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CO2 Conversion into Valuable Fuels Using Chromium Based Supports (2014)
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Ola, O. O., & Maroto-Valer, M. M. (2014). CO2 Conversion into Valuable Fuels Using Chromium Based Supports. Energy Procedia, 63, 7963-7967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.833

CO2 utilization by direct catalytic conversion of CO2 driven by solar energy is an attractive approach for producing alternative value added products suitable for end-use infrastructure. In order to fully harness the solar spectrum and increase photo... Read More about CO2 Conversion into Valuable Fuels Using Chromium Based Supports.

Influence of waxes on adhesion properties of bituminous binders (2014)
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Lamperti, R., Grenfell, J., Sangiorgi, C., Lantieri, C., & Airey, G. D. (2015). Influence of waxes on adhesion properties of bituminous binders. Construction and Building Materials, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.11.058

The benefits at the base of WMA technologies are well established in the literature. They include the reduction in the energy consumption during the production of mixtures, the reduction in the emissions to the atmosphere in the production plant and... Read More about Influence of waxes on adhesion properties of bituminous binders.

Simulating Thermochromic and Heat Mirror Glazing Systems in Hot and Cold Climates (2014)
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Kokogiannakis, G., Darkwa, J., & Aloisio, C. (2014). Simulating Thermochromic and Heat Mirror Glazing Systems in Hot and Cold Climates. Energy Procedia, 62, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.363

This paper investigates the potential energy requirements for heating and cooling when using a thermochromic glazing system on a highly glazed tall office building and comparisons are made with the respective performance of two heat mirror units and... Read More about Simulating Thermochromic and Heat Mirror Glazing Systems in Hot and Cold Climates.

Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Ag Nanoparticle Sintered Joints for Power Die Attachment (2014)
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Wang, Y., Li, J., Agyakwa, P., Johnson, C. M., & Li, S. (2014). Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Ag Nanoparticle Sintered Joints for Power Die Attachment. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 604(1), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2014.967647

© 2014 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The samples of sintered Ag joints for power die attachments were prepared using paste of Ag nanoparticles at 240°C and 5 MPa for 3 to 17 minutes. Their microstructural features were quantitatively cha... Read More about Quantitative Microstructure Characterization of Ag Nanoparticle Sintered Joints for Power Die Attachment.

Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol (2014)
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McKechnie, J., Pourbafrani, M., Saville, B. A., & MacLean, H. L. (2015). Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol. Renewable Energy, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.088

This paper examines impacts of regional factors affecting biomass and process input supply chains and ongoing technology development on the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of ethanol production from corn stover in the U.S. Corn stover suppl... Read More about Exploring impacts of process technology development and regional factors on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn stover ethanol.

Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review (2014)
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Hossain, K. M. Z., Patel, U., & Ahmed, I. (2015). Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review. Progress in Biomaterials, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40204-014-0033-8

An overview of microspheres manufactured for use in biomedical applications based on recent literature is presented in this review. Different types of glasses (i.e. silicate, borate, and phosphates), ceramics and polymer-based microspheres (both natu... Read More about Development of microspheres for biomedical applications: a review.

Thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid energy storage system based on compressed air and liquid air (2014)
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Kantharaj, B., Garvey, S. D., & Pimm, A. J. (2015). Thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid energy storage system based on compressed air and liquid air. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2014.11.002

As renewable electricity generation capacity increases, energy storage will be required at larger scales. Compressed air energy storage at large scales, with effective management of heat, is recognised to have potential to provide affordable grid-sca... Read More about Thermodynamic analysis of a hybrid energy storage system based on compressed air and liquid air.

Modelling the degradation of vibration characteristics of reinforced concrete beams due to flexural damage (2014)
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Hamad, W., Owen, J., & Hussein, M. (2015). Modelling the degradation of vibration characteristics of reinforced concrete beams due to flexural damage. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 22(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.1726

This paper presents an improved crack model incorporating non-linearity of flexural damage in concrete to reproduce changes in vibration properties of cracked reinforced concrete beams. A reinforced concrete beam model with multiple-distributed flexu... Read More about Modelling the degradation of vibration characteristics of reinforced concrete beams due to flexural damage.

A review on development and application of plant-based bioflocculants and grafted bioflocculants (2014)
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Lee, C. S., Chong, M. F., Robinson, J. P., & Binner, E. (2014). A review on development and application of plant-based bioflocculants and grafted bioflocculants. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53(48), 18357-18369. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie5034045

Flocculation is extensively employed for clarification through sedimentation. Application of eco-friendly plant-based bioflocculants in wastewater treatment has attracted significant attention lately with high removal capability in terms of solids, t... Read More about A review on development and application of plant-based bioflocculants and grafted bioflocculants.

Speleothem U-series constraints on scarp retreat rates and landscape evolution: an example from the Severn valley and Cotswold Hills gull-caves, UK (2014)
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Farrant, A. R., Noble, S. R., Barron, A. M., Self, C. A., & Grebby, S. (2014). Speleothem U-series constraints on scarp retreat rates and landscape evolution: an example from the Severn valley and Cotswold Hills gull-caves, UK. Journal of the Geological Society, 172, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2014-028

Modelling landscape evolution requires quantitative estimates of erosional processes. Dating erosional landscape features such as escarpments is usually difficult because of the lack of datable deposits. Some escarpments and valley margins are associ... Read More about Speleothem U-series constraints on scarp retreat rates and landscape evolution: an example from the Severn valley and Cotswold Hills gull-caves, UK.

Bridge deck flutter derivatives: efficient numerical evaluation exploiting their interdependence (2014)
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Nieto, F., Owen, J., Hargreaves, D., & Hernández, S. (2015). Bridge deck flutter derivatives: efficient numerical evaluation exploiting their interdependence. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2014.11.006

Increasing the efficiency in the process to numerically compute the flutter derivatives of bridge deck sections is desirable to advance the application of CFD based aerodynamic design in industrial projects. In this article, a 2D unsteady Reynolds-av... Read More about Bridge deck flutter derivatives: efficient numerical evaluation exploiting their interdependence.

The FFC Cambridge process and its relevance to valorisation of ilmenite and titanium-rich slag (2014)
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Chen, G. Z. (2015). The FFC Cambridge process and its relevance to valorisation of ilmenite and titanium-rich slag. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 124(2), 96-105. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743285514y.0000000073

© 2015 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and The AusIMM. The Fray-Farthing-Chen (FFC) Cambridge process was patented in 1998 for low cost and clean electrochemical extraction of metals and synthesis of alloys directly from the mineral precu... Read More about The FFC Cambridge process and its relevance to valorisation of ilmenite and titanium-rich slag.

Is the wear coefficient dependent upon slip amplitude in fretting?: Vingsbo and Söderberg revisited (2014)
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Pearson, S., & Shipway, P. (2014). Is the wear coefficient dependent upon slip amplitude in fretting?: Vingsbo and Söderberg revisited. Wear, 330, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2014.11.005

More than 25 years ago, Vingsbo and Söderberg published a seminal paper regarding the mapping of behaviour in fretting contacts (O. Vingsbo, S. Söderberg, On fretting maps, Wear, 126 (1988) 131–147). In this paper, it was proposed that in the gross-s... Read More about Is the wear coefficient dependent upon slip amplitude in fretting?: Vingsbo and Söderberg revisited.

Multiscale modeling of combined deterministic and stochastic fabric non-uniformity for realistic resin injection simulation (2014)
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Endruweit, A., Zeng, X., & Long, A. C. (2015). Multiscale modeling of combined deterministic and stochastic fabric non-uniformity for realistic resin injection simulation. Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science, 1(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1179/2055035914y.0000000002

The local fiber arrangement in a bi-directional fabric formed to a complex shape was modeled considering the stochastic arrangement of filaments within yarns, which determines axial and transverse yarn permeabilities, and the stochastic arrangement o... Read More about Multiscale modeling of combined deterministic and stochastic fabric non-uniformity for realistic resin injection simulation.

Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: state of-the-art review (2014)
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Elmer, T., Worall, M., Wu, S., & Riffat, S. (2015). Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: state of-the-art review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.080

Fuel cells produce heat when generating electricity, thus they are of particular interest for combined heat and power (CHP) and combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) applications, also known as tri-generation systems. CHP and tri-generation systems... Read More about Fuel cell technology for domestic built environment applications: state of-the-art review.

Induction healing of fatigue damage in asphalt test samples (2014)
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Menozzi, A., Garcia, A., Partl, M. N., Tebaldi, G., & Schuetz, P. (2015). Induction healing of fatigue damage in asphalt test samples. Construction and Building Materials, 74, 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.10.034

To promote asphalt self-healing, asphalt mixture can be heated via induction heating. This technique consists in adding electrically conductive and magnetically susceptible particles (e.g. steel) into asphalt mixture; then, with the help of an induct... Read More about Induction healing of fatigue damage in asphalt test samples.

The impact of vegetation on lithological mapping using airborne multispectral data: a case study for the North Troodos Region, Cyprus (2014)
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Grebby, S., Cunningham, D., Tansey, K., & Naden, J. (2014). The impact of vegetation on lithological mapping using airborne multispectral data: a case study for the North Troodos Region, Cyprus. Remote Sensing, 6(11), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs61110860

Vegetation cover can affect the lithological mapping capability of space- and airborne instruments because it obscures the spectral signatures of the underlying geological substrate. Despite being widely accepted as a hindrance, few studies have expl... Read More about The impact of vegetation on lithological mapping using airborne multispectral data: a case study for the North Troodos Region, Cyprus.

Microwave processing of oil sands and contribution of clay minerals (2014)
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Robinson, J. P., Binner, E., Saeid, A., Al-Harahsheh, M., & Kingman, S. (2014). Microwave processing of oil sands and contribution of clay minerals. Fuel, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.06.057

This study establishes the feasibility of microwave heating for extracting oil from Oil Sands in ex-situ processes. Previous studies in this area have shown some potential, but have not characterised the dielectric properties of the Oil Sands used, n... Read More about Microwave processing of oil sands and contribution of clay minerals.