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A large quantity of articles and books have been published on the designated topics. However, most of the literary sources describe the results of scientific articles on the synthesis and study of perspective materials; reveal circuit and design solutions for constructing control systems and...

Modern technical facilities are constructions that are sophisticated in terms of functionality and in terms of the material technologies used. Therefore, it becomes necessary to obtain reliable information about the material and its current state. This is not easy task considering the variety of...

A collection of articles published under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Ph.D. Andrei Victor SANDU in the Special Issue "Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials, Volume II". The published articles under this Special Issue represent an excellent collection of research and review articles with...

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent advancements in the field of materials science, showcasing novel techniques that can be used in a variety of applications, including medical and civil engineering. This collection of research articles was edited by...

This Special Issue collects emerging research activities in the field of cooperative microactuator systems, which are expected to generate new synergies, e.g., through parallelization, cascading, and multistability, as well as through inherent sensing.Author: Manfred KohlISBN-10: 3036582347ISBN-13: 9783036582344Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/24/2023Pages: 182Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize:...

he is a reprint of the Special Issue 'Emerging Micro Manufacturing Technologies and Applications' published in the journal Micromachines (MDPI). It contains eleven articles, including one Editorial, nine research papers, and one review.Author: Nikolaos TapoglouISBN-10: 3036582134ISBN-13: 9783036582139Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2023Pages: 162Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.22lbsSize:...

This Special Issue focuses on a variety of nanotechnology platforms, including liposomes, which are used for the delivery of therapeutics and vaccines in order to solve the world's most critical health issues and to support environmental sustainability.Author: Marina A. DobrovolskaiaISBN-10: 3036581669ISBN-13: 9783036581668Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage:...

The experience of a good indoor environment can result in positive perceptual outcomes, which is related to the occupant's well-being. Conversely, noise, uncomfortable temperatures and humidity, dim light, poor air quality, and pungent smells can compromise occupants' life quality, negatively affect their place experience,...

This Proceedings reprint comprises a collection of the papers presented at the second International Conference on Computational Engineering and Intelligent Systems, held online in the period 18-20 November 2022. The conference focused on computational engineering including modeling, simulation, analysis, and intelligent systems driven by...

Medical data can be defined as obtaining information from patients (such as signals, images, sounds, chemical components and their concentration, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and different treatment measurements) to quantify the patient's status and disease stage. Computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) systems use classical...

The book presents a collection of contributions to various aspects of ship hydrodynamics and dynamics, a part of which was presented at the MARTECH2020 Conference, and all of which were published in a Special Issue of the journal, Marine Science and Engineering. The scope...

Advanced X-by-wire technologies for vehicular electrified chassis play an essential role in the development of new energy intelligent vehicles, which is the inevitable choice for intelligent vehicles in the future. This technology is involved in mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering, computer technology, control...

This reprint provides a forum for scientists and engineers to share and discuss their pioneering/original findings or insightful reviews on the "Characterization and Processing of Complex Materials". Reports on successfully coupling complex industrial materials/waste/natural ores with non-destructive characterization method(s) and the unique processing developments...

This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of testing of materials and elements in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate to different aspects of this topic, from building materials...

This book is the proceedings of the 7th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-7), held online 15-30 March 2003, promoted by the open access MDPI journal Water (ISSN 2073-4441; IF 3.530). The title of ECWS-7 was "Adaptive Water Resources Management in an Era...

This reprint was established after the 9th International Workshop on Numerical and Evolutionary Optimization (NEO), representing a collection of papers on the intersection of the two research areas covered at this workshop: numerical optimization and evolutionary search techniques. While focusing on the design of...

This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of testing of materials and elements in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate to different aspects of this topic, from building materials...

This reprint focuses on the recent advances in fluid power technology reporting results in a wide range of applications. Studies concerning the developments of pumps both at constant and variable displacement are reported. Analyses are focused on the improvement of efficiency, control, design and...

The topic of the reprint is very important nowadays, because ever-evolving machine learning techniques make it possible to obtain better real-world data. Therefore, this reprint contains information related to real data in fields such as automatic sign language translation, bike-sharing travel characteristics, stock index,...

This book focuses on both advanced metals and their alloys and the areas of physical and process metallurgy, materials science, and processing techniques. Specific areas of interest also include titanium/nickel-based superalloys, intermetallics, advanced metallic materials, nanomaterials, metal matrix composites, functional materials, related synthesis and...

Advanced manufacturing technology and systems cover a broad scope involving manufacturing processes, machine tool design, system optimization, smart and flexible manufacturing, theoretical study and metrology. This reprint comprises 19 original papers concerning recent advances in the research and development of AMTSs. Specifically, there are...

Membrane Distillation (MD) is based on the evaporation of a hot feed through a microporous and hydrophobic membrane. Thermal energy is needed to heat the feed up to the desired temperature during the process. Therefore, improvements of the thermal performance of MD are important...

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics is a relatively new field of research, and one which is also becoming increasingly important in engineering applications. However, despite the many approaches developed in recent decades, they all raise questions from a mathematical point of view, for instance on the proper...

This reprint focuses on state-of-the-art technologies, the latest findings and current challenges in IoT with emphasis on healthcare, transportation, antenna design and disease detection. The included papers cover numerous topics of interest that include: IoT communication protocols;LPWAN for IoT (Sigfox, LoRa, etc.);Antenna design for...

The fast development of the industrial internet is boosting the evolution of the manufacturing industry to a new stage of socialization, servitization, universal interaction and connection, and platformization. Under this background, social manufacturing emerged as a new kind of manufacturing paradigm, established based on...

This reprint contains a collection of research articles covering the recent advances of process systems engineering tools in the areas of integrated biorefineries and ionic liquid design. The reprint comprises original research contributions and review articles on these topics.Author: Nishanth G. ChemmangattuvalappilISBN-10: 3036577351ISBN-13: 9783036577357Publisher:...

The book is the reprint of the Special Issue 'Advances in Sustainable and Digitalized Factories: Manufacturing, Measuring Technologies and Systems' published in the journal Applied Science (MDPI). It contains 17 articles, including 1 Editorial, 14 Research Papers, and 2 Reviews.Author: Roque CalvoISBN-10: 3036576592ISBN-13: 9783036576596Publisher:...

Electric motors consume about 70% of industrial electricity and about 40%-45% of produced electricity in the world. This means that using high-efficiency electric motors will improve the level of energy consumption. In addition, it will reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the...

This topic has been successfully completed. A total of 180 scientific articles were sent, of which 66 have been accepted for publication. These 66 articles are published in reprint. Author: Luis Hernández-CallejoISBN-10: 3036576487ISBN-13: 9783036576480Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2023Pages: 458Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.60lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w...

This topic has been successfully completed. A total of 180 scientific articles were sent, of which 66 have been accepted for publication. These 66 articles are published in reprint. Author: Luis Hernández-CallejoISBN-10: 3036576460ISBN-13: 9783036576466Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2023Pages: 450Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.57lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w...

This topic has been successfully completed. A total of 180 scientific articles were sent, of which 66 have been accepted for publication. These 66 articles are published in this reprint. Author: Luis Hernández-CallejoISBN-10: 3036576444ISBN-13: 9783036576442Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/2023Pages: 452Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.58lbsSize: 9.61h x...

This book focuses on challenging issues in the field of AI-based image and video processing and recognition, including the topics of AI-based image processing, understanding, recognition, compression, and reconstruction; AI-based video processing, understanding, recognition, compression, and reconstruction; computer vision based on AI; AI-based biometrics;...

The Special Issue "Fatigue and Fracture of Metals and Alloys: Numerical and Experimental Study" includes 19 articles covering problems in fatigue and fracture mechanics from different parts of the scientific world. The issue includes articles presenting theoretical, numerical, statistical and experimental approaches to fatigue...

The title of the current Special Issue, "Feature Papers in Materials Simulation and Design", has identified the aims of this collection since its opening: the gathering of research works and comprehensive review papers that advance the understanding and prediction of material behavior at different...

The thirty-plus years of progress in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) have had a huge impact on our everyday lives. Be it for the monitoring of fixed- and rotary-wing aircrafts, for the preservation of the cultural and architectural heritage, or for the...

This special issue book presents a collection of original research and survey articles that tackle the practical challenges in large-scale and rapid deployment of sensors for diverse applications as well as the resulting Big Data processing. The complexity of the generated data ranges from...

This reprint contains 12 high-quality original research and reviews papers by 62 authors from 10 countries on 3 continents: Asia (China, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania, and Ukraine), and Africa (South Africa). These papers were published in a Special...

This reprint contains the most recent research in pavement engineering, which mainly addresses the performance-related properties of asphalt mixtures. We hope that this reprint is helpful for researchers and pavement industries to generate a better and deeper understanding of pavement materials, pavement construction, and...

This reprint is a collection of papers published in a Special Issue that collected the recent advances within and investigations of the research fields of manufacturing and the characterisations or modelling of materials. The variety and quality of all these papers are addressed to...

Traditional manufacturing processes, such as welding and casting, and modern techniques, such as additive manufacturing, can significantly affect the local material properties of metallic materials. To ensure the safe and reliable operation of engineering components and structures, fundamental knowledge of the manufacturing effects on...

Heat transfer plays a crucial role in modern engineering and energy conversion efficiency. Understanding its mechanisms is essential for sustainable energy management. Waste heat recovery, an increasingly popular strategy, reduces energy consumption and promotes sustainability. This reprint highlights advancements in heat transfer technology and...

This reprint is a collection of the research papers published in the "Advances in Friction, Lubrication, Wear and Oxidation in Metals Manufacturing" Special Issue. It acts as an update on the state of the art concerning studies on friction, wear and oxidation properties of...

This reprint aims to bring together cutting-edge research on machine health monitoring and fault diagnosis techniques. Machine health monitoring and fault diagnosis are crucial aspects of maintaining the reliability and efficiency of industrial machinery. With the increasing complexity of modern machines, there is a...

This book focuses on the forming technologies and mechanical properties of advanced materials. Plastic working is the most efficient and an important manufacturing technology in today's industry. Plastic working technologies enable giving the material the appropriate functional properties, which depend on the rheological conditions...

This reprint focuses on basic and applied research on fatigue and fracture processes in engineering of materials and composites. Special attention is given to understanding fracture processes from the point of view of micro and nano damage mechanisms related to material microstructure. Advanced experimental...

Biocatalysis is a sustainable alternative for the chemical industry in manufacturing, monitoring, and waste management. Biocatalytic processes perform with isolated enzymes or whole cells as biocatalysts. Whole-cell biocatalysts offer some unique advantages of cascade reactions catalyzed by multienzymes as well as a single bioredox...

This book focuses on the most recent technical innovations and developments in the area of microfluidics, particularly in relation to their biomedical applications.The advent of microfluidics has provided important insights into the fields of biomedical research and clinical diagnosis. Special attention is given to...

Optical technology is one of the key technologies that have been widely used for communication, computing and sensing. By utilizing different degrees of freedom for photon, optical signals can be detected and processed in different dimensions including amplitude, phase, polarization, time, frequency, and spatial...

The focus of this reprint is the development of novel intelligence techniques for solving various problems in engineering. These techniques, due to their ability to create complex relationships between dependent and independent variables, can be implemented in a faster and more reliable way. Such...

This book collected a set of papers where our section Editorial Board Members discuss key topics that typify the very best insightful and influential original articles or reviews in the "Communications" field. We expect these papers to be widely read and highly influential within...