15 articles in this issue
Abdullah Bawakid
In many cases, a single presentation of a term may carry multiple meanings. Wiktionary provides a way for viewing the meanings of the different terms it stores in the form of senses. It also provides semantic relations. However, Wiktionary, in its current... see more
Mohammad H AlShayeji, Sa’ed Abed, M.D. Samrajesh
Today, a large volume of computing and data storage is done using cloud computing. Therefore, efficient datacenter resource utilization and energy consumption are considered important issues. Virtualization makes effective use of the datacenter’s hardware... see more
Emadadeen Ali, Abdelhamid Ajbar, Mourad Boumaza
Situated in a mostly desert area, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) faces the continuous challenge of satisfyingwater needs of its growing population and industry.Currently, more than half of water demandsof the kingdom are satisfied by sea or... see more
Zihong Guo, Xinrong Liu, Zhanyuan Zhu
Complex variable theory and the superposition principle are useful ways to study a tunnel’s stress and deformation. Accordingly, an elastic solution is presented for a twin tunnel’s stress distribution in homogeneous and isotropic rock subjected to non-un... see more
Duaij S Alrukaibi, Abdalrahman D Alsulaili
This paper provides a macro-evaluation of a geographic information system (GIS) criteria analysis model developed with consideration of sustainability aspects to study the suitability of landfill sites based ... see more
Revathi dhanabal, jeya lakshmi
Objective: We develop a system to recognize the speeches of Hearing impaired children using normal hearing models.Background: Hearing impaired speakers normally use sign language to communicate with others though they have perfect vocal structure. Their s... see more
yu wu, hongpeng zhang
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Piyush M Khadke
In this research work, a new per phase protection scheme of uncompensated and series compensated transmission line is proposed using both end synchronized measurement Regulated Power Index (RPI). RPI per phase is defined as the ratio of the sum of sending... see more
Hina Arshad, Khurram Khurshid, M Haroon yousaf
This paper proposes an improvement in the Bag of Words (BoW) model by introducing spatial position of features in interaction representation stage for Human Vehicle Interaction Recognition. The spatial positions of features are incorporated along with fea... see more
Liang Zhang, shuangshuang Li, Zheng Liang, Zhewei Ye
To evaluate the efficiency level of natural gas reciprocating compressor, the various kinds of energy and efficiencies for an integral engine compressor and a separable compressor are studied on basis of its energy balance equation. The experiment setup a... see more
Amirhossein Yazdani, Reza Naseri, Sadegh Rahmati
In sheet metal forming industry, particularly in the metallic sheet bending process, elastic recovery during unloading or in other words, the “spring-back” phenomenon, plays an important role that leads to geometric and dimensional changes in the product.... see more
khaled ali alkhaledi, Kenneth H. Means, Salaheddine Bendak, Allison Arnold, James Jones
In our fast-growing and expanding world, securing a reliable energy supply to power our societies has become essential in order to continue forward as well as preserve the natural resources around us. Developing renewable energy, such as that acquired fro... see more
Xiaofeng Zhao, Zhichuan Guan, Yanxian Wu, Fei Cao
Sustained Casing Pressure (SCP) is a critical aspect to gas well safety and environmental protection. All regulations require SCP elimination. This paper focuses on the SCP which caused by gas migration in cemented casing annulus. We modeled the gas chann... see more
Yuxuan Liu
The primary goal of hydraulic fracturing is to create a high conductive pathway. Gas shale is mainly fractured by slick-water. A complex network of narrow secondary fractures is created in slick water fracturing. These narrow fractures without proppants m... see more
Yongge Liu, Haijun Wu, Jian Hou, Cuihua Wei, Weiwei Ren
Polymer-surfactant flooding which is an effective technology to enhance oil recovery, has been widely applied in Shengli oil field of China. At the stage of subsequent water flooding after polymer-surfactant injection, the injectivity and productivity of ... see more