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Christopher Jun Qian Teh, Micheal Drieberg, Khairul Nisak Md Hasan, Abdul Latif Shah and Rizwan Ahmad
The use of photovoltaic (PV) panels in interior spaces is expected to increase due to the proliferation of low-power sensor devices in the IoT domain. PV models are critical for estimating the I?V curves that define their performance at various light int...
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Chuan Li, Haichun Wang, Yunsheng Wang, Lulu Wang, Xi Yang and Xiaorong Wan
Fracture zones in front of tunnel faces can easily cause falling blocks and landslides during the construction process. Using seismic waves and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data, we extracted the features of fracture zones and achieved the advanced pre...
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Chunming Chi, Changwei Zhao and Jinhu Zhi
This study aims to accurately describe the soil?water characteristic curve (SWCC) across the full range from saturation to oven dryness. We propose a smooth, continuous three-segmented SWCC model that divides the saturation range into wet, air-dried, and...
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Muawia Dafalla and Ahmed M. Al-Mahbashi
The major problematic soils in semi-arid regions include expansive soils and collapsible soils. These two types of soils cause problems and are hazardous for buildings when moisture is introduced following a dry or semi-dry season. In order to assess the...
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Yuefeng Liu and Jiayi Yao
Urban catering systems constitute an important subsystem of the complex urban system. They can reveal not only the impact of urban functional structure on the catering but also the behavioral patterns of individual catering points through the exploration...
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Yangjing Wang, Jinquan Huang, Muxuan Pan and Wenxiang Zhou
The variable cycle engine switches working modes by way of changing variable-geometry components to achieve the dual advantages of high unit thrust and low specific fuel consumption. Due to the lack of a large amount of rig test data and the complex mode...
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Zhi Rao, Lingfeng Tang and Hui Zhang
Aiming at the problem of high vibration and high wear of centrifugal pump tongue, this paper proposes a double-tongue volute structure. Under the condition of ensuring the reliability of CFD results, the influence of various combinations of tongue and vo...
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Mustapha Ikirri, Said Boutaleb, Ismael M. Ibraheem, Mohamed Abioui, Fatima Zahra Echogdali, Kamal Abdelrahman, Mouna Id-Belqas, Tamer Abu-Alam, Hasna El Ayady, Sara Essoussi and Farid Faik
An assessment of potential groundwater areas in the Ifni basin, located in the western Anti-Atlas range of Morocco, was conducted based on a multicriteria analytical approach that integrated a set of geomorphological and hydroclimatic factors influencing...
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Lan Fu, Xiaoyu Dong, Henglun Shen, Tianshun Zhu and Fangfang Sun
As a coastal city with rapid urbanization and high-intensity human activities, Shenzhen, China has carried out a series of comprehensive treatments for water pollution control and ecological restoration in recent years. However, the restoration effect is...
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Alex Brisbois and Rebecca Dziedzic
Installing pumps as turbines (PaTs) in water distribution networks can recover otherwise wasted energy, as well as reduce leakage caused by high water pressure. However, a barrier to their implementation is the lack of information on their performance in...
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