Abstract: This is a numerical and experimental study on the combined parameter and function estimation. The determination of thermal conductivity and the surface heat flux is an illustration of combined ...

Abstract: Recent investigations have opened the prospect of using stone columns in collapsible soils through the use of geofabric encapsulation. However, the effectiveness of this type of ground improvement in such soils is still ...

Abstract: An energy and exergy analysis has been conducted on a hybrid desalination system powered by solar energy using vacuum collectors and geothermal energy. This system is specifically designed to operate under the environmental ...

Abstract: Fiber-reinforced polymer composite (FRPC) wraps are increasingly being used for rehabilitation and strengthening of concrete structures. This paper presents the results of an experimental study on the tensile performance ...

Abstract: The growing complexity of buildings requires architectural engineering to integrate many different specialized capabilities, among which building physics often plays a primary role. Architectural engineers must understand ...

Abstract: The homogenization of the energy functional of a sandwich plate, its minimization and its discretization by finite element methods and modeling the viscoelastic core behavior by an hysteretic ...

Abstract: An optimization for the geometrical parameters of continuous fins on an array of tubes of a refrigeration evaporator is developed in this paper using the exergy method. The method is based ...

Abstract: The natural convection fluid flow and heat transfer in an annulus of two differentially heated confocal elliptic cylinders filled with the Cu–water nanofluid are investigated numerically. The outer cylinder is maintained ...

Abstract: Hyperthermia is a cancer treatment modality in which body tissue is exposed to elevated temperatures to destroy cancerous cells. Hyperthermia treatment planning refers to the use of computational ...

Abstract: Installing a large deck onto a platform, such as a spar, using the floatover method is gaining popularity. This is because the operational cost is much lower than other methods of installation, ...