• A New Approach in Developing Optimal Defrost/Demist Performance in a Passenger Car (TECHNICAL NOTE) 

  Mehdipour, R.؛ Baniamerian, Z.؛ Saidi, M. H. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  The objective of this paper is to optimize defrost/demist performance in a vehicle. However, to initiate the problem, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of flow behavior within the compartment. So a full-scale ...

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• Modelling of Eyeball with Pan/Tilt Mechanism and Intelligent Face Recognition Using Local Binary Pattern Operator 

  Sai Viswanathan, M.؛ Manoj kumar, V. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  This paper describes the vision system for a humanoid robot, which includes the mechanism that controls eyeball orientation and blinking process. Along with the mechanism designed, the orientation of the camera, integrated ...

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• Energy and Second Law of Thermodynamics Analysis of Shower Cooling Tower with Variation in Inlet Air Temperature 

  Zunaid, M.؛ Murtaza, Q.؛ Samsher, G. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  A shower cooling tower (SCT) operates without fill because of salt decomposition on the fill that leads to deterioration of conventional cooling tower performance. This study presents a two-dimensional mathematical model ...

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• Sedimentation Stability of Oil Well Cements in Directional Wells (TECHNICAL NOTE) 

  Tabatabaee Moradi, S. S.؛ Ivanovich Nikolaev, N. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  Unsuccessful cementing operation can jeopardize the whole well construction process, resulting in further costly and time consuming repair operations. The quality of cementing job is dependent on the cement composition and ...

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• A New Mathematical Model To Optimize A Green Gas Network: A Case Study 

  Fallah, M.؛ Mohajeri, A.؛ Barzegar-Mohammadi, M. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  Global warming created by large scale emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) are a worldwide concern. Due to this, the issue of green gas network has required more attention in the last decades. Here, we address the GHG-based ...

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• Calculation and Analysis of Groove Elastic Support’s Radial Stiffness (RESEARCH NOTE) 

  Sun, X.؛ Deng, S.؛ Chen, G.؛ Zhang, W. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  In this paper, an analytical formula to calculate the radial stiffness of groove elastic support is presented. The influence of structure parameters on radial stiffness and homogeneity of radial stiffness is investigated ...

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• Managing Environmentally Conscious in Designing Closed-loop Supply Chain for the Paper Industry 

  Rahmani-Ahranjani, A.؛ Bozorgi-Amiri, A.؛ Seifbarghy, M.؛ Najafi, E. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  High amounts of waste paper are disposed of every year in Iran posing the health hazard and environmental damages instead of being recovered. Collection, recovery and proper disposal of waste paper without damaging the ...

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• Durable Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete with Supplimentary Cementitious Materials 

  Rath, B.؛ Deo, S.؛ Ramtekkar, G. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  Durability of concrete structure in marine environments is a big issue for many decades due to chloride attack. Chloride penetrates the concrete structure and accelerates the corrosion process of reinforcement which decreases ...

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• The Effect of Measurement Errors on the Performance of Variable Sample Size and Sampling Interval Control Chart 

  Sabahno, H.؛ Amiri, A. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  The effect of measurement errors on adaptive and non-adaptive control charts has been occasionally considered by researchers throughout the years. However, that effect on the variable sample size and sampling interval ...

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• Settlements and Consolidation Rates under Embankments in a Soft Soil with Vertical Drains 

  Kassou, F؛ Benbouziyane, J.؛ Ghafiri, A.؛ Sabihi, A. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  In this paper, a study was carried out in order to estimate settlements and consolidation rates under embankments constructed on Moroccan soft soils.  Settlement measurements in several embankments in High Speed Railway ...

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• Quadrature Amplitude Modulation All Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing-dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing-optical Wireless Communication System under Different Weather Conditions 

  Murdas, I. A. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  This paper proposes an analytical model for evaluating the performance of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) for all optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (AO-OFDM) optical wireless channel. The ...

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• An Integrated Approach for Collection Center Selection in Reverse Logistics 

  Cheraghalipour, A.؛ Paydar, M. M.؛ Hajiaghaei-Keshteli, M. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  In this paper, a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM)-method and mixed integer linear programming (MILP) approach in order to evaluation of the returned products' collectors along with their ordered quantities, is ...

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• Soft Foundation Strengthening Effect and Structural Optimization of a New Cement Fly-ash and Gravel Pile-slab Structure 

  Zhang, D. B.؛ Zhang, Y.؛ Cheng, T.؛ Yuan, J. Y. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  Reducing the settlements of soft foundation effectively is a critical problem of high-speed railway construction in China. The new CFG pile-slab structure composite foundation is a ground treatment technique which is applied ...

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• Batch Study on COD and Ammonia Nitrogen Removal Using Granular Activated Carbon and Cockle Shells 

  Daud, Z.؛ Hijab Abubakar, M.؛ Abdul Kadir, A.؛ Abdul Latiff, Ab A.؛ Awang, H.؛ Abdul Halim, A.؛ Marto, A. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  Landfills generate leachate that contains elevated concentration of contaminants and is hazardous to human health and the ecosystem. In this study, the mixture of granular activated carbon and cockle shells was investigated ...

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• Testing Soccer League Competition Algorithm in Comparison with Ten Popular Meta-heuristic Algorithms for Sizing Optimization of Truss Structures 

  Moosavian, N.؛ Moosavian, H. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2017-07-01)

  Recently, many meta-heuristic algorithms are proposed for optimization of various problems. Some of them originally are presented for continuous optimization problems and some others are just applicable for discrete ones. ...

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