Different kinds of vegetable oils and their methyl/ethyl esters have been tested in diesel engines. However, studies reporting the effects of tobacco seed oil and Tobacco Seed Oil Methyl Ester (TSOME) on emissions of diesel ...

Magnetorheological (MR) dampers have received remarkable attention due to being a potential technology to conduct semi-active control in mechanical systems in order to effectively suppress vibration. It is therefore important ...

In public transportation literature, researchers increasingly tend to evaluate the service efficiency of bus transit units in addition to their operational efficiency. Evaluation of both operational and service efficiencies ...

Engine load-speed frequency map of a hybrid city bus, which operates on the routes of Sakarya Municipality, was compared with that of European Transient Cycle (ETC) and World Harmonized Transient Cycle (WHTC), which are ...

Increasing demand for railway transportation requires large amounts of money to be spent on maintenance and renewal. In both industrialised and developing countries, one of the main problems of railway companies is regarding ...

In this study, the effect of thermal-barrier-coated piston top and combustion chamber surfaces on turbocharged diesel engine performance was experimentally investigated. Satisfactory performance was obtained with TBC(1) ...

The purpose of this study is to measure the management performance of thirteen Turkish seaports by undertaking the simultaneous investigation of four dimensions of management performance, namely, infrastructure, superstructure, ...

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects are designed to fund long-term infrastructure projects and public services. A typical PFI road scheme involves the public sector client (Granting Authority), the private sector ...