scholarly journals Fraction Factorial Design of a Novel Semi-Transparent Layer for Applications on Solar Roads

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Vizzari ◽  
Emmanuel Chailleux ◽  
Stéphane Lavaud ◽  
Eric Gennesseaux ◽  
Stephane Bouron
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Bending Test ◽  
Skid Resistance ◽  
Aggregate Distribution ◽  
Transparent Layer

Solar roads are transportation infrastructures able both to generate electricity thanks to solar cells placed under a semi-transparent layer and to ensure heavy traffic circulation. In this paper, a novel transparent top layer made of glass aggregates bonded together using a polyurethane glue is presented. The goal is to design a composite material able to support traffic load, guarantee vehicle skid-resistance, allow the passage of sunlight, and protect the solar cells. For this purpose, the authors investigated the effect of different variables (thickness, glue content, and glass aggregate distribution) on the mechanical and optical performances of the material applying the factorial design method. The semi-transparent layer was characterized by performing the three-point bending test and measuring the power loss. Regarding the vehicle friction, experimental tests with the British Pendulum were conducted in order to measure the skid resistance of the surface and compare it with the specifications of a typical road infrastructure. According to the fraction factorial design and the British Pendulum test, the following mixture was developed: 42.8% of 4/6 mm; 42.8% of 2/4 mm, 14.4% of glue in volume, and a thickness of 0.6 cm. The first results are encouraging, and they demonstrate the feasibility of a semi-transparent layer for future applications in full scale.

Study on the Application of Plant-Mixed Hot-Regenerated AC in the Maintenance of Expressway

2011 ◽  
Vol 97-98 ◽  
pp. 167-171
Author(s):  
Xi Ying Zhang ◽  
Dong Yu Sun ◽  
Bing Lai
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Mix Design ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
Skid Resistance ◽  
Social Effect ◽  
High Type ◽  
Traffic Loads

Highway, especially expressway plays a very important role in economic development of today. To deal with the traffic load, the surface of expressway should have the nature of strength, load-bearing ability, skid-resistance, free of penetration and duration. AC is one of the high type pavements. With the rapid development of highway, most of the AC pavement will be destroyed by heavy traffic loads, and should be maintained with millions of waste materials produced. Plant-mixed hot-regenerated AC is to recycle these waste materials, and apply part of them as one of the ingredients of the new AC of the new pavement. Method of mix design of the Plant-mixed hot-regenerated AC is discussed is this article. The method was applied in the maintenance of the Chang-Ying expressway and has obtained relatively obvious economic effect and social effect.

scholarly journals Full Factorial Design for Gold Recovery from Industrial Solutions

Toxics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Maria Mihăilescu ◽  
Adina Negrea ◽  
Mihaela Ciopec ◽  
Petru Negrea ◽  
Narcis Duțeanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factorial Design ◽  
Adsorption Capacity ◽  
Contact Time ◽  
Adsorption Process ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Gold Recovery ◽  
Maximum Adsorption Capacity ◽  
Gold Concentration ◽  
Commercial Resin

Gold is one of the precious metals with multiple uses, whose deposits are much smaller than the global production needs. Therefore, extracting maximum gold quantities from industrial diluted solutions is a must. Am-L-GA is a new material, obtained by an Amberlite XAD7-type commercial resin, functionalized through saturation with L-glutamic acid, whose adsorption capacity has been proved to be higher than those of other materials utilized for gold adsorption. In this context, this article presents the results of a factorial design experiment for optimizing the gold recovery from residual solutions resulting from the electronics industry using Am-L-GA. Firstly, the material was characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM), to emphasize the material’s characteristics, essential for the adsorption quality. Then, the study showed that among the parameters taken into account in the analysis (pH, temperature, initial gold concentration, and contact time), the initial gold concentration in the solution plays a determinant role in the removal process and the contact time has a slightly positive effect, whereas the pH and temperature do not influence the adsorption capacity. The maximum adsorption capacity of 29.27 mg/L was obtained by optimizing the adsorption process, with the control factors having the following values: contact time ~106 min, initial Au(III) concentration of ~164 mg/L, pH = 4, and temperature of 25 °C. It is highlighted that the factorial design method is an excellent instrument to determine the effects of different factors influencing the adsorption process. The method can be applied for any adsorption process if it is necessary to reduce the number of experiments, to diminish the resources or time consumption, or for expanding the investigation domain above the experimental limits.

scholarly journals Acid treatments of montmorillonite-rich clay for Fe removal using a factorial design method

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1122-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindiane Bieseki ◽  
Francine Bertell ◽  
Helen Treichel ◽  
Fabio G. Penha ◽  
Sibele B. C. Pergher
Keyword(s):  
Factorial Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Acid Treatments

Measuring heavy traffic with WIM-ROAD and WIM-BRIDGE systems in an urban environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Soudijn ◽  
Sebastiaan van Rossum ◽  
Ane de Boer
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Pressure Sensors ◽  
Strain Sensors ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The Road ◽  
Weigh In Motion ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Calibration Program

<p>In this paper we present weight measurements of urban heavy traffic comparing two different Weigh In Motion (WIM) systems. One is a WIM-ROAD system using Lineas quartz pressure sensors in the road surface. The other is a WIM-BRIDGE system using optical fibre-based strain sensors which are applied under the bridge to the bottom fibre of a single span of the bridge deck. We have designed our tests to determine which system is most suited to Amsterdam. We put special focus on the accuracy that each system can achieve and have set up an extensive calibration program to determine this. Our ultimate goal is to draw up a realistic traffic load model for Amsterdam. This model would lead to a recommendation that can be used to re- examine the structural safety of existing historic bridges and quay walls, in addition to the current traffic load recommendations.</p>

scholarly journals Heavy Traffic Feasible Hybrid Intracycle and Cyclic Sleep for Power Saving in 10G-EPON

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Xintian Hu ◽  
Liqian Wang ◽  
Zhiguo Zhang ◽  
Xue Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Heavy Traffic ◽  
Optical Network ◽  
Power Saving ◽  
Passive Optical Network ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Light Traffic ◽  
Gigabit Ethernet ◽  
Qos Guarantee

Energy consumption in optical access networks costs carriers substantial operational expense (OPEX) every year and is one of contributing factors for the global warming. To reduce energy consumption in the 10-gigabit Ethernet passive optical network (10G-EPON), a hybrid intracycle and cyclic sleep mechanism is proposed in this paper. Under heavy traffic load, optical network units (ONUs) can utilize short idle slots within each scheduling cycle to enter intracycle sleep without postponing data transmission. In this way, energy conservation is achieved even under heavy traffic load with quality of service (QoS) guarantee. Under light traffic load, ONUs perform long cyclic sleep for several scheduling cycles. The adoption of cyclic sleep instead of intracycle sleep under light traffic load can reduce unnecessary frequent transitions between sleep and full active work caused by using intracycle sleep. Further, the Markov chain of the proposed mechanism is established. The performances of the proposed mechanism and existing approaches are analyzed quantitatively based on the chain. For the proposed mechanism, power saving ability with QoS guarantee even under heavy traffic and better power saving performance than existing approaches are verified by the quantitative analysis. Moreover, simulations validate the above conclusions based on the chain.

Design and Analysis of Automotive Bumper Covers in Transient Loading Conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 715 ◽  
pp. 174-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih Hsing Liu ◽  
Ying Chia Huang ◽  
Chen Hua Chiu ◽  
Yu Cheng Lai ◽  
Tzu Yang Pai
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Design ◽  
Numerical Model ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Loading Conditions ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Design Guideline

This paper presents the analysis methods for design of automotive bumper covers. The bumper covers are plastic structures attached to the front and rear ends of an automobile and are expected to absorb energy in a minor collision. One requirement in design of the bumper covers is to minimize the bumper deflection within a limited range under specific loadings at specific locations based on the design guideline. To investigate the stiffness performance under various loading conditions, a numerical model based on the explicit dynamic finite element analysis (FEA) using the commercial FEA solver, LS-DYNA, is developed to analyze the design. The experimental tests are also carried out to verify the numerical model. The thickness of the bumper cover is a design variable which usually varies from 3 to 4 mm depending on locations. To improve the stiffness of the bumper, an optimal design for the bumper under a pre-defined loading condition is identified by using the topology optimization approach, which is an optimal design method to obtain the optimal layout of an initial design domain under specific boundary conditions. The outcome of this study provides an efficient and cost-effective method to predict and improve the design of automotive bumper covers.

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