The article concerns the issue of retrofitting (i.e., conversion worn-out diesel buses into electric buses). As this solution is often cheaper than purchasing new buses, it can be attractive for low-population areas with a weaker economic infrastructure. aims to present an original method rapidly selecting components traction system, such as motor, inverter, and transmission systems, combined b...

geophysical techniques remain the only ways to remotely and non-destructively sense the earth’s near subsurface and as such have the most promising prospect for rapid and accurate detection of underground tunnels. today, electrical resistivity and seismic refraction geophysical methods have been greatly developed to identify structures and underground cavities. in this study, the ability of the...

the levy-type analytical solution is employed for the problem of bending of cross-ply and antisymmetric angle-ply piezoelectric hybrid laminated plates with at least two simply supported opposite edges. the governing equations of equilibrium are derived in the framework of the first-order shear deformation plate theory. the equations are classified according to the crystallography type of piezo...

the study reports some preliminary investigations on the template free synthesis of a scantly investigated polyaniline (pani) derivative-phenylenediamine (pda) by template free method in the presence of oxalic acid (oa) (dopant), using ammonium persulfate as oxidant. polymerization of phenylenediamine (pda) was confirmed by the ft-ir as well as uv–visible studies. the morphology of phenylenedia...

in this study we investigate the effect of atoms such as b, n, ge and sn on the optical and the electrical properties of capped (5, 0) zigzag carbon nanotube, using dft calculation method. these elements were attached to the one end of the carbon nanotube. we considered four different structure designs as possible candidates for a p-n junction device. the electrical properties of these structur...

Electric potential measurement technique (tomography) was introduced as a nondestructive method to evaluate concrete properties and durability. In this study, numerical meshless method was developed to solve a differential equation which simulates electric potential distribution for concrete with inclusion in two dimensions. Therefore, concrete samples with iron block inclusion in different loc...

(d) Mechanical propert, Defiexion method, brittle coating method, bonded wire technique, moist coating method, vibration methods involving frequency and damping or damping changes during fatigue test. (e) Penetrating radiation tests. (f) Ultrasonic testing Reflection or through transmission methods. (g) Magneto-inductive tests. (h) Electrical tests. Electrical resistance or tribo-electrical met...