10 articles in this issue
Qasim H.Hassan, Sabah T. Ahmed, Alaa A.Mahdi
A two dimensional turbulence (SST, k-) model is used to predict the distribution of air velocity and temperature in a 2-D office room, containing one person and office furniture for two ventilation conditions. This study use a commercial CFD code FLUENT (... see more
Kaiss F. Sarsam, Shakir A. Al-Mishhadani, Alaa M. Al-Habbobi
A new expression for estimating the ultimate shear strength of steel fibers reinforced high strength concrete (SFRHSC) beams strengthened with CFRP strips based on previous researches is proposed in this research. The proposed expression covers different ... see more
Kareem R. Al-Murshidi, Kadhim Naief AL-Ta'ee, Marwa Abdullah AL-Janabi
This paper presented nonlinear finite element analysis to predict the load deflection behavior of circular cell cofferdam under lateral load by using ANSYS (Analysis System) (version 12.1) computer program. Eight-node solid element (SOLID 45) has been use... see more
Ahmed Majeed Al-Kadimy, Zohul Abdul Hadi Hamza
Integrated advanced wastewater treatment provides important fundamental solutions to problems associated with water scarcity prevailing in arid and semi arid climatic regions. This was accomplished through treated... see more
Laith Jawad Aziz, Suhad Abdulsatter
Bearing capacity of soil is an important factor in designing circular footing. It is directly related to foundation dimensions and consequently its performance. The calculations for obtaining the bearing capacity of a soil needs many varying parameters, f... see more
Basim Talib Kadhem, Yasir Flayyih Hasan
In this paper a parameter optimization method using a neural network is suggested for finding the optimum control gains of a proportional deferential (PD) controller which it is used to control the excitation of the synchronous generator. In this work one... see more
Abbas H. Issa, Hawraa Fouad Baqir
Faults detection and isolation scheme on the bases of a hybrid Sliding Mode Observer (SMO) technique and fuzzy logic technique has been presented in this paper. The SMO technique was used for the fault detection purpose based on residual signal which repr... see more
Adil A. Alwan, Noora A. Hashim
Two-phase flow pattern, pressure drop, and void fraction in vertical transparent pipe of x m internal diameter and y m length is investigated experimentally. The rig is designed to achieve the measurements of pressure drop and void fraction for different ... see more
Hamid Athab Al-Jameel
Field observations indicate that left turning vehicles at U-turn sections lead to a significantly bottleneck (congestion) at both origin and destination (opposing) roads. The bottlenecks have been observed in several U-turns such as Kufa –Najaf U-turn sec... see more
Amjad Hameed Abd Al-Razaq
Due to construction costs and operational issues have been in this study to discuss how to strengthen the concrete columns. The results of previous studies on the construction of some structures earthquake-prone weakness reinforced concrete columns. The i... see more