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Simulation of double diffusive convection in fluid-saturated porous media by lattice Boltzmann method (2017)
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Chen, S., Yang, B., & Zheng, C. (in press). Simulation of double diffusive convection in fluid-saturated porous media by lattice Boltzmann method. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 108(Part B), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.01.020

The research on double diffusive convection in porous media is important to deepen our insights into sustainable development and environment protection. A lattice Boltzmann (LB) model for REV (representative elementary volume) scale simulation of dou... Read More about Simulation of double diffusive convection in fluid-saturated porous media by lattice Boltzmann method.

Improving the rheometry of rubberized bitumen: experimental and computation fluid dynamics studies (2017)
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Lo Presti, D., Giancontieri, G., & Hargreaves, D. M. (2017). Improving the rheometry of rubberized bitumen: experimental and computation fluid dynamics studies. Construction and Building Materials, 136, 286-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.12.200

© 2017 Multi-phase materials are common in several fields of engineering and rheological measurements are intensively adopted for their development and quality control. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of these materials, accurate measurements ca... Read More about Improving the rheometry of rubberized bitumen: experimental and computation fluid dynamics studies.

Statistical description of inhomogeneous samples by scanning microwave microscopy (2017)
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Monti, T., Udoudo, O., Sperin, K. A., Dodds, C., Kingman, S., & Jackson, T. J. (2017). Statistical description of inhomogeneous samples by scanning microwave microscopy. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 65(6), https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2016.2642940

A quantitative analysis of the dielectric properties of a multiphase sample using a scanning microwave microscope (SMM) is proposed. The method is demonstrated using inhomogeneous samples composed of a resin containing micrometric inclusions of a kno... Read More about Statistical description of inhomogeneous samples by scanning microwave microscopy.

3D printed fluidics with embedded analytic functionality for automated reaction optimisation (2017)
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Capel, A. J., Wright, A., Harding, M. J., Weaver, G. W., Li, Y., Harris, R. A., …Christie, S. D. (2017). 3D printed fluidics with embedded analytic functionality for automated reaction optimisation. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 13, https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.14

Additive manufacturing or ‘3D printing’ is being developed as a novel manufacturing process for the production of bespoke micro- and milliscale fluidic devices. When coupled with online monitoring and optimisation software, this offers an advanced, c... Read More about 3D printed fluidics with embedded analytic functionality for automated reaction optimisation.

Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures (2017)
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Vaithilingam, J., Simonelli, M., Saleh, E., Senin, N., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R. J. M., …Tuck, C. J. (2017). Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(7), 6560-6570. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b14787

Despite the advancement of additive manufacturing (AM)/3-dimensional (3D) printing, single-step fabrication of multifunctional parts using AM is limited. With the view of enabling multifunctional AM (MFAM), in this study, sintering of metal nanoparti... Read More about Combined inkjet printing and infrared sintering of silver nanoparticles using a swathe-by-swathe and layer-by-layer approach for 3-dimensional structures.

CFD modeling of condensation process of water vapor in supersonic flows (2017)
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Yang, Y., Walther, J. H., Yan, Y., & Wen, C. (2017). CFD modeling of condensation process of water vapor in supersonic flows. Applied Thermal Engineering, 115, 1357-1362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.01.047

The condensation phenomenon of vapor plays an important role in various industries, such as the steam flow in turbines and refrigeration system. A mathematical model is developed to predict the spontaneous condensing phenomenon in the supersonic flow... Read More about CFD modeling of condensation process of water vapor in supersonic flows.

Structure–properties relationships in fibre drawing of bioactive phosphate glasses (2017)
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Muñoz-Senovilla, L., Muñoz, F., Tricot, G., Ahmed, I., & Parsons, A. J. (2017). Structure–properties relationships in fibre drawing of bioactive phosphate glasses. Journal of Materials Science, 52(15), 9166-9178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-0773-7

New bioactive phosphate glasses suitable for continuous fibre production are investigated in this work. The structure of both bulk and fibres from Na2O–CaO–MgO–P2O5 glasses has been studied by means of Raman and 31P and 23Na nuclear magnetic resonanc... Read More about Structure–properties relationships in fibre drawing of bioactive phosphate glasses.

Combining plasmonic trap filling and optical backscattering for highly efficient third generation solar cells (2017)
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Wang, C., Li, C., Wen, S., Ma, P., Liu, Y., MacKenzie, R. C., …Ruana, S. (2017). Combining plasmonic trap filling and optical backscattering for highly efficient third generation solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(8), 3995-4002. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta00229g

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. Metal oxide contact layers such as ZnO and TiOx are commonly used in third generation solar cells as they can be solution processed and have a relatively high conductivity. It is well known that by ultraviolet (UV) l... Read More about Combining plasmonic trap filling and optical backscattering for highly efficient third generation solar cells.

Multipath extraction and mitigation for bridge deformation monitoring using a single-difference model (2017)
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Wang, D., Meng, X., Gao, C., Pan, S., & Chen, Q. (2017). Multipath extraction and mitigation for bridge deformation monitoring using a single-difference model. Advances in Space Research, 60(12), 2882-2895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.01.007

Multipath is one of the primary error sources in high precision GNSS applications. Since it is highly correlated with observation environments , the multipath effect is difficult to be parameterized with an empirical model or eliminated by current di... Read More about Multipath extraction and mitigation for bridge deformation monitoring using a single-difference model.

Geometry control of closed contour forming in uniform micro metal droplet deposition manufacturing (2017)
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Zhang, D., Qi, L., Luo, J., Yi, H., Hou, X., & Li, H. (2017). Geometry control of closed contour forming in uniform micro metal droplet deposition manufacturing. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 243, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2017.01.007

Micro metal droplet deposition manufacturing shows great potential applications in many industrial areas such as micro circuits printing, thin-wall metal parts, porous metal parts, and heterogeneous material parts. However, excessive overlapping of m... Read More about Geometry control of closed contour forming in uniform micro metal droplet deposition manufacturing.

Evolution of damage in MoS2-based dry film lubricants (DFLs) in fretting wear – the effect of DFL thickness and contact geometry (2017)
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Barman, K., Shipway, P., Voisey, K., & Pattinson, G. (2017). Evolution of damage in MoS2-based dry film lubricants (DFLs) in fretting wear – the effect of DFL thickness and contact geometry. Progress in Organic Coatings, 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2016.12.022

Dry film lubricant (DFL) coatings are widely used to reduce coefficients of friction and damage in highly loaded contacts. This work investigates the behaviour of a commercially available MoS2-based DFL in a cylinder-on-flat contact geometry with a f... Read More about Evolution of damage in MoS2-based dry film lubricants (DFLs) in fretting wear – the effect of DFL thickness and contact geometry.

Tuning a Kalman filter carrier tracking algorithm in the presence of ionospheric scintillation (2017)
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Susi, M., Andreotti, M., Aquino, M., & Dodson, A. (2017). Tuning a Kalman filter carrier tracking algorithm in the presence of ionospheric scintillation. GPS Solutions, 21(3), 1149-1160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-016-0597-y

© 2017, The Author(s). Strong ionospheric electron content gradients may lead to fast and unpredictable fluctuations in the phase and amplitude of the signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). This phenomenon, known as ionospheric scin... Read More about Tuning a Kalman filter carrier tracking algorithm in the presence of ionospheric scintillation.

A novel cutting tool design to avoid surface damage in bone machining (2017)
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Liao, Z., Axinte, D. A., & Gao, D. (2017). A novel cutting tool design to avoid surface damage in bone machining. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 116, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2017.01.003

With its anisotropic structure, bone machining occurs as shear/serrated cutting mechanisms at low values of uncut chip thickness while at high values it results in fracture cutting mechanisms which lead to significant tissues damages; hence, utilisin... Read More about A novel cutting tool design to avoid surface damage in bone machining.

Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact (2017)
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Mohd Tobi, A., Sun, W., & Shipway, P. (in press). Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact. Tribology International, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2017.01.010

This paper examines the evidence for a plasticity based wear mechanism in the fretting wear of Ti-6Al-4V. Driven by near-surface plastic strain accumulation, the generation of wear debris evolves from coarse metallic debris towards loose fine oxide d... Read More about Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact.

On a stochastically grain-discretised model for 2D/3D temperature mapping prediction in grinding (2017)
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Li, H. N., & Axinte, D. A. (2017). On a stochastically grain-discretised model for 2D/3D temperature mapping prediction in grinding. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 116, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2017.01.004

Excessive grinding heat might probably lead to unwanted heat damages of workpiece materials, most previous studies on grinding heat/temperature, however, assumed the wheel-workpiece contact zone as a moving band heat source, which might be not approp... Read More about On a stochastically grain-discretised model for 2D/3D temperature mapping prediction in grinding.

Observations of quiet-time moderate midlatitude L-band scintillation in association with plasma bubbles (2017)
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Vadakke Veettil, S., Haralambous, H., & Aquino, M. (2017). Observations of quiet-time moderate midlatitude L-band scintillation in association with plasma bubbles. GPS Solutions, 21(3), 1113-1124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-016-0598-x

Observations of moderate night time amplitude scintillation on the GPS L1C/A signal were recorded at the midlatitude station of Nicosia, corresponding geographic latitude and longitude of 35.18˚N and 33.38˚E respectively, on a geomagnetically quiet d... Read More about Observations of quiet-time moderate midlatitude L-band scintillation in association with plasma bubbles.

Simulation based evaluation of time-variant loadings acting on tunnel linings during mechanized tunnel construction (2017)
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Ninic, J., & Meschke, G. (2017). Simulation based evaluation of time-variant loadings acting on tunnel linings during mechanized tunnel construction. Engineering Structures, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.12.043

In the design of machine driven tunnels, the loadings acting on the segmental lining are often adopted according to simplified assumptions, which improperly reflect the actual loading on the linings developing during the construction of a bored tunne... Read More about Simulation based evaluation of time-variant loadings acting on tunnel linings during mechanized tunnel construction.

Advanced diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites via cold spray: properties and deposition mechanism (2017)
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Yin, S., Xie, Y., Cizek, J., Ekoi, E., Hussain, T., Dowling, D., & Lupoi, R. (in press). Advanced diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites via cold spray: properties and deposition mechanism. Composites Part B: Engineering, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.01.009

Diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites (DMMC) have great potential for wear-resistance applications due to the superior hardness of the diamond component. Cold spray as an emerging coating technique is able to fabricate coatings or bulk materials... Read More about Advanced diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites via cold spray: properties and deposition mechanism.

Rational Design of a Low-Cost, High-Performance Metal–Organic Framework for Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture (2017)
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Witman, M., Ling, S., Gladysiak, A., Stylianou, K. C., Smit, B., Slater, B., & Haranczyk, M. (2017). Rational Design of a Low-Cost, High-Performance Metal–Organic Framework for Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Capture. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(2), 1171-1181. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10363

Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration (2017)
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Chen, S., Liu, H., & Zheng, C. (2017). Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration. Energy, 121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.011

MILD (moderate or intense low oxygen dilution) oxyfuel combustion is a recently proposed clean combustion mode which can remedy the shortcomings of the standard oxyfuel combustion technology. Nowadays most available studies on MILD oxyfuel combustion... Read More about Methane combustion in MILD oxyfuel regime: influences of dilution atmosphere in co-flow configuration.