Home automation is seen as a potential pillar of the smart city revolution that combines
smart mobility, lifestyle and ecosystem governed by intelligent sensors connected to the …

With the emergence of smart grids, the home energy management system (HEMS) has
immense prospective to optimize energy usage and reduce costs in the residential sector …

The dynamic displacement is considered to be an important indicator of structural safety,
and becomes an indispensable part of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system for high …

This paper proposes and tests a quantitative criterion for optimization of actuator placement
for the Prestress–Accumulation Release (PAR) strategy of mitigation of vibrations. The PAR …

The purpose of this paper is to present a new method based on the regression analysis for
estimating stress concentration factor of different cutouts in orthotropic plates. The existence …

The purpose of this article is using piezoelectric actuators to reduce stress concentration
factor in classic plates under tensile force. There are three classic plates in this study …

Reducing the stress concentration factor (SCF) in a design has been always a major
challenge for mechanical designers. In this paper, a comprehensive investigation is …

Active repairs using smart materials such as piezoelectric actuators can play a significant
role in reducing the crack damage propagation in engineering structures. This study …

The management and proper use of the Urban Public Transport Systems (UPTS) constitutes
a critical field that has not been investigated in accordance to its relevance and urgent …

In this paper, the behavior of functionally graded material hollow cylinders with an elliptic
hole under thermal and mechanical loads is investigated. The problem is considered as …