⚡ electrical engineering

An Adaptive Decentralised Federated Learning Framework for Load Forecasting in Dynamic Microgrid Environments

This paper proposes a secure and scalable Decentralised Federated Learning framework integrated with a hybrid TCN-BiLSTM architecture to achieve high-accuracy load forecasting in dynamic microgrids while overcoming the privacy, reliability, and resource constraints of traditional centralized approaches.

Md. Julkar Nayeen Mahi, Ranesh Naha, Alistair Barros2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

Turning Fiber into Earthquake Sensors: Integrated Sensing and Communication in Live FTTH Networks

This paper demonstrates that low-complexity state-of-polarization monitoring on live, buried fiber-to-the-home networks in the seismically active Campi Flegrei area can successfully detect and characterize multiple earthquakes, validating the potential of existing telecommunication infrastructure for complementary seismic sensing.

Emanuele Virgillito, Federico Notarstefano, Andrè Herrero, Gilda Currenti, Miriana Corsaro, Michele Prestifilippo, Rudi (…)2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

From Smooth Ribs to Helical Texture: Rebar-Inspired Hemp-Rope Modification and Shear Modeling of Geogrids in Expansive Soil

This study demonstrates that helically winding hemp rope around geogrid ribs significantly enhances interface shear resistance in expansive soils, with a two-turn configuration (HWG-2) achieving a 14.4% increase in peak shear force at 90 kPa compared to unmodified geogrids.

zhongnian yang, runbo Zhang, gaoyu Zhang, yuwei Tian, liu Jia, guojun Cai, xianzhang Ling2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

Cross-Scale Analysis of Basalt Rock Mass Deformation and Energy Evolution Based on In-Situ Bearing Plate Tests and DEM Simulation

This study integrates in-situ bearing plate tests and 2D discrete-element simulations at the Gushui Hydropower Station to reveal that while weathering-based grouping provides baseline deformation parameters, local structural discontinuities—specifically the E2-2 fault—are the dominant controls on irreversible deformation and energy evolution in basalt rock masses.

Xuewei Guan¹, Shunchuan Wu¹2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

Unsafe Turns: A National-Level Study on the Impact of Land Use and U-Turn Maneuvers on Traffic Fatalities using Association Rules Mining

This study utilizes Association Rules Mining on 2016–2023 FARS data to identify distinct multifactorial patterns linking land use, lighting, and roadway geometry to fatal U-turn crashes in rural and urban settings, thereby informing targeted safety countermeasures.

Syed Aaqib Javed, Tausif Islam Chowdhury, Sharif Ahmed Rafat, Nixon Deb Pritom, Marcus A. Brewer, Subasish Das2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

Evaluating Regionally Diverse Pathways to Unprecedented Heat Extremes Across Africa in NeuralGCM

This study validates the hybrid model NeuralGCM by demonstrating that it intensifies unprecedented African heat extremes through regionally appropriate physical mechanisms, proving that differentiability can serve as a robust instrument for verifying the physical realism of learned components in extreme weather forecasting.

Kiven M. Nyuydini, Fernand L. Mouassom, Tim Whittaker, Elsa Cardoso-Bihlo, Alex Bihlo2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

On-chip nanoplasma for adaptive electromagnetic protection

This study introduces on-chip nanoplasma switches (NPMS) based on gallium nitride and silicon carbide as a superior alternative to semiconductor diodes for adaptive electromagnetic protection, offering enhanced thermal tolerance, broader bandwidth, and robust shielding against high-power microwave threats for next-generation RF front ends.

Hanqing Liu, Ruiqi Huang, Jibin Liu, Yanlin Xu, Chenxi Liu, Song Zha, Peiguo Liu2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

Impacts of Urban Three-Dimensional Morphology on Seismic Vulnerability and its Driving Mechanisms: A XGBoost-SHAP Explainable Analysis in Jiangyou City, Southwestern China

This study employs an explainable XGBoost-SHAP framework to analyze how urban three-dimensional morphology influences seismic vulnerability in Jiangyou City, revealing that spatial crowding is the most critical factor and that specific morphological configurations exhibit distinct nonlinear effects and spatial heterogeneity that can guide resilient urban planning.

Yaohui Liu, Bingren Zhou, Hao Zheng2026-09-02
⚡ electrical engineering

Campaign-resolved evidence for adaptive critical-heat-flux surrogates under experimental shift

This study reframes critical heat flux prediction as an experimental evidence transport problem by demonstrating that whole-campaign separation reveals significant generalization limits in existing models, thereby establishing an offline, campaign-initialized adaptive surrogate framework that leverages conformal uncertainty, transfer learning, and sparse Bayesian updating to determine when historical data is transferable and when limited new measurements are required for reliable predictions.

Satya Prakash Saraswat2026-09-02