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  • A low-Reynolds-number one-equation model of turbulence 
    Elkhoury, Michel; SOE; 200403272; Industrial Engineering; mkhoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-17)
    This work proposes an improved form of Menter's single-equation eddy viscosity transport model. The new transport equation follows from the transformation of the k-ε closure that includes the Yap-correction term, which is ...
  • Surface Streamlines and Normal-to-Plane Motion Adjacent to a Delta-Wing Planform 
    Elkhoury, Michel; Nakad, Zahi; SOE; 200403272; 200402165; Industrial Engineering; mkhoury@lau.edu.lb; zahi.nakad@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-17)
  • The Assessment of Wind Power for Electricity Generation in Lebanon 
    Elkhoury, Michel; Nakad, Zahi; Shatila, S.; SOE; 200403272; 200402165; Industrial Engineering; mkhoury@lau.edu.lb; zahi.nakad@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-17)
    In this study, the feasibility of harvesting wind power via wind turbines to produce electricity in specific sites in Lebanon will be investigated. Implementing such wind farms would greatly decrease the harmful emission ...
  • Renewable energy use in Lebanon 
    Elkhoury, Michel; Kinab, E.; SOE; 200403272; Industrial Engineering; mkhoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-17)
    The ability to discover and utilize a reliable source of renewable energy is vital in order to reduce the effects of global warming and to decrease and/or eliminate reliance on fossil fuel. Recently, countries around the ...
  • Performance of Transition-Sensitive Models in Predicting Flow Structures over Delta Wings 
    Elkhoury, Michel; SOE; 200403272; Industrial Engineering; mkhoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-17)
    Laminar-turbulent transition may have considerable influence on the performance of moderate and high-speed aerodynamic vehicles. The two recently developed transition-sensitive models, SST-TR and , are employed to assess ...
  • Partially Lagging One-Equation Turbulence Model 
    Elkhoury, Michel; SOE; 200403272; Industrial Engineering; mkhoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-17)
    A partially lagging one-equation eddy viscosity model, based on the transformation of the turbulence closure through Bradshaw et al. (“Calculation of Boundary Layer Development Using the Turbulent Energy Equation,” Journal ...
  • Assessing the Risk in the Design of Passing Sight Distances 
    El Khoury, John; Hobeika, A.; SOE; 200103005; Civil Engineering; john.khoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    Mostly, design methods in transportation engineering do not address the level of risk associated with the design and use of various highway elements. Passing sight distance (PSD) is an example of a highway operational ...
  • Incorporating Uncertainty into the Estimation of the Passing Sight Distance Requirements 
    El Khoury, John; Hobeika, Antoine; SOE; 200103005; Civil Engineering; john.khoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    Passing sight distance (PSD) is provided to ensure the safety of passing maneuvers on two lane two way roads. Many random variables determine the minimum length required for a safe passing maneuver. Current PSD design ...
  • Integrated Stochastic Approach for Risk and Service Estimation: Passing Sight Distance Application 
    El Khoury, John; Hobeika, A.; SOE; 200103005; Civil Engineering; john.khoury@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    The geometric design of highway elements is based on a set of standards that do not consider the risk levels associated with these designs. Safety elements including risk measures need to be identified and incorporated ...
  • A microscale evaluation of pavement roughness effects for asset management 
    El Khoury, John; Akle, Barbar; Katicha, Samer; Ghaddar, Ahmad; Daou, Makram; SOE; 200103005; 200700940; Civil Engineering; john.khoury@lau.edu.lb; barbar.akle@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    In this paper, the authors present a method to automate data collection and mapping of pavement roughness on various functional classification roadways and to quantify fuel consumption for enhanced benefit-to-cost analysis, ...
  • Assessing the effectiveness of probe vehicle acceleration measurements in estimating road roughness 
    El Khoury, John; Katicha, Samer W.; Flintsch, Gerardo W.; SOE; 200103005; john.khoury@lau.edu.lb; Civil Engineering (2016-02-16)
    In this article, we compare roadway roughness measured using a probe vehicle with roadway roughness calculated from the measured profile using an inertial profiler. Roughness is characterised by vehicle body vertical ...
  • Value of dynamic revenue-maximizing congestion pricing in a highly congested corridor 
    El Khoury, John; Srour, F. Jordan; SOE; SOB; 200103005; 201204645; Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.; Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.; Civil Engineering; john.khoury@lau.edu.lb; jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    This paper examines the value of utilizing dynamic, revenue-maximizing, congestion pricing on a privately operated tolled route, when the only alternative is a highly congested, public, free-access route. Three methods are ...
  • Estimation of road network reliability on resiliency 
    Soltani-Sobh, Ali; Heaslip, Kevin; El Khoury, John; SOE; 200103005; Civil Engineering (2016-02-16)
    Past research shows that a better understanding of reliability and identification of ways to improve it can help a system's response to a disaster, leading to increased transportation system resilience. This study focuses ...
  • Joint distributed synchronization and positioning in UWB ad hoc networks using TOA 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Denis, B.; Pierrot, J.-B.; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    Print Request Permissions In this paper, we describe a global distributed solution that enables the simultaneous performance of time synchronization and positioning in ultra-wideband (UWB) ad hoc networks. On the one ...
  • UWB SIMO channel measurements and simulations 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Keignart, J.; Delaveaud, C.; Daniele, N.; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has recently attracted the entire wireless community with its great potential for short-range and high data-rate communications. On the other hand, multiantenna (or multiple-input multiple-output) ...
  • Distributed algebraic space-time codes for ultra-wideband communications 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Daniele, Norbert; Belfiore, Jean-Claude; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    In this paper, we extend the Amplify-and-Forward cooperative diversity scheme to the context of impulse radio ultra-wideband. In particular, we present the construction of two families of distributed algebraic space-time ...
  • A 2×2 antennas ultra-wideband system with biorthogonal pulse position modulation 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Daniele, N.; Belfiore, J.-C.; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    The Golden code is a 2×2 space-time code that achieves the best known performance with all constellations carved from Z[i]. In this letter, we present the construction of a new coding scheme for 2M-ary biorthogonal pulse ...
  • Space–Time Coding for Multiuser Ultra-Wideband Communications 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Daniele, N.; Belfiore, J.-C.; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    In this paper, we present the construction of full rate, fully diverse, and totally real space-time (ST) codes for ultra-wideband (UWB) transmissions. In particular, we construct two families of codes adapted to real ...
  • A Space-Time Coded MIMO TH-UWB Transceiver with Binary Pulse Position Modulation 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Belfiore, J.-C.; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    In this paper, we propose a new multiple-input- multiple-output (MIMO) transceiver for time-hopping ultra- wideband (TH-UWB) communications. We consider the problem of space-time (ST) coding with binary pulse position ...
  • On Space–Time Coding With Pulse Position and Amplitude Modulations for Time-Hopping Ultra-Wideband Systems 
    Abou-Rjeily, Chadi; Belfiore, J.-C.; SOE; 200701131; Electrical Engineering; chadi.abourjeily@lau.edu.lb (2016-02-16)
    In this work, we propose novel families of space-time (ST) block codes that can be associated with impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) communication systems. The carrier-less nature of this nonconventional totally real ...

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