, is vital in determining the usefulness of the design for experimentation. Improving the procedures for obtaining these statistical properties ha...
Based on the analysis of the operating conditions of the tractor, a Hybrid four-wheel drive tractor is proposed, and formulate the torque distribution control strategy based on fuzzy control, to control the driving wheel slip rate of the Hybrid four-...
Dependability assessment is one of the most important activities for the analysis of complex systems. Classical analysis techniques of safety, risk, and dependability, like Fault Tree Analysis or Reliability Block Diagrams, are easy to implement, but...
The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) software-defined receivers offer greater flexibility, cost-effectiveness, customization, and integration capabilities compared to traditional hardware-based receivers, making them essential for a wide ran...
The article presents an analysis of electromagnetic transient processes in long ultra-high voltage transmission lines, taking into account shield wires. It was shown that EMTP and Matlab/Simulink software are currently widely used in the study of tra...
The high-temperature strain gauge is a sensor for strain measurement in high-temperature environments. The measurement results often have a certain divergence, so the uncertainty of the high-temperature strain gauge system is analyzed theoretically....
In this paper, a two-DOF L-shaped yoke spherical actuator based on the principle of traditional voice coil actuators is developed. By utilizing the shape characteristics of the yoke and the magnetization direction of the magnet, the magnetic flux is...
Estimating the state of charge (SOC) of Li-ion batteries is an essential task of battery management systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. Encouraged by some preliminary results from the control systems field, the goal of this work is to design an...
This paper presents a new power system analysis tool named the Educational Simulator of Smart Grids (ESSG/SESG in French) for isolated, connected, and interconnected nanogrid and microgrid systems. The ESSG is a simulation tool launched through a Mat...
Nowadays, environmental protection involves many issues and problems, among which the waste generated by various human activities makes up a significant share, which is becoming newer day by day. Moreover, the production of normal, industrial, specia...
This study introduces an innovative technique that merges computer vision with topology optimization to advance additive manufacturing. Employing advanced photogrammetry software, we obtain high-resolution images of the design domain, which are then...
Assessing physical activity is important in the treatment of chronic conditions, including chronic low back pain (cLBP). ActiGraph™, a widely used physical activity monitor, collects raw acceleration data, and processes these data through propr...
There is a growing concern about how to mitigate climate change, in which the production and use of energy has a great impact as one of the largest sources of global greenhouse gases (GHG). Buildings are responsible for a large percentage of these em...
This paper describes a study of the static and dynamic stability of a simulated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform using the XFLR5 virtual aerodynamic environment. The OpenVSP 3.51.2 Released software product was used to validate the study result...
This paper presents a comprehensive and up-to-date description of a mature software framework for fuzzy relational calculus, developed and extended over more than a decade. The contribution of the paper lies in the unified presentation of theoretical...
The objective of this research is to find the effectiveness factor of the catalyst particles for the most favorable conditions of the phthalic anhydride production in a fixed bed reactor, with the aim of achieving the highest rate of phthalic anhydri...
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Eye movement recordings and their analysis constitute an effective way to examine visual perception. There is a special need for the design of computer software for the performance of data analysis. The present study describes the development of a ne...
The Bi-directional Evolutionary Structural Optimization (BESO) method, owing to its algorithmic simplicity and strong scalability, has emerged as one of the most prevalent topology optimization methodologies in current research and industrial applica...
In order to improve the quality of the laser and shorten the optical path of the fast steering mirror (FSM) laser compensation system, this paper proposes a four-degrees-of-freedom (4-DOF) voice coil motor (VCM) with the function of reducing laser ge...
Besides the purification process in the wastewater treatment plant that includes mechanical, biological, and chemical approaches, analysis of hydraulic behavior is also fundamental. This means developing a digital replica of the physical process by s...
This paper presents the implementation of an obstacle avoidance algorithm on the UR5e collaborative robot. The algorithm, previously developed and verified in simulation, allows one to modify in real time the trajectory of the manipulator with three...
In this study we present a generic probabilistic risk assessment methodology to evaluate the risk associated with flooding process of a pit. We use the bow-tie analysis to analyze the critical events (we focus on slope failures) and the systemic risk...
With the development of the times, the traditional single-factor time series prediction cannot meet the needs of actual prediction, and it is necessary to comprehensively consider the influence of various variables on prediction results. Therefore, w...
The paper presents the application of variational calculus to achieve the optimal design of the open-loop control law in the process of anti-ballistic missile interception task. It presents the analytical results in the form of appropriate Euler&ndas...
In milling applications of CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer) composites, acoustic emission sensors employing piezoelectric transducers have been used to generate acoustic maps. These maps are crucial for monitoring the condition of both the tool...
Numerical analysis of a multibody mechanism moving in the air is a complicated problem in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Analyzing the motion of a multibody mechanism in a commercial CFD software, i.e., ANSYS Fluent®, is a challenging issue....
In this research article, a simple four-dimensional (4D) chaotic dynamic system with uncomplicated structure and only one nonlinear term is introduced. The features of the proposed design have been conducted with some standard nonlinear dynamic analy...
The articulated torque is an important base for developing heavy-duty multi-legged robots. To quickly obtain accurate articulated torques, a method is presented for an electrically driven heavy-duty six-legged robot under its quadrangular gait. First...
CPC solar collectors are a combination of new technologies that make it possible to generate heat from radiant solar energy by transferring heat between the absorber and the fluid. This study was performed based on heat transfer equations by proposin...
This article presents the application of a new educational thermodynamic software called MOLECULARDISORDER, based on graphical user interfaces created in Matlab® to promote critical thinking in youth engineering students, by means of the energy a...
Most of the methods for landslide susceptibility assessment are based on mathematical relationships established between factors responsible for the triggering of the phenomenon, named the conditioning factors. These are usually derived from geographi...
This paper is based on a project titled underwater acoustic communication in which communication is performed between transmitter and receiver side underwater using water as a channel; data are is transmitted through a piezo transducer underwater, wh...
This article highlights a study focused on resolving a nonlinear problem in fluid dynamics using the Navier–Stokes equations as a mathematical model. The study focuses on comparing the isogeometric analysis (IGA) B-spline method with the tradit...
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