Seismic base isolation has gained popularity in the last decades. As a result, many structures are now equipped with systems to offer enhanced seismic performance and meet needs of risk-aware stakeholders. However, robust performance-based design these types is generally not carried out due iterative nature common approaches time/computational resources required for such iterations, which incom...

One of the most important contributions Japanese researchers is proposition superstructure concept. Umeda and coworkers proposed in 1972 a system structure for reaction-separation process which split ratios determine connecting flows. Later, this concept changed to parameter and, finally, superstructure. Since 1980, superstructure-based optimization has been very active field Process Systems En...

the vibrations produced by trains include two parts which are deterministic and random vibrations. due to variation of dynamic loads and patterns of load-time, the random vibration of moving train is one of the most important issues in the field of railway engineering. one of the important sources in producing the train vibrations is rail roughness and irregularities. in this paper, responses o...

Almost 25% of the environmental pollution, measured by indicator global greenhouse emissions, is emitted transport. Changes in mobility behavior population will be essential if 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and goals EU Commission’s Green Deal are to attained. Accordingly, existing infrastructure has transform into a sustainable transport through further optimizations future. There...

With expanding areas of applications, increasing needs for efficient cycles, and growing demands for efficient modeling, it has become essential to develop new systematic strategies for optimal design and operation of PSA systems. Although industrial usage of PSA is widespread, we observe a drought of any systematic methodology to design PSA cycles in PSA literature due to inherent complexity o...