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Sichao Zhuo, Xiaoming Zhang, Ziyi Chen, Wei Wei, Fang Wang, Quanlong Li and Yufan Guan
With the development of Industry 4.0, although some smart meters have appeared on the market, traditional mechanical meters are still widely used due to their long-standing presence and the difficulty of modifying or replacing them in large quantities. M...
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V. V. Kovaltchuk,Y. Y. Luchko
Pág. 72 - 82
The console beam of equal resistance of bending from different constructions of elastic elements (as the most rational element of the apparatus for investigation of strain-resistive characteristics) has been chosen and analyzed. The construction and the ...
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Bora Pulatsu, Rhea Wilson, Jose V. Lemos and Neboj?a Mojsilovic
Unreinforced masonry (URM) walls are common load-bearing structural elements in most existing buildings, consisting of masonry units (bricks) and mortar joints. They indicate a highly nonlinear and complex behaviour when subjected to combined compression...
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Cláudia Ferreira, Joana Barrelas, Ana Silva, Jorge de Brito, Ilídio S. Dias and Inês Flores-Colen
Façades, as the most external building envelope component, are subject to different ex-ternal environmental loads, such as: Temperature, precipitation, damp, and wind. Therefore, the contribution of environmental actions to the occurrence of defects in f...
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Ornella Tortorici, Charly Péraud, Cédric Anthierens and Vincent Hugel
Underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are linked to the surface through a tether that is usually controlled by a human operator. The length of the tether being deployed in the water in real time is a critical determinant of the success of the miss...
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Chrisoula Alexandraki, Michael Starakis, Panagiotis Zervas and Rolf Bader
Percussionists use a multitude of objects and materials, mounted on their instruments, to achieve a satisfying sound texture. This is a tedious process as there are no guidelines suggesting how to manipulate a percussion instrument to adjust its perceptu...
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Ugochukwu Kenechi Elinwa, Cemil Atakara, Ifeoluwa Oyeleke Ojelabi and Abiola Ayopo Abiodun
Dampness is a major building challenge that poses a health risk by aiding the growth of mold and other related microorganisms in very humid areas. Thus, the correction of these post-effects results in high maintenance costs via energy consumption, due to...
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Ugochukwu Kenechi Elinwa, Cemil Atakara, Ifeoluwa Oyeleke Ojelabi and Abiola Ayopo Abiodun
Dampness is a major building challenge that poses a health risk by aiding the growth of mold and other related microorganisms in very humid areas. Thus, the correction of these post-effects results in high maintenance costs via energy consumption, due to...
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Jaehong Kim, Jitae Hong and Hongju Kim
A direct deadbeat voltage control design method for inverter-based microgrid applications is proposed in this paper. When the inductor-capacitor (LC) filter output voltage is directly controlled using voltage source inverters (VSIs), the plant dynamics e...
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Airam Sausen, Paulo Sergio Sausen, Manuel Reimbold, Mauricio de Campos
Pág. 441 - 449
This paper presents the application of the error-squared level control strategy Proportional Integral (PI) in the slug flow problem in oil production industry. For this purpose the dynamic model has been used for a pipeline-separator under slug flow with...
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Johnson I IKPO
Pág. pp. 16 - 21
This paper reviews the obligations of a builder after the expiration of the contracted defects liability period using relevant decided cases. The common areas identified as forming the bedrock of litigation pertain to structural and dimensional stability...
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Yaoyu Yan, Futang Xing, Haonan Gao and Dan Mei
The cable room, located at the base of the ring main unit, is prone to water vapor due to its proximity to damp cable holes and its relatively enclosed structure. This may penetrate internally and ultimately affect operational safety. Therefore, a dehumi...
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Mikel Serrano-Antoñanazas, Jesús-Enrique Sierra-Garcia, Matilde Santos and María Tomas-Rodríguez
Compared to onshore turbines, floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) take advantage of the increased availability of offshore wind while causing less environmental impact. However, the strong winds, waves, and currents to which they are subjected trigge...
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Cláudia Ferreira, Ana Silva and Jorge de Brito
The buildings? surroundings? environmental exposure conditions (e.g., orientation, location, altitude, distance from the sea, temperature, precipitation, presence of damp, exposure to prevailing winds, among others) have a considerable influence on the p...
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Oleksandr Lytviak, Vasyl Loginov, Sergii Komar and Yevhen Martseniuk
Self-oscillations are one of the common problems in the complex automatic system, that can occur due to the features of the workflow and the design of the governor. The development of digital control systems has made it possible to damp self-oscillations...
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Miguel A. Cahuich-López,Ismael Mariño-Tapia,Alejandro José Souza,Gerardo Gold-Bouchot,Mark Cohen,David Valdés-Lozano
Pág. 123 - 142
The balance between synoptic and sea breeze atmospheric phenomena can profoundly influence atmospheric circulation in coastal regions. In this paper, a comprehensive study to understand the quasi-permanent patterns of such variability over the surface wi...
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Annalisa De Leo, Alessia Ruffini, Matteo Postacchini, Marco Colombini and Alessandro Stocchino
The occurrence and the effects of hydraulic jump instabilities on a natural river confluence in a small river basin in Liguria (Italy) is here investigated. Hydraulic jump instability has been extensively studied in controlled and simplified laboratory r...
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Spiridon Mantzoukas and Ioannis Lagogiannis
Aphids are among the most harmful crop pests, damaging plants by sucking sap or by transmitting pathogenic viruses. Plant infestation by aphids depends on their population growth. Entomopathogenic fungi are essential participants of terrestrial and aquat...
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Kylie Mason, Kirstin Lindberg, Deborah Read and Barry Borman
Developing environmental health indicators is challenging and applying a conceptual framework and indicator selection criteria may not be sufficient to prioritise potential indicators to monitor. This study developed a new approach for prioritising poten...
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Daniel Ossmann and Manuel Pusch
Active control techniques are a key factor in today?s aircraft developments to reduce structural loads and thereby enable highly efficient aircraft designs. Likewise, increasing the autonomy of aircraft systems aims to maintain the highest degree of oper...
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