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Evaluation of reliability of Coats-Redfern method for kinetic analysis of non-isothermal TGA by Ebrahimi-Kahrizsangi, R., Abbasi, M.H.

“…A critical examination was made on the reliability of kinetic parameters of nonisothermal thermoanalytical rate measurement by the widely applied…”
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Pedestrian street and its effect on economic sustainability of a historical Middle Eastern city: The case of Chaharbagh Abbasi in Isfahan, Iran by Shahmoradi, Soudabeh, Abtahi, Sayyed Mahdi, Guimarães, Pedro

“…•Pedestrianization led to an increase in footfall.•The impacts of pedestrianization on the retail stores turnover was scarce.•Pedestrianization was accompanied…”
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Spatial Distribution of Magnetic Properties and Selected Heavy Metals in Calcareous Soils as Affected by Land Use in the Isfahan Region, Central Iran by DANKOUB, Z., AYOUBI, S., KHADEMI, H., LU, Sheng-Gao

“…Anthropogenic activities have caused the accumulation of heavy metals in the soil environment. Pollution of the soils significantly reduces environmental…”
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Dynamic Positioning System Design for A Marine Vessel with Unknown Dynamics Subject to External Disturbances Including Wave Effect by Hosseinnajad, Alireza, Loueipour, Mehdi

“…In this paper, a new control system is proposed for dynamic positioning (DP) of marine vessels with unknown dynamics and subject to external disturbances. The…”
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Improvement of the microstructural features and mechanical properties of advanced high-strength steel DP590 welds by Ghandi, Arian, Shamanian, Morteza, Salmani, Mohamad Reza, Kangazian, Jalal

“…The effects of the welding current mode in resistance spot welding on the microstructure and mechanical properties of advanced high-strength steel dual-phase…”
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Effects of Non-Sinusoidal Motion and Effective Angle of Attack on Energy Extraction Performance of a Fully-Activated Flapping Foil by Boudis, A, Oualli, H, Benzaoui, A, Guerri, O, Bayeul-Lainé, A C, Coutier-Delgosha, O

“…Flapping foil energy harvesting systems are considered as highly competitive devices for conventional turbines. Several research projects have already been…”
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Numerical Investigation of the Vortex Breaker for A Dynamic Separator using Computational Fluid Dynamics by Guizani, R, Mhiri, H, Bournot, P

“…The separation efficiency and pressure drop of the dynamic separator of cement particles can be affected by many factors, like structural type, geometric…”
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Boiling Heat Transfer in Copper Foam Bilayers in Positive and Inverse Gradients of Pore Density by Wang, H, Ying, Q F, Lichtfouse, E, Huang, C G

“…Gradient metal foam is an advanced heat transfer material that decreases resistance to bubble escape and enhances the transfer of boiling heat. In this study,…”
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Airfoil Shape Optimization of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade using a Discrete Adjoint Solver by Boudis, A, Hamane, D, Guerri, O, A. C. Bayeul-Lainé

“…In this study, airfoil shape optimization of a wind turbine blade is performed using the ANSYS Fluent Adjoint Solver. The aim of this optimization process is…”
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Kinematic Optimization of Energy Extraction Efficiency for Flapping Airfoil by using Response Surface Method and Genetic Algorithm by Maatar, M, Mekadem, M, Medale, M, Imine, B

“…In this paper, numerical simulations have been performed to study the performance of a single fully activated flapping wing serving as energy harvester. The…”
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New Actuator Disk Model for the Analysis of Wind Turbines Wake Interaction with the Ground by Adjiri, S, Dobrev, I, Benzaoui, A, Nedjari-Daaou, H, Massouh, F

“…Wake models based on Actuator Disk theory are usually applied to optimize the wind farm layouts and improve their overall efficiency and expected AEP. Despite…”
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Static and dynamic analysis on slope stability using a DFN-DEM approach on the right abutment of the Karun 4 dam by Kefayati, Sadegh, Baghbanan, Alireza, Torkan, Masoud, Hashemolhosseini, Hamid, Dehnavi, Roohollah Narimani

“…Uncertainty in input fracture geometric parameters during analysis of the stability of jointed rock slopes is inevitable and therefore the stochastic discrete…”
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3D Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Mixed Convection in a Cubical Cavity Containing a Hot Block by Bouras, A, Bouabdallah, S, Ghernaout, B, Arıcı, M, Cherif, Y, Sassine, E

“…The considerable quantities of heat transfer are dissipated during the operating electronic/electrical systems and have harmful effects on the operating time…”
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Experimental Study of Wave Attenuation in Trapezoidal Floating Breakwaters by A.H.Nikpour, M.N.Moghim, M.A.Badri

“…A comprehensive experimental study was carried out on the regular wave attenuation with a trapezoidal pontoontype floating breakwater (FB) in deep water.The…”
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Evaluation of the efficiency of irrigation methods on the growth and survival of tree seedlings in an arid climate by Jafari, Zahra, Matinkhah, SayedHamid, Mosaddeghi, Mohammad R., Tarkesh, Mostafa

“…Scarce and scattered precipitation in arid regions is detrimental for newly planted seedlings. It is essential to provide required water storage for seedlings…”
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Optimization of passive control performance for different hard disk drives subjected to shock excitation by Alavi, Seyed Rashid, Rahmati, Mehdi, Ziaei-Rad, Saeed

“…Laptop personal computers (LPCs) and their components are vulnerable devices in harsh mechanical environments. One of the most sensitive components of LPCs is…”
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Active Fluids: Effects of Hydrodynamic Stress on Growth of Self-Propelled Fluid Particles by Fadlallah, H., Jarrahi, M., Herbert, E., Ferrari, R., Mejean, A., Peerhossaini, H.

“…Under the current global energy crisis the interests in developing a third generation of biofuels produced from non-food feedstock such as microalgae and…”
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Experimental Investigation and CFD Modelling of Settling Efficiency in a Cylindrical Tank by Isenmann, G, Dufresne, M, Vazquez, J, Mosé, R, Fagot, C

“…Evaluating the performance of a settling tank is an important issue for wastewater system managers. The relevance of a CFD approach for determining the…”
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Experiments and Large-Eddy Simulations of Lobed and Swirling Turbulent Thermal Jets for HVAC's Applications by Bennia, A., Fellouah, H., Khelil, A., Loukarfi, L., Naji, H.

“…The mixing improvement by passive control is of wide practical interest. The lobed diffuser, which mixes the primary and secondary streams with high…”
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Low Reynolds Number Turbulence Models to Simulate the Bubble Plume Behavior with the Euler-Euler Method by Besbes, S, M. El Hajem, H. Ben Aissia, Champagne, J Y

“…This paper presents a comparative assessment of low Reynolds number k- models against standard k- model in an Eulerian framework. Three different low-Re…”
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