Abstract The quadruple-tank process has been widely used in control literature to illustrate many concepts in multivariable control, particularly, performance limitations due to multivariable right half-plane zeros. The main feature of the quadruple-tank process is the flexibility in positioning one of its multivariable zeros on either half of the‘s’ plane A nonlinear and linear dynamic model for the quadruple-tank process are derived. The nonlinear model is derived from Johansson nonlinear dynamic system and describes the complicated dynamics of the physical plant when the system is setting in the non-minimum phase. The simulation results show that PID controllers have acceptable performances especially when the system is minimum-phase system while in the non-minimum-phase the controller is poor. Also it is shown that the linear quadratic Gaussian with loop transfer recover (LQG/LTR) is better than PID controller when the system is minimum-phase while in the non-minimum-phase the controller is not acceptable because (LQG/LTR) compensators generally cannot be designed for non-minimum-phase plants. Simulation results show that the proposed Decentralized fuzzy logic controller has a remarkable performance for tracking the multi step reference trajectories while at the same time it is robust against voltage changes. The Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed control methodology.
أبوبكر عبدالكريم أبو شاقور (2010)

Abstract The static behavior of large deflection of plates is considered. The w-F governing equations for large deflection of plates are derived and Solved using Finite Element with Galerkin approach to calculate the static deflection and for parameter values which span the design space. An Incremental Iterative technique were used. The Galerkin Method was used to derive the element stiffness matrix and load victor. A three node- 18DOF Triangle Element was selected to calculate the nodal field variables. Two boundary conditions were considered, the simply supported and clamped plates. A well prepared program used for plates with small deflection,, Linear Problem,, was modified to handle the changes in the governing equations and apply the solution techniques. A good fit with previous published studies was found.
القاسم محمد كامور (2009)

An efficient way to reduce the energy required for conditioning buildings and therefore to reduce CO2 emission is the use of proper thermal insulation in buildings' external walls. This measure requires data from metrological stations that can be used in the optimization of the thermal insulation. The main objectives of this study are to construct thermal climatic zones for Libya and to specify the optimum insulation thickness for external walls for the different zones. This work is comprehensive as the metrological data from all existing 33 weather stations has been collected and used for identifying thermal zones. For the optimization of the construction of external walls, the most commonly used local wall structures are investigated: hollow concrete block, limestone block and hollow brick. In addition, four thermal insulation materials: extruded polystyrene, expanded polystyrene, rock wool and foamed polyurethane are used with every wall type. Optimum insulation thickness, energy savings, energy cost and payback periods were estimated for the 33 locations using life cycle cost analysis. A map is constructed for the thermal zones based on degree-day values for the entire country. The results show that limestone blocks with expanded polystyrene insulation form the optimum wall construction as it provides the minimum total cost for all locations. Depending on the Degree-day values, the optimum insulation thickness varies between 5.4 and 15.3 cm across the country with energy saving varies between 28 and 178 $/m2. Using the optimum thickness, the average CO2 emissions can potentially be reduced by about 85%. Finally, a contour map represents the optimum thickness of expanded polystyrene is presented in this work. arabic 12 English 80
Samah Khlifa Otman Alghoul, (1-2021)