Browsing by Subject "Architecture"
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A novel open-stator-winding DFIM flywheel architecture for renewable energy applications
( IEEE , 2013 , Conference Paper)Energy storage is becoming a basic component of modern renewable power plants, especially wind farms. For several considerations, local wind turbine (WT) energy storage is preferred. Flywheel energy storage is among the ... -
Architecture and Urban Planning Department
( Qatar University , 2022 , Video) -
The Assessment of Microclimatic Conditions, Users' Psychological Adaptation and Physical Aspects of the Space: Enhancing Spatial Quality of Outdoor Public Spaces (OPS)
(2017 , Master Thesis)Outdoor Public Spaces (OPS) are of great necessity and importance to urban cities as they accommodate pedestrian traffic and outdoor activities, as they also contribute enormously to urban life and livability. It has been ... -
ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IN DOHA
(2017 , Master Thesis)Well-functioning urban environments are good causes of societies living healthily and happily. The performance of the public realm plays an important role, in this regard, where societies are in direct contact with their ... -
Cooperative Secondary Users selection in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)Secondary Users (SUs) have capability to sense available licensed spectrum in Cognitive Radio Networks (CRNs). Hence, SUs can opportunistically access to the licensed spectrum without disturbing Primary Users (PUs). In ... -
Development of prototype for IoT and IoE scalable infrastructures, architectures and platforms
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Conference Paper)IoT is the third wave of economy after the first and second being agriculture and industry, respectively, paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). IoT is a combination of all the revolutionary technologies ... -
Dubai: An Urbanism Shaped for Global Tourism
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)The urban transformation experience of Dubai presents an interesting model of dealing with globalization and benefiting from its flows of people, capital, and transformation. Although that city does not have rich urban ... -
Employing biomimicry in Urban metamorphosis seeking for sustainability: Case studies
( Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya , 2019 , Article)Objective The current study has aimed to develop the framework of biomimicry involvement in urban metamorphosis for sustainability. This research has engaged four objectives to achieve the aim. Objective one is to explore ... -
EXAMINING THE VIBRANCY OF URBAN COMMERCIAL STREETS IN DOHA
(2016 , Master Thesis)Commercial streets play an important role in cities. They are not only a means of access and platforms for intrapersonal communication throughout a city but are also areas of economic and social expression. They create ... -
HVDC shunt tap based on three single-phase half-bridge series-connected MMCs operated under 2L modulation
( Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2019 , Article)In this study, a cost-effective HVDC shunt tap with low-number of relatively low-voltage semiconductor devices and small-sized passive components is proposed. The proposed architecture is based on employing three single-phase ... -
INVESTIGATING SPATIAL QUALITY IN URBAN SETTINGS: THE ASSESSMENT OF WALKABILITY IN THE STREETS OF DOHA, QATAR
(2016 , Master Thesis)Walking is not the only most basic, but also the most prevalent form of transportation in cities. In the case of Doha, the capital city of Qatar, and the rapid development it is going through, urban planners are in need ... -
NET ZERO ENERGY DISTRICT NZED: A STRATEGY TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN QATAR
(2016 , Master Thesis)In the twenty first century, there are increasing pressures on energy resources, therefore; various nations are competing to lay hands on all possible fossil fuel resources. Unfortunately, these resources are endangered ... -
Relevance of lifecycle management to smart city development
( Inderscience Publishers , 2018 , Article)Smart cities are complex ecosystems with interrelated systems or system of systems. Hence, management of smart cities is very important due to the big number of stakeholders, diversity of application domains, heterogeneity ... -
Smart Cities: A Socio-Technical Perspective
( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2021 , Conference Paper)This research paper elaborates upon the concept of Smart Cities and the evolution of the term itself throughout history in order to outline the emergence of two distinct schools of thought: technocentric and humancentric, ... -
Streamlined Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Tunable Curvature from Interfacial Dynamic-Migration Strategy for Nanomotors
( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article)Streamlined architectures with a low fluid-resistance coefficient have been receiving great attention in various fields. However, it is still a great challenge to synthesize streamlined architecture with tunable surface ...