This volume contains a selection of revised and extended research articles written by prominent researchers participating in The 26th World Congress on Engineering (WCE 2018) which was held in London, U.K., July 4-6, 2018.
Topics covered include engineering mathematics, electrical engineering, communications systems, computer science, chemical engineering, systems engineering, manufacturing engineering, and industrial applications. With contributions carefully chosen to represent the most cutting-edge research presented during the conference, the book contains some of the state-of-the-art in engineering technologies and the physical sciences and their applications, and serves as a useful reference for researchers and graduate students working in these fields.
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1 A New Mathematical Model for a Membrane MEMS Device |
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2 Study of Changes of the Individual Parameter of Resources in the Modelling of Renewable Systems |
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Manuel Gonzalez-Hernandez |
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3 Topological Invariants in Engineering Sciences and Quantum Field Theories |
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4 Flow of Ferrofluid Over an Inclined Stretching Sheet in the Presence of a Magnetic Dipole |
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5 Fundamental Solutions of Dynamics of Anisotropic Elastic Medium |
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6 Modelling the Performance of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Cambered Tubercle Leading Edge Blades |
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7 Investigation on Wearable Airbags for Motorcyclists Through Simulations and Experimental Tests |
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8 The Surface Curvature Effect on Performance of a Laboratory Scale Tidal Turbine |
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9 Gas Turbine Engine: Design, Application and Performance Analysis |
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10 A FMEC A-Based Analysis of the Plant Controlling Variable Pitch Propeller (VPP) System for Ships Propulsion |
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11 CFD Prediction of Multiple Jet Impingement in a Reflow Soldering Process |
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Senhorinha F. C. Teixeira |
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12 Frost Measurement Sensors for Demand Defrost Control Systems: Purposed Applications in Evaporators |
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13 Modelation, Simulation and Analysis of a Switched Reluctance Machine for Flywheel Replacement |
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Daniel Filipe Da Silva Cardoso |
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Paulo Manuel Oliveira Fael |
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14 Inference for Survival Models with Doubly Interval Censored Data and Fixed or Time Dependent Covariate |
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15 Managing Enterprise End-Point Devices |
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16 Archive Browsing System for the Roads in Miyagi Prefecture with Extremely Delayed Recovery After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake |
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17 Implement and Evaluation of Collaborative Optimization on Testing and Mapping For NOC |
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18 Effect of Pipe Materials on Background Leakage Estimate Using Graph-Based Hydraulic Model: An Extended Study |
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19 Extended Performance Research on IEEE 802.11 A 54 Mbps Wep Laboratory Links |
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J. A. R. Pacheco De Carvalho |
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20 Smart-Phone Based Improved Multi-floor Indoor Localization System |
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21 Computation of Ratios Using Chemical Reactions and DNA Strand Displacements |
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22 Application of Factorial Design to Study the Effect of Moisture and Rice of Varieties on the Production of Paddy Husker Machine: Part H |
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23 Measuring the Impact of Healthcare Governance on Its Quality Management Using Artificial Intelligence |
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Jose Eduardo-Munive Hernandez |
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24 Challenges and Opportunities Towards an Industry 4.0 Production |
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Fernando Manuel Bigares Charrua Santos |
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Tania Daniela Miranda Lima |
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25 Layout and Industrial Efficiency: A Case Study |
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26 Linguistic Information Based Selection Methodology for Building Certification |
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Dr. Sio-Iong Ao finished his doctoral research in The University of Hong Kong and postdoctoral researches in the University of Oxford and Harvard University and is a former visiting professor of Cranfield University, UK and University of Wyoming, USA.
Professor Len Gelman is Professor and Chair in Signal Processing and Condition Monitoring, and Director, the Centre for Efficiency and Performance Engineering, School of Computing and Engineering, The University of Huddersfield, UK. He has more than 25 years experience in signal processing and vibro-acoustic monitoring of complex mechanical systems (e.g. rotating, reciprocating machinery, etc.) both in industry and academia. He has been Principal Investigator on numerous contracts and grants, including grants from the USA National Academy of Sciences, USA National Research Council, USA International Science Foundation, USA Civilian Research and Development Foundation (twice), USA MacArthur Foundation,Lady Davis, Israel, Centro Volta, Italy. He is Principal Investigator on UK EPSRC, UK DTI (three times), UK Royal Society, Rolls Royce (two times) and Shell grants.
Professor Haeng-Kon Kim is a Vice President of Research and Information, a Dean of engineering college and a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering Catholic University of Daegu, in Korea. He has been a research staff member in Bell Lab. and NASA center in U.S.A. Professor Kim is chief editor of KIPS SE-Sig journal and Korea Multimedia Society, an editorial board of KISS (Korea Information Science Society) and a steering committee of KIPS (Korea Information Processing Society).