Mechanical & Industrial Engineering: Recent submissions
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Life cycle sustainability assessment of autonomous heavy-duty trucks
( Wiley , 2020 , Article)Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are emerging technologies expected to bring important environmental, social, and economic improvements in transportation systems. Given their implications in terms of air quality and ... -
Life cycle sustainability assessment of sport utility vehicles: The case for Qatar
( Springer Verlag , 2020 , Article)Electric vehicle technologies are attractive alternatives to traditional vehicles towards achieving sustainable transportation. The adoption of these technologies has a great potential in reducing road transportation ... -
Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper conducts a global review and a macro-level supply chain analysis focusing on carbon footprint of construction industry worldwide for the period between 2009 and 2020 using the Scopus database. A total of 1833 ... -
How sustainable is electric mobility? A comprehensive sustainability assessment approach for the case of Qatar
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Electric mobility is a trending topic around the world, and many countries are supporting electric vehicle technologies to reduce environmental impacts from transportation such as greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution ... -
Eco-efficiency of electric vehicles in the United States: A life cycle assessment based principal component analysis
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)This research presents an integrated sustainability assessment framework applied to electric vehicle technologies in the United States of America. Two methods; principal component analysis and life cycle assessment are ... -
Material footprint of electric vehicles: A multiregional life cycle assessment
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Most of the global multiregional studies have looked at material footprint (MF) of either a nation or a region. A product-specific MF analysis, particularly when it comes to Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), carried out ... -
Sustainability assessment and modeling based on supervised machine learning techniques: The case for food consumption
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Sustainability of food consumption requires the understanding of multi-dimensional environmental, economic and social impacts using a holistic and integrated sustainability assessment and modeling framework. This article ... -
Head Impact Severity Measures for Small Social Robots Thrown During Meltdown in Autism
( Springer Netherlands , 2019 , Article)Social robots have gained a lot of attention recently as they have been reported to be effective in supporting therapeutic services for children with autism. However, children with autism may exhibit a multitude of challenging ... -
Control charts for variability monitoring in high-dimensional processes
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Monitoring process variability is associated with detecting changes in the covariance matrix of a multivariate normal process. Most monitoring methods estimate the sample covariance matrix and compare it with the in-control ... -
Portable system for monitoring and controlling driver behavior and the use of a mobile phone while driving
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)There is an utmost requirement for technology to control a driver's phone while driving, which will prevent the driver from being distracted and thus saving the driver's and passenger;s lives. Information from recent studies ... -
Biosynthesis and characterization of graphene by using non-toxic reducing agent from Allium Cepa extract: Anti-bacterial properties
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)Graphene based materials have attracted huge interest in recent years due to their outstanding properties and applications in various fields including bioengineering, electronics, nanotechnology, composite materials and ... -
Regression models for performance prediction of counter flow dew point evaporative cooling systems
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Practitioners take more interest in the output conditions of cooling systems than the details of the processes. In this study, regression models are developed that relate input parameters, including operational and geometrical ... -
Modeling of student academic achievement in engineering education using cognitive and non-cognitive factors
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)The retention and success of engineering undergraduates are increasing concern for higher-education institutions. The study of success determinants are initial steps in any remedial initiative targeted to enhance student ... -
Advancing Frontiers in Bone Bioprinting
( Wiley-VCH Verlag , 2019 , Article Review)Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting of cell-laden biomaterials is used to fabricate constructs that can mimic the structure of native tissues. The main techniques used for 3D bioprinting include microextrusion, inkjet, and ... -
Dynamic response of functionally graded graphene nanoplatelet reinforced shells with porosity distributions under transverse dynamic loads
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2019 , Article)This article investigates forced vibrational characteristics of a porous nanocomposite shell reinforced by graphene platelets (GPLs) under radial dynamic loads. Material properties of the shell dependents on uniform and ... -
Sintering behaviour and properties of manganese-doped alumina
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The effect of manganese (0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 wt%) on the sintering and mechanical properties of alumina was studied. Sintering was carried out by the conventional heating method in a box furnace and in a hybrid multimode ... -
An exact approach for the multicommodity network optimization problem with a step cost function
( EDP Sciences , 2019 , Article)We investigate the Multicommodity Network Optimization Problem with a Step Cost Function (MNOP-SCF) where the available facilities to be installed on the edges have discrete step-increasing cost and capacity functions. ... -
A low-cost test rig for impact experiments on a dummy head
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Anthropomorphic test dummies are commonly used to evaluate the potential harm to humans due to dangerous scenarios, such as that due to car accidents. Furthermore, they have been used in sports to evaluate the efficacy of ... -
Fault detection and severity identification of ball bearings by online condition monitoring
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019 , Article)This paper presents a fast, accurate, and simple systematic approach for online condition monitoring and severity identification of ball bearings. This approach utilizes compact one-dimensional (1-D) convolutional neural ... -
Nonlinear forced vibrations of sandwich smart nanobeams with two-phase piezo-magnetic face sheets
( Springer Verlag , 2019 , Article)The present research is devoted to examine nonlinear forced vibration behavior of sandwich nanobeams with piezo-magnetic face sheets and rested on a hardening elastic substrate based on ordinary differential nonlocal ...
