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Angeliki Mentzafou, Yiannis Panagopoulos and Elias Dimitriou
Water quality indices that describe the status of water are commonly used in freshwater vulnerability assessment. The design of river water quality monitoring programs has always been a complex process and despite the numerous methodologies employed by e...
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Vladimir Ulansky and Ahmed Raza
Maintenance strategies play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of complex systems. Imperfect inspections, characterized by the probabilities of false positives and false negatives, significantly impact the effectiveness of mainten...
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Xinyue Zhao, Fangxu Gui, Heng Chen, Lanxin Fan and Peiyuan Pan
Transformers, as the hub equipment of the power system, are highly valued by engineering and scientific researchers in production practice and scientific research. The goal of transformer research is to ensure the safe operation of transformers while con...
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Jiawei Zhang, Fenglei Han, Duanfeng Han, Jianfeng Yang, Wangyuan Zhao and Hansheng Li
In the realm of ocean engineering and maintenance of subsea structures, accurate underwater distance quantification plays a crucial role. However, the precision of such measurements is often compromised in underwater environments due to backward scatteri...
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J. Feo-García, A. Pulido-Alonso, A. Florido-Betancor and N. R. Florido-Suárez
The analysis of energy consumption in reverse osmosis desalination plants is the most important and relevant factor to study, because this parameter indicates the level of efficiency and competitiveness of the plant. The direct consequence of the high sp...
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Hosin Lee, Byungkyu Moon and Jeongbeom Lee
The need to incorporate sustainability principles and practices is increasing for environmental and economic reasons. It is imperative to identify and operationalize sustainability strategies into core administrative, planning, design, construction, oper...
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Alon Urlainis, Monica Paciuk and Igal M. Shohet
This study investigates the life expectancy (LE) and life cycle costs (LCC) of three alternatives of interior partitions in residential units: gypsum board, autoclaved concrete block, and hollow concrete block partitions. The aim is to examine the sustai...
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Samiulhaq Wasiq and Amir Golroo
Road networks play a significant role in each country?s economy, especially in countries such as Afghanistan, which is strategically located in the international transit path from Europe to East Asia. In such a country, pavement performance models are fu...
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Marco Guerrieri, Giuseppe Parla, Masoud Khanmohamadi and Larysa Neduzha
Asphalt pavements are subject to regular inspection and maintenance activities over time. Many techniques have been suggested to evaluate pavement surface conditions, but most of these are either labour-intensive tasks or require costly instruments. This...
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Long Bin Tan and Linus Yinn Leng Ang
This study aims to tackle the challenge of high noise levels on balconies while preserving natural ventilation. Eight innovative balcony designs, incorporating elements like diffuser edges, undulating ceilings, Helmholtz resonators, grooves, or sound tra...
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