Developments in digital twins are driven by the availability of sensor technologies, big data, first principles knowledge, and advanced analytics. In this paper, we discuss these changes at a conceptual level, presenting a shift from nominal engineer...
Traditional design approaches in civil engineering mainly focus on codes/guidelines related to building an infrastructure, while performance-based analysis (PBA), an emerging new reality around the world, focuses on the performance of the end product...
Laser processing is a rapidly growing key technology driven by several advantages such as cost and performance. Laser welding presents numerous advantages in comparison with other welding technologies, providing high reliability and cost-effective so...
This study investigates the permeability performance and engineering performance of porous asphalt concrete (PAC) mixtures. PAC-10 and PAC-13 mixture specimens with various porosities were prepared. The relationships among porosity, effective porosit...
Silk and silk-like proteins emerge as programmable building blocks for high-performance fiber materials because they can integrate mechanical robustness, biological compatibility, environmental responsiveness, and degradability within genetically def...
Software engineering education plays an important role in keeping students educated with software technologies, processes, and practices that are needed by industries. Nevertheless, the nature of software engineering learning activities in traditiona...
Polysaccharides have emerged as versatile building blocks for the design of advanced biomaterials owing to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, structural diversity, and broad chemical tunability. Over the past decade, numerous engineering strat...
Traditionally, industrial services have been mainly transaction-based, i.e., the equipment user pays the service provider for getting a job done or providing assistance and support for equipment operations. Recently, a trend has emerged of increasing...
Generative artificial intelligence has renewed questions about whether take-home homework remains associated with performance on supervised assessments. This retrospective longitudinal study analyzed 759 student records from 15 cohorts of an engineer...
Academic performance is one of the reasons for gender imbalance in STEM education. This study has two objectives: analyzing women’s participation in STEM education and investigating the factors affecting women’s achievements in Engineering and Techno...
Polyurethane grouting materials are polymer materials formed through the reaction of polyisocyanates and polyols. They play important roles in underground engineering, tunnel construction, and mining due to their fast reaction rate, high bonding stre...
This study investigates the engineering performance and CO2 footprint of mortar mixers by replacing Portland cement with 10%, 20%, 40% and 60% fly ash, a common industrial waste material. Samples of self-compacting mortar (SCM) were prepared with fou...
Indium arsenide (InAs) quantum dots (QDs) offer a promising Pb- and Hg-free material platform for infrared optoelectronics owing to their narrow bulk bandgap, strong quantum confinement, and size-tunable optical response. However, surface defects, li...
Delay and cost overrun in construction projects are two widespread problems that arouse practitioners’ and scholars’ concern. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in each of Engineering,...
Gateway engineering courses often expose accumulated gaps in students’ foundational knowledge, affecting progression and retention. This study investigates early predictors of completion and performance in Machine Elements, an integrative secon...
The steel industry is a hard-to-abate sector; it involves many energy-intensive and complex processes. Continuous performance improvement is a fundamental requirement. Efficiency enhancement of the involved sub-processes can serve as the basis of an...
Engineering consultants and design firms are central to the success of construction projects. However, the systematic evaluation of their performance in the Saudi Arabian context remains methodologically fragmented and empirically underdeveloped. Exi...
Global change, that results from population growth, global warming and land use change (especially rapid urbanization), is directly affecting the complexity of water resources management problems and the uncertainty to which they are exposed. Both, t...
The main subject of this research is to develop a forecast and mitigation model of schedule and cost performance during a detailed engineering stage of offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) projects. The weight factors of major ele...
Many recent studies have shown that various multi-objective evolutionary algorithms have been widely applied in the field of search-based software engineering (SBSE) for optimal solutions. Most of them either focused on solving newly re-formulated pr...
Coal spontaneous combustion remains a major threat to underground coal-mine safety, resource recovery, and environmental protection. Foam-based materials have attracted increasing attention because they integrate wide-area coverage, oxygen isolation,...
Machine learning has become a field of growing interest in asphalt pavement engineering, spanning mix design, material characterization, performance prediction, distress detection, sustainability, quality control, and maintenance planning. However, a...
The application of a performance-based fire engineering design has enabled the conservation of a heritage building in New Zealand. McDougall House is a two-story heritage building which suffered extensive damages during the Canterbury earthquakes in...
Generative AI (GenAI) tools are increasingly used by students in higher education, including in technically demanding engineering courses. However, fluent AI-generated responses may still contain incorrect or incomplete information, creating a risk t...
The high water content, low strength and high compressibility of waste silt limit its direct reuse as road subgrade fill. This study evaluated a cement-based geopolymer comprising cement, ground granulated blast-furnace slag, fly ash and NaOH for sta...
Agricultural straw is a renewable agricultural residue with potential for sustainable pavement applications, but research on its use as reinforcement in asphalt mixtures remains fragmented. This review systematically summarizes the characteristics, m...
This study was carried out to rank and prioritize the aspects that have been shown to have an impact on the improvement of construction project management (CPM) performance based on value engineering. This analysis was carried out with the Iranian co...
Mountain railway engineering is constrained by fragile ecology, complex terrain, and intensive construction interfaces, making the project-level selection and implementation of green technologies a critical management issue. Existing studies mainly f...
Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques, such as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Stereolithography (SLA), are increasingly adopted in various high-demand sectors, including the aerospace, biomedical engineering, and automotive industries, due to t...
To explore the strength development characteristics and engineering performance of different coal-based solid waste filling materials cemented into filling body, coal gangue was used as coarse material, fly ash, desulfurization gypsum, gasification s...
Proper planning and management of construction projects have long been regarded as a necessity. The ability to make sound decisions and solve problems using appropriate performance reports related to the project implementation process are the two mos...
High-strength steel has attracted increasing attention in civil engineering because of its high strength-to-weight ratio and potential for material-efficient design. This narrative review, supported by a structured literature search, summarizes recen...
To investigate the mechanical properties of high-strength stainless steel wire mesh (HSSSWM) in Engineering Cementitious Composites (ECCs) and determine a reasonable lap length, a total of 39 specimens in 13 sets were designed and fabricated by consi...
This study aimed to evaluate the durability and engineering performance of concrete mixed with locally produced ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) based on CaO content and ratio, and to derive the optimal CaO content range that can secure du...
This paper reviews the artificial intelligent algorithms in engine management. This study provides a clear image of the current state of affairs for the past 15 years and provides fresh insights and improvements for future directions in the field of...
With global air traffic surpassing pre-pandemic levels, improving the fuel economy of aircraft engines has become increasingly urgent, especially for small turbofan engines that suffer from high specific fuel consumption (SFC) at high power settings....
Both spark ignition (SI) natural gas engines and compression ignition (CI) dual fuel (DF) engines suffer from knocking when the unburnt mixture ignites spontaneously prior to the flame front arrival. In this study, a parametric investigation is perfo...
Presented in this paper is an in-depth analysis of the impact of engine start during various stages of engine warm up (cold, intermediate, and hot start stages) on the performance and emissions of a heavy-duty diesel engine. The experiments were perf...
This article presents a detailed approach to constructing a numerical model of a free power turbine engine specifically designed for performance analysis in the Matlab R2024b environment. The core innovation of this model lies in its integration of p...
Fire safety in high-rise buildings represents a critical challenge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where intensive urbanization, extreme climatic conditions, and multilayered regulatory frameworks impose unique competency demands on architects and...
Red-bed mudstone from civil excavation is often treated as waste due to its poor water stability and tendency to disintegrate. This study proposes a sustainable approach for its utilization in controlled low-strength material (CLSM) by blending it wi...
The utilization of boundary layer ingestion in combination with a turbofan engine with an ultra-high bypass ratio is regarded as one of the possible solutions to increase the energy efficiency of the aircraft as a complete system. However, this conce...
Biogas has significant potential as a renewable fuel for spark ignition (SI) engines, particularly in waste-to-energy applications. However, its relatively low heating value, high carbon dioxide content, variable methane concentration, and combustion...
This study investigates the performance of a four-stroke, spark-ignition engine equipped with a commercial HHO generator that utilizes tap water for HHO gas production. Employing adjustable voltage levels (15 V, 25 V, and 30 V), the generator’s...
Aiming at the maladies of high labor intensity, the low efficiency of ice and snow removal, and environmental pollution in traditional ice-deicing and snow-melting methods, we successfully developed a material that can effectively reduce the adhesive...
This paper aims to apply the novel integrated Value Engineering and Risk Assessment (VENRA) framework for measuring shipyard performance based on the combination of fuzzy Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and Analytic Hierarch...
In recent years, numerous studies have focused on reducing emissions from modern reciprocating engines without compromising their performance characteristics. One promising approach is to use Mild-Hybrid engines as an alternative proposal to the conv...
To investigate the influence of ambient humidity on the aero-engine control plan, a twin-spool mixed-exhaust turbofan aero-engine is used as the research object. After establishing a numerical calculation model of the aero-engine using the component...
Currently, most ships use internal combustion engines (ICEs) either as propulsion engines or generator sets. The growing concern in environmental protection along with the consequent international rule framework motivated shipowners and designers to...
Free-piston engine linear generators (FPELGs) are an innovative linear power device that exhibits the distinctive dynamics of pistons and performance of free-piston engines. Furthermore, the single-cylinder/single-piston FPELG structure type has more...
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