Advances in Engineering Research

A Discrete Bat Algorithm (DBA) is proposed to solve the assembly sequence planning (ASP) problem. Several key technologies including the position and velocity of Bat Algorithm, corresponding operators for updating the position and the position of local search are redefined. The fitness function is established...

In recent years for refrigerated processing of poultry, development and introduction of different apparatuses operating on the principle of the direct contract with carbon dioxide have been conducted. The disadvantages of the used contact apparatuses operating using carbon dioxide are: relatively low...

For the international maritime organization (IMO) has decided to implement 0.5% of global sulfur restrictions by 2020,the paper focuses on three main countermeasures,advice on the relationship between the advantages and disadvantages of the three countermeasures shall be given.It is hoped that the plan...

This note makes a comparative study of multigranulation rough set model and generalized rough set model. It is pointed out that the pessimistic multigranulation rough set model (PMGRS) is a kind of generalized rough set model, it is induced by a reflexive and symmetric relation on the universe. On the...

This research focuses on studying harmonic disturbance conditions that have the potential to arise at DC traction substations caused by non-linear loads, namely rectifiers. In the DC railway traction substation system there is a rectifier component whose function is to convert AC power to DC. The aim...

Steam power plant is one of plant of electricity needs that has great potential in energy supply and is an alternative to electricity needs in Indonesia. This study reviews the thermal performance of a steam power plant’s condenser, focusing on its exergy efficiency and heat transfer rate over five different...

With the rapid advancement of mobile robotics, vision-based target tracking has shown great potential in intelligent warehousing, service robotics, and autonomous driving. As a key technology for autonomous navigation and environmental interaction, target tracking plays a crucial role in enhancing the...

Aircraft optical pods, the core of aviation optoelectronic systems, must maintain ≤ 0.1mrad optical axis stability under -40 ℃ ~80 ℃ temperature alternation, 10-2000Hz vibration, and 3-5g overload. Traditional aluminum structures suffer 0.2-0.5mm thermal deformation, while existing studies neglect the...

With gradually increasing scarcity of traditional energy sources and electricity load, distributed power being environmentally friendly, efficient, with flexible features has attracted wide attention. Development of distributed power generation technology and the establishment of new power grid containing...

In this paper, monitoring software based on principle and structure of distributed optical fiber fire detection used to observe the temperature of the cable laying and realize the real-time alarm is designed. It was written in Qt Programming language with cooperation of optimization design of the signal...

In view of the negligence of unbalanced development between regions in current research on the energy rebound effect in China, we provide a calculation method based on stochastic frontier production function. By using China's provincial panel data from 1977 to 2014, this paper estimates energy rebound...

The food detection data plays an extremely important and indispensable role in the evaluation of food quality. However, there are a number of detection items based on different evaluation standards for a product. The detection items can be divided into four categories: optimum index, negative index,...

In this paper, characteristics of distributed energy system powered by gas turbine and gas-fueled internal combustion engine are analyzed. System configuration scheme was designed based on meteorological condition, internal load demand and time of equipment utilization. Compared with conventional energy...

The potential energy of rain has certain potential in power generation. This article used the technology of cross flow rainwater power generation. In order to achieve the highest efficiency of rainwater power generation, this paper established a reasonable distribution model of generator in pipeline...

This topic involves graphene Nafion composite. Graphene is prepared by using hummer’s method, thus the functional graphene. The functional Graphene-nafion composite has excellent electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and mechanical properties. Therefore, it can be used as the preparation of high-strength...

In view of the disadvantage of the current method for target detection that poor efficiency and poor real-time, a novel method of target detection based on digital image processing technology was proposed. The traditional normalized correlation template matching algorithm was improved via setting optimal...

Ground vibration resulting from blasting, has become a critical environmental issue with the increasing mining activities in areas close to human settlements and many a times the locals resist the blasting even though it is not causing damage to their structures. In general, apprehensions or perceptions...

In the process of the automated mechanical transmission operating,one pair of cogwheels are engaged with the other idling.Because both gear pairs are supported on one shaft,the states of them will be mutual coupling.By analyzing the meshing stiffness,mesh damp,support stiffness and coupling state via...

Based on the analysis of current developing state of graph theory, define the description of spacial moving capability of common couples and translation base and rotation base of mechanism, based on the new description method in topological graph theory. DOF(degree of freedom) of hybrid mechanism analyzed...

Technology has evolved, especially in the field of air transportation. The dynamic of air transportation technology have seen through the competitions between airports all around the world, when the airports strive to serve as many passengers as possible and provide modern infrastructure along with the...

The surcharge preloading method is reproduced numerically in this paper. The plastic vertical drain is simulated using the drainage surface and the embankment is represented by equivalent load. The results show that the settlement and the pore pressure are correct, which can be used for the future engineering.

This research aimed to study the effect of retardants concentration on the inhibition of apical shoots of rubber rootstock and analyze the relationship between the apical bud dormancy and grafting success relating to the influence of retardants. The study was conducted in the Teaching and Research Farm...

Liquid smoke or bio-oil is a renewable energy source that is the result of combustion or pyrolysis of raw materials containing hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin that can be used for various purposes, both food and non-food applications. The content of anti-microbial and anti-oxidant compounds in liquid...

In order to solve the problems of high viscosity and slow flow rate of high-strength concrete. Using EPEG type low molecular weight large monomer as the main raw material, the effects of the acid to ether ratio, the amount of bottom liquid acrylic acid, the amount of chain transfer agent, and the amount...

Sign language, for deaf-impaired people, plays an important role in communication. In this paper, we devise a Taiwan Sign Language recognition system. We use the Kinect2 sensor to get data from 94 sign morphemes shown once by 4 people, and extract hand shape features and trajectory features from depth...

The measurement and control system works under the non-coherent system. When the nominal frequency of the star is not consistent, the velocity measurement results introduce the system error. In order to eliminate this kind of influence; this paper analyzes the influence of the inconsistency of the nominal...

Failure behavior of metal materials under impact loading has become key research content in industrial manufacturing field. Especially in the field of weapon research, 35CrMnSi dynamic figure behavior in the serving process attracts relevant weapon manufacture researchers’ extensive attention. In order...

Enormous amount of information on the Internet, there are several of information and it is so complicated. Information retrieval is of blind and too much redundant information is in search results. In order for a user to much more effective at getting the information they needed, This paper researches...

With the construction of large-scale wind farm, most of wind farms' geographical environment is more open, vulnerable to line switch tripping caused by large-scale wind power failure. Therefore line lightning protection becomes important work of wind farm construction. In this paper, lines lightning...

An entity business based big data trading platform will be researched and designed against the defects of the traditional large scale business under the environment of big data. The platform will follow five steps: step one, use hardware equipment to collect basic information of the merchants, commodities...

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology further enabled the information revolution by powering smartphones and tablets, allowing an unprecedented performance of these devices against reasonable cost. Currently, this battery technology is on the verge of carrying the revolution in road transport and energy...

Vegetation cover not only takes as an import parameter for monitoring the vegetation situation of land surface , but also is an important indicator indicates the quality of the ecological environment and its changes. Therefore, in this paper , The Landsat TM images of 1989 and 2011 was used to extract...

WC-Cr3C2 reinforced Ni-Cr layers using self-made Ni55 alloy powder were deposited on a medium carbon steel by laser cladding in this work. From the results of contrast wear tests in dry friction and in distilled water, we found that water plays few lubrication in the process of friction and wear, but...

In the present work, we compare the photocatalytic activity of titania samples normalized to the sample weight and specific surface area (SSA), and show a correlation between the PCA of titania catalysts with similar phase compositions and amorphous phase contents. Catalysts with a significant amorphous...

Genetic Algorithm (GA) is a very effective optimization solution method. It can provide faster and better results than some traditional optimization methods for the control structures and control functions in the control field. It can be said that the intelligent connection of GA and CAD software packages...

Owing to the high performance of borate crystals, they are widely used in the fields of mobile communications and other high technology. Researches on thermodynamic properties of aqueous borate systems are essential for the synthesis of borates and the comprehensive utilization of boron-containing brine...

Essential oils can have an impact on behavioural responses of cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne). In this study, we provide evidence that some chemical compounds in essential oil of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) leaves, which were subjected to hydrodistillation and extracted with n-hexane, can strongly...

The delay difference of the link has an effect on the diversity performance of the FM mode diversity, and may even cause the system to demodulate abnormally and can not stably track. Based on the diversity of FM mode and the principle of angular error demodulation, this paper analyzes the influence of...

Coconut (Cocos nucifera) is a plant belonging to the Arecaceae family with a myriad of uses. Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is one of the products that can be derived from this plant. The free fatty acid content, especially lauric acid, determines the quality of VCO. There are several methods of VCO production,...

SQL Injection remains a persistent and evolving threat to the security of web applications, as it allows attackers to change database queries to gain unauthorized access or seize control of systems. Despite numerous mitigation tools, SQLi continues to appear among the top OWASP vulnerabilities due to...

Customer satisfaction has become a crucial metric for the business sustainability of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) amidst fierce industrial competition in Indonesia. Automated sentiment analysis on social media offers a solution to efficiently monitor public opinion. This study aims to comprehensively...

With social progress and economic development, people's living level gradually improve, tourism has become an essential part of modern people's life. At present, many developed countries of the tourism informationization level has reached a higher level, and the informationization development of tourism...

The overflowing property of the restricted orifice how to affect volute pressure and the surge level under the condition of large fluctuation and the output swing of the unit under the condition of the hydraulic disturbance were studied. Combining with the engineering features of three adits sharing...

Neighborhood communication is concerned not only by socialist, but also by architects and planners. In the smart city trend, digital technology has changed the way of our living; it can bring some new opportunity to solve the problem in neighborhood communication of the industrial age. Base on the analysis...

Many scientific and irrational factors exist in the cultural development of the country, in the current housing reconstruction project in the village, residential style, building materials, and architectural culture are not conducive to the Wa architectural culture, history, culture and home and other...

In order to solve the problem that different types of wind turbines accessing to the power gird has great influence on protection configuration and setting calculation, a fault current calculation model of doubly-fed induction generator under rotor excitation control was established when symmetric or...

Video surveillance becomes far-reaching thanks to the Internet. The IP camera having both photography and video output functions becomes the primary component in network video surveillance; the bandwidth of the network passageway is fixed but the traffic is changing. In the event of network jam, there...

Portable computer modeling design is mainly about different shape elements on decomposition and combination, including dots, lines, surface, body, color, texture etc. In order to make all the shape elements to be highly harmonious and acceptable, computer producers have to use the methods of unity and...

The purpose of this study is to explore the safety performance of short left-turn lanes at unsignalized intersections, where it is often impractical to provide the standard lengths either when the available length between two adjacent opening is inadequate or when heavy left-turn volumes leads to demanding...

It is often necessary to carry out an analysis of piles for horizontal loads in the process of designing buildings and constructions. There are various ways to perform such analysis. So, Professor B.N. Zhemochkin suggested calculating a pile as a rod in an elastic half-space. More details about the assumptions...

Numerical simulation is more and more widely applied in the field of engineering construction and it is proved effective. But if geologic conditions of the construction are complex and the model is large, the conventional modeling method is difficult, time-consuming and inefficient. For that purpose,...

For the purpose of predict the electrical characteristics of black silicon solar cells, a simple lumped-parameter equivalent circuit model is proposed. This model is in the form of electrical equivalent circuit which contains one diode, one current source and two resistances. The model contains linear...

This thesis builds the optimum programming model based on fluid mechanics. Under the premise of a fixed number of lanes, L, with the shortest passing time as the optimization target, this thesis determines the best plan for the number of tollbooths, n, which provides the preliminary basis for the design...

With the development of China's economy, its dependence on foreign oil increases every year. Therefore, oil reserves play a vital role in ensuring China's energy security. The selection of a base site for the construction of strategic oil reserves is a priority. This study analyzes the status quo as...

In this paper, a new three dimensional Lorenz-like chaotic system is reported. Nonlinear characteristic and basic dynamic properties of the three-dimensional autonomous system are studied by means of nonlinear dynamics theory, including the stability and the conditions for generating Hopf bifurcation...

Additive manufacturing has made it possible to design and print complex geometric components that could not be achieved with traditional manufacturing methods. With the current limitations in optimizing the surface topography of printed parts, efficient cutting process parameters are essential for optimal...

An evaluation of criteria is necessary to determine the achievement of each teacher who is a potential candidate for the PPPK selection, including the need to identify the criteria of teachers who are eligible to pass the PPPK selection. This research aims to evaluate teacher criteria in supporting decision-making...

This study focuses on the distribution process of Biodiesel in relation to the logistics strategy of the FUEL TERMINAL which regulates the supply of Biodiesel products to Consumers (SPBU) as primary fuel. The analysis method used is SWOT, IFE, EFE and Internal External Matrix (IE). The results of the...

The selection process for participants in the D2 Computer Network Administration Study Program requires an integrated, efficient, and transparent system to ensure the quality of human resources who will follow the program. This research aims to design and develop a web-based selection system directly...

The grilling tools commonly used today rely on square-shaped wire clamps to hold fish or chicken, placed over a combustion chamber with manual fanning, often resulting in uneven cooking or charring due to the proximity to the heat source. Additionally, manual fanning requires significant effort and time....

The aim of the study: to obtain yacon prebiotic syrup that can increase cellular and humoral immunity. Sixty of Rattus norvegicus aged about 40 days and weighing about 100-150 grams divided into 4 groups. Commercial FOS supplement group, non-inhibited yacon syrup, inhibited yacon syrup (FOS content ±...

Our living and electricity system have been inseparable. Using the smart grid in the daily life is increasing the users' living quality and reducing the cost of electricity. This paper explains how to set the electronic facility according to different real-time pricing, and then it reaches an effect...

In recent decades, the development of the economy is very fast. However the environment is damaged deep-ly. More and more people put forward the definition of "sustained development" to solve the problem, which is called sustainability. Because the availability of water is a matter of life and death....

At present, the application of gas insulated metal enclosed switchgear (GIS) in power system is used more and more widely, but the detection of GIS is often disturbed by various kinds of noise, which affects the effective location of the fault point. Commonly it can not reflect the frequency characteristics...

Toxicity test can intuitively reflect the combined toxicity of contaminated water bodies, predict and control is a necessary adjunct to chemical pollution, and is widely used to test surface water and industrial wastewater. This paper describes the significance of the various types of biological and...

A novel Bi2WO6 micro/nano-structures with pH-controlled shapes were synthesized by Novel template-free solvothermal synthesis method. Multiple technologies were applied to characterize the as-synthesized samples including X-ray powder diffraction(XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM),...

RV reducer is an important function part of industrial robot joints. The cycloid gear measuring problem is the key part of high precision RV reducer manufacturing. A brief introduction to the forming principle and formulas of RV reducer cycloid tooth contour. A new method for measuring the contour accuracy...

We set up the predicted model of country’s development based on Runge-Kutta method to predict the development’s trend of a country. When a country is in the absence of policy interference, we regard economy, society and environment as competitors in a biologic chain and obtain the Lotka-Volterra equations....

As the urgent need for unprecedented level of convenience, enjoyment and quality of lives becomes ever more apparent, interest in smart homes is on the rise. Recent advances in computer and communication technologies have offered many promising solutions to the realm of assistive living. However, to...

This paper describes the traditional design methods for airport pavement thickness and noted deficiencies, and pass through the cumulative damage theory - coverage of theory, the choice of NCHRP 1-26 fatigue equation is proposed for heavy traffic airport cement concrete pavement thickness design methods.

The purpose of this study was to obtain low-carbon economic development level and analyze obstacle factor in Shandong province.This paper first designed the index system of low carbon economic evaluation containing the target layer and system layer and index layer,determined the weight of each index...

File carving is a technique of recovering data from disk without depending on the File System, and the key step is the extraction and reassembly of file fragments. Efficient recognition and extraction of file fragments is not only the prerequisite of recovering file, but also the guarantee of a low false...

Modulation Instability, also called B-F Instability, is widely recognized as the key reason of nonlinear Freak Wave generation. However, the majority of current researches concentrated only on the Most Unstable Condition (MUC for short). In this paper, systematic study covering various occurrence conditions...

Comprehensive transportation is the key point of all countries. Passenger and cargo transport pay attention on seamless connection and transfer. The paper discussed the state-of-the-art at home and abroad, and the state-of-the-art of the railway-highway intermodality , train-and-bus intermodality , air-railway...

The territory of the Urengoy deposit is characterized by the in-stability of thermodynamic equilibrium of geological environ-ment, due to the existence of permafrost. The article investigates the geological section of the area, its oil and gas potential, analyzes the geological and physical information....

design a Switching Mode Power Supply Charger with a power factor correction. Discuss the design scheme of main circuit and control circuit. Expound the calculation method of the key element parameters. The experiments indicate that the device get a good performance on output and reliability. The charger...

The exploration of intelligent furniture with its application is bound to cultivate a new economic growth point in China's furniture industry. When making possible a deep-level interaction between furniture and its users, intelligent furniture propels the innovation of furniture design. This allows furniture...

A theoretical model using the power balance approach has been developed to predict the water discharge from the airlift pump-nozzle jet bubble generator system applied to aquaculture. The research was conducted on the ratio of the water level to the total riser pipe height of 0.83. The influence of the...

This paper introduces the research on intelligent decision-making technology for coal sorting system. In order to solve the problems of high dependence on manual experience, insufficient automation level, and lack of unified data management platform in the production process of Xiaojihan Coal Mine Coal...

This paper discusses about switched capacitor based front end converter for BLDC motor drive application. The front end converter is used to provide controlled dc voltage with minimal dc voltage source for VSI feeding BLDC motor with sensors. Hall sensors is used to commutate the motor electronically....

According to Satu Data Indonesia (SDI) regulation, each government office should publish their public data or limited access data through a portal, and the data should be able to interchange digitally through a data interchange mechanism. The regulation also defines three-stage on data releases which...

Recent experiments reveal that strong ferromagnetism can be obtained in Fe-doped In2O3 films. However, the underlying physics is not well understood. By density-functional calculation, we systematically study the magnetic properties of Fe-doped In2O3 mediated by intrinsic vacancy. Our results reveal...

The model of robust principal component analysis(RPCA) is built for dynamic magnetic resonance image(DMRI) reconstruction in order to better extract the dynamic part of the cine cardiac tissue. This model decomposes the cardiac magnetic resonance image into sparse part and low-rank part by solving a...

In order to study the effect of pounding at expansion joints of beam bridge on the seismic responses of bridge structure during earthquake, the research is based on multi-particle of single degree of freedom system, and the pounding effects of adjacent girders on seismic responses with 3 different of...

A novel type of automatic transmission is presented in this paper. The transmission consists of a fiction clutch and a one-way clutch, which is named as One-way Clutch Assistant Transmission. The working principle of this type of transmission is shifting automatically by automatic disengagement and engagement...

A new method of extracting interference fringe phase is proposed. Firstly, the interference fringe was transformed from the spatial domain into the frequency domain using the Fourier transform. The positive spectrum carried the wave-front information. Secondly, the digital filters were design to filter...

This paper aims at the head mounted display (HMD) equipment based on smart phones, puts forward a interactive mode in order to improve the immersion of virtual reality (VR) games and applications. Its core is a real-time human motion analysis algorithm based on tri-axial acceleration (TA) sensor. This...

For widespread distribution of layered foundation, deformation and bearing capacity are two important elements in engineering project, the calculating depth of additional stress must first be established in deformation computing. For structural features of layered foundation to explore the impact factors...

Debris-prone areas are widely distributed worldwide, all continents except Antarctic have been harmed by debris flow. Debris flow normally outbreaks all of a sudden, sweeps along fast accompanying with other disasters like landslides, flood and collapse. It has huge destructive power, making severe threats...

In this study, a cellular automaton model for the oxidation of binary alloys is proposed, by treating internal and external oxidation separately and simultaneously. As an example, the oxidation of nickel-chromium alloys with the formation of spinel and the doping effect is simulated. The oxidation rate...

In the static conditions, experiments were carried out to study the purification ability of Eichhornia crassipes and Pistia stratiotes from varying concentrations of landfill leachate. The results show that Eichhornia crassipes and Pistia stratiotes were poisoned to death completely in high concentration...

Metal-organic frameworks have drawn great attention over the last two decades owing to their interesting structures and potential applications in various areas such as gas storage, catalysis and energy storage. This porous crystalline material also has potential application in lithium-ion batteries as...

This paper deals with the excavation of 19500 m2 area in granitic hard rock to a depth of 10 m by controlled blasting to accommodate foundation for 75 m tall, 16 floor commercial building in the city of Bengaluru, India. The major task was to excavate granitic hard rock close to constructed residential...

This paper designs a kind of bulk grain auto-loading system based on the machine vision technology, introduces the hardware composition of system, sketches the collection process of the real-time images, and uses the Canny algorithm to process and analyze the images. It is thus clear that this system...

Amino-EDTA functionalized silica gel was prepared, and it was used to absorb Ni(II) ion from aqueous solution to form SG-Ni, via the coordination interaction of Ni(II) ion with EDTA group on the surface of the silica gel. The adsorption of anionic dyes including Acid Orange II (AO II) and Reactive Brilliant...

The paper studies the productivity of winter durum wheat of Zolotko variety subject to the treatment of seed grains with the preparations Poly-Feed, Plodorodiye Sibiri, Vitazim, Agat-25K, Micromak, potassium humate applied separately and in the mixture of Poly-Feed + Plodorodiye Sibiri + Vitazim followed...

Worldwide deterioration of air quality has raised people's concerns on what they inhale on a daily basis. This work exploits inexpensive pollution sensors deployed in the Macao Polytechnic Institute service fleet as a mean to monitor air quality at city scale. We propose web-based geo-spatial exploration...

The mechanical response of natural sedimentary clay is very different from the usual clay due to its highly-developed structure. When the structured soil is loaded, its structure varies accordingly, which results in the corresponding variation of physical and mechanical properties of soft soil. If the...

Several market patrons in Ghana compromise emergency evacuation readiness during a fire event. Various socio-demographic factors may influence this. This paper investigates these as key predictors of human emergency evacuation behaviour in marketplaces. Identifying these components should help to improve...

The abundance of cabbage waste and banana peels presents an opportunity for their utilization as raw materials in the composting process. Composting is the decomposition of organic matter facilitated by the activity of microorganisms acting as decomposers. Through this process, organic materials are...