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Due to development of novel and more efficient energy storage systems we bear witness to the dawn of a new era of mobile systems. They have become sophisticated in terms of hardware components and software applications which have made it possible to develop integrated solutions for [...]

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This paper presents results of an experimental study on 3-dimensional scour at submarine pipelines with uniform sediments under a unidirectional steady current. A dimensional analysis is first conducted to identify all the important non-dimensional parameters. Laboratory experiments [...]

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Pipeline right-of-way maintenance activities face great challenges that have come from different climates, slopes, soils and other environmental conditions. Control of surface drainage and erosion is an important element in the restoration and maintenance of pipeline right-of-ways, [...]

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Due to shorter product life-cycles, increasing product customization and the co-existence of electric and combustion engine vehicles, variant flexibility is gaining importance in the automobile production. The automobile body shop is characterized by inflexible, rigid fixture systems [...]

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Due to the conceptual degrees of freedom in their product structure, electric vehicles offer high potential for remanufacturing-oriented product design. This potential is, however, not realized yet. Remanufacturing as one fundamental element of a circular economy is characterized [...]

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Cities are a hotspot for resource consumption and related impacts. This is induced, among others, by transportation, production and the use of products and services. Industrial production is commonly associated with negative impacts, e.g. on the environment or [...]

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This paper focuses on the hardware aspects of battery management systems (BMS) for electric vehicle and stationary applications. The purpose is giving an overview on existing concepts in state-of-the-art systems and enabling the reader to estimate what has to be considered when designing [...]

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Copyright © 2014 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. In academia as in practice, seaports are increasingly viewed as elements in supply chains. It is argued that seaports should add value to shippers by aligning their own business activities with shippers Supply [...]

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Public transport is an especially promising sector for full electric vehicles due to the high amount of cycles and predictable workload. This leads to a high amount of different vehicle concepts ranging from large batteries, designed for a full day of operation without charging, to [...]