12 articles in this issue
Hardi A. M. Rasul , Idress A. Hamakhan , Ali M. Ibrahim
In the current study, the effect of using heat storage materials aimed at the night shift operation are studied by simulation tools. Finite Volume Method (FVM) is used as a method to discretize the governing equations in the 2-D domain, and the RNG K-e tu... see more
Fars Samann, Serwan Ali Bamerni, Jeeman Ahmed Khorsheed, Ahmed Khorsheed Al-sulaifanie
The discrete wavelet transform is commonly used as a denoising step for many applications, like biomedical applications which are usually suffering from low SNR of the recorded signal. However, the choice of appropriate threshold value for DWT coefficient... see more
Jowan Bayez Khorsheed , Wafaa Anwar Sulaiman Goriel
Human health is an essential issue for many decays; Walking is one of the human activities that showed optimistic results to human health and fitness, “A healthy mind is in a healthy body”. University’s students as a small community, they have to be healt... see more
Ali Aedan Shbeeb, Ala'a Abbas Mahdi , Ahmed Kadhim Hussein
This study aims to investigate the effect of the cooling load ratio covered by the chilled ceiling on the age of air and comfort level in a classroom at the hot and dry climate in Iraq-Hilla city. Air age, air exchange efficiency, and concentrations of po... see more
Yassamin K. Faiud Al-Ogaidi, John Wilson, Riadh Al-Mahaidi, Javad Hashemi, Kamiran Abdouka
The performance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures and their collapse safety experiencing moderate to high-magnitude seismic excitations might not be fully understood. Factors related to the high levels of uncertainties in ground motion content, struc... see more
Hadeel Mahmood Mussa, Tawfeeq Wasmi M. Salih
The aim of this research is investigating the thermal properties of wood-plastic composites (WPCs) as flat panels. The study has included many properties such as: thermal conductivity, thermal stability, thermal expansion and melting point. The WPCs are c... see more
Ammar Ali Abed, Ibtisam Mustafa Kamal
Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) mixes (1.15: 2.3: 4.6) cement: fine aggregate (sand): coarse aggregate (demolition concrete waste), water / cement (0.5), and 50 % demolition aggregates were prepared according to standard procedure. The resistance of the... see more
Ali I. Salahaldin, Muyasser M. Jomaa’h, Dlovan M. Naser
One of the most common methods of strengthening, rehabilitation, or repairing of structural lightweight concrete (LWC) elements is the external carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) strips. This paper presents an experimental study on the flexural behavi... see more
Ahmed Asaad Yaseen , Ayad A. Abdul-Razzak
In the present study, new models are suggested and proposed for cracked shear modulus and tension stiffening to study their effect on the response of the slab. These models are used in the nonlinear analysis of High Strength Steel Fiber Reinforced Concret... see more
Sarmad Abdullah M.Salim, Sarhat Mustafa Adam
The paper studies the long-term settlement behaviour of more than 30-year of the Duhok dam. The dam uses as the major lake for water supply to the city of Duhok and nearby areas. High-precision levelling was used to measure the deformation of the dam to m... see more
Kamel A. Almohseen
The use of the traditional linear programming is not possible when an if-condition is to be imposed on the model unless some modifications are made. The difficulty arises due to the fact that the inclusion of if-condition to the generic formulation of the... see more
Wrya A. Abdullah, Hemn Unis Ahmed, Younis M. ALshkane , Darko B. Rahman, Ashkan O. , Shko S. Abubakr
The most widely used material after water is the concrete composite. However, it is commonly accepted that concrete as a construction material is weak in tension compared to its compression, therefore, conventionally, it has been reinforced with steel reb... see more