Schools are a suitable public building for renewable energy systems. Renewable energy hybrid systems (REHSs) have recently been introduced in schools following a new national regulation that mandates renewable energy utilization. An REHS combines the...
The numerical accuracy of drop process simulation and collision response for drones is primarily determined by the finite element modeling method and simplified method of drone airframe structure. For light and small drones exhibiting diverse shapes...
The simulation model is one of the key points affecting the optimal planning and operation of energy hubs (EHs). Since treating the efficiencies of generation units as constants would significantly simplify the calculation, only a simplified model is...
Modern subway systems have increased in size and complexity, and this growth presents significant challenges for planners of emergency evacuations. In this study, the effectiveness of the simplified and advanced evacuation analysis methods recommende...
A reactor is an important piece of equipment used for reactive power compensation in power system and has a significant impact on the safe operation of power system. Thermal behavior is one of the main causes of reactor failures. For an accurate anal...
The existing empirical formulas concerning draining systems are complex in their expression: there are difficulties in locating the intersection point among different flow patterns and parameters vary depending on the water level, resulting in a larg...
There are great uncertainties in road design parameters, and the traditional point numerical calculation results cannot reflect the complexity of the actual project well. Additionally, the calculation method of road design theory based on interval an...
Intricate formulation methods and/or the use of sophisticated equipment limit the prevalence of liposomal dosage-forms. Simple techniques are developed to assemble amphiphiles into globular lamellae while transiting from the immiscible organic to the...
The bow-flared section may be simplified in the prediction of slamming loads and whipping responses of ships. However, the difference of hydrodynamic characteristics between the water entry of the simplified sections and that of the original section...
In deep learning-based local stereo matching methods, larger image patches usually bring better stereo matching accuracy. However, it is unrealistic to increase the size of the image patch size without restriction. Arbitrarily extending the patch siz...
The paper analyzes the problem of defining the potential of geothermal reservoirs and the definition of a sustainable size of a geothermal power plant in the preliminary design phase. While defining the size of a geothermal plant, the objective is to...
Symbolic pole/zero analysis is a crucial step in designing an analog operational amplifier. Generally, a simplified symbolic analysis of analog circuits suffers from NP-hardness, i.e., an exponential growth of the number of symbolic terms of the tran...
The backbone assignment of medium-sized proteins is rarely as straightforward as that of small proteins, and thus often requires creative solutions. Here, we describe the application of a combination of standard 3D heteronuclear methods with CC(CO)NH...
Data acquired from a processing system using industrial-scale electrical resistance tomography (ERT) could provide valuable information on the operational performance of hydrocyclones. Tomography images of hydrocyclones, in general, are used to analy...
This article considers the methods of calculating the number of operations for the fine grinding of cold rolling rolls which allows one to ensure the least labor-intensive processing of the part. Based on the analysis of the patterns in the operation...
Silver particles have been widely used in SERS detection as an enhancement substrate. The large-scale synthesis of Ag particles with controllable size and shape is still a challenge. We demonstrate a high-throughput method for the preparation of mono...
Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation, which has been used widely, can detect and size critical flaws in structures. Advances in sound field calculations can further improve its effectiveness. Two calculation methods were used to characterize the rel...
This study presents the application of an in-house developed safety assessment method on the scaled flight demonstrator e-Genius-Mod, which is equipped with distributed electric propulsion. Thereby, simplified aerodynamic and propulsive models are de...
In order to perform various complex tasks in place of humans, humanoid robots should walk robustly in the presence of interference. In the paper, an improved model predictive control (MPC) method based on the divergent components of motion (DCM) is p...
Various methods are available for the calculation of timber–concrete composite floors. The gamma method, which is important in construction practice, as well as the differential equation method, are based on the simplified assumption of a conti...
The optimization of energy input on agricultural farms, such as through improved fuel consumption, is currently under investigation in agricultural mechanization research with the aim of achieving economic and environmental goals. In previous researc...
The output characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) arrays vary with the change of environment, and maximum power point (MPP) tracking (MPPT) techniques are thus employed to extract the peak power from PV arrays. Based on the analysis of existing MPPT me...
This paper presents a type of prefabricated concrete wall panel building system with novel flexible alveolar-type joints, which has the advantages of fast assembly and controllable quality. Seven alveolar-type joint specimens were designed and fabric...
Surface surcharge changes the existing equilibrium stress field of the stratum and adversely affects the existing tunnel. This paper presents a simplified analytical solution for calculating the longitudinal displacement of existing tunnels that are...
Multispectral LiDAR can simultaneously obtain distance and spectral information and shows great potential for underwater detection. However, absorption and scattering caused by suspended particles in water lead to energy attenuation and multiple scat...
The present study develops a novel optimization method for designing a Stirling engine by combining a variable-step simplified conjugate gradient method (VSCGM) and a neural network training algorithm. As compared with existing gradient-based methods...
This paper proposes a novel hybrid recursive method for distribution system reliability evaluation to deal with the computational limit and low-efficiency problem which exist in previously developed techniques as the system becomes larger. This metho...
Traditional grain size determination in materials characterization involves microscopy images and a laborious process requiring significant manual input and human expertise. In recent years, the development of computer vision (CV) has provided an alt...
The aim of the present work is to account for polydisperse effects in a two-phase flow with a simple and fast method. Polydisperse two-phase flows arise in numerous applications. Fire sprinkler systems are relevant examples as they release clouds of...
This study proposes a rational method for modelling ballast in tracks based on the discrete element method (DEM) approach. To simulate a ballast consisting of a group of gravels, it is essential to use the discrete element method. The ballast compris...
The selection of georeferenced meteorological databases is a critical technical and financial factor in photovoltaic (PV) system sizing. This study evaluates how database choice affects PV generation estimates and economic feasibility by combining bi...
Barley is an important cereal crop with versatile uses: barley grains are part of the human diet and are also used for animal feed, while the potential to use barley for ethanol production provides this grain with a promising bioenergy potential. As...
Text-to-SQL is a task that converts natural language questions into SQL queries. Recent text-to-SQL models employ two decoding methods: sketch-based and generation-based, but each has its own shortcomings. The sketch-based method has limitations in p...
Several graphical methods for testing univariate composite normality from an i.i.d. sample are presented. They are endowed with correct simultaneous error bounds and yield size-correct tests. As all are based on the empirical CDF, they are also consi...
The 0.65Ca0.61La0.26TiO3-0.35Sm(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3[0.65CLT-0.35SMT] ceramic was prepared by the solid-state reaction method. The effects of sintering process on its microstructure and grain growth behavior were investigated. The Hillert model and a simpli...
Background: The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) has proven to be a valuable tool for providing a more comprehensive health evaluation of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) recipients. Methods: We prospectively developed and test...
For sparse system identification, a memory-improved proportionate affine projection sign algorithm with a simplified, generalized correntropy induced metric (SGCI-M-IPAPSA) has good filtering performance. However, the SGCI-M-IPAPSA is based on a fixe...
A modelling approach based on the Substitutive Coefficients Network (SCN) is developed to predict the thermal behavior of a system in the dynamic state-space, without requiring knowledge of the thermal mass. The method can apply either to large- (bui...
This paper aims to develop a reliable and effective model to investigate the behavior of micron-sized biological glue droplets impacting micron-sized bioceramic powder beds applied to the 3D printing process. It also endeavours to explore the common...
For 3D printing based on Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology, the tradeoff of size and resolution remains challenging due to the limitations of the existing techniques. Therefore, we propose an approach to improve the feature resolution without...
The beam position is the most important reference basis for the operation of synchrotron radiation light sources, particularly for commissioning the first-turn injection of fourth-generation light sources. To improve the accuracy of the beam position...
A multi-case load spectrum compiling method is proposed in this study for dynamic modeling of a hydraulic excavator stick to simplify and accelerate the fatigue bench test. This new method includes a simplified criterion of small-load-omitting thresh...
Magnetic gears (MGs) technology is studied widely among research institutions, with several improvements being documented. This development attracts a high amount of attention due to the demand in the development of magnetic gears towards higher perf...
The simplified tax system is the most common special tax regime in the Russian Federation in terms of the number of taxpayers. Tax revenues from the simplified tax system account for 6% of the structure of tax revenues of the consolidated budgets of...
An excimer laser three-dimensional (3D) micromachining system is proposed based on a mask image projection method and the optical diffraction effect. The effects of optical diffraction on the laser machining rate are evaluated using a hole-arrayed ma...
DC microgrids have advantages over AC microgrids in terms of system efficiency, cost, and system size. However, a well-designed overcurrent protection approach for DC microgrids remains a challenge. Recognizing this, this paper presents a novel diffe...
Axially moving wing aircraft can better adapt to the flight environment, improve flight performance, reduce flight resistance, and improve flight distance. This paper simplifies the fully unfolded axially moving wing into a stepped cantilever plate m...
In multi-scale topology optimization methods, the analysis encompasses two distinct scales: the macro-scale and the micro-scale. The macro-scale refers to the overall size and dimensions of the structural domain being studied, while the micro-scale p...
The application of low-cost automation is a permanent trend in modern production. It is especially promising in control and sorting operations, characterized by labor-intensiveness and low productivity. The paper presents methods and approaches for i...
This paper proposes a simple attitude trajectory optimization method to enhance the walking balance of a large-size hexapod robot. To achieve balance motion control of a large-size hexapod robot on different outdoor terrains, we planned the balance a...
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