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Andreas Hegendörfer, Paul Steinmann and Julia Mergheim
This contribution addresses the numerical optimization of the harvested energy of a mechanically and electrically nonlinear and nonideal piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) under triangular shock-like excitation, taking into account a nonlinear stress c...
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Claas Broecheler, Christian Thiel, Frank Ludwar, Andreas Rennings and Daniel Erni
Underwater electric potential (UEP) ship signatures are evaluated at a test site that provides only incoherent data from electric field sensors placed on the seabed. This paper shows how these data sets can be used to extract significant seabed parameter...
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Borhan Albiss and Mohammad Al-Widyan
This study presents the numerical simulation, optimization, preparation, and characterization of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells (TFSCs). Different cell parameters were investigated, including Ga/(Ga+In) (GGI) ratios, the thicknesses of CIGS a...
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Chhandak Mukherjee, Marina Deng, Virginie Nodjiadjim, Muriel Riet, Colin Mismer, Djeber Guendouz, Christophe Caillaud, Hervé Bertin, Nicolas Vaissiere, Mathieu Luisier, Xin Wen, Magali De Matos, Patrick Mounaix and Cristell Maneux
This review paper reports the prerequisites of a monolithic integrated terahertz (THz) technology capable of meeting the network capacity requirements of beyond-5G wireless communications system (WCS). Keeping in mind that the terahertz signal generation...
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Alberto Racca, Tom Verstraete and Lorenzo Casalino
This paper addresses the problem of the design optimization of turbomachinery components under thermo-mechanical constraints, with focus on a radial turbine impeller for turbocharger applications. Typically, turbine components operate at high temperature...
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Aminu Yusuf and Sedat Ballikaya
Thermoelectric generator (TEG) modules generally have a low conversion efficiency. Among the reasons for the lower conversion efficiency is thermoelectric (TE) material mismatch. Hence, it is imperative to carefully select the TE material and optimize th...
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Manuel Valera, Mary P. Thomas, Mariangel Garcia and Jose E. Castillo
The General Curvilinear Coastal Ocean Model (GCCOM) is a 3D curvilinear, structured-mesh, non-hydrostatic, large-eddy simulation model that is capable of running oceanic simulations. GCCOM is an inherently computationally expensive model: it uses an elli...
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