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Boqian Ji, Jun Huang, Xiaoqiang Lu, Yacong Wu and Jingjiang Liu
The wing aerodynamic shape optimization is a typical high-dimensional problem with numerous independent design variables. Researching methods to reduce the dimensionality of optimization from the perspective of aerodynamic characteristics is necessary. O...
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Van Chien Pham, Hanseok Kim, Jae-Hyuk Choi, Antony J. Nyongesa, Jongsu Kim, Hyeonmin Jeon and Won-Ju Lee
Recent developments in power electronics, energy storage systems, and renewable energy; increased market demands for more efficient and cleaner electric power to meet stricter environmental regulations; and development in gigawatt (GW)-class DC (direct c...
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M.E. Storm, R. Gouws, L.J. Grobler
In most countries the agricultural sector, especially crop irrigation, is a considerable energy consumer. Farm irrigation studies in South Africa showed that energy and water is wasted on a large scale and there is a large potential for improving efficie...
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M.E. Storm, R. Gouws, L.J. Grobler
In most countries the agricultural sector, especially crop irrigation, is a considerable energy consumer. Farm irrigation studies in South Africa showed that energy and water is wasted on a large scale and there is a large potential for improving efficie...
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Matteo Bottin, Silvio Cocuzza and Matteo Massaro
The proposed variable stiffness mechanism will be used in robotic deburring applications, in particular in applications with high and irregular burr profiles, ensuring a precision cut without damaging the cutting tool or the robot.
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Joel Guerrero, Marco Sanguineti and Kevin Wittkowski
Winglets are commonly used drag-reduction and fuel-saving technologies in today’s aviation. The primary purpose of the winglets is to reduce the lift-induced drag, therefore improving fuel efficiency and aircraft performance. Traditional winglets a...
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Joel Guerrero, Marco Sanguineti and Kevin Wittkowski
Winglets are commonly used drag-reduction and fuel-saving technologies in today?s aviation. The primary purpose of the winglets is to reduce the lift-induced drag, therefore improving fuel efficiency and aircraft performance. Traditional winglets are des...
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Jozef Zurada
The profitability of loan granting institutions depends largely on the institutions ability to accurately evaluate credit risk. Their goal is to maximize income by issuing as many good loans to consumers as possible while minimizing losses associated wit...
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Boyi Li, Adu Gong, Longfei Liu, Jing Li, Jinglin Li, Lingling Li, Xiang Pan and Zikun Chen
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015?2030 (SFDRR) proposed seven targets comprising 38 quantified indicators and various sub-indicators to monitor the progress of disaster risk and loss reduction efforts. However, challenges persist rega...
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Xuyong Chen, Yuanlin Peng, Zhifeng Xu and Qiaoyun Wu
A new reliability estimation method based on partial multiplicative dimensional reduction is proposed for probabilistic and non-probabilistic hybrid structural systems. The proposed method is characterized by decorrelating interval input variables from r...
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Kristian Eikeland Holmefjord, Lars Husdal, Martijn de Jongh and Sverre Torben
We examine the fuel savings of Edda Passat, a newly constructed wind farm support vessel that utilizes a common direct current (DC) grid. This enables its diesel engines to operate at variable speeds by using frequency converter technology. A detailed in...
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Un-Chang Jeong
The present study on vibration reduction in systems wherein the excitation frequency is variable designed and fabricated a magnetorheological elastomer (MRE)-based tunable dynamic vibration absorber and evaluated its performance in an experimental manner...
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Sumant Lalljith, Andrew G. Swanson, Arman Goudarzi
Frequent escalations in fuel costs, environmental concerns, and the depletion of non-renewable fuel reserves have driven the power industry to significant utilisation of renewable energy resources. These resources cannot satisfy the entire system load de...
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Juan Chen, Qinxuan Feng and Qi Guo
In order to solve the problem of traffic congestion and emission optimization of urban multi-class expressways, a robust dynamic nondominated sorting multi-objective genetic algorithm DFCM-RDNSGA-III based on density fuzzy c-means clustering method is pr...
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S.M. Labib, Hossain Mohiuddin, Irfan Mohammad Al Hasib, Shariful Hasnine Sabuj and Shrabanti Hira
A growing body of research has applied intelligent transportation technologies to reduce traffic congestion at signalized intersections. However, most of these studies have not considered the systematic integration of traffic data collection methods when...
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Jafar Jafari-Asl, Seyed Arman Hashemi Monfared and Soroush Abolfathi
This study investigates the optimal and safe operation of pumping stations in water distribution systems (WDSs) with the aim of reducing the environmental footprint of water conveyance processes. We introduced the nonlinear chaotic honey badger algorithm...
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Gaganpreet Singh Hundal, Chad Matthew Laux, Dennis Buckmaster, Mathias J Sutton and Michael Langemeier
The production of row crops in the Midwestern (Indiana) region of the US has been facing environmental and economic sustainability issues. There has been an increase in trend for the application of fertilizers (nitrogen & phosphorus), farm machinery ...
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Yinsheng Li, Zhengqiang Luo, Qing Xu and Wei Zheng
According to the established theoretical model, this study deduces the convergence conditions of the system and obtains the step-size bound suitable for all stages of system operation. The simulation and experimental results show that the system has exce...
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Sijia Jia, Zhenkai Zhang, Qi Dang, Chen Song and Chao Yang
Compared with traditional wings equipped with conventional control surfaces, variable-camber morphing wings have become a hot research topic in the field of aviation due to their ability to maintain a smooth and continuous overall shape while ensuring ex...
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Byeong-Min Jeong, Yun-Seo Oh, Dae-Sung Jang, Nam-Eung Hwang, Joon-Won Kim and Han-Lim Choi
Task allocation is an essential element for determining the capability of multi-UAV systems to perform various tasks. This paper presents a procedure called a ?rebalancing algorithm? for generating task-performing routes in heterogeneous multi-UAV system...
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