Iris Publishers Journal Of Engineering Sciences

State of the Art: Deterioration Models of Railway Ballasts and Subgrades. Recommendations and Applications Authored by Santos Sánchez Cambronero The need to build efficiently and sustainably in recent years has changed the trends in the design and exploitation of infrastructure, which is essential for the social and economic development of each country. This change is being seen more frequently in the field of transportation infrastructure and other types of construction of special interest, since it is important to know the long-term behavior and deterioration of certain materials to verify their functionality and security. The study of behavior and deterioration over time is motivating the development of new and innovative design methodologies that evolve from purely numerical methods that allow us to predict the long-term response to new experimental work that serves as a guide and reference in this engineering field. This review of the state of the art shows a set of deterioration...

SRIN: A New Dataset for Social Robot Indoor Navigation Authored by Ahmad B Rad Generating a cohesive and relevant dataset for a particular robotics application is regarded as a crucial step towards achieving better performance. In this communication, we propose a new dataset referred to as SRIN, which stands for Social Robot Indoor Navigation. This dataset consists of 2D colored images for room classification (termed SRIN-Room) and doorway detection (termed SRIN-Doorway). SRIN-Rooms has 37,288 raw and processed colored images for five main classes: bedrooms, bathrooms, dining rooms, kitchens, and living rooms. The SRIN-Doorway contains 21,947 raw and processed colored images for three main classes: no-door, open-door and closed door. The main feature of SRIN dataset is that its images have been purposefully captured for short robots (around 0.5-meter tall) such as NAO humanoid robots. All images of the first version of SRIN were collected from several houses in Vancouver, BC, Canada. ...

A Participatory Model for the Regeneration of Australian Cities: The Case of Geelong Authored by Hisham Elkadi Urban regeneration projects have become a key focus of attention in cities globally. The case study of Geelong City, Australia, illustrates the challenges of maintaining the viability and relevance of the city while shifting from its historical industrial character. The Vision II urban regeneration project aimed to revive Geelong city center. The project adopted the process of crowd sourcing where both individual and organization sectors collaborated aiming to achieve a better quality of life. The project consisted of several crucial elements including partnership working, project governance, participatory workshops, scenario creation, community engagement and a transparent flow of this information to the community at large. This paper aims to expose the process used for this project as a valuable contribution to future urban regeneration development activity. The process inv...

What’s new in Point Cloud Compression? Authored by Howie Chong and Jiong Zhang In November 2012, “Internet +” was first proposed. “Internet +” refers to the comprehensive integration of Internet services with various industries such as industry, commerce, and finance. In popular terms, it is “Internet + various traditional industries”. But instead of simply adding the two of them, we use ICT and the Internet platform to integrate the Internet with traditional industries. The key to Internet+ is innovation. With innovative ideas and innovative services, this “+” can be truly valuable and meaningful. Internet+ has six characteristics: cross-border integration, innovation-driven, reshaping structure, respecting humanity, opening up ecology, and connecting everything. Using information and communication technologies and an Internet platform, the Internet is deeply integrated with traditional industries. The collision of two different industries will inevitably produce different sparks. “I...