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Pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel angle section columns: Testing, numerical modelling and design (2020)
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Wang, F., Liang, Y., Zhao, O., & Young, B. (2021). Pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel angle section columns: Testing, numerical modelling and design. Engineering Structures, 228, Article 111418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111418

The structural performance and compression resistances of pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel (UHSS) angle section columns have been studied based on experiments and numerical modelling, and are reported in the present paper. An exp... Read More about Pin-ended press-braked S960 ultra-high strength steel angle section columns: Testing, numerical modelling and design.

Entropy and thermal performance analysis of PCM melting and solidification mechanisms in a wavy channel triplex-tube heat exchanger (2020)
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Shahsavar, A., Majidzadeh, A. H., Mahani, R. B., & Talebizadehsardari, P. (2021). Entropy and thermal performance analysis of PCM melting and solidification mechanisms in a wavy channel triplex-tube heat exchanger. Renewable Energy, 165(2), 52-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.11.074

This paper aims to perform the entropy analysis and thermal performance evaluation of a wavy-channels triplex-tube latent heat storage heat exchanger (LHSHE) during melting and solidification mechanisms. The system with different wave amplitudes was... Read More about Entropy and thermal performance analysis of PCM melting and solidification mechanisms in a wavy channel triplex-tube heat exchanger.

Pseudo‐Waveform‐Selective Metasurfaces and their Limited Performance (2020)
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Nakasha, T., Phang, S., & Wakatsuchi, H. (2021). Pseudo‐Waveform‐Selective Metasurfaces and their Limited Performance. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 4(1), Article 2000187. https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202000187

Abstract In recent years, metasurfaces composed of lumped circuit components, including nonlinear Schottky diodes, have been reported to be capable of sensing particular electromagnetic waves even at the same frequency depending on their waveforms, o... Read More about Pseudo‐Waveform‐Selective Metasurfaces and their Limited Performance.

Design of a resonant Luneburg lens for surface acoustic waves (2020)
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Fuentes-Domínguez, R., Yao, M., Colombi, A., Dryburgh, P., Pieris, D., Jackson-Crisp, A., Colquitt, D., Clare, A., Smith, R. J., & Clark, M. (2021). Design of a resonant Luneburg lens for surface acoustic waves. Ultrasonics, 111, Article 106306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106306

© 2020 In this work we employ additive manufacturing to print a circular array of micropillars on an aluminium slab turning its top surface into a graded index metasurface for surface acoustic waves (SAW). The graded metasurface reproduces a Luneburg... Read More about Design of a resonant Luneburg lens for surface acoustic waves.

Enhanced Performance of Dual Inverter With a Floating Capacitor for Motor Drive Applications (2020)
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Huang, Z., Yang, T., Giangrande, P., Chowdhury, S., Galea, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Enhanced Performance of Dual Inverter With a Floating Capacitor for Motor Drive Applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(6), 6903-6916. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2020.3040029

This article studies a dual inverter supplied by a dc-link and a floating capacitor (FC), emerged as a promising inverter topology for motor drive applications. For this type of inverter, the voltage ratio between the dc-link and the FC can be active... Read More about Enhanced Performance of Dual Inverter With a Floating Capacitor for Motor Drive Applications.

Experimental Statistical Method Predicting AC Losses on Random Windings and PWM Effect Evaluation (2020)
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Preci, E., Valente, G., Galassini, A., Yuan, X., Degano, M., Gerada, D., Buticchi, G., & Gerada, C. (2021). Experimental Statistical Method Predicting AC Losses on Random Windings and PWM Effect Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36(3), 2287-2296. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2020.3040265

Nowadays, one of the challenges in transport electrification is the reduction of the components' size and weight in order to improve the power density. This is often achieved by designing electrical machines with higher rotational speeds and excitati... Read More about Experimental Statistical Method Predicting AC Losses on Random Windings and PWM Effect Evaluation.

The use of active jet ignition to overcome traditional challenges of pre-chamber combustors under low load conditions (2020)
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Bunce, M., Cairns, A., & Blaxill, H. (2021). The use of active jet ignition to overcome traditional challenges of pre-chamber combustors under low load conditions. International Journal of Engine Research, 22(11), 3325-3339. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468087420972555

The need for advanced combustion technologies for use in future highly efficient powertrains in the automotive sector is well understood. Pre-chamber combustors, a technology with numerous historic examples, are fast becoming a major area of research... Read More about The use of active jet ignition to overcome traditional challenges of pre-chamber combustors under low load conditions.

General synthesis of single atom electrocatalysts: via a facile condensation-carbonization process (2020)
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Chen, W., Luo, X., Slater, T. . J., Ling, S., Zhou, Y., Bao, R., Alves Fernandes, J., Wang, J., & Shen, Y. (2020). General synthesis of single atom electrocatalysts: via a facile condensation-carbonization process. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(48), 25959-25969. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ta08115a

The general and cost-effective synthesis of single atom electrocatalysts (SAECs) still remains a great challenge. Herein, we report a general synthetic protocol for the synthesis of SAECs via a simple condensation-carbonization process, in which furf... Read More about General synthesis of single atom electrocatalysts: via a facile condensation-carbonization process.

Combined roles of temperature and humidity on cure of a silicone elastomer (2020)
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Elsmore, M. T., & De Focatiis, D. S. (2021). Combined roles of temperature and humidity on cure of a silicone elastomer. Polymer Testing, 93, 106967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106967

A study of the cure kinetics of a one-part water-scavenging silicone elastomer was carried out under conditions of controlled humidity and temperature using rectangular bars subjected to oscillatory torsional shear. Characteristic cure times were obt... Read More about Combined roles of temperature and humidity on cure of a silicone elastomer.