⚡ electrical engineering

Optimum Hydropower Generation of Upper Gotvand Power Plant in case of Capacity Expansion and Restrictions of the Existing Gotvand Regulating Dam

This research optimizes the hydropower generation of Iran's Upper Gotvand power plant following a 640 MW capacity expansion and determines that a 50 to 60 MW installation capacity for the Gotvand regulating dam yields the most efficient water resource utilization over a 64-year simulation period.

Mohammad Reza Jalali, Saeed Jamali, Saba Kholdi2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Hydrogen Production via Biomass Oxy-Steam Gasification Powered by Nuclear Microreactor Generated Steam: An Aspen Plus Study

This study utilizes an Aspen Plus equilibrium model to demonstrate the technical viability of integrating nuclear microreactor-supplied steam with biomass oxy-steam gasification, achieving high hydrogen yields (88–97 g/kg) and enhanced operational stability as a scalable, low-carbon pathway for net-zero energy transition.

Gauravkumar Prajapati, Sandeep Kumar, Suneet Singh2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

BIS-Based Model Reference Adaptive Control of Anesthesia Depth under Patient Variability and Time-Varying Delays

This paper proposes a Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) strategy for automated, closed-loop anesthesia depth regulation using propofol and remifentanil that effectively handles inter-patient variability and time-varying delays without requiring patient-specific tuning, achieving stable Bispectral Index (BIS) maintenance within the clinically acceptable range of 40–60 in heterogeneous virtual patient simulations.

Raha Rahimi, Marzieh Kamali, Fazaneh Shayegh, Zahra Baharlouei2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

A Pre-Loaded, Pre-Moistened Foundation for Sabkha Soil: Schedule-Overlap Innovation Using Coupled Boundary-Value/Transient Infiltration Analysis

This paper proposes a schedule-overlap innovation for sabkha soil foundations that utilizes a pre-loaded, pre-moistened design with vertical water injection to trigger controlled collapse settlement during construction, thereby reducing the pre-superstructure phase by 62% and minimizing post-commissioning settlement compared to conventional methods.

Naif Alsanabani, Khalid AL-Gahtani, Abdulrahman Bin Mahmoud, Salman Akhtar2026-08-03
⚡ electrical engineering

Characterization of the shear properties in the radial-tangential section of Sitka spruce by the antisymmetrical four-point bending test of side-tapered and V-notched samples

This study demonstrates that antisymmetrical four-point bending tests on side-tapered Sitka spruce samples with sufficient depth and appropriate gauge thickness provide an effective method for characterizing shear properties in the radial-tangential plane, whereas V-notched samples require further optimization.

Hiroshi Yoshihara, Masahiro Yoshinobu, Makoto Maruta2026-07-31
⚡ electrical engineering

Experimental and Life Cycle assessment of RAP modified with Fe2O3 and Waste Cooking Oil Admixtures

This study demonstrates that a composite modification of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) using nano Fe2O3 and waste cooking oil simultaneously optimizes mechanical performance against rutting, moisture damage, and thermal cracking while offering significant environmental benefits through life cycle assessment.

Moustafa Abdelsalam, Jie Li, Ahmed Khater, Mohamed Ghazy, M. S. Eisa2026-07-31
⚡ electrical engineering

A fully GPU-based workflow for building physics emulators of hypersonic flows

This paper presents a fully GPU-based workflow that leverages the differentiable JAX-Fluids solver to generate data and perform residual-based refinement, enabling the creation of physics-aware neural emulators for hypersonic flows that maintain high fidelity and physical consistency beyond their training distribution.

Fabian Paischer, Dylan Rubini, Deniz Bezgin, Aaron Buhendwa, David Hauser, Florian Sestak, Johannes Brandstetter, Sebast (…)2026-07-31
⚡ electrical engineering

Fully multiplexed photonic tensor computing

The paper introduces FieldCore, a fully multiplexed photonic tensor core that leverages inverse-designed silicon photonics to simultaneously harness five optical dimensions, achieving an estimated 69.12 TOPS throughput and enabling high-fidelity, parallel processing for diverse computational workloads.

Junwen Zhang, Aolong Sun, Junhao Zhao, Fangchen Hu, Sizhe Xing, Yuqin Yuan, Jialin He, Yongzhu Hu, Xuyu Deng, Yinjun Liu (…)2026-07-31