The prefabricated composite slab (PCS) is an essential horizontal component in a building, which is made of a precast part and a cast-in-place concrete layer. In practice, the floor should be split into many small PCSs for the convenience of manufact...
Prefabricated building projects represent industrialized and intelligent construction through factory production, standardized design, and mechanized assembly. This study presents a multi-agent simulation approach to model the prefabricated construct...
When performing fractional factorial experiments in a completely random order is impractical, fractional factorial split-plot designs are suitable options as an alternative. It is well recognized that the more there are lower order effects of interes...
Fractional factorial split-plot designs are widely used when it is impractical to perform fractional factorial experiments in a completely random order. When there are too many subplots per whole plot, or too few whole plots, fractional factorial spl...
Despite the promising potential of the hybrid electric power-split layout, its broader market penetration is prevented by the large number of feasible solutions and the constructive complexity, which overcomplicate the design process. Moreover, due t...
In some experiments, the levels of some factors are difficult to change; then fractional factorial split-plot (FFSP) designs are suitable for selection. In an FFSP design, the factors are divided into two classes—the whole plot (WP) and subplot...
The spacer is an important component of a transmission line and can effectively prevent wires from whipping each other and inhibit vibration. Given the complex installation conditions of multi-split lines, the installation of spacers is mainly achiev...
The optimization design of the face gear split-torque transmission (FGST) consumes a lot of modeling and calculation costs. Implementing closed-loop design for data generation optimization improves system design efficiency. However, there are two cha...
This study aims to develop a stress-optimized ultra-broadband beam-splitting coating that integrates four spectral bands by analyzing the beam-splitting properties of coatings spanning visible to medium and long-wave infrared regions. A beam-splittin...
This paper proposes a design methodology for a power split type plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) by considering drivetrain losses. Selecting the input split type PHEV with a single planetary gear as the reference topology, the locations of the...
An optimal design toolbox for hybrid electric vehicles has been developed and applied to three different vehicle segments (a compact vehicle, a small SUV and a medium-size SUV) for two separate power-split hybrid layouts, both equipped with a diesel...
Background: Chronic leg ulcers present a global challenge in healthcare, necessitating precise wound measurement for effective treatment evaluation. This study is the first to validate the “split-wound design” approach for wound studies u...
Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising pathway for solar-driven hydrogen production with a low environmental footprint. The utilization of solar concentrators to supply such water splitting devices with concentrated solar irradiation off...
This review presents the latest processes for designing anode materials to improve the efficiency of water photolysis. Based on different contributions towards the solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, we mainly review the strategies to enhance the light abs...
Hydrogen is now recognized as the primary alternative to fossil fuels due to its renewable, safe, high-energy density and environmentally friendly properties. Efficient hydrogen production through water splitting has laid the foundation for sustainab...
Plasmonic nanostructures have played a key role in extending the activity of photocatalysts to the visible light spectrum, preventing the electron–hole combination and providing with hot electrons to the photocatalysts, a crucial step towards e...
As an energy carrier characterized by its high energy density and eco-friendliness, hydrogen holds a pivotal position in energy transition. This paper elaborates on the scientific foundations and recent progress of photo- and electro-catalytic water...
In order to address the issue of a solar utilization system with low efficiency, this paper designs a new solar conversion system based on photovoltaic concentration and spectral splitting. The system concentrates sunlight through a Fresnel lens and...
We present a concept design of a solar spectrum splitting system that enables highly-concentrated solar energy harvesting over the entire AM1.5 spectral range. After passing through an array of the dispersive optical system (DOS) module composed of a...
This paper presents a novel 1-to-N power division architecture combining overmoded TE10 mode waveguides and modular N-way waveguide-to-microstrip mode converters. By decomposing the TE10 mode field distribution along the narrow wall of a rectangular...
Heterostructures are highly promising photocatalyst candidates for water splitting due to their advanced properties than those of pristine components. The ZnO/Sc2CF2 heterostructure was designed in this work, and its electronic structure was investig...
Developing efficient and sustainable hydrogen production technologies is critical for advancing the global clean energy transition. This review highlights recent progress in the design, synthesis, and electrocatalytic applications of MXene-based mate...
The material 36MnVS4 is the second generation of connecting rod fracture-split material. However, it generates more quality defects during the fracture-split process. To investigate the causes of defects that occurred, the material properties and fra...
An optical power splitter (OPS) with arbitrary splitting ratios has attracted significant research interest for its broad applications in photonic integrated circuits. A series of OPSs with arbitrary splitting ratios based on silicon nitride (Si3N4)...
High-power tractors are regarded as effective operation tools in agriculture, and plugin hybrid tractors have shown potential as agricultural machinery, due to their wide application in energy conservation. However, the allocation of the output power...
This paper considers power splitting (PS)-based simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel networks where multiple transceiver pairs share the same frequency spectrum. A...
Background: Assessing hypertrophic scar (HTS) interventions is challenging because scars continue to undergo dynamic changes. A split-scar design can distinguish treatment effects from natural HTS evolution. Despite promising reports of ablative frac...
The key parameters of pressure relief pre-splitting blasting technology (PRPBT) contribute to the implementation effect of goaf-side entry by roof cutting (GSERC). This study is an attempt to design the key parameters including the roof cutting heigh...
It is a well-known fact that a graph of diameter d has at least d+1 eigenvalues. A graph is d-extremal (resp. dα-extremal) if it has diameter d and exactly d+1 distinct eigenvalues (resp. α-eigenvalues), and a graph is split if its vertex...
Concrete splitting failure due to tension load can occur when fastening systems are located close to an edge or corner of a concrete member, especially in thin members. This failure mode has not been extensively investigated for anchor channels. Give...
We propose two decoding algorithms for quasi-cyclic LDPC codes (QC-LDPC) and implement the more efficient one in this paper. These algorithms depend on the split row for the layered decoding method applied to the Min-Sum (MS) algorithm. We designate...
A split louver consists of two sections with their slat angles to be adjusted separately for glare protection and redirection of sunlight, respectively. The upper section works in conjunction with the lower section to enhance daylight availability an...
An innovative solar concentrating beam splitting photovoltaic thermal (CBS-PVT) system using a half-trough concentrator (HTC) and a film spectrum filter (FSF) is proposed and studied in this study. The FSF used for this system is designed and its ave...
In this paper, a novel two-stage dish concentrator (TSD) with a rotary secondary mirror (SM) is presented for solar thermal water/CO2 splitting. An in-house code for ray-tracing simulation of the concentrator was developed and validated. Among all fe...
Photocatalytic water splitting has garnered tremendous attention for its capability to produce clean and renewable H2 fuel from inexhaustible solar energy. Until now, most research has focused on scarce pure water as the source of H2, which is not co...
In hybrid electric vehicles with power-split configurations, the engine can be decoupled from the wheel and operated with improved fuel economy, while the entire efficiency of the powertrain is affected by the circular electric power flow. Two planet...
Novel energy generation technologies, such as high-permeability wind power and photovoltaic systems, exhibit inherent intermittency, randomness, and volatility. During periods of energy production from these sources, the impedance of the electrical g...
The rational design of photoanode materials is pivotal for advancing photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting toward sustainable hydrogen production. This review highlights recent progress in the machine learning (ML)-assisted development of nanost...
Nitrogen (N) response studies in rice (Oryza sativa L.) are conducted to provide grower recommendations with economically optimum N rates (EONRs). This study was conducted to determine if experimental design alters the predicted EONR for rice. The ef...
According to the agronomic requirements of cotton precision seeding, the researchers designed a split seeding system to achieve high-speed precision seeding on the membrane. The 3D models used in the simulation process were created using Solidworks....
The fuel economy of wheel loaders is deeply affected by the efficiency of their propelling transmissions, however, the torque converter (TC) in existing propelling transmissions is a low-efficiency component and leads to excessive energy consumption....
Usually, C30/37 strength class concrete is used to construct concrete pavements on a rigid, semi-rigid or flexible base. Concrete with such a strength delivers essential design characteristics: flexural strength and tensile splitting strength are bet...
Given that power-split transmission (PST) is considered to be a major powertrain technology for hybrid heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), the development and application of PST in the HDVs make mode shift control an essential aspect of powertrain system des...
Due to the effects of splitting frequency and cross coupling, the resonant frequency of the WPT system usually deviates from the given frequency band, and the system operating at the given frequency band suffers a very low output power. Ensuring that...
Eight different types of nanostructured perovskites based on YCoO 3 with different chemical compositions are prepared as gas sensor materials, and they are studied with two target gases NO 2 and CO. Moreover, a statistical approach is...
Diatomite has gained more and more interest as a new resource, since it has potential as a favorable alternative to mineral filler in the construction of asphalt pavement compared with ordinary limestone powder. In this paper, the mechanical and anti...
With the globalization of the integrated circuit (IC) design flow of chip fabrication, intellectual property (IP) piracy is becoming the main security threat. While most of the protection methods are dedicated for digital circuits, we are trying to p...
In current biomedical and environmental detection, multi-modal optical imaging technology is playing an increasingly important role. By utilizing information from dimensions such as spectra and polarization, it reflects the detailed characteristics a...
The global imperative for clean energy solutions has positioned photocatalytic water splitting as a promising pathway for sustainable hydrogen production. This review comprehensively analyzes recent advances in TiO2-based photocatalytic systems, focu...
The aim of heat exchanger network synthesis is to design a cost-effective network configuration with the maximum energy recovery. Therefore, a nodes-based non-structural model considering a series structure (NNM) is proposed. The proposed model utili...
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