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Jian Qin, Zhenquan Zhang, Xuening Song, Shuting Huang, Yanjun Liu and Gang Xue
In order to enhance the power generation efficiency and reliability of wave energy converters (WECs), an enclosed inertial WEC with a magnetic nonlinear stiffness mechanism (nonlinear EIWEC) is proposed in this paper. A mathematical model of the nonlinea...
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Sevda Aliparast and Sermin Onaygil
In this field study, we examined the impact of human-centered lighting on an open-plan office environment, involving the participation of sixty office workers. The objective was to investigate the effects of the Circadian Stimulus (CS) and Equivalent Mel...
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Fan Zhu, Meng Zhang, Fuxuan Ma, Zhihua Li and Xianqiang Qu
Wind turbine towers experience complex dynamic loads during actual operation, and these loads are difficult to accurately predict in advance, which may lead to inaccurate structural fatigue and strength assessment during the structural design phase, ther...
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Yuan Zhang, Xuanyu Chen, Peng Xu, Xizeng Zhao, Ould el Moctar and Changqing Jiang
The development and utilization of wave energy, heralded as a potential leading source of clean energy worldwide, have garnered considerable attention from the global research community. Among the diverse array of wave energy converters (WECs), the raft-...
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Jianlou Xu, Yuying Guo, Yan Hao and Leigang Huo
In order to better decompose the images and protect their edges, in this paper, we proposed a coupled variational system consisting of two steps. The first step, an improved weighted variational model is introduced to obtain the cartoon and texture. Usin...
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Ying Sun, Ding Zhou, Jiadong Wang, Zhenyuan Gu and Wangping Qian
In this study, the liquid sloshing in a cylindrical tank considering soil?structure interaction and undergoing horizontal excitation is investigated analytically. Multiple rigid annular baffles are positioned on the rigid wall to mitigate the liquid slos...
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Gabriele Guerrini, Stylianos Kallioras, Stefano Bracchi, Francesco Graziotti and Andrea Penna
This paper discusses different formulations for calculating earthquake-induced displacement demands to be associated with nonlinear static analysis procedures for the assessment of masonry structures. Focus is placed on systems with fundamental periods b...
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Isaac J. Y. Schrock, Steven R. Fassnacht, Antonio-Juan Collados-Lara, William E. Sanford, Anna K. D. Pfohl and Enrique Morán-Tejeda
The spatial characteristics and patterns of snow accumulation and ablation inform the amount of water stored and subsequently available for runoff and the timing of snowmelt. This paper characterizes the snow accumulation phase to investigate the spatiot...
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Seongwan Kim and Jongsu Kim
This paper introduces an optimal energy control method whose rule-based control employs the equivalent consumption minimization strategy as the design standard to support a neural network technique. Using the proposed control method, the output command v...
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Duarte P. Pereira, Isaias L. R. Gomes, Rui Melicio and Victor M. F. Mendes
This paper addresses a support information system for the planning of aircraft maintenance teams, assisting maintenance managers in delivering an aircraft on time. The developed planning of aircraft maintenance teams is a computer application based on a ...
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