Mechanical & Industrial Engineering: Recent submissions
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Locations of Temporary Distribution Facilities for Emergency Response Planning
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Resource planning in emergency response phase is challenging primarily because the resources have to be delivered to the affected regions in a timely manner and in right quantities. Disasters such as the hurricanes, epidemics ... -
Carbon Emissions Policies and its Impact on the Design of Supply Chains
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Carbon emission is a concern across the industry due to its environmental impact. In order to reduce carbon emissions, industry have to look not only at their processes but also in the generation of emissions in the whole ... -
Vibration wave characteristics in Conventional and Periodic Drill string models
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Drill string models are of two major types- Conventional and Periodic. Conventional drill string models are widely used due to their simplicity in manufacturing and dynamics analysis. Drill strings are affected mainly by ... -
Flight Scheduling in the Airspace
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)This paper addresses an important problem in the aircraft traffic management caused by the rapid growth of air traffic. The air route traffic control center has to deal with different plans of airlines in which they specify ... -
Hydrogen Production via Ethanol Decomposition over Bimetallic Catalyst
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference)Bimetallic catalyst shows distinct physical and chemical properties differ from its monometallic catalyst due to the high synergy between the monometals. Bimetals of transition metals shows different applications in the ... -
Viscoelastic behaviour of Bovine Myocardiam and valvular tissue: Applications in Bio prosthetic heart valve with enhanced properties
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference)Cardiovascular diseases are among the major causes of morbity and mortality. Particularly, the prevalence of heart valve disease(damaged heart valve leaflet) is one of the most common ailment. In elderly people, every year ... -
How FIFA World Cup 2022™ can meet the carbon neutral commitments and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?: Reflections from the tree nursery project in Qatar
( Wiley , 2021 , Article)With sustainability at the heart of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 2022™, Qatar has set a track to achieve carbon neutrality, committing to deliver the first-ever carbon neutral mega ... -
Integrated sustainability assessment of sharing economy models: The case for Qatar
( IEOM Society International , 2021 , Conference)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 ... -
Blue collar laborers’ travel pattern recognition: Machine learning classifier approach
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This paper proposes a pattern recognition model to develop clusters of homogenous activities for blue-collar workers in the State of Qatar. The activity-based data from the travel diary of 1051 blue-collar workers collected ... -
Probabilistic Machine Learning for Fatigue Data
(2021 , Dataset)Probabilistic neural networks (PNNs) are used to model the fatigue of metals and to model the vibration/stress relationship in process pipework. The data used in training the network and the network architecture are provided ... -
Crosstalk between Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter Inhibitors and Sodium–Hydrogen Exchanger 1 and 3 in Cardiometabolic Diseases
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)Abnormality in glucose homeostasis due to hyperglycemia or insulin resistance is the hallmark of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These metabolic abnormalities in T2DM lead to cellular dysfunction and the development of ... -
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 ... -
How circular design can contribute to social sustainability and legacy of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™? The case of innovative shipping container stadium
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The circular economy proposes a paradigm shift from the ‘take-make-waste’ type of economic system and aims to foster innovation, resource efficiency, and waste prevention. Mega sporting events can be considered great ... -
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 ... -
Standing Wheelchair with Built-in Climate Control System
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)This project presents an innovation to be developed in wheelchairs used nowadays to provide its users with better life quality, elevates the level of their ambitions and to enable them to overcome today's special needs ... -
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 ... -
Digital Twin for Power Plants, Energy Savings and other Complex Engineering Systems
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Digital Twin (DT) is a digital representation of a machine, service, or production system that consists of models, information, and data used to characterize properties, conditions, and behavior of the system. Renewable ... -
Towards Developing a Hybrid Nonlinear Vibration Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing Applications: A Design and Optimization Study
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)A novel design of a hybrid piezoelectric-electromagnetic harvester for vortex-induced vibration applications inside a pipe-flow is proposed. The piezoelectric energy harvester is modeled with a macro-fiber composite with ... -
Ni-P-ZrC nanocomposite coating with enhanced corrosion resistance and mechanical properties.
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Corrosion is considered to be greatest challenge for many industries. Nickel-based metallic coatings are emerging as one of the most suitable solution considering various aspects of operating conditions. The current ... -
Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) and Constant Refrigerant Flow (CRF) Air Conditioning Systems in Arid Climate: Case Study in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)All over the world, there is a call to encourage sustainable energy thinking and implementation. In the heating, ventilation and air conditioning field, the rise of the variable refrigerant flow systems has made a big ...
