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Energy absorption capability of thin-walled aluminium tubes under crash loading
( Universiti Malaysia Pahang , 2015 , Article)This paper investigates the interaction of design factors such as tube thickness, tube length, and tube cross-sectional aspect ratio, along with friction and impacting mass on crashworthiness parameters such as specific ... -
Energy and exergy analyses of novel supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles driven by direct oxy-fuel combustor
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study addresses major research gaps related to supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycles including the shortcomings due to adding extra components, the high operating temperatures and the lack of studies on ... -
Energy consumption and conservation practices in Qatar - A case study of a hotel building
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)This paper considers energy conservation practices in Qatar with special emphasis on commercial buildings. Energy conservation approaches are classified into five main areas and an Energy Conservation Matrix (ECM) database ... -
Energy conversion of heat from abandoned oil wells to mechanical refrigeration - Transient analysis and optimization
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)This study investigates the potential of using the geothermal energy from abandoned oils in a novel three-loop system; geothermal, power and cooling loops to produce cooling effect. The geothermal loop drives the power and ... -
Energy harvesting from railway slab-tracks with continuous slabs
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2023 , Article)This paper contributes to the literature and development of knowledge in the topic of energy harvesting by presenting the modelling and calculations of energy from vibration of railway tracks due to moving trains on ... -
Energy harvesting from railway vibrations - A numerical study based on beam-on-elastic-foundation under quasi-static loading
( National Technical University of Athens , 2021 , Conference Paper)The objective of this paper is to investigate energy harvesting of train-induced rail vibrations and to provide a comparison between various feasible harvesting locations based on the expected electrical power output. ... -
Energy saving and peak load shifting performance of tail water source heat pump integrated with large-scale thermal storage pool space heating system in technology park
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)In cities, there are thousands of wastewater treatment plants. The treated tail water drained from them is clean relatively, and has a stable flow rate. Extracting heat from it through tail water source heat pumps (TWSHP) ... -
Energy savings resulting from using a near-surface earth-to-air heat exchanger for precooling in hot desert climates
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Given the substantial energy use for space cooling in buildings, integrating energy-efficient and sustainable cooling systems into buildings has become increasingly more important. Even though the cooling potential of a ... -
Engaging Engineering Students in Active Learning and Critical Thinking through Class Debates
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Conference Paper)Within the program of engineering, typically there are courses that are heavily dependent on mathematics and derivations of fundamental concepts. A lot of active learning can be done in these classes by using the engineering ... -
Engineered Biomaterials to Enhance Stem Cell-Based Cardiac Tissue Engineering and Therapy
( Wiley , 2016 , Article)Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. Since adult cardiac cells are limited in their proliferation, cardiac tissue with dead or damaged cardiac cells downstream of the occluded vessel does not ... -
Engineering students' attitude towards engineering ethics education
( IEEE Computer Society , 2015 , Conference Paper)Engineering ethics covers the scope of engineering standards and how these standards should be applied in daily engineering practice Engineering ethics combines societal, economic and environmental factors in order to ... -
Engineering students' readiness to transition to emergency online learning in response to COVID-19: Case of Qatar
( Modestum LTD , 2020 , Article)This study examined engineering students' initial readiness to transition to emergency online learning in response to COVID-19 in Qatar. A theoretical framework is proposed for understanding the factors influencing students' ... -
Enhanced angiogenesis with nitric oxide releasing chitosan-pva hydrogel for wound healing
( Society for Biomaterials , 2019 , Conference Paper)Statement of Purpose: Nitric oxide (NO) released from endothelial cells endogenously promotes angiogenesis. The potential of using exogenous NO for enhancing faster healing of acute and chronic wounds have also been supported ... -
Enhanced compact models for the connected subgraph problem and for the shortest path problem in digraphs with negative cycles
(2013 , Article)We investigate the minimum-weight connected subgraph problem. The importance of this problem stems from the fact that it constitutes the backbone of many network design problems having applications in several areas including ... -
Enhanced electrochemical and mechanical performance of BN reinforced Ni-P based nanocomposite coatings
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Adequate corrosion protection and improved mechanical properties are necessary requirements to overcome operational costs in the industries. Ni-P based coatings are known to possess better superior corrosion resistance ... -
Enhanced quality factor of polyvinyl formal (PVF) based nanocomposites filled with zinc oxide and carbon black nanoparticles for wireless sensing applications
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Conference Paper)The present article deals with the preparation of polyvinyl formal based nanocomposites filled with zinc oxide (ZnO) and carbon black nanoparticles using colloidal blending technique. To explore the electrical and structural ... -
Enhanced simulated-annealing-based algorithms and their applications to process planning in reconfigurable manufacturing systems
( Elsevier, Ltd , 2012 , Article)Capabilities of enhanced simulated-annealing-based algorithms in solving process planning problems in reconfigurable manufacturing are investigated. The algorithms are enhanced by combining variants of the simulated annealing ... -
Enhancement of mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of electrodeposited NiP-TiC composite coatings
( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)In the present study, the effect of concentration of titanium carbide (TiC) particles on the structural, mechanical, and electrochemical properties of Ni–P composite coatings was investigated. Various amounts of TiC particles ... -
Enhancing mode I inter-laminar fracture toughness of aluminum/fiberglass fiber-metal laminates by combining surface pre-treatments
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This paper investigates the influence of multiple surface treatment, including chemical etching and plasma treatments, on the mode I inter-laminar fracture toughness () of aluminum/fiberglass fiber-metal laminates. Laser ... -
Enhancing Safety in Geological Carbon Sequestration: Supervised Machine Learning for Early Detection and Mitigation of CO2 Leakage in Injection Wells
( International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) , 2024 , Conference Paper)The efficient and safe operation of CO2 injection wells during geological sequestration is crucial for successful carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. This study explores the application of machine learning in creating ...