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Fariha Imam, Petr Musilek and Marek Z. Reformat
Due to aging infrastructure, technical issues, increased demand, and environmental developments, the reliability of power systems is of paramount importance. Utility companies aim to provide uninterrupted and efficient power supply to their customers. To...
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Liang Li, Guangchun Han and Shunying Ji
Accurately assessing ice loads is a fundamental issue in the field of structural design for ships in ice-covered regions. In this paper, we conducted research on extreme ice load estimation for icebreaking ships, combining stochastic theory with numerica...
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Sergejus Lebedevas and Edmonas Mila?ius
The decarbonization of maritime transport has become a crucial strategy for the adoption of renewable low-carbon fuels (LCFs) (MARPOL 73/78 (Annex VI) and COM (2021) 562-final 2021/0210 (COD)). In 2018, 98% of operated marine diesel engines ran on fossil...
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Murat Gulen and Havvanur Kilic
In this study, full-scale laboratory tests were conducted on a 315 mm diameter HDPE pipe under shallow buried and localised surface loading conditions to investigate the effects of pipe deflection and arching on stress distribution and the lateral earth ...
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Michela Borghesi, Cristian Zambelli, Rino Micheloni and Stefano Bonnini
Solid-state drives represent the preferred backbone storage solution thanks to their low latency and high throughput capabilities compared to mechanical hard disk drives. The performance of a drive is intertwined with the reliability of the memories; hen...
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Giacomo Nicorelli, Diego Villa and Stefano Gaggero
A pre-swirl fin (PSF), pre-swirl duct (PSD) and wake-equalizing duct (WED) energy-saving devices (ESD) are designed for the Duisburg Test Case (DTC). To this aim, a simulation-based design optimization method, combining RANSE analyses (ship resistance) w...
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Dario De Domenico, Emanuele Gandelli and Alberto Gioitta
The inelastic response of reinforced concrete (RC) frames under seismic loading is influenced by mechanical and geometrical properties and by the reinforcement arrangement of the beam?column members. In this paper, the seismic response and recentering be...
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Gang Wang, Yimeng Yao, Jingtian Wang, Weiye Huo, Guosheng Xu and Xi Hu
In this paper, the mechanism scheme and parametric design of a capture and lock system are studied based on the high reliability of locking systems. By analyzing the workflow and boundary conditions of the capture and lock system, a positioning design is...
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Utkarsh Bhardwaj, Angelo Palos Teixeira and C. Guedes Soares
This paper presents an approach for probabilistic design and safety assessment of sandwich pipelines under external pressure. The methodology consists of the categorisation of sandwich pipeline collapse strength models based on interlayer adhesion condit...
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Sonya Leech, Jonathan Dunne and David Malone
Within a supply chain organisation, where millions of messages are processed, reliability and performance of message throughput are important. Problems can occur with the ingestion of messages; if they arrive more quickly than they can be processed, they...
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