Osama Al-Habahbeh

University of Jordan | UJ · Department of Mechatronics Engineering

The safe and efficient operation of engineering systems requires proper knowledge about their reliability. While reliability can be determined by testing a sample of the product, it is more cost-effective to predict the reliability of the system during the design phase. The most rigorous method to do that is the physics-based modeling in conjunctio...

A broad reliability prediction method that can deal with complex thermo-fluidic systems is introduced. The procedure provides an engineering tool by integrating multiple computational packages that enable the simulation of a wide array of systems, especially those involving physics interactions such as fluid flow and solid medium. Computational Flu...

A method that links several commercially available tools to estimate the fatigue life of thermal systems is introduced. The procedure provides an engineering tool based on existing computational packages. It is sufficiently general that it can be used for any thermal application involving fluid flow and a solid medium. A cylindrical ring model is p...

A general procedure for reliability prediction is introduced. The procedure is applied to a cylindrical ring and can be used for any similar thermal application. The procedure is classified as a physics-based reliability prediction method. It utilizes different computational tools such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Method (F...

The reliability of Monocrystalline photovoltaic cells (PVC) is investigated using modeling and simulation. Despite that experimental data on this topic is available; it is only for PVC types that existed many years ago. On the other hand, for new designs, long waiting periods are needed. Therefore, it is desired to build a model that can predict PV...

Timely identification of a fire’s origin in its initial stages is essential for minimizing human as well as material losses. Hence, formulating a methodology and algorithm for autonomously planning the flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during fire monitoring to identify ignition sources early is a pressing objective. The proposed igni...

The study aims to enhance the standard of medical care for individuals working in the electric power industry who are exposed to industrial frequency electromagnetic fields and other relevant risk factors. This enhancement is sought through the integration of fuzzy mathematical models with contemporary information and intellectual technologies. The...

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The study aims to enhance the standard of medical care for individuals working in the electric power industry who are exposed to industrial frequency electromagnetic fields and other relevant risk factors. This enhancement is sought through the integration of fuzzy mathematical models with contemporary information and intellectual technologies. The...

Many reflexologists employ outdated concepts that do not align with modern anatomy, physiology, and biophysics. Those concepts undermine physicians' confidence in their diagnosis. This study aims to improve the quality of medical care for workers in the agro-industrial complex who are exposed to pesticides by a fuzzy mathematical model using acupun...

Malignant tumors of the pancreas are the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. This is mainly because they are often diagnosed at a late stage. One of the challenges in diagnosing focal lesions in the pancreas is the difficulty in distinguishing them from other conditions due to the unique location and anatomy of the organ, as well as the...

Diagnosis, reporting and proper analysis of occupational diseases among railway workers and crew remain unsatisfactory so far. This paper focus on utilizing the concepts of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) for improving the quality of care provided to railway workers, in particular, railway transportation crews. The high level of morbidity in thi...

This work aims at improving the quality of health assessments, specifically under the influence of occupational risk factors. For this purpose, additional informative features are utilized in prognostic and diagnostic models. The models are used to characterize the level of body protection using its oxidative status; A quantitative method is propos...

ABSTRACT: Malignant tumors of the pancreas are the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths. This is mainly because they are often diagnosed at a late stage. One of the challenges in diagnosing focal lesions in the pancreas is the difficulty in distinguishing them from other conditions due to the unique location and anatomy of the organ, as we...

Abstract The objective is to improve the quality of medical care for workers in agriculture-related industries such as pesticides, using fuzzy mathematical models implemented by modern information and intellectual technologies. In the course of the research, it was found that from a modeling perspective, the problems of predicting and identifying s...

This work introduces a smart robotic arm for harvesting olive fruits. The work started by planning the main steps. After deciding on the robot concept design, a kinematic and dynamic analysis is conducted. Based on the results of the analysis, a simulation is performed to determine the required specifications of the main components. Based on these...

Abstract—A method and software have been developed for classifying video images. The Walsh-Hadamard transform was used to form descriptors of "weak" classifiers. The software allows you to create a database of class segments, determine the two-dimensional Walsh-Hadamard spectrum of segments, train fully connected neural networks, and perform explor...

Currently, intelligent systems built on a multimodal basis are used to study the functional state of living objects. Its essence lies in the fact that a decision is made through several independent information channels with the subsequent aggregation of these decisions. The method of forming descriptors for classifiers of the functional state of th...

An adaptable transportation concept is proposed; comprising a fleet of autonomous PODs that can merge and separate based on passengers’ demand. The purpose is to match the number of seats with the number of passengers, thereby reducing vehicle size and energy consumption. It enables passengers’ in-person communication and simultaneous arrival. Sinc...

Detecting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, is becoming more difficult as technologies keep advancing. The low price, smaller size, and high speed of UAVs make them hard to detect. The goal of this study is to critically review and evaluate the UAVs sensor-based detection systems using Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. The stud...

Water situation in Jordan has become very critical. A feasible solution is to desalinate water drawn from Gulf of Aqaba (GoA). Another problem that Jordan faces is the very short coastline. These two problems can be solved by developing an artificial lake in south Jordan. The water from the lake can be desalinated while the lake itself provides a b...

Autonomous vehicles (AV) have gained ground in recent years. However, they still use the principles of traditional vehicles in terms of design and operation. This work proposes an adaptive transportation system based on autonomous POD vehicles, and investigates a major aspect of its operation. The PODs used in the proposed system can be considered...

A new approach to enhance the performance of hybrid fuel-electric aircraft is investigated. This approach adopts Fuel-first strategy (FFS) to increase the effectiveness of electrical propulsion. To illustrate the effectiveness of this method, it is compared to other propulsion types. The FFS is based on starting the electric propulsion only after t...

Jordan is a dry country which badly needs water bodies. This work proposes a design of a sustainable artificial lake in Jafer basin (JB). The design involves excavating a tunnel to connect Gulf of Aqaba (GoA) and JB, and building a pumping station at the end of the tunnel. The tunnel will have a downslope gradient to allow gravity flow of seawater...

Jordan has a very short coastline, which is reflected in limited and expensive coastal tourism, as well as limited marine life. Therefore, a technical proposal to transform part of the Jordanian desert into a coastal area is presented. The proposal is called: "Red Sea-Jafer Basin Pipeline (RSJBP)"; the idea is to create an artificial lake by fillin...

The feasibility of enhancing the efficiency of hybrid fuel-electric airplane is investigated. The airplane model considered in this work is a hybrid version of Aerosonde propelled by an integrated system of internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric motor (EM). Modified versions of Breguet equation are used to calculate the contribution of the I...

The objective of this work is to introduce an alternative ground-based vehicle guidance system. The proposed system is capable of providing navigation directions automatically. The motivation of this work is to overcome the weakness in the GPS system in some areas, such as between high-rise buildings, where satellites transmission cannot reach. In...

This work presents a method to control the stiffness of a hybrid actuator. The resulting stiffness is required to meet the conditions of real life applications, such as human prosthetics, human-robot interaction, and delicate robot interaction. The hybrid actuator is basically a pneumatic-hydraulic muscle, which can operate simultaneously in both p...

The emergence of hybrid fuel-electric airplanes is meant to reduce the effect of oil price volatility, as well as to protect the environment by reducing exhaust gas emissions. In the present work, the feasibility of multiple hybrid configurations is investigated based on flight performance. For this purpose, a numerical model of the airplane is bui...

This work aims at finding the most suited control scheme for a typical quad-rotor. Selecting the appropriate controller is essential to achieve system stability. The most common control schemes are compared in terms of their performance in hovering mode. The quad-rotor propellers are modeled based on both momentum theory and blade element theory. T...

This work aims at finding how reversing the direction of THS force improves aircraft performance. In most airplanes, the trimmable horizontal stabilizer (THS) is subjected to downward air force. This downward force acts in the same direction as the weight and opposite to the lift. The produced extra lift can be used to increase the payload or exten...

This work aims at finding how reversing the direction of THS force improves aircraft performance. In most airplanes, the trimmable horizontal stabilizer (THS) is subjected to downward air force. This downward force acts in the same direction as the weight and opposite to the lift. The produced extra lift can be used to increase the payload or exten...

This work aims at finding the most suited control scheme for a typical quad-rotor. Selecting the appropriate controller is essential to achieve system stability. The most common control schemes are compared in terms of their performance in hovering mode. The quad-rotor propellers are modeled based on both momentum theory and blade element theory. T...

Advanced Manufacturing is a unique book that brings otherwise sparsely treated topics into one space. It covers many types of innovative materials and their applications; including glasses, ceramics, composites, carbon materials, and biomaterials. In addition, it spans the latest developments in manufacturing techniques; including machining, weldin...

The most important factor limiting the efficiency of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries is their thermal performance. Therefore, the analysis of battery thermal management (BTM) of this type of batteries is of a great interest. This work aims at evaluating the effectiveness of different types of passive and active BTM systems. The electro-thermal behav...

Today, electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and radio frequencies (RFs) exist in most inhabited areas, whether urban or rural. However, there are still some conflicting beliefs as to the degree of hazard associated with the sources of these fields and frequencies. In this work, the levels of exposure to EMFs and RFs are evaluated for the city of Amman, Jo...

Oil and gas industry utilizes costly equipment, which eventually adds to the final fuel price. This work presents a low-cost design of an oil well measuring device. The industry standard design comprises a data acquisition system. The system provides accurate readings for the amount of cable that passes into and is withdrawn from an oil well, as we...

The inefficient transportation system in Amman results in difficulties such as traffic jams and long passenger waiting times, which means wasting time, money, and efforts. Therefore, the public is demanding a solution to this problem. Building an effective transportation system is considered one of the most important aspects of becoming a smart cit...

The optimum implementation of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) is investigated. In order to study the feasibility of such system, a model for a large-scale TEG is designed and optimized to convert thermal energy into electricity. The mathematical formulation of the system comprising multiple TEG modules is modeled and simulated. It is assumed that...

Introduction to Aviation Engineering is a unique book that covers some aviation engineering topics that have not been treated elsewhere, as well as presents the other important aspects in a handy and informative way. The book spans a brief chronology, flight fundamentals, aircraft familiarization, structure, control, engines, flight operations, sys...

Developing new dental filling materials is an elaborate process. It is desirable to reduce the time and cost required to develop and test such materials. This work introduces a simulation tool that helps in testing the reliability of the filling before introducing actual models. That means all necessary modifications can be easily accomodated du...

Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) principle is an important interdisciplinary field. One of the most important applications of this effect is pumping of materials that are hard to pump using conventional pumps. In this work, the progress achieved in this field is surveyed and organized according to the type of application. The literature of the past 27yea...

The reliability of shell and tube heat exchanger is predicted using a 2-stage physics-based simulation. The first stage uses stochastic porous models of the bundle to estimate operational and environmental uncertainties in flow conditions, such as flow velocity and inlet temperature. The results are used for the second stage, which is the CFD simul...

Unreinforced bricks masonry (UBM) is widely used for construction of walls. However, due to their weight and low blast resistance, they can present a significant hazard to occupants when subjected to blast loads. There are considerable uncertainties associated with material properties, threat scenarios, as well as expected damage. In this work, a s...

The reliability of solar concentrator is investigated using Finite element modeling (FEM). A FEM model of the receiver absorber is built and simulated using Latin Hypercube (LHC) sampling. A transient thermal structural simulation is conducted, and the maximum thermal stress affecting the absorber is determined. Based on the failure criterion, the...

A novel design of an arm prosthesis model is presented. The model is based on smart material instead of traditional machinery. That leads to reduction of mechanical complexity of the system. Dielectric Elastomers (DEs) were selected as the material for the bicep muscle. DE's most desirable feature is that they can act similar to human muscles, and...

Durability of photovoltaic cells (PVC) is traditionally evaluated based on field data. However, this method requires waiting many years for collecting the necessary service data. To address this issue, simulation techniques can be implemented to this type of investigation. In this work, the durability of Monocrystalline PVCs is investigated using F...

The durability of Thin-film photovoltaic cells was predicted using thermal and structural simulations. Compared to traditional field test methods, these simulations require much less time to perform. The simulated model was based on thermal stress failure theory, combined with strain effect on layers delamination. For verification purposes, the sim...

A viable design of an arm prosthesis system is presented. The design has addressed some existing challenges by adopting a fresh approach. The design is demonstrated by a simulation model. Dielectric Elastomers (DEs) are implemented into the model. That leads to higher reliability and user-friendliness, because the system contains fewer components....

As a critical component of a larger subsystem, the finned tube must be reliable enough so as to avoid potential catastrophic failures. Therefore, a High-fidelity reliability assessment technique is employed to evaluate the reliability of this component. The technique accounts for all possible causes of failure. These causes are entered into the rel...

An integrated simulation method is employed to investigate the reliability of a fluid tube based on transient conditions. The method works by mapping transient CFD loads and coefficients onto the corresponding FEM model. The two parts of the problem need to be dealt with; namely the fluid part as well as the tube structure part. The reliability of...

A novel stochastic simulation approach is employed to predict the reliability of an air-supply expansion joint. This component is part of a large electric power generating system. In order to perform this task, multiple modeling tools are integrated, including Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Stress-life method, and Latin Hype...

An efficient reliability assessment approach is used to estimate the reliability of a return expansion joint. This component is part of a large power generation system. In order to perform the reliability assessment task, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Method (FEM), Fatigue analysis, and Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) tools are in...

A novel physics-based stochastic method is employed to estimate the reliability of a heat exchanger shell. This component is part of an energy conversion system. In order to perform the reliability assessment task, several computational tools are integrated. These tools include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Method (FEM), Fatigu...

Masonry composed of clay bricks and mortar is widely used as a construction material for both structural and non-structural walls. However, due to their weight and low blast capacity, unreinforced brick masonry walls can present a significant hazard to building occupants when subjected to accidental or deliberate blast loads. There are considerable...

Many engineering thermal systems involve a high degree of technical risk. Their deterioration could be induced by the flow of high temperature fluids. A high-fidelity assessment tool is presented which enables the simulation of a wide array of thermal systems. It is based on linking multiple computational tools to deal with complex thermal systems....

A broad reliability prediction method that can deal with complex thermo-fluidic systems is introduced. The procedure provides an engineering tool by integrating multiple computational packages to enable the simulation of a wide array of systems, especially those involving physics interactions such as fluid flow and solid medium. Computational Fluid...

Some thermal systems involve a high degree of technical risk. Their deterioration could be induced by the flow of high temperature fluids. A high-fidelity assessment tool is presented in this work. It is based on a broad method that can deal with complex thermo-fluidic systems. These systems may involve multiple physics interactions. The procedure...

A finite element analysis is performed using ANSYS software to investigate the prospect of utilizing composite pressure vessels (CPVs) to store and transpose liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) instead of steel vessels. A finite element model that is identical to the actual steel LPG vessel used in the local market is constructed. Composite (cross-ply) a...

The use of composite pressure vessels in petroleum industry is one of the major areas of application of such vessels, particularly for storage and transportation of fuels. Existing studies related to this field have considered various types, designs and applications of composite pressure vessels. The current state of the art composite pressure vess...

Composite materials are made from strong fibers and resin material. This combination results in superior mechanical properties compared to metals, as well as substantially lighter weights. One of the applications of composite materials is the Composite Pressure Vessel (CPV). It was originally introduced in military and aerospace applications, but l...