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When is Architecture Art? : Architectural Representations and the Postmodern Artworld, or, Socioaesthetics (2022)
Book Chapter

Concerns about the correlation between architecture and art found new life in the Postmodern era when architectural representations became entangled in the art world. The exhibiting and sale of architectural drawings and models at commercial gallerie... Read More about When is Architecture Art? : Architectural Representations and the Postmodern Artworld, or, Socioaesthetics.

Economic Competitiveness (2022)
Book Chapter

The ongoing desire of cities to attract inward investment is enhancing pressure on growth dynamics and risking both spatial fragmentation and social segregation. While place-making strategies have been explored to restore or recreate city centres as... Read More about Economic Competitiveness.

Environmental Assessment of Recycling Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Composites: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities (2022)
Book Chapter

The increasing application of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer composites (CFRP) across different industries raises environmental concerns. It requires focussing on the end-of-life phase of the product/material. The environmental benefits of CFRP recy... Read More about Environmental Assessment of Recycling Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Composites: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities.

Pore Structure-Transport Relationships in Bowland Shale (2022)
Book Chapter

Shale rocks are highly structurally and chemically heterogeneous, such that the pore structure-transport relationship is complex. Shales typically have porosity over many length-scales from the molecular up to macroscopic fractures. This work utilize... Read More about Pore Structure-Transport Relationships in Bowland Shale.

Personalized medicine: manufacturing oral solid dosage forms through additive manufacturing (2022)
Book Chapter

Medicine is moving towards personalized treatments, where the ultimate goal is that both drug delivery devices and loaded pharmaceutica tablets can be customized to meet the specific needs of individuals. The evolution of additive manufacturing (AM)... Read More about Personalized medicine: manufacturing oral solid dosage forms through additive manufacturing.

Augmenting Automotive Gesture Infotainment Interfaces through Mid-Air Haptic Icon Design (2022)
Book Chapter

A growing body of work is demonstrating the potential benefits of haptic interfaces for the automotive domain, including the use of ultrasound haptic interfaces. In this chapter, we present our work into the development of an in-vehicle mid-air gestu... Read More about Augmenting Automotive Gesture Infotainment Interfaces through Mid-Air Haptic Icon Design.

Techniques for Designing High Gain and Two‐Dimensional Beam Scanning Antennas for 5 G (2022)
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This chapter presents a number of novel concepts for designing antenna arrays, which achieve high gain levels together with wide-angle scan capability. It begins with the Luneburg lens antenna, which supports beam scanning over a very wide angular ra... Read More about Techniques for Designing High Gain and Two‐Dimensional Beam Scanning Antennas for 5 G.

Fully rationalized Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials (2022)
Book Chapter

By examining the quadratic function of the original Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials from the perspective of analytic geometry, two of the troublesome coefficients associated with the interactive terms, one describing in... Read More about Fully rationalized Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials.

Recent Advances in the Development and Applications of Phosphate and Borate Glass Microspheres (2022)
Book Chapter

An overview of recent findings and advancements concerning development of phosphate and borate glass microspheres, their manufacturing processes and potential use in biomedical applications are presented in this chapter. Phosphate and Borate glasses... Read More about Recent Advances in the Development and Applications of Phosphate and Borate Glass Microspheres.

The Concept of Type in Hellerau Garden City (2022)
Book Chapter

TexGen (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter gives an overview and introduction to the use of TexGen, open source software developed at the University of Nottingham as a pre-processor for 3D geometric modelling of textile structures. An overview is given of the modelling theory use... Read More about TexGen.

Airborne Infection and Breathing Walls (2021)
Book Chapter

Blockchain Opportunities and Issues in the Built Environment: Perspectives on Trust, Transparency and Cybersecurity (2021)
Book Chapter

Blockchain as a form of distributed ledger enabling the renowned cryptocurrency Bitcoin has been in the spotlight since the late 2000s. The early discussions on its practical implementation were conducted mainly for the banking and finance industries... Read More about Blockchain Opportunities and Issues in the Built Environment: Perspectives on Trust, Transparency and Cybersecurity.

Assessing the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the electricity consumption of a housing development in the UK (2021)
Book Chapter

In March 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) government ruled that householders must stay home as a response to the COVID-19 outbreak to help flatten the curve of the epidemic and reduce the exponential growth of the virus. Commercial activities, workplace... Read More about Assessing the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 on the electricity consumption of a housing development in the UK.

Crack Self-healing in Asphalt as a Flow Process (2021)
Book Chapter

Asphalt has the ability to restore diminished properties caused by damage. This ability is known as self-healing and in case of asphalt it is conferred upon by the competent bitumen. Bitumen is a viscoelastic liquid and has self-healing abilities due... Read More about Crack Self-healing in Asphalt as a Flow Process.

Pioneering Advanced Recording Technologies for Post-earthquake Damage Assessment and Re-construction in Chilean Heritage Areas (2021)
Book Chapter

The physical conservation of historic buildings is a challenge worldwide, but it is even more difficult in earthquake-prone areas. To avoid potential damage, mitigation strategies are required, such as periodic maintenance, repair and strengthening,... Read More about Pioneering Advanced Recording Technologies for Post-earthquake Damage Assessment and Re-construction in Chilean Heritage Areas.

Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants in coastal environments (2021)
Book Chapter

The occurrence of antibiotic compounds in coastal environments is of great concern since most of the pollutant discharges flow into the ocean. The immediate effect of antibiotic release in marine environments is believed to be the selection of resist... Read More about Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants in coastal environments.

Exploring User Opinion on the Benefits of Cognitive Games Through an Online Walkthrough and Interview (2021)
Book Chapter

Online walkthrough interviews were conducted via internet video-calling, which formed part of wider Patient and Public Involvement activities investigating perceptions of digital and gamified cognitive assessment and training/coaching applications. P... Read More about Exploring User Opinion on the Benefits of Cognitive Games Through an Online Walkthrough and Interview.

Modeling and control of DC grids within more-electric aircraft (2021)
Book Chapter

This chapter mainly discusses the DC microgrids for aerospace application. The more-electric aircraft is the major trend in aerospace industry. Many functions, which were conventionally driven by hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical power, are being... Read More about Modeling and control of DC grids within more-electric aircraft.

Effect of Turbulence Models on Steam Condensation in Transoṇic Flows (2021)
Book Chapter

Turbulence modelling plays an important role in the numerical prediction of nonequilibrium condensations in transonic flows. The present study evaluates the effect of four different turbulence models, namely, k - ε standard, RNG, realizable, and k -... Read More about Effect of Turbulence Models on Steam Condensation in Transoṇic Flows.