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Design and Development of a Smart Vibration Absorber
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2024 , Conference Paper)
High-rise buildings have become normalized for urban cities as it minimizes the available land used to house many tenants. The stability of the buildings is often subjected to extraneous loading from the wind and ground. ...
Tunable Piezoelectric Generator Coupled with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Heat Engine as Thermal Energy Harvester
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
With the ever-growing energy demand and environmental concerns, research on alternative energy is vital for sustainability. Thermal energy harvesting using shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine is one of the possible methods ...
Suppression of Tremors in Parkinson's Patients Using a Dynamic Vibration Absorber
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Parkinson's disease is a central nervous system disorder, whose effects and symptoms are evident in the physical movement and appearance of the patient. The frequency range of 2-10 Hz is mostly where the balanced muscles ...
AIRFOIL-BASED SELF-ADJUSTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER IN FLUID-FLOW APPLICATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION
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Society of Acoustics
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters can be utilized to harvest kinetic energy from fluid flow for remote sensing applications. Vortex formation behind a bluff body that is coupled to a beam oscillates with two ...
MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMER-BASED FLEXIBLE COUPLING FOR TORSIONAL VIBRATION ISOLATION
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Society of Acoustics
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Employing vibration isolation can avoid the detrimental effects of unattenuated torsional vibrations on rotary mechanical equipment. Semi-active vibration isolators can effectively reduce the vibration levels in mechanical ...
The 2022 World Cup and the Post-Colonial Narrative Examined
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
This paper seeks to examine the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the Post-Colonial narratives associated with Qatar's attempt at identifying itself out of the frame of modernity set by the West. Sports diplomacy is the device ...
From the Renewed Policy of Sport Mega Events to Prosumerism: Articulating the challenges faced by the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
Although research has long focused upon Sport Mega Events (SMEs) in the Global North, it is only in recent decades that a similar level of scrutiny has been applied to SMEs outside of this region, and particularly those ...
Qatar in Paris: Paris St-Germain, Cosmopolitanism, and National Identity Performance Post-2022
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
In this project, I take the negative media coverage that the 2022 World Cup has received from much of the western press as a starting point to discuss the Qatari ownership of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club as a ...
Analysis of Construction Critical Success Factors (CSF) for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for Sports Infrastructure in Qatar Using Relative Importance Index
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IEOM Society
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a unique procurement method that tends to increase in the recent period due to its sustainable approach. Its main feature is to create a partnership between public and private stakeholders ...
It's just not cricket: what we can learn about Qatar's sports strategy by comparing the FIFA World Cup with other mass-participation sports
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2022 , Conference Paper)
This paper sheds new light on the motivations and expectations of Qatar's hosting of FIFA 2022 Men's World Cup by comparing football with another popular sport in the country: cricket. In order to understand the particularities ...