⚡ electrical engineering

Quaternion optical computing chip for parallel high-dimensional data processing

This paper presents the first demonstration of a quaternion optical computing chip (QOCC) that leverages wavelength-division multiplexing to physically map non-Abelian Hamilton products onto a photonic circuit, enabling highly parallel, low-error, and energy-efficient processing of high-dimensional data for applications like 3D point cloud analysis and color image recognition.

Lu Sun, Songyue Liu, Qi Lu, Yuan Zhong, Yuru Li, Meng Xiang, Zhaohui Li, Chao Lu, Yikai Su2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Typology, Prevalence, and Failure Mechanisms of Dampness in Public Secondary School Buildings in a Tropical Climate: A Diagnostic Building Pathology Study from Adamawa State, Nigeria

This diagnostic study of all Grade-A public secondary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria, reveals that penetrating dampness (47.8%) and rising dampness (39.6%) are the predominant forms of building deterioration caused primarily by wind-driven rain ingress and roofing defects, with significant variation across educational zones but no difference between urban and semi-urban settings.

Joseph Philip Gassa, Kabiru Maiunguwa2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Spatially honest validation of machine-learning prospectivity maps for karst bauxite in Kazakhstan

This study demonstrates that machine-learning prospectivity maps for karst bauxite in Kazakhstan, which appear highly accurate under random cross-validation, reveal significantly lower but more realistic performance when evaluated through spatially honest validation schemes that account for clustered mineral systems and extrapolation risks.

Marat Nurtas, Serik Nurakynov, Aidana Mergembayeva, Yalkunzhan K. Arshamov, Galym Kapyshev2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Vibration-Induced Power Loss in Cycling: Experimental Quantification on a Simulated Cobblestone Surface

This study experimentally quantifies substantial vibration-induced power losses in cycling on simulated cobblestones, revealing that these losses increase quadratically with speed and tyre pressure while being mitigated by an off-the-saddle posture, thereby highlighting their critical impact on overall cycling efficiency.

E. Vázquez Fernández, G. Dell'Orto, J. K. Moore2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Application of Particle Swarm Optimisation to achieve simultaneous nitrification and denitrification removal in the aerobic biological treatment process

This study demonstrates that applying the Particle Swarm Optimisation algorithm to an aerobic biological treatment process successfully achieves simultaneous nitrification and denitrification, identifying temperature and aeration period as the principal drivers for minimizing nitrate accumulation.

M. Muloiwa, CM Zvinowanda2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Rigorous Validation of a Trigger Based Variable Fidelity Co Simulation Scheduler for Reinforcement Learning Controlled Power Electronic Systems

This paper presents a rigorously validated, trigger-based variable-fidelity co-simulation scheduler for reinforcement learning in power electronic systems that achieves significant training speedups through three critical corrections to power-flow approximation, Jacobian caching, and error-bound calibration, while transparently reporting its specific accuracy-speed trade-offs against periodic switching baselines.

Md Hasibuzzaman, Chan-Yun Yang2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Practical formulas for additive manufacturing alloys: thermophysical and mechanical properties

This paper presents a comprehensive set of temperature-dependent analytical formulas for the thermophysical and mechanical properties of SS316L, Ti-6Al-4V, and Inconel 718 alloys, derived from over 100 experimental datasets and designed to enhance the accuracy of simulations for laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition processes.

Vitaliy Gilmutdinov, Rinetta Mosina, Georgii Gordeev, Vladimir Ankudinov, Igor Kuzmin, Mikhail Krivilyov2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Research on Temperature Field Reconstruction Based on the Fusion of 3D Point Cloud and Infrared Image of the Tunnel Face

This paper proposes a high-precision, hardware-independent 3D temperature field reconstruction algorithm for tunnel faces that fuses multi-view point clouds and infrared images through a novel virtual-depth-view guided PnP registration and noise-suppressed thermal mapping, achieving sub-degree accuracy and robust performance in challenging underground environments.

TAO WU, Chen-yuan ZHANG, Xi-qi LIU, Han-yao CAI2026-08-03