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Planning for Migration (2020)
Book Chapter
Gentil-Fernandez, M. (2020). Planning for Migration. In D. Roggeveen, M. Hulshof, & F. Arnold (Eds.), The Amsterdam Agenda: 12 Good Ideas for the Future of Cities (126-138). NAi010 Amsterdam

Inspiring visions and sharp opinions by a new group of international specialists.

With contributions by Esther Agricola (City of Amsterdam), Daan Dekker (Pakhuis de Zwijger), Menno van der Veen (University of Amsterdam), Marc Schmit (playze), Flor... Read More about Planning for Migration.

Quantitative PA tomography of high resolution 3-D images: Experimental validation in a tissue phantom (2020)
Journal Article
Buchmann, J., Laufer, J., Kaplan, B., Prohaska, S., Powell, S., Powell, S., Prohaska, S., Buchmann, J., Laufer, J., & Kaplan, B. (2020). Quantitative PA tomography of high resolution 3-D images: Experimental validation in a tissue phantom. Photoacoustics, 17, Article 100157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2019.100157

© 2019 The Author(s) Quantitative photoacoustic tomography aims to recover the spatial distribution of absolute chromophore concentrations and their ratios from deep tissue, high-resolution images. In this study, a model-based inversion scheme based... Read More about Quantitative PA tomography of high resolution 3-D images: Experimental validation in a tissue phantom.

A multiscale virtual element method for the analysis of heterogeneous media (2020)
Journal Article
Sreekumar, A., Triantafyllou, S. P., Bécot, F., & Chevillotte, F. (2020). A multiscale virtual element method for the analysis of heterogeneous media. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 121(8), 1791-1821. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6287

We introduce a novel heterogeneous multiscale method for the elastic analysis of two-dimensional domains with a complex microstructure. To this end, the multiscale finite element method is revisited and originally upgraded by introducing virtual elem... Read More about A multiscale virtual element method for the analysis of heterogeneous media.

Combining EPS geofoam with geocell to reduce buried pipe loads and trench surface rutting (2020)
Journal Article
Tafreshi, S. N., Darabi, N. J., & Dawson, A. R. (2020). Combining EPS geofoam with geocell to reduce buried pipe loads and trench surface rutting. Geotextiles and Geomembranes, 48(3), 400-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2019.12.011

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd This paper reports full scale experiments, under simulated heavy traffic, of geocell and EPS (expanded polystyrene) geofoam block inclusions to mitigate the pressure on, and deformation of, shallow buried, high density polyethylen... Read More about Combining EPS geofoam with geocell to reduce buried pipe loads and trench surface rutting.

Microstructure and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures (2020)
Journal Article
Mohammed, M., Parry, T., Thom, N., & Grenfell, J. (2020). Microstructure and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures. Construction and Building Materials, 240, Article 117932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117932

Conventional asphalt mixtures can perform satisfactorily in most flexible pavement and airfield applications. However, during recent years the trend has been towards traffic growth, severe climate conditions, and heavier loads. This allied to durabil... Read More about Microstructure and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures.

Strategic planning and place branding in a World Heritage cultural landscape: a case study of the English Lake District, UK (2020)
Journal Article
Porter, N. (2020). Strategic planning and place branding in a World Heritage cultural landscape: a case study of the English Lake District, UK. European Planning Studies, 28(7), 1291-1314. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1701297

What roles do strategic planning and place branding play in the context of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS)? Here it is theorized that the processes associated with the nomination and management of WHS cultural landscapes involve an integration of p... Read More about Strategic planning and place branding in a World Heritage cultural landscape: a case study of the English Lake District, UK.

Improved kinetic behaviour of Mg(NH2)2-2LiH doped with nanostructured K-modified-LixTiyOz for hydrogen storage (2020)
Journal Article
Gizer, G., Puszkiel, J., Riglos, M. V. C., Pistidda, C., Ramallo-López, J. M., Mizrahi, M., Santoru, A., Gemming, T., Tseng, J. C., Klassen, T., & Dornheim, M. (2020). Improved kinetic behaviour of Mg(NH2)2-2LiH doped with nanostructured K-modified-LixTiyOz for hydrogen storage. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55770-y

The system Mg(NH2)2 + 2LiH is considered as an interesting solid-state hydrogen storage material owing to its low thermodynamic stability of ca. 40kJ/mol H2 and high gravimetric hydrogen capacity of 5.6 wt.%. However, high kinetic barriers lead to sl... Read More about Improved kinetic behaviour of Mg(NH2)2-2LiH doped with nanostructured K-modified-LixTiyOz for hydrogen storage.

Grain Reynolds number scale effects in dry granular slides (2020)
Journal Article
Kesseler, M., Heller, V., & Turnbull, B. (2020). Grain Reynolds number scale effects in dry granular slides. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(1), Article e2019JF005347. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JF005347

©2020. The Authors. Scale effects are differences in physical behavior that manifest between a large event and a geometrically scaled laboratory model and may cause misleading predictions. This study focuses on scale effects in granular slides, impor... Read More about Grain Reynolds number scale effects in dry granular slides.

Performance optimization of the dehumidifier with parallel-plate membrane modules (2020)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Zhao, H., Han, J., Wang, X., & Zhu, J. (2020). Performance optimization of the dehumidifier with parallel-plate membrane modules. Energy, 194, Article 116829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116829

A numerical model of a dehumidifier with parallel-plate membranes is established and validated, and the orthogonal optimization method is adopted to investigate the dehumidifier performance. The impact order of the main operating parameters, includin... Read More about Performance optimization of the dehumidifier with parallel-plate membrane modules.

Speed Ripple Reduction of Direct-Drive PMSM Servo System at Low-Speed Operation Using Virtual Cogging Torque Control Method (2020)
Journal Article
Bu, F., Yang, Z., Gao, Y., Pan, Z., Pu, T., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2021). Speed Ripple Reduction of Direct-Drive PMSM Servo System at Low-Speed Operation Using Virtual Cogging Torque Control Method. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 68(1), 160-174. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2962400

This paper presents a virtual cogging torque (VCT) control method to reduce the speed ripple of direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous machine (DD-PMSM) servo system under low-speed conditions. Compared with other factors, at low speeds, the coggi... Read More about Speed Ripple Reduction of Direct-Drive PMSM Servo System at Low-Speed Operation Using Virtual Cogging Torque Control Method.