Timber buildings are experiencing a rapid diffusion due to their good performance and sustainability; however, some steps of structural timber production process, such as drying, energy-intensive environmentally impactful, many wood species also affected by low yield. Therefore, it would be important determine the quality green material, that is, in wet condition, before undergoing most impactf...

Stiffness is considered one of the most important structural properties for sawn timber used in buildings and laminated structures including mass elements. There great potential to use plantation Eucalyptus applications, successful development a supply chain products will depend on accurate selection grading resource. In this study we aimed investigate suitability non-destructive testing (NDT) ...

To optimize the cost and performance of complex cloud services under dynamic requirements, workflows and diverse cloud offerings, we rely on different elasticity control processes. An elasticity control process, when being enforced, produces effects in different parts of the cloud service. These effects normally evolve in time and depend on workload characteristics, and on the actions within th...

Elasticity is the foundation of cloud performance and can be considered as a great advantage and a key beneNt of cloud computing. However, there is no clear, concise, and formal deNnition of elasticity measurement, and thus no ePective approach to elasticity quantiNcation has been developed so far. Existing work on elasticity lack of solid and technical way of deNning elasticity measurement and...

this paper studies the dynamic behavior of price elasticity and its effects on the overall profit. although price elasticity has a significant effect on sales, its dynamics have not been examined so far in pricing models. in this paper, a simple pricing model is suggested in which, price elasticity is considered dynamic. the suggested pricing model is concerned with a monopolist that its object...

One of the major challenges in cloud computing is to simplify the monitoring and control of elasticity. On the one hand, the user should be able to specify complex elasticity requirements in a simple way and to monitor and analyze elasticity behavior based on his/her requirements. On the other hand, supporting tools for controlling and monitoring elasticity must be able to capture and control c...

Microwave pyrolysis of finely ground jatropha seed biochar was used as bio-filler to develop biocomposites. Effects influencing the mechanical properties biocomposites were investigated based on varied material ratio. Ratios by percentage weight determined D-optimal (custom) mixture design using Stat Ease “Design Expert”. The properties, such tensile strength, modulus elasticity, and microhardn...