Browsing Mechanical & Industrial Engineering by Title
Now showing items 944-963 of 1356
-
One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks for Real-Time Damage Detection of Rotating Machinery
( Springer , 2022 , Conference Paper)This paper presents a novel real-time rotating machinery damage monitoring system. The system detects, quantifies, and localizes damage in ball bearings in a fast and accurate way using one-dimensional convolutional neural ... -
Optical characterization of tip bended Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes array
( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube arrays (also termed as VACNTs or CNT forest) have recently found to be transformable to a reflective mirror from a naturally black absorber. The feature of improved reflectance can be ... -
Optical investigation of a long throated Venturi conveying inert spherical particulate with size range similar to pulverised coal
( Elsevier B.V. , 2011 , Article)This experimental and numerical calculation work demonstrates the behaviour of a two-phase gas-solid Venturi. The type of two-phase flow studied is that encountered in conveying coal to the furnaces in power stations - a ... -
Optical Non-invasive Technique for Cholesterol Detection in Blood
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)The aim of this research is to design and develop a non-invasive cholesterol sensor based on the principle of light absorption. The current existing invasive methods can be replaced with non-invasive techniques. The ... -
Optimal design and operation of conventional, solar electric, and solar thermal district cooling systems
( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2022 , Article)This research investigates the integration of solar energy with traditional cooling technologies using solar electric cooling systems. A holistic optimization process is introduced to enable the cost-effective design of ... -
Optimal design of a district cooling grid: structure, technology integration, and operation
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)The concept of a district cooling grid that allows the integration of several cooling technologies with different availability and supply patterns is introduced. An integrated multi-period optimization model for a district ... -
Optimal design of hybrid renewable energy systems in buildings with low to high renewable energy ratio
( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)We develop a simulation-based meta-heuristic approach that determines the optimal size of a hybrid renewable energy system for residential buildings. This multi-objective optimization problem requires the advancement of a ... -
Optimal piezoelectric shunt dampers for non-deterministic substructure vibration control: estimation and parametric investigation
( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)Piezoelectric (PZT) shunt damping is an effective method to dissipate energy from a vibrating structure; however, most of the applications focus on targeting specific modes for structures vibrating at low-frequency range, ... -
Optimal planning of liquefied natural gas deliveries
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)We investigate the problem of designing an optimal annual delivery plan for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). This problem requires determining the long-term cargo delivery dates and the assignment of vessels to the cargoes ... -
Optimal replacement last with continuous and discrete policies
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2014 , Article)This paper proposes age and periodic replacement last models with continuous, and discrete policies. That is, an operating unit is replaced preventively at time T of operation as a strategic policy, or at a number N of ... -
Optimal skill assignment with modular architecture in spare parts supply systems
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)We study a single location supply system for repairable spare parts. The system consists of a multi-server repairshop and inventory of ready-to-use spare parts. When a failed part is received, a new (or as-good-as-new) ... -
Optimal utilization of geothermal heat from abandoned oil wells for power generation
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Unlike other types of renewable energy, geothermal resources represent a stable energy source because they can be exploited regardless of meteorological conditions. In geothermal systems, heat is exchanged between the ... -
Optimising stop-bands in periodic waveguides using genetic algorithms and wave finite element method
( American Institute of Physics , 2024 , Conference Paper)In this paper, we propose using the wave finite element method and genetic algorithms to design periodic waveguide structures with optimal stop-bands. Instead of modelling waveguides using the standard finite element method, ... -
Optimization models for a single-plant District Cooling System
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)A District Cooling System (DCS) is an interconnected system encompassing a centralized chiller plant, a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) unit, a piping network, and clusters of consumers' buildings. The main function of a DCS ... -
Optimization Models For Multiple Resource Planning
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Multiple resource planning is a very crucial undertaking for most organizations. Apart from reducing operational complexity, multiple resource planning facilitates efficient allocation of resources, which reduces costs by ... -
Optimization models in emergency logistics: A literature review
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article Review)Optimization modeling has become a powerful tool to tackle emergency logistics problems since its first adoption in maritime disaster situations in the 1970s. Using techniques of content analysis, this paper reviews ... -
Optimization of design and operation of solar assisted district cooling systems
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The demand for air conditioning and cooling services is rapidly increasing worldwide. As cooling demand has high coincidence to occur in countries with high solar irradiation, the combination of solar thermal energy and ... -
Optimization of energy pile conductance using finite element and fractional factorial design of experiment
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2018 , Conference Paper)In Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP), Energy Piles pose as heat exchangers that transfer the heat from the buildings to the shallow ground lower temperature in order to decrease the energy consumption whilst cooling the ... -
Optimization of energy pile conductance using finite element and fractional factorial design of experiment
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Book chapter)In Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP), Energy Piles pose as heat exchangers that transfer the heat from the buildings to the shallow ground lower temperature in order to decrease the energy consumption whilst cooling the ... -
Optimization of physicochemical and dielectric features in the conductive copolymers of aniline and 2-aminophenol
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)The current exploration emphasizes improving the solubility and thermal characteristics of the homopolymers–polyaniline and poly-2-aminophenol via copolymerization technique with simultaneous optimization of conductivity ...