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Transfer Learning for Thermal Comfort Prediction in Multiple Cities
, 2020 HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system is an important part of a building, which constitutes up to 40% of building energy usage. The main purpose of HVAC, maintaining appropriate thermal comfort, is crucial for the best utilisation of ...
David, Klaus +5 more
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Magnetoactive Metamaterials: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Magnetoactive metamaterials combine magnetoactive composites with architected metastructures to enable contactless, tunable control of mechanical, acoustic, and elastic properties. This review highlights recent advances in their design, fabrication, and applications in soft robotics, biomedical devices, and adaptive structures and outlines future ...
Seyyedmohammad Aghamiri, Ramin Sedaghati
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Structuring, modulation, volume, unit, interior space in conceiving and perceiving the thermal comfort area [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2019 This work presents a space modeling concept inside buildings, with space structuring and modulation, for obtaining energetic efficiency in obtaining thermal comfort.
Jean-Manuel Somăcescu
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Indoor thermal environments in Chinese residential buildings responding to the diversity of climates [PDF]
, 2018 China has a diversity of climates and a unique historic national heating policy which greatly affects indoor thermal environment and the occupants’ thermal response.
Costanzo, Vincenzo +4 more
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Bioinspired Materials, Designs, and Manufacturing Strategies for Advanced Impact‐Resistant Helmets
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This review explores how bioinspired materials, structures, and manufacturing strategies transform helmet design to achieve enhanced impact resistance. Drawing inspiration from nacre, porcupine quills, beetle exoskeletons, and skull architectures, it highlights advances in auxetic lattices, nanocomposites, and functionally graded foams.
Joseph Schlager +4 more
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Energy and Built EnvironmentOutdoor thermal comfort is crucial for creating sustainable and livable urban spaces. Studying the distribution and impact factors of the thermal environment can provide theoretical support for improving the thermal environment and spatial planning. This
Yansu Qi +5 more
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Impact of metabolism and the clothing thermal resistance on inpatient thermal comfort
Energy and Built Environment, 2021 For the purpose that relieves the suffering of the patients and shortens their hospital stay, it is crucial to design and manage the environment control systems reasonably to maintain an appropriate indoor thermal environment. However, all of the current
Hualing Zhang +3 more
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Field study on adaptive thermal comfort in typical air conditioned classrooms [PDF]
, 2018 This study investigates adaptive thermal comfort in air conditioned classrooms in Hong Kong. A field survey was conducted in several typical classrooms at the City University of Hong Kong.
Cheng, Y +6 more
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Direct Recycling of Cold Work Tool Steel Swarf into New Cutting Disks via Field‐Assisted Sintering
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Through a sintering method known as field‐assisted sintering technology/spark plasma sintering, cold work tool steel swarf can be directly recycled into new cutting disks. This method is capable of densifying the unconventional powder morphology of swarf, and it can also seal grinding contaminants, such as Al2O3, into the steel matrix.
Monica Keszler +4 more
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A fuzzy approach to building thermal systems optimization. [PDF]
, 1999 Optimization of building thermal systems is treated in the paper in the framework of fuzzy mathematical programming. This new approach allows to formulate more precisely the problem which compromises energy saving and thermal comfort satisfaction under ...
Angelov, Plamen
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