Search
Now showing items 1171-1180 of 3768
Effect of PCM packet mass and melting temperature on cooling vest performance
(
ASHRAE
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Workers in hot environment experience high heat stresses that affect their productivity and working intervals. A cooling vest containing phase change material packets (PCMs) is used as a passive body cooling method to ...
Why is the Indian Sari an all-weather gear? Clothing insulation of Sari, Salwar-Kurti, Pancha, Lungi, and Dhoti
(
NCEUB 2016
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Barring a few reports on the clothing insulation of sari and salwar-Kurti, little is known about the other traditional ensembles men use in South Asia and beyond. To accurately account for the thermal insulation on the ...
Mathematical modeling of PCM cooling vest for workers in hot climates
(
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
A cooling vest containing phase change materials (PCM) made of salt mixtures that melts at a specific temperature helps in maintaining the skin temperature of the covered parts at a comfortable level. A dynamic thermal ...
Performance of FRCM strengthened RC beams subject to fatigue
(
International Committee of the SCMT conferences
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) is a relatively new material system recently developed for the repair, retrofit, and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete (RC) and masonry structures. Concrete structures such ...
Arabic corpora for credibility analysis
(
European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
A significant portion of data generated on blogging and microblogging websites is non-credible as shown in many recent studies. To filter out such non-credible information, machine learning can be deployed to build automatic ...
Integration of smart city and lifecycle concepts for enhanced large-scale event management
(
Springer New York LLC
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Hosting large-scale events is the dream of many cities around the world, however challenging. Hosting a large-scale event is a complex project that requires careful planning, precise implementation, interactive operation, ...
Conservation And Development Of Cultural Heritage In Doha
(
Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Throughout the world, many urban designers and architects have been working toward the protection, preservation and enhancement of urban heritage in order to increase its usefulness as well as preserve the cities' cultural ...
Integrated sustainability assessment of sharing economy models: The case for Qatar
(
IEOM Society International
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
This research is another contribution to the value of the sharing economy. Many applications are used worldwide for individual and group market sharing either Business-to-Business, Business-to-Customer, or Customer-to-Customer ...
VANET-Based smart navigation for vehicle crowds: FIFA world cup 2022 case study
(
IEEE Conference and Exhibition on Global Telecommunications (GLOBECOM)
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Non-recurrent events (e.g. football events or evacuation in case of natural disasters) pose great challenges to vehicle routing and traffic management in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). The high traffic demand ...
Energy transition in Saudi Arabia: Giant leap or necessary adjustment for a large carbon economy?
(
Elsevier
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Since 2016 and guided by the National Vision 2030, the energy transition in Saudi Arabia has gained significant momentum. There have been important energy subsidy reforms and dynamic developments in the renewable energy ...