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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Performance simulation"”.
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Comparative urban performance simulation
… is concerned with applying environmental urban performance analysis methods to comparative urban master planning. Using bottom-up physics-based urban simulation algorithms, the author established a repeatable methodology for computationally analyzing and comparing urban environments. Conditions …
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Performance simulation of a composite orthopedic implant device
The static strength and long-term performance of composite hip prostheses under complex mechanical and environmental loading conditions are studied through theoretical modelling and experimental investigations. Two static strength models, namely, a cantilever beam model and an elastic foundation …
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Characterisation of occupancy in building performance simulation for non-residential buildings
Building performance simulation (BPS) is a powerful tool for understanding energy consumption in buildings. Occupant behaviour in general, and occupancy in particular, has been identified as an important factor contributing to the gap between building performance simulation results and actual …
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Performance Simulation and Powertrain Selection for an Electric Drift Trike Vehicle
… Vehicle is examined. Functional requirements and performance specifications for the trike are created. Driving geometrical relations for the trike’s frame are set based on experiments in rider posture and comfort. The coefficient of friction for the drive wheels is measured to inform powertrain …
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Performance simulation and control design for diesel engine NOx emission reduction technologies
… in a turbocharged diesel engine through co-simulation. At first, an integrated environment for 1D engine modeling with control function was proposed for a SCI performance evaluation and control implementation. The SCI engine has been evaluated by Constant Speed Load Acceptance tests under …
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Design of high efficiency Mid IR QCL lasers
… work for testing and evaluating Mid-IR QCL performance, simulation work for verifying wavefunction and energy alignment, as well as, Monte Carlo transport simulations for evaluating designs, and finally measuring lasing and spontaneous emission performance for various designs.
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Viability of naturally ventilated buildings in the UK under predicted future summer climates
… conditions. This thesis addresses the summer performance of such buildings under current and future climates by means of building performance simulation. Current industry standard weather datasets for building performance simulation are not however, suited to the assessment of the potential …
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An embedded IoT antenna for smart pavement monitoring system
… applied to the proposed antenna to improve its performance. Simulation and measurement results show that with serrations on the ground plane, the proposed antenna is able provide broadside gain of 3.4 dB through asphalt pavement.
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Musical composing on pitch time table based tangible tabletop interface
… of tangible user interface (TUI) as well as live performance simulation and from where our design philosophy will be stated. Then we will introduce the game design to further illiterates how pitch visual presentations can enable and enhance users to create and enjoy music, followed by that, the …
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La simulazione termoenergetica dinamica del sistema edificio-impianti applicata a un caso studio:l'azienda ospedaliera "G. Brotzu"
… variables, the monitoring data and the building performance simulation output, allow to create an effective tool for the design and the operation of buildings. The final aim of this research is to use in current practice that useful and effective tool in operational support, in order to direct …
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Utilization Of A Large-Scale Wireless Sensor Network For Intrusion Detection And Border Surveillance
… the environmental factors that affect the sensor performance. Simulation studies have been carried out using the OPNET to verify the theoretical analysis and to find an optimal node deployment scheme that is robust and efficient by incorporating geographical coordination in the design. Measures …
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Mems approaches in infrared imaging
The design and performance simulation of a novel Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) based infrared detector, that utilizes coefficient of thermal expansion, is discussed. The detector design uses a variety of thermal expansion coefficient materials, including alloys which are connected to ambient …
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PAPR reduction in OFDM communications with generalized discrete Fourier transform
… orthogonal code sets, based on the desired performance metrics mimicking the engineering specs of interest. One of the main drawbacks of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems is the high Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) value which is directly related to power …
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Development of an Occupant-centric Control Algorithm for Mixed-Mode Ventilation Buildings to Regulate Window Operations
… buildings do not always achieve better performance than mechanically ventilated buildings, largely due to inappropriate window operations. Therefore, the sequences of operation for terminal devices serving zones with operable windows should be designed in recognition of these risks, …
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Fatigue behavior of ceramic matrix composites at elevated temperatures under cyclic loading
… of remaining strength and life, obtained using a performance simulation code. Initial results indicate existence of a threshold stress value which limits the use of the material system.
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Research on Environmental Performance-oriented Evaluation Method of Indoor Arena Roof System
… of indoor arenas embodies the complexity of performance-oriented design and evaluation. This study aims to address the core issue of scientifically and effectively evaluating the roof systems of indoor arenas in performance-oriented design. Accordingly, this research proposes a …
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Machine learning paradigms for building energy performance simulations
… a technical limitation of building energy performance simulations, the computation time, by using surrogate modeling, a class of supervised machine learning techniques where the output is a performance metric. Though early machine learning methods were introduced decades ago, the …
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Validation of a building simulation tool for predictive control in energy management systems
… to ‘sick buildings’. Recently, building energy performance simulation (BEPS) has been viewed as a conceptual solution to assist in efficient building control. Building energy simulation models offer a virtual environment to test many scenarios of BEMS operation strategies and the ability to …
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Towards comfortable and walkable cities : spatially resolved outdoor thermal comfort analysis linked to travel survey-based human activity schedules
… design processes, there is a need for developing simulation frameworks that aid architects, urban designers and planners in making informed sustainable design decisions. The focus of this work, therefore, is the development of computer tools and workflows that promote the design of walkable and …
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Sparsity and computation reduction for high-rate visual-inertial odometry
… metric corresponds to good information-theoretic performance. Simulation results confirm that decimation-style strategies perform as well or better than sophisticated policies which require significant computation to execute. Given that decimation consumes negligible computation to evaluate, its …
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