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The Intra-Ply Shear Behaviour of Non-Isothermal Thermoplastic Composite Laminates (2023)
Journal Article
Street, G. E., & Johnson, M. S. (2023). The Intra-Ply Shear Behaviour of Non-Isothermal Thermoplastic Composite Laminates. Journal of Composites Science, 7(10), Article 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7100432

During the thermoforming of fibre-reinforced thermoplastic (FRTP) organosheets, the desire to minimise tool temperatures leads to non-isothermal temperature profiles through the laminate thickness. The aim of this study was to understand the influenc... Read More about The Intra-Ply Shear Behaviour of Non-Isothermal Thermoplastic Composite Laminates.

Microflow synthesis of a formulation of phosphorus fertiliser to enhance the P content in soil and P uptake in wheat (2023)
Journal Article
Nguyen Quang Le, T., Robertson, K., Escribà-Gelonch, M., Marschner, P., Nghiep Tran, N., Williams, P. M., …Hessel, V. (2023). Microflow synthesis of a formulation of phosphorus fertiliser to enhance the P content in soil and P uptake in wheat. Green Chemistry, 25(22), 9422-9437. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3gc02859c

Highly soluble commercial phosphorus (P) fertilisers have been the most common form of P applied in agriculture for decades, but their releasing efficiency can be low because phosphate ions can easily bind with cations in the soil to form precipitate... Read More about Microflow synthesis of a formulation of phosphorus fertiliser to enhance the P content in soil and P uptake in wheat.

A Data-Driven Approach for Deploying Safety Policies for Schedule Planning in Industrial Construction Projects: A Case Study (2023)
Journal Article
Taghaddos, M., Pereira, E., Osorio-Sandoval, C., Hermann, U., & AbouRizk, S. (2023). A Data-Driven Approach for Deploying Safety Policies for Schedule Planning in Industrial Construction Projects: A Case Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 149(12), Article 05023013. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCEMD4.COENG-13690

Construction, by the nature of the work, is more accident-prone than other industries despite advancements in improving safety performance. Proactive mitigation and assessment of the safety performance of construction projects remain challenging due... Read More about A Data-Driven Approach for Deploying Safety Policies for Schedule Planning in Industrial Construction Projects: A Case Study.

Compressive Stress-Strain and Rebound Resilience Properties of Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Foam (2023)
Journal Article
Ramli, R., Chai, A. B., Kamaruddin, S., Ho, J. H., & De Focatiis, D. S. (2023). Compressive Stress-Strain and Rebound Resilience Properties of Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Foam. Key Engineering Materials, 962, 39-44. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-a5zmst

Deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) latex is a modified version of natural rubber (NR) latex that is hypoallergenic and odorless when used in products. However, due to the lack of studies in this field, there are relatively few DPNR latex foam produc... Read More about Compressive Stress-Strain and Rebound Resilience Properties of Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Foam.

Air Pressure Impact on the Avalanche Size for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors (2023)
Journal Article
Naderiallaf, H., Ji, Y., Giangrande, P., & Galea, M. (2024). Air Pressure Impact on the Avalanche Size for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 31(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1109/TDEI.2023.3324287

This paper endeavours to illuminate the variations of various streamer inception parameters (SIPs) with respect to air pressure based on Schumann’s streamer inception criterion (SCSIC). The results based on measured PDIV values and using electric fie... Read More about Air Pressure Impact on the Avalanche Size for Turn-to-Turn Insulation of Inverter-Fed Motors.

Progress in lignocellulosic biomass valorization for biofuels and value‐added chemical production in the EU: A focus on thermochemical conversion processes (2023)
Journal Article
Güleç, F., Parthiban, A., Umenweke, G. C., Musa, U., Williams, O., Mortezaei, Y., …Okolie, J. A. (2023). Progress in lignocellulosic biomass valorization for biofuels and value‐added chemical production in the EU: A focus on thermochemical conversion processes. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2544

The demand for sustainable energy sources has increased owing to environmental concerns, such as climate change, rising energy demand and rapid industrialization. Biomass utilization for bioenergy and value‐added chemical production has become essent... Read More about Progress in lignocellulosic biomass valorization for biofuels and value‐added chemical production in the EU: A focus on thermochemical conversion processes.

Development of Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Foam for Seat Cushions (2023)
Journal Article
Ramli, R., Chai, A. B., Kamaruddin, S., Ho, J. H., & De Focatiis, D. S. (2023). Development of Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Foam for Seat Cushions. Key Engineering Materials, 962, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-hwlt4p

In the transportation industry, seat cushions are crucial since they are directly responsible for the comfort and safety of the occupant. In this study, recently developed deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) latex foam is used to make seat cushions f... Read More about Development of Deproteinized Natural Rubber Latex Foam for Seat Cushions.

Facile synthesis of multi-layer Co(OH)2/CeO2-g-C3N4 ternary synergistic heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic oxidation of NO under visible light (2023)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Do, H., Yusuf, A., Jia, H., Ma, H., Jiang, S., …He, J. (2024). Facile synthesis of multi-layer Co(OH)2/CeO2-g-C3N4 ternary synergistic heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic oxidation of NO under visible light. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 462, Article 132744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132744

In this work, we report a one-step synthesis of ternary Z-scheme Co(OH)2/CeO2-g-C3N4 (CoCe-CN) heterostructure via hydrothermal method. Owing to the modification of Co(OH)2 and CeO2, the existence of Co(OH)2 as an electron acceptor-donor center betwe... Read More about Facile synthesis of multi-layer Co(OH)2/CeO2-g-C3N4 ternary synergistic heterostructure for efficient photocatalytic oxidation of NO under visible light.

An Analysis of Patterns of Public Engagement in China's Community Micro-rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study of Guangzhou (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, W., Cheshmehzangi, A., Yu, J., Mangi, E., Heath, T., & Zhang, Q. (2023). An Analysis of Patterns of Public Engagement in China's Community Micro-rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study of Guangzhou. World Development Sustainability, 3, Article 100108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2023.100108

With the development of inventory planning and the contradiction between land supply and demand, urban renewal development has been gradually replacing reconstruction in China's community redevelopment projects. Such projects need multiple stakeholde... Read More about An Analysis of Patterns of Public Engagement in China's Community Micro-rehabilitation Projects: A Case Study of Guangzhou.

Fast pyrolysis of agricultural residues: Reaction mechanisms and effects of feedstock properties and microwave operating conditions on the yield and product composition (2023)
Journal Article
Silos-Llamas, A. K., Sudibyo, H., Hernández-Montoya, V., Meredith, W., & Durán-Jiménez, G. (2023). Fast pyrolysis of agricultural residues: Reaction mechanisms and effects of feedstock properties and microwave operating conditions on the yield and product composition. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 175, Article 106217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2023.106217

Fundamental understanding of the pyrolysis process plays an indispensable role in valorization of wastes and the development of novel sustainable technologies. This study introduces a novel approach by investigating the reaction mechanisms involve in... Read More about Fast pyrolysis of agricultural residues: Reaction mechanisms and effects of feedstock properties and microwave operating conditions on the yield and product composition.

Vision-based detection and coordinate metrology of a spatially encoded multi-sphere artefact (2023)
Journal Article
Isa, M. A., Leach, R., Branson, D., & Piano, S. (2024). Vision-based detection and coordinate metrology of a spatially encoded multi-sphere artefact. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 172, Article 107885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlaseng.2023.107885

New developments in vision algorithms prioritise identification and perception over accurate coordinate measurement due to the complex problem of resolving object form and pose from images. Consequently, many vision algorithms for coordinate measurem... Read More about Vision-based detection and coordinate metrology of a spatially encoded multi-sphere artefact.

On the development of twinning-induced plasticity in additively manufactured 316L stainless steel (2023)
Journal Article
Crociata, D. D., Maskery, I., Hague, R., & Simonelli, M. (2023). On the development of twinning-induced plasticity in additively manufactured 316L stainless steel. Additive Manufacturing Letters, 7, Article 100176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addlet.2023.100176

A report on twinning-induced plasticity in 316L stainless steel manufactured by metal additive manufacturing (AM) is presented. A tapered tensile test geometry was used which enabled the investigation of twin formation over a range of strain levels i... Read More about On the development of twinning-induced plasticity in additively manufactured 316L stainless steel.

Influence of volumetric energy density on the tribological behaviors of pure nickel fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (2023)
Journal Article
Yue, T., Zou, Z., Zhang, S., Xu, Y., & Zang, Y. (2023). Influence of volumetric energy density on the tribological behaviors of pure nickel fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 18(1), Article e2262449. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2023.2262449

Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) enables the fast fabrication of pure nickel parts with complex structures. Tribological behaviors of the printed pure nickel are crucial to its application, and highly dependent on the volumetric energy density (VED),... Read More about Influence of volumetric energy density on the tribological behaviors of pure nickel fabricated by laser powder bed fusion.

Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture (2023)
Journal Article
Woodliffe, J. L., Johnston, A., Fay, M., Ferrari, R., Gomes, R. L., Lester, E., …Laybourn, A. (2023). Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture. Materials Advances, 4(11), 5838-5849. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00351E

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown excellent potential for carbon dioxide capture applications due to their high sorption capacities and selectivities. However, MOFs are typically thermally insulating, and so thermal CO2 regeneration is chall... Read More about Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture.

Modelling Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers (PCSELs) with Iterative Weighted Index Method (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Lang, B., Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., Rihani, S., Boylan, K., Berry, G., …Rawsthorne, J. (2023). Modelling Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers (PCSELs) with Iterative Weighted Index Method. In 2023 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA) (485 - 485). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEAA57318.2023.10297919

Photonic crystal surface emitting lasers (PCSELs) are a promising type of semiconductor laser, able to maintain single-mode operation over a large area, resulting in a high-power beam with small angular divergence.

Daylighting performance assessment of a split louver with parametrically incremental slat angles: Effect of slat shapes and PV glass transmittance (2023)
Journal Article
Alsukkar, M., Hu, M., Alkhater, M., & Su, Y. (2023). Daylighting performance assessment of a split louver with parametrically incremental slat angles: Effect of slat shapes and PV glass transmittance. Solar Energy, 264, Article 112069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112069

Advanced shading systems, including light redirecting systems, may cause undesirable glare and affect the quality of the transmitted daylight. Therefore, it is important to integrate different building components, such as shading and glazing, to comp... Read More about Daylighting performance assessment of a split louver with parametrically incremental slat angles: Effect of slat shapes and PV glass transmittance.

Review of material measures for surface topography instrument calibration and performance verification (2023)
Journal Article
Pappas, A., Newton, L., Thompson, A., & Leach, R. (2024). Review of material measures for surface topography instrument calibration and performance verification. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(1), Article 012001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/acf1b9

As the need for the manufacturing of complex surface topographies increases, traceable measurement with known uncertainties can allow a manufacturing process to remain stable. Material measures are the link in the chain that connects the surface topo... Read More about Review of material measures for surface topography instrument calibration and performance verification.

Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels (2023)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Kang, W., & Yan, Y. (2024). Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236(Part C), Article 121756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121756

The concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems often suffer high heat flux, leading to cell temperatures rising, which will affect its performance and reduce the service life. Double-layered minichannel heat sink (DL-MCHS) is an efficient cooling techno... Read More about Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels.

Intelligent and adaptive asset management model for railway sections using the iPN method (2023)
Journal Article
Saleh, A., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Prescott, D., & Chiachío, M. (2024). Intelligent and adaptive asset management model for railway sections using the iPN method. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 241, Article 109687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2023.109687

The maintenance strategy in railway transportation is crucial in ensuring safety, availability, and reducing operating costs. However, finding the optimal maintenance plan that takes into account the complex relationships between ra... Read More about Intelligent and adaptive asset management model for railway sections using the iPN method.

An Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage Buck Converter With Wide Soft Switching Range (2023)
Journal Article
Chen, Q., Klumpner, C., & Ahmed, M. R. (2023). An Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage Buck Converter With Wide Soft Switching Range. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2023.3314856

DC–DC converters using soft switching technology have gained popularity in several industrial applications. Nevertheless, a wider soft switching range and a simpler structure are the holy grail for these converters. In this article, an innovative unb... Read More about An Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage Buck Converter With Wide Soft Switching Range.