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Optimizing resource utilization during the recovery of civil infrastructure systems
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2010 , Article)
Postdisaster recovery efforts of damaged civil infrastructure systems need to be optimized in order to alleviate the adverse impacts of natural disasters on local societies and economies. This paper presents an innovative ...
Supercooling elimination of phase change materials (PCMs) microcapsules
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article)
Microencapsulated phase change materials (PCM) must not experience any supercooling, otherwise cannot be used in any latent heat applications. In this study Rubitherm®RT58 and1-octadecanol were selected as nucleating agents ...
Random number of units for K-out-of-n systems
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
This paper takes up the reliability and preventive replacement problems for a K-out-of-n system, where K is a stochastic parameter provided. Firstly, we consider the case when K is predefined as constant numbers as is done ...
Wireless body area sensor networks signal processing and communication framework: Survey on sensing, communication technologies, delivery and feedback
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Science Publication
, 2012 , Article)
Problem statement: The Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks (WBASNs) is a wireless network used for communication among sensor nodes operating on or inside the human body in order to monitor vital body parameters and movements. ...
Relay assignment in network-coded cooperative systems with M-PSK modulation over asymmetric channels
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IEEE
, 2010 , Conference Paper)
We consider in this paper relay assignment for cooperative systems with multiple two-way relay channels. The nodes corresponding to one two-way relay channel (henceforth referred to as pair) communicate with each other ...
Dynamic performance simulation and control of gas turbines used for hybrid gas/wind energy applications
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
The exponential growth of renewable electricity generation has transformed significantly the operating environment of gas turbines. Nowadays, gas turbines operate under transient conditions to support their renewable ...
Flywheel energy storage system based on boost DC-AC converter
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2011.0194
, 2011 , Conference Paper)
An additional DC-DC boost converter is used in conventional configuration of Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) to regulate the output voltage during flywheel low speeds. This paper presents a new FESS based on the boost ...
Flexural behavior of basalt fiber reinforced concrete beams with recycled concrete coarse aggregates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
This study investigates the effect of using recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) from construction and demolition (C&D) waste combined with basalt macro-fibers (BMF) on the flexural behavior and ultimate capacity of reinforced ...
A probabilistic multi-tenant model for virtual machine mapping in cloud systems
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
A novel probabilistic multi-tenant model is developed to characterize the service performance of cloud systems. The model considers essential cloud-system characteristics including virtualization, multi-tenancy and ...
Human gait recognition with cane assistive device using quadratic time-frequency distributions
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
, 2015 , Article)
In this study, the authors consider the problem of human gait recognition in the presence of a walking cane using radars. Quadratic time-frequency distributions are used to provide the local signal behaviour over frequency ...