P ERSONAL transportation offers people freedom, but this choice of freedom creates a conflict with growing environmental concerns and the sustainability of humanity's use of natural resources. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) improve fuel efficiency by optimizing powertrain operation and recovering kinetic energy during braking, hence reducing liquid fuel consumption in the transportation sector...

The Department of Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) in South Australia awarded Keolis Downer the contract to operate maintain commuter rail network Adelaide state Australia. This is first time this has been managed by a private operator. Formed 2009, joint venture between Keolis, leading public transport operator established 15 countries (including United Kingdom, States, Germany, Netherlands)...

We investigate the effect of pH on external hematite colloidal particles entrapment and remobilization by core-flood experiments combined with X ray computed tomography. Suspensions calibrated were injected into Bentheimer sandstones sample, composed mainly well-sorted quartz small clay fraction (up to 1 wt%), consisting kaolinite. have found that permeability impairment due an cake build-up ca...

The Honolulu Rail Transit Project is a 20-mile elevated rail line along the south shore of O’ahu that connects West O’ahu, Pearl Harbor, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, downtown Honolulu, and Ala Moana Center near Waikiki, as shown in Figure 1. For most tourists, long for shuttle buses at airport followed by traffic congestion before ...

Siemens Mobility has received an order for 1,200 locomotives of 9,000 hp from Indian Railways, a total value approximately €3 billion. It marks the single largest locomotive in company history and India. will design, manufacture, commission, test locomotives, as shown Figure...