A high-order optimal disturbance observer (HOODO) is introduced to precisely estimate the aerodynamic torque and the variable wind speed; and consequently calculate the optimal speed of the generator without measuring the wind speed. As the immeasurable wind speed is varying fast, the aerodynamic torque, which is considered as a disturbance, is also changed fast, then the ...

Nowadays polymer ion-track membranes are used for a wide range of practical applications, which include various levels of filtration (micro-, ultra-, nanofiltration and osmosis), the creation of flexible electronic circuits and sensors based on polymer substrate, and using as templates for shape-controlled nanostructures synthesis. New applications demand clear understanding ...

Avalanche destructions in long-distance gas pipe lines are of great importance in the uninter rupted transport of commercial gas on an international and national scale in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the study, an analysis of pipe line accidents showed that such incidents can lead to large casualties and cause enormous economic damage. The statistics of damages in pipe ...

Water transport into cracked fly ash geopolymer mortars were investigated, for the first time, using neutron radiography. Three samples were prepared and cracks were induced in these samples. The first sample does not contain internal waterproofing additives, the second contains Lignosulphonates based waterproofing admixture and the third sample was covered with external ...

The aim of this work is to study the effect of irradiation with heavy Xe22+ ions with energies of 165 MeV, 200 MeV, and 230 MeV on the change in the optical properties of ZrO2 ceramic. The choice of ion energies, as well as irradiation fluences of 1013-1014 ion/cm2 , is primarily due to the possibility of simulating radiation damage in ceramics that occurs when overlapping ...

Stability of nanomaterials during their life cycle is a crucial problem of modern nanoscience. In order to understand the processes, which are going in the nanostructures, the comprehensive study of the influence of media with different acidity on the nickel nanotubes morphology and structure was carried out. On the base of the analysis of nanotubes characteristics, sequential ...

The research proposes new energy-saving façade constructions with closed horizontal vents, the analysis of which was carried out in ANSYS environment by the finite element method. The result of the analysis of the thermal resistance of the developed facade structures shows that a decrease in the volume of thermal insulation material by 31.25% leads to a significant decrease ...

The thermal motion of graphene atoms was investigated using angular distributions of transmitted protons. The static proton-graphene interaction potential was constructed applying the Doyle-Turner's expression for the proton-carbon interaction potential. The effects of atom thermal motion were incorporated by averaging the static proton-graphene interaction potential over the ...

Near-surface nanoscale thermal conductivity (k) variation of ion-irradiated single-crystalline ZnO was studied by time-domain thermoreflectance. ZnO was irradiated by 710 MeV Bi swift heavy ions (SHI) in the 1010–1013 ion/ cm2 fluence range to investigate the progression of radiation damage both from single ion impacts and ion path overlapping regimes. Structural characterization ...