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  • Variability of recycled concrete aggregate and its effects on the properties of concrete 
    Stewart Michael; Sri Ravindrarajah Rasiah; Greco D (Canadian Society of Civil Engineers / Japan Society of Civl Engineers, 2001)
    This paper discusses the relationship between the quality of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) from a recycling plant and the quality of concrete produced when the natural coarse aggregate by weight was either partially ...
  • Variable structure control of seismically excited structure with shape memory alloy actuators 
    Li Jianchun; Samali Bijan; Chapman Christopher (World Scientific, 2002)
    Among the varieties of control algorithms, Variable Structure Control (VSC) or Sliding Mode Control (SMC) is known for its most distinguished feature and ability to result in ultra-robust control systems with respect ...
  • Ventricular Repolarization Variability for Hypoglycemia Detection 
    Nuryani Nuryani; Ling Steve; Nguyen Hung (IEEE, 2011)
    Hypoglycemia is the most acute and common complication of Type 1 diabetes and is a limiting factor in a glycemic management of diabetes. In this paper, two main contributions are presented; firstly, ventricular repolarization ...
  • Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithms Using Fuzzy Logic 
    Nkansah-Gyekye, Yaw.; Agbinya, Johnson I. (2007-03-12)
    This paper reports on the design and implementation of multi-criteria vertical handoff decision algorithms in a heterogeneous wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a wireless local area network (WLAN) environment. An ...
  • Vertical Handover In Cellular Communication Networks 
    Gordon Michael; Agbinya Johnson (South African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference, 2004)
    This paper discusses vertical handover of disparate networks with emphasis on handover of Wireless LAN (WLAN) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). The paper covers the issues involved in vertical handover and discusses ...
  • Vibration control of a 5-storey benchmark building utilising liquid column vibration absorbers 
    Samali Bijan; Mayol Eugenio; Kwok Kenny; Mack Austin; Hitchcock Peter (Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001)
    This paper examines issues of numerical error pertaining to fluid structure coupling, as applied to vibration control by the use of Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers (LCVAs). These issues are highlighted and source of ...
  • Vibration control of a five storey benchmark building excited by earthquake using liquid column vibrator absorbers 
    Samali Bijan; Mayol Eugenio; Mack Austin; Kwok Kenny; Hitchcock Peter (World Scientific, 2002)
    This paper examines the response reduction capabilities of a passive fluid damper device, known as the Liquid Column Vibration Absorber (LCVA), when attached to a five storey benchmark building structure requiring control. ...
  • Vibration Control of An Experimental Benchmark Model To Earthquake Using Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers (LCVAs) 
    Mayol Eugenio; Samali Bijan; Kwok Kenny; Li Jianchun (Queensland University of Technology, 2003)
    This work examines the use of Liquid Column Vibration Absorbers (LCVAs) as a means of controlling vibrations of a highrise and medium rise building structure subjected to earthquake loading. The investigations are ...
  • Vibration control of five storey model with semi-active stiffness damper 
    Djajakesukma Sri Lily; Samali Bijan; Nguyen Hung (World Scientific, 2002)
    This paper presents vibration control of a five-storey model with semi-active stiffness damper subjected to earthquake loads. Semi-active stiffness damper consists of a special type of hydraulic damper connected to the ...
  • Vibration of Hydraulically Interconnected Suspensions due to Fluid-Structure Interaction 
    Zhao Jing; Zhang Nong (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2009)
    The pressure changes produced inside the fluid circuits of Hydraulically Interconnected Suspensions (HIS) often lead to vibration of pipelines and associated structures and become a source of structural noise. This paper ...
  • Video Object Encoder using Region-of-interest-based Neural Network Classifiers 
    Jan Tony (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2003)
    In this paper, a hybrid classifier is introduced which combines a linear discriminant classifier and a nonlinear nonparametric neural network based classifier such as the Radial Basis Function Neural Networks. This ...
  • Virtual Electronic Engineering 
    Koosha Homa; Simoff Simeon; Madadnia Jafar (Massey University, 2002)
    This paper addresses the problem of remote collaboration in global electrical engineering student projects. The problem has several facets, including the arrangement of virtual engineering laboratory workspaces, the ...
  • Virtual Games based Self Rehabilitation for Home Therapy System 
    Kaluarachchi Chethasi; Aung Mon; Al-Jumaily Adel (IEEE, 2011)
    It has been reported that 53,000 stroke events annually with ongoing costs are nearly $500 million per year for physical therapy care. This paper aims to provide effective and active rehabilitation for patients suffering ...
  • Virtual-head robot tracking and three-point l-l control for multiple mobile robots 
    Ha Quang; Nguyen Anh Duy; Nguyen Hung (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc (IEEE), 2006)
    In the context of robotic formation control, the commonly-used virtual robot tracking combined with l-l control has limitations in the establishment of a line formation, the possibility of collision between robots, and ...
  • A Virtual Odometer for a Quadrotor Micro Aerial Vehicle 
    Abeywardena Dinuka; Kodagoda Sarath; Munasinghe Rohan; Dissanayake Gamini (Australian Robotics and Automation Association, 2011)
    This paper describes the synthesis and evaluation of a â¿¿virtual odometerâ¿ for a Quadrotor Micro Aerial Vehicle. Availability of a velocity estimate has the potential to enhance the accuracy of mapping, estimation and ...
  • Visual Information and Camera Motion Fusion for 3D Target Tracking 
    Balasuriya Arjuna; Zhen Jia; Challa Subhash (ICARCV, 2004)
    This paper proposes a data fusion scheme for visual object identification and tracking by autonomous vehicles. In this scheme, image motion vectors fields, color features, visual disparity depth information and camera ...
  • The Voice Capacity of WiFi for Best Effort and Prioritized Traffic 
    Dao, Nghia T; Wei, Xun; Malaney, Robert A. (2007-03-12)
    Crucial to supporting voice over 802.11b is the knowledge of voice capacity (Nc) of a single Access Point. This paper provides an analytical formulation of Nc in the case where all traffic in the network is voice. Our ...
  • Water Sensitive Urban Design at an Agricultural High School 
    Beecham Simon; Dunphy Alison; Morison Peter (Institute of Engineers Australia, 2005)
    The deleterious effects on receiving water bodies of stormwater runoff from urban areas have been studied extensively. However, impacts of runoff from mixed land-use institutions such as schools is less understood. This ...
  • Water, water, everywhere. Quantifying possible domestic water demand savings through the use of rainwater collection from residential roofs in Auckland, New Zealand 
    Vale Robert; Ghosh Sumita (7UDM & 4WSUD, 2006)
    Current residential sector growth rates in the Auckland Region are expected to impose increased demands on domestic water supply. This paper attempts to quantify, for four typical roof areas (100 m2, 150 m², 200 m², and ...
  • A Web Application Architecture Framework 
    Kong Xiaoying; Liu Li (Norsearch Reprographics, 2004)
    As the complexity of web systems grows, there is a need to develop an Architecture Framework to support and guide an organization for web system planning, design, building, deployment and maintenance. This paper presents ...