Optimised design of soil reinforcement layout

Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics

In the context of sustainable development which is a balancing act between the fulfilment of human needs and the protection of the natural environment, the use of natural fibers such as coir in geotechnical applications is desirable. Reinforcing the soil with coir fibers/coir geotextiles is a cost effective solution to the ground/soil improvement problems. The effects of fiber parameters on the...

Layout Design of a Furniture Production Line Using Formal Methods

This paper experiments application of different heuristic approaches to a real facility layout problem at a furniture manufacturing company. All the models are compared using AHP, where a number of parameters of interest are employed. The experiment shows that formal layout modelling approaches can be effectively used real problems faced in industry, leading to significant improvements.

Design of Optimised RF Integrated Inductors

The aim of this work is to provide a tool for the design of optimised inductors. It is based on a compact model, where the physical behaviour is described through analytical expressions, rather than numerical computations or fitted expressions. The inductance value and the maximum disposable are the required input data. The output is directly the layout of the optimised inductor and the frequen...

Design of Dynamic Body Shop Layout in Automobile Industry

Fair layout design

This paper tackles the design of fairs which are subject to layout considerations. A fair means a large scale exhibition for goods and services like a trade fair or a regional fair. A method for designing fair layouts using a slicing structure and the horseshoe cut is presented, and numerical results for the layout of a real fair are reported. The selected criterias are evaluated using the obta...