6 results for “Hamad B. Matar”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesCarbon Footprint of the Kuwaiti Public Road Transport IndustryNawaf H. Aldaihani, Hamad B. Matar, Khalefah A. Alhumaidah, Nayef Z. Al-MutairiThroughout the last fifty years, Kuwait's population has grown and its oil exploration has produced massive economic changes. That has led to high vehicle demand. As a result, air pollution is increasing in urban areas in particular. The objective of the paper was to estimate carbon emissions from road travel following IPCC guidelines and using national fuel price and sales … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 15 Dec 2020 · 7,108 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesConcentration of Carbon Monoxide in an Enclosed Parking GarageNayef Z. Al-Mutairi, Talal Almutairi, Hamad B. MatarThe findings of this preliminary study could be indicative of all other Kuwait car parks. The extension of the enclosed car park facilities situated in the heavy building cellars will in the near future allow the results of this study to determine the predicted air quality standards and their associated issues for a first time. Further work is required, however, … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 11 Aug 2020 · 7,923 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesComparison of Air Quality in Kuwait Urban and Industrial AreasHamad B Matar, Talal Almutairi, Nayef Z. Al-MutairiThis paper describes the research carried out to investigate air quality in Kuwait. It examined the results of several years of pollutants data provided by Kuwait Environment Public Authority. The data were obtained from a number of fix monitoring stations. The results of the time series analysis have shown that monitored exposures vary substantially and are unique to the location … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 8 Apr 2020 · 7,976 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesNewcastle Traffic Classification Using Clustering AlgorithmsHamad B Matar, Talal Almutairi, Nayef Z Al-MutairiThe urban road traffic network evolution is complex and varies depend on road type, zoning types and social activities. Typical traffic pattern variation of road network could be examined by considering the daily human travel activities. Thus, factor and cluster analysis is carried out. This paper is a comparative analysis of various Data Mining clustering methods for the grouping of … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 4 Apr 2020 · 7,214 accessesView PDF Cite