This paper describes the implementation of control algorithms for a mobile robot vehicle using the programming language Timber, which offers a high-level, declarative approach to key aspects of embedded systems development such as real-time control, event handling, and concurrency. In particular, we show how Timber supports an elegant, compositional approach to program construction and reuse— f...

Structural glass combined with a timber frame is a composite system that has a predisposition for good behavior during an earthquake, it is energy-efficient and cost-effective, aesthetically acceptable and has a good load-bearing characteristics. In recent years, several research projects of composite systems timber structural glass are in progress and according to the present results basic gui...

This paper ditcusses the functions preseni in a sophisticated relation browser with support for icons, maps, text and normal fixed format relations. A discussion of some of the required data base extensions to support, such a browser is also presented. I INTRODUCTIOX This paper suggests the design of TIMBER (Text, icon and Map Browser for Extended Relations), a user friendly, graphics-oriented ...

Embedded systems are often operating under hard real-time constraints, while at the same time being constrained by severe restrictions on power consumption. For such systems, robustness and reliability can be a question of life and death, which calls for rigorous system design and methodologies for validation. In this paper we advocate a design methodology for low-power, real-time systems, base...

The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to characterize the bridge material selection decisions of highway officials across the United States. Understanding product choices by utilizing the AHP allowed us to develop strategies for increasing the use of timber in bridge construction. State Department of Transportation engineers, private consulting engineers, and local highway officials w...

The joint supply of timber and other services from forest environments plays a central role in most forest land debates. This paper defines a general conceptual model of timber supply that provides the context for discussing both individual harvest choice and aggregate supply models. While the structure and breadth of these models has developed considerably over the last twenty years, unresolve...

This paper offers a detailed, quantitative and exhaustive experimental comparison in terms of mechanical properties of three different layouts of carbon composite materials (CFRP) used to strengthen existing old timber beams highly affected by diverse natural defects and biological attacks, testing the use of pultruded laminate attached on the tension side of the element (LR), CFRP fabrics tota...

Deformations of timber, caused mainly by anisotropic shrinkage, can be partially directed by controlling annual ring orientation through different sawing patterns. Ring orientation also affects the movement of water from within the board to its surface, with rapidity of drying having implications for the wood colour. Here sawn silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) timber was classed into two group...