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Passive methods for suppressing acoustic resonance excitation in shallow rectangular cavities.
(2014-08-01)The flow-excited acoustic resonance in shallow rectangular cavities can be a source of severe noise and/or excessive vibration. This phenomenon is excited when one of the acoustic modes in the accommodating enclosure is ... -
Performance analysis of gas turbine cogeneration systems.
(2014-06-01)Cogeneration is a highly efficient approach to generating electricity and process heat from the same fuel source. It is an approach of utilizing waste energy products for a useful purpose that significantly improves the ... -
Performance and emission characteristics of natural gas combined cycle power generation system with steam injection and oxyfuel combustion.
(2014-08-01)Natural gas combined cycle power generation systems are gaining popularity due to their high power generation efficiency and reduced emission. In the present work, combined cycle power generation configuration systems ... -
Performance assessment of transient behaviour of small wind turbines
(2009-08-01)Small wind turbine installations have a variety of potential uses, each with unique performance demands and operating conditions. Many applications require that the turbine is placed in wind conditions that are not ideal ... -
Performance improvement for robotic mechanisms by: synthesis design, dynamic balancing and adaptive control techniques
(2016-05-01)Robotics have been used in many arenas, such as manufacturing, medical, and space. Currently, the use of robotics is limited with respect to performance capabilities. Improving the performance of robotic mechanisms is a ... -
Performance investigation of various cold thermal energy storages
(2008-07-01)This study deals with solidification and melting of some typical encapsulated ice thermal energy storage geometries. Using ANSYS GAMBIT and FLUENT 6.0 software, HTF fluid motion past encapsulated water (ice) geometries, ... -
Performance of wide band gap switching devices in DC/DC converters of electric vehicles
(2016-10-01)Low losses fast switching wide band gap (WBG) semiconductors, such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC), are becoming viable candidates for DC/DC converters switches in the powertrain of electric vehicle (EV). ... -
Performance trade-off analysis in bidirectional network beamforming.
(2011-10-01)This research examines a two-way relay network consisting of two transceivers and multiple parallel relays, which are equipped with single antennas and operate in a halfduplex mode. In this system, the two transceivers ... -
Piezoelectric flexing and output voltage of a microchannel heat engine
(2010-08-01)In this thesis, a new model is formulated for a piezoelectric membrane and fluid motion in a microchannel heat engine. A new slug flow model is developed for droplet motion in a circular cross-section channel. The model ... -
Poisson Distribution based algorithm to reduce grid harmonics caused by EV chargers
(2023-12-01)The global market of electric vehicles (EVs) is growing rapidly because of several factors such as growing concerns for pollution, governmental incentives/subsidies and regulations and consumers’ increasing interest in ... -
A POMDP framework for antenna selection and user scheduling in multi-user massive MIMO systems
(2022-04-01)We use a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) framework to design a resource allocation policy for downlink transmit beamforming at a multi-antenna BS that is equipped with a massive number of antennas and ... -
PoT: bridging IoT with phone technology
(2023-09-01)The ”Phone of Things” (PoT) introduces an innovative integration of IoT systems with the widely available telephone network infrastructure. It repurposes underused home landlines and existing communication servers, weaving ... -
Power allocation in energy harvesting two-way relay systems
(2015-04-01)In this thesis, we consider two-way relaying in a wireless communication system with two transceivers and one relay node. In such a model, two scenarios are taken into account: a system with one energy harvesting (EH) relay ... -
Power efficient designs for 5G wireless networks
(2021-01-01)In this dissertation, to step forward towards green communication, we study power efficient solutions in three potential 5G wireless networks, namely an asynchronous multicarrier two-way Amplify-and-Forward (AF) relay ... -
Power-optimal MIMO two-way relay networks
(2018-04-01)In this dissertation, we study MIMO two-way relay networks consisting of singleantenna users which wish to exchange information with the help of multiple multiantenna relays. The problem we aim to solve is to minimize the ... -
Power-optimal network beamforming in single-carrier asynchronous two-way relay networks
(2015-09-01)In this thesis, we consider a single-carrier asynchronous two-way relay network, where the relays employ amplify-and-forward (AF) signaling in a multiple access broadcast channel (MABC) protocol to enable a bi-directional ... -
Powertrain technology and cost assessment of battery electric vehicles
(2010-04-01)This thesis takes EV from the late 90’s as a baseline, assess the capability of today’s EV technology, and establishes its near-term and long-term prospects. Simulations are performed to evaluate EVs with different ... -
A pragmatic testbed for distributed systems
(2017-11-01)Distributed systems have become ubiquitous and they continue their growth through a range of services. With advances in resource virtualization technology such as Virtual Machines and software containers, developers no ... -
Predicted safety & excavation progress algorithms for autonomous excavation
(2020-08-01)Excavation is the process of moving earth and is considered to be one of the primary projects in the construction industry. The adoption of various cutting-edge technologies for full automation can be a solution to the ... -
Predicting Bitcoin: a robust model for predicting Bitcoin price directions based on network influencers
(2016-10-01)The ability to predict financial markets has tremendous potential to limit exposure to risk and provide better assurances of annualized gains. In this thesis, a model for predicting the future daily price of Bitcoin is ...