Abstract Optimization of insulation on subsea oil and gas equipment can lead to significant cost weight reduction. A judicious combination commercially available Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software with evolutionary optimization algorithms efficiently serve this purpose. In the present study, a gate valve has been presented due emphasis methodology adapted. parameterized model several dimens...

According to WHO, at any one time, around 50 per cent of medical equipment in lowand middle-income countries cannot be used because of lack of maintenance or spare parts.1 We have found that unwillingness or inability to repair equipment and put it back in use is also a major cause. New equipment is made available by different international non-government organisations (INGOs) competing with on...