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Material dependence of national energy development plans: The case for Turkey and United Kingdom
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Due to growing production and consumption worldwide, the energy demand is increasing rapidly, which puts additional burdens on the world's scarce natural resources. Therefore, there is a need for efficient use of scarce ...
Prioritising solutions for Lean Six Sigma adoption barriers through fuzzy AHP-modified TOPSIS framework
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to guide about prioritisation and ranking of the solutions and overcoming barriers to facilitate the adoption of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) by using a hybrid framework. Design/methodology/approach: It ...
Axial pull-out response of a small-scale concrete pile subjected to cyclic thermal loading in sand
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Energy piles support structural loads and exchange heat with surrounding soils using closed-loop ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems. A GSHP connected to an energy pile operates in cycles where it functions for a period ...
Short-term planning of liquefied natural gas deliveries
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
The ability of a supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to deliver cargoes at desired times, while effectively managing a fleet of cryogenic vessels can significantly impact its profits. We investigate in this paper an ...
Study of ethanol decomposition mechanism over combustion synthesized bimetallic Cu-Co nanoparticles
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AIChE
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
[No abstract available]
Towards a sustainable management of end-of-life vehicles in Qatar: A closed-loop circular economy model
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IEOM Society
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
The end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) are potentially harmful for the environment if they are not processed or recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. In Qatar, the municipality removed almost 13,878 ELVs from different ...
The performance assessment for the dMEWMA in capturing changes in simple linear profiles
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IEOM Society
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
In traditional quality control, the quality of product is typically modeled as the univariate or multivariate distribution of the quality parameters. In more recent applications, the quality is modeled using the relationship ...
Advances in osteobiologic materials for bone substitutes.
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John Wiley and Sons
, 2018 , Article Review)
A significant challenge in the current orthopedics is the development of suitable osteobiologic materials that can replace the conventional allografts, autografts, and xenografts and thereby serve as implant materials as ...
Crashworthiness characteristics of carbon jute glass reinforced epoxy composite circular tubes
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John Wiley and SonsInc.
, 2018 , Article)
This article provides an experimental investigation into the crashworthiness of carbon jute glass reinforced epoxy circular composite tubes. The test specimens were fabricated of 6 layers with different stacking sequence ...
Study of ethanol decomposition mechanism over combustion synthesized bimetallic Cu-Co nanoparticles
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AIChE
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
[No abstract available]