Door closing sound quality of a vehicle has become one of the most important customer-related quality metrics in the recent years. There has been a vast amount of information on the design parameters contributing to this ...

This paper focuses on dynamical response characteristics of a flywheel mechanical hybrid powertrain (FMHP), comprising a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a flywheel integrated into a conventional vehicle with ...

Successful short-term implementation of nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloys as implants has been a motivation for the development of long-term applications. However, rendering these as safe implant materials is challenging. The ...

Buildings use more than one-third of the total energy consumed in counties within the Mediterranean climate zones like in Turkey. During the summer months, the absorption of solar energy by the buildings increases the ...

Lean premixed combustion under the influence of active-grid turbulence was computationally investigated, and the results were compared with experimental data. The experiments were carried out to generate a premixed flame ...

An active grid with individually controllable paddles was constructed to generate strong turbulence (Reλ>200). Measurements of turbulence quantities using the hot-wire technique were conducted in a wind tunnel along the ...

The main goal of this paper is to explore the radiative cooling and solar heating potential of several materials for the built environment, based on their spectrally-selective properties. A material for solar heating, ...

Electromechanical solenoid actuators are widely used in industrial applications that require fast and linear motion. High velocities can be achieved in small stroke lengths; in turn the motion results with high-velocity ...

Inspired by the mechanism of the wings of Morpho butterfly, here we propose biomimicry designs which have the potential to be used for radiative cooling purposes. We numerically analyzed the spontaneous emission at near-field ...

The recent advances in mobile device hardware and software introduced new opportunities to perform more advanced computation and measurements for buildings. Multispectral optical imaging is a widely recognized technique ...