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Passive adaptive façades: examples from COST TU1403 Working Group 1 (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mazzucchelli, E. S., Romano, R., Aelenei, L., Da, M., Gomes, G., Karlessi, T., Alston, M., & Aelenei, D. (2018, November). Passive adaptive façades: examples from COST TU1403 Working Group 1. Presented at FAÇADE 2018 Final conference of COST TU1403 “Adaptive Facades Network”

Buildings often adopt strategies based on the integration of solutions and technologies in façades capable of changing their behaviour in time to improve energy efficiency and comfort. Considering that the envelope is the main parameter that influenc... Read More about Passive adaptive façades: examples from COST TU1403 Working Group 1.

The mechanical property, degradation and cytocompatibility analysis of novel phosphate glass fiber textiles (2018)
Journal Article
Zhu, C., Ahmed, I., Parsons, A., Liu, J., & Liu, X. (2019). The mechanical property, degradation and cytocompatibility analysis of novel phosphate glass fiber textiles. Textile Research Journal, 89(16), 3280-3290. https://doi.org/10.1177/0040517518809052

© The Author(s) 2018. Phosphate glass fibers have been widely considered as potential biomedical materials for orthopedical application due to their full degradability and excellent cytocompatibility. In this study, phosphate-based glass fibers were... Read More about The mechanical property, degradation and cytocompatibility analysis of novel phosphate glass fiber textiles.

Experimental investigation of nanoparticles concentration, boiler temperature and flow rate on flow boiling of zinc bromide and acetone solution in a rectangular duct (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, H. I., Giddings, D., & Walker, G. S. (2019). Experimental investigation of nanoparticles concentration, boiler temperature and flow rate on flow boiling of zinc bromide and acetone solution in a rectangular duct. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 130, 710-721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.10.115

Despite the increase in heat transfer properties of nano-fluids, they are not currently used in vapour absorption refrigeration systems (VARS), and there is little literature on the flow boiling behaviour of concentrated salt solutions with nano-part... Read More about Experimental investigation of nanoparticles concentration, boiler temperature and flow rate on flow boiling of zinc bromide and acetone solution in a rectangular duct.

Designing low frequency band gaps in additively manufactured parts using internal resonators (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elmadih, W., Syam, W. P., Maskery, I., & Leach, R. (2018, November). Designing low frequency band gaps in additively manufactured parts using internal resonators. Presented at 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering

Blood pressure estimation from photoplethysmogram and electrocardiogram signals using machine learning (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, S., Zaki, W., Morgan, S., Cho, S.-Y., Correia, R., Wen, L., & Zhang, Y. (2018, November). Blood pressure estimation from photoplethysmogram and electrocardiogram signals using machine learning. Presented at IET Doctoral Forum on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence 2018 (BRAIN 2018), Ningbo, China

Blood pressure measurement is a significant part of preventive healthcare and has been widely used in clinical risk and disease management. However, conventional measurement does not provide continuous monitoring and sometimes is inconvenient with a... Read More about Blood pressure estimation from photoplethysmogram and electrocardiogram signals using machine learning.

Stochastic electromagnetic field propagation: measurement and modelling (2018)
Journal Article
Gradoni, G., Russer, J., Baharuddin, M. H., Haider, M., Russer, P., Smartt, C., Creagh, S. C., Tanner, G., & Thomas, D. W. (2018). Stochastic electromagnetic field propagation: measurement and modelling. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376, Article 20170455. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0455

This paper reviews recent progress in the measurement and modelling of stochastic electromagnetic fields, focusing on propagation approaches based on Wigner functions and the method of moments technique. The respective propagation methods are exempli... Read More about Stochastic electromagnetic field propagation: measurement and modelling.

Comparison of truck fuel consumption measurements with results of existing models and implications for road pavement LCA (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., Buckland, T., Benbow, E., & Viner, H. (2018, October). Comparison of truck fuel consumption measurements with results of existing models and implications for road pavement LCA. Presented at The Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is increasingly used to evaluate the impact of all lifecycle phases of road pavements on the environment. From the late ‘90s, this technique has continuously evolved and improved, however, there are still limitations and u... Read More about Comparison of truck fuel consumption measurements with results of existing models and implications for road pavement LCA.

An innovative method for the assessment of thermal comfort and resilience in social housing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gomez De Leon, A. B., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., & Calautit, J. (2018, October). An innovative method for the assessment of thermal comfort and resilience in social housing. Presented at 6th International Academic Conference for Graduates, NUAA

Thermal evaluation of building envelopes is useful to approach efficient solutions for energy savings. Meteorological parameters represent an important role for this analysis. Future climate scenarios are considered to study climate behavior to provi... Read More about An innovative method for the assessment of thermal comfort and resilience in social housing.

Methane transport in agricultural soil after injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface (2018)
Journal Article
Shaw, G., Atkinson, B., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Lever, D., & Hoch, A. (2018). Methane transport in agricultural soil after injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface. Scientific Data, 5, 180208. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.208

Small quantities of radioactive methane (14CH4) may be released over prolonged periods from geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste. The impact of this release depends on the capacity of soil to oxidise 14CH4 to 14CO2 during transport fr... Read More about Methane transport in agricultural soil after injection of isotopically-enriched methane in the sub-surface.

In-process tool wear prediction system based on machine learning techniques and force analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Gouarir, A., Martínez-Arellano, G., Terrazas, G., Benardos, P., & Ratchev, S. (2018). In-process tool wear prediction system based on machine learning techniques and force analysis. Procedia CIRP, 77, 501-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.08.253

This paper presents an in-process tool wear prediction system, which uses a force sensor to monitor the progression of the tool flank wear and machine learning (ML), more specifically, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) as a method to predict tool... Read More about In-process tool wear prediction system based on machine learning techniques and force analysis.