Evaluation of low Frequency Noise generated by Wind Farms with Large Turbines on Buildings

Energy scenarios increasingly envisage the production of energy from renewable sources. Among the plants for the production of energy from renewable sources, wind power plants are currently among the most valid from an environmental point of view. Recent European standards, have been defining a path to reach in 2050 a level of decarbonization lower of 80% compared to 1990. Wind farms have been growing quickly for last decade with individual wind turbines getting larger and larger. Among the v...

The SoundLight System: Fostering Adaptive Sound and Light Control in Clinical Environment

From early biological models to CNNs: do they look where humans look?

Early hierarchical computational visual models as well as recent deep neural networks have been inspired by the functioning of the primate visual cortex system. Although much effort has been made to dissect neural networks to visualize the features they learn at the individual units, the scope of the visualizations has been limited to a categorization of the features in terms of their semantic level. Considering the ability humans have to select high semantic level regions of a scene, the que...

Optimum damping of slender monopole towers by gyroscopic stabilizer

Slender structures as lighting poles and telecommunication towers are usually very sensitive to wind effects due their dynamic characteristics and due to their notable exposure to wind forces. Wind-induced forces produce fluctuating stress, which, despite the assessment of dynamic properties and the study of the environmental conditions, can lead to damage accumulation and consequent collapse of these structures. Careful attention to wind forces has, therefore, to be paid for these typologies...