Visual vehicle tracking is an important topic in intelligent transportation systems. Intersections are challenging locations for visual systems to track vehicles which are simultaneously moving in different directions. In ...

Adhesive joints represent a viable alternative to traditional joining methods. The analysis of frequencies and modal shapes is fundamental to predict the vibrational behaviour of a structural component subjected to dynamic ...

Hydrochloric acid treatment is the most common oil production stimulation treatment to date. Yet, most of operations fail to deliver the targeted results. For a more competent design of acid treatment of carbonate reservoirs, ...

In this paper, Vienna rectifier has been inspected as one of the prominent topologies among three-level switched-mode rectifiers. A fast processing discontinuous modulation strategy has been proposed with the aim of improving ...

This paper proposes a new approach for discrimination between short circuit fault, magnetic saturation phenomenon and supply voltage unbalance in permanent magnet synchronous motor. This proposed approach is based on ...

The seismic strengthening methods are very important in earthquake-prone countries. Steel divergent bracing with replaceable link beam tied in steel frame and embedded in a concrete frame is a new method for a concrete ...

Todays, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), as one of the most effective factors of the advancement in all the aspects such as governance, security and risk, economics and technology, which is among the ...

Gear systems are one of the most functional power transmission systems in the industry. Crack is one of the common defects in gears which is caused by excessive loading, sudden impact and shortcomings in the gears construction. ...

There is a high interest in optimization of transportation and logistics networks due to its high impact on the economic performance of supply chain networks. This paper presents a bilevel mixed-integer programming model ...

Phase change material (PCM) as n-butyl stearate (n-BS) was immersed in expanded clay aggregate (ECA) by two methods, direct immersion at room temperature and immersion at elevated temperature (30oC, 40oC ...

During the ultrasound imaging process, the ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) are beating near the blood vessel wall. Therefore, the purpose of the present simulation study is to investigate the effect of the presence of ...

In this paper, the design of an inverter control structure based on the Proportional Resonant (PR) controller is dealt with in detail for attaining smooth transitions between the operating modes of a grid- connected  ...

The present study was based on a promoting statistical method known as response surface method (RSM). RSM has been applied as an efficient method to optimize many physical applications in industry for more than two decades. ...

Fire accidents are inevitable and it is one of the significant hazards, which causes loss of life and valuables. The present investigation focused to study the influence of fibers on shear strength of concrete exposed to ...

This study implemented the artificial bee colony (ABC) metaheuristic algorithm to optimize the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) values for improving the accuracy of model and evaluate the developed model. Compressive strength ...

This study is an attempt to produce surface nanocrystalline composite of Fe-Co-TiO2 at various current densities in the range of 20 to 50 mA/cm2 via pulse electrodeposition method. The prepared ...

In order to improve the heat transfer performance of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler, different structural characteristics are numerically and experimentally studied. In numerical analyses, the presented pitted ...

Porous materials especially closed-cell metallic foams play important roles among novel materials because of their good characteristics e.g. high strength to weight ratio and crashworthiness. On the other hand, mechanical ...

In the present study, an attempt has been made to use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the assessment of hazardous gas dispersion over obstacles. For this aim, the accidental dispersion of hazardous gas from the hole ...

This research presents a compact and computationally-efficient two-equation compressible-liquid model. The model is specifically developed for the numerical computation of hydraulic surges in pipes under high fluid pressure ...