Geotechnical engineering deals with soils and rocks and their use in engineering
constructions. By their nature, soils and rocks exhibit complex behaviours and a high level of …

Recent advances toward sustainable cities have promoted the concept of near-zero energy
consumption. A Positive Energy Building (PEB) model has been developed by the European …

In order to increase the production of photovoltaic-based cleaner energy, the maximum
power point tracking (MPPT) controller was employed. Because different MPPT algorithms …

Much research has been conducted in prognostics and health management (PHM), an
emerging field in mechanical engineering that is gaining interest from both academia and …

The interest in alternative or renewable energy sources for greenhouse heating is currently
high, owing to the large heating loads and the relatively high price of fossil fuels. Important …

Driven by the ongoing migration towards Industry 4.0, the increasing adoption of artificial
intelligence (AI) has empowered smart manufacturing and digital transformation. AI …

The importance of investigating and addressing climate change, through the use of
renewable energy, is substantially increasing. Shallow geothermal energy is usually a …

The continuous increase of greenhouse gas emission and the growing cost of fossil fuels
are two motive forces to utilize energy sources more effectively. The agricultural …

Geothermal energy has the potential to contribute significantly to the CO 2 reduction targets
as a renewable source for building heating and cooling but is yet under exploited, mostly …

Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been widely used for thermal analysis of heat
exchangers during the last two decades. In this paper, the applications of ANN for thermal …