Vehicle drive systems are often oversized for common customer operation in order to cover the high demands of rare driving events such as towing a trailer, high acceleration or steep inclines. This high torque and power requirement affects the effici...
Only a small part of the high performance of electric drive systems in vehicles is used in everyday operation by customers. As a result, most drives are not operated in the optimum efficiency range. Designing a suitable drive system, whose performanc...
The applied mechanical modeling of train and bridge structures is essential in accurately predicting structural vibrations caused by high-speed trains, particularly for the often design-relevant structural accelerations. Considering the interaction e...
Ice ridges and icebergs generally pose a major threat to both ships and offshore facilities that operate in Polar regions. In many cases these features will govern the structural design loads associated with the Ultimate Limit State (ULS) and the Acc...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of the machine learning technique of decision trees to understand the relationships among furnace design, process parameters, crystal quality, and yield in the case of the Czochralski growth of germ...
The dimensional and geometrical quality of additively manufactured parts must be increased to match industrial requirements before they can be incorporated to mass production. Such an objective has a great relevance in the case of features of linear...
The design of a gravity retaining wall should be simple to construct, quick to build and the best economic solution to a problem. This can be achieved by using advanced optimization methods. Since geotechnical engineers are not always able to determi...
Adaptive Building Technologies have opened up a growing field of architectural research aimed at improving the overall building performance, ensuring comfort while reducing operational energy consumption. Focusing on flexibility over short timeframes...
With ridge vents that are commonly used in building ventilation applications as the research object, this study analyzed how design parameters affect the efficiency of thermal buoyancy-driven ventilation induced by ridge vents through computational f...
Mine planning and mine design are crucial stages of a project in the mining industry. This study aimed to determine the impact of different constraints on the design and planning of a mine. Some of the deposit characteristics and parameters that infl...
This tutorial describes the necessary steps for designing and conducting a perception experiment in order to obtain design parameters for human–machine interactions. It is intended for engineers and product designers, which require design parameters...
The derivation of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) architecture represents a challenging task for car manufacturers. For the early development of combustion engine architectures, the required design parameters can be derived from the analysis of prev...
The efficacy of hysteretic dampers can be formulated as the number or equivalent inelastic cycles, or the ratio of normalised dissipated energy to displacement ductility. This parameter is used in the design of framed structures with supplemental dam...
Metaheuristics are multi-purpose problem solvers devoted to particularly tackle large instances of complex optimization problems. However, in spite of the relevance of metaheuristics in the optimization world, their proper design and implementation t...
A vacuum supersonic ejector is an indispensable pneumatic device placed in nearly all industrial production lines. This device, also called a zero-secondary flow ejector, is characterized by the maximum entrained flow and the minimum secondary pressu...
This work reports the results of an on-ground experimental test campaign performed in the relevant environment (i.e., inside a vacuum chamber) of a blowdown H2O2 monopropellant propulsion system designed for CubeSat applications for the assessment of...
Wireless energy transfer is a broad research area that has recently become applicable to implantable medical devices. Wireless powering of and communication with implanted devices is possible through wireless transcutaneous energy transfer. However,...
To improve the safety of middle-aged and older child occupants, this paper proposes a framework to effectively design the layout parameters of child booster seats. The layout parameters of the child booster seat include both the three-point seat belt...
Active waveguide Bragg gratings (AWBGs) are promising photonic structures that combine the very efficient reflective properties of a Bragg grating with the power amplification character of rare earths. This combination may lead to a potential monolit...
In this paper, we use Boltzmann statistics and the maximum likelihood distribution derived from Bayes’ Theorem to infer parameter values for a Pake Doublet Spectrum, a lineshape of historical significance and contemporary relevance for determining di...
The increasingly used approach of combining different simulation softwares in testing of automated driving systems (ADSs) increases the need for potential and convenient software designs. Recently developed co-simulation platforms (CSPs) provide the...
The fatigue performance of the asphalt mixture was the main focus of this study, with five typical factors—phase angle, cumulative dissipated energy, failure strain, failure stiffness modulus, and strain rate—identified as potential desig...
One sustainable method of stormwater management is surface infiltration with retention. Proper design of stormwater infiltration facilities ensures a reduction in flood risk within urban catchments. However, this is not possible without considering t...
As a key transportation equipment in the construction of long tunnels with large slope, the material hoisting system plays an important role in the transportation of materials in sloping shafts. This paper proposes a parameterized calibration scheme...
This article presents a regression tool for predicting the compressive strength of fly ash (FA) geopolymer concrete based on a process of optimising the Matlab code of a feedforward layered neural network (FLNN). From the literature, 189 samples of d...
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Efficient aero engine operation requires not only optimized components like compressor, combustor, and turbine, but also an optimal balance between these components. Therefore, a holistic coupled optimization of the whole engine involving all relevan...
Biophilic design has emerged as a multidimensional response to growing concerns about health, well-being, and ecological balance in the built environment. Despite its rising prominence, research on the topic remains fragmented across building typolog...
Nowadays, additive manufacturing technologies continue to increase in number, and with them, the various challenges they bring for the optimal design of components. However, many relevant applications require that a certain surface finishing level is...
The low long-term patency of bypass grafts is a major concern for cardiovascular treatments. Unfavourable haemodynamic conditions in the proximity of distal anastomosis are closely related to thrombus creation and lumen lesions. Modern graft designs...
In the field of chemical engineering, mathematical models have been proven to be an indispensable tool for process analysis, process design, and condition monitoring. To gain the most benefit from model-based approaches, the implemented mathematical...
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a treatment modality for patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) of various origins which aims for cure in combination with cytoreductive surgery (CRS). Efficacy of CRS-HIPEC depends on patient se...
(1) Background: Changes in blink parameters have been found to influence ocular surface exposure, eliciting symptoms of dry eye and ocular signs. The aim of the study was to highlight the relevance of including blink regularity as a new parameter to...
E-learning is an innovative strategy for enhancing teaching and learning in digital environments with the goal of enhancing education. In the same context, recommendation models have been developed for predicting the user’s learning preferences...
The goal of this research is to assess and guide the development of next-generation synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, optimize their performance, and present the requirements related to the design parameters. In the current era, characterize...
The development of automotive components with reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is needed to reduce overall vehicle emissions. Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) supports this by providing holistic information and...
Axial flow fans are commonly used for a system or machinery cooling process. It also used for ventilating warehouses, factories, and garages. In the fan manufacturing industry, the demand for varying fan operating points makes design parameters compl...
Efforts to optimize the design and enhance the efficiency of standing-wave thermoacoustic refrigerators (SWTARs), particularly those with parallel plate stacks, are crucial for achieving rapid and straightforward engineering estimates. This study pri...
The paper evaluates the possibility of using dissimilar materials joined by welding technology in the construction of agricultural machinery. The desire to design larger and more efficient structures requires designers to combine materials with diffe...
The existing studies indicate that the application of piezoelectric polymers is becoming more and more extensive, especially in the analysis and design of sensors or actuators, but the problems of piezoelectric structure are usually difficult to solv...
A methodology that could reduce computational cost and time, combining computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, neural networks, and genetic algorithms to determine a diffuser-augmented wind turbine (DAWT) design is proposed. The specific appr...
The paper discusses the results of research into a vibration-powered milli- or micro generator (MG). The generator harvests mechanical energy at an optimum level, utilizing the vibration of its mechanical system. The central purpose of our report is...
Soft mobility is gaining popularity in urban spaces due to its various benefits in terms of carbon footprint, air quality, congestion mitigation, and public health. Soft mobility infrastructure mainly includes urban road adjustments to accommodate pe...
The assessment of neuropsychological functions and especially dual-tasking abilities is considered to be increasingly relevant in the assessment of neurological disease, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in particular. However, the assessment of dual-taski...
Human variability related to physical, cognitive, socio-demographic, and other factors can contribute to large differences in human performance. Quantifying population heterogeneity can be useful for designers wishing to evaluate design parameters su...
Nowadays, buildings are increasingly expected to meet higher and more complex performance requirements. Among these requirements, energy efficiency is recognized as an international goal to promote energy sustainability of the planet. Different appro...
To better qualify various uncertainties in design and manufacturing, as well as to understand the time-varying degradation process, a novel method of quality and reliable design and optimization for high-power DC actuators was developed in this study...
This paper sets forth a thorough procedure to design surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous generators. Since synchronous generators generate the majority of electrical energy, their relevance in society nowadays is substantial. As a consequenc...
This paper presents a novel model-based structural optimization approach for the efficient electromechanical development of hexapod robots. First, a hexapod-design-related analysis of both optimization objectives and relevant parameters is conducted...
Nonlinear model predictive control has been established as a powerful methodology to provide feedback for dynamic processes over the last decades. In practice it is usually combined with parameter and state estimation techniques, which allows to cope...
Designing thermal conductivity efficiently is one of the most important study fields for taking the advantages of woven composites. This paper presents an inverse method for the thermal conductivity design of woven composite materials. Based on the m...
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