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Virtual elements for sound propagation in complex poroelastic media (2021)
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Sreekumar, A., Triantafyllou, S. P., & Chevillotte, F. (2022). Virtual elements for sound propagation in complex poroelastic media. Computational Mechanics, 69(1), 347-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-021-02078-2

We develop a novel Virtual Element Method (VEM) to resolve the mixed Biot displacement-pressure formulation governing wave propagation in porous media. Within this setting, the weak form of the governing equations is discretized using implicitly defi... Read More about Virtual elements for sound propagation in complex poroelastic media.

Femtocore: An Application Specific Processor for Vertically Integrated High Performance Real-Time Controls (2021)
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Savi, F., Harikumaran, J., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Gerada, C., & Wheeler, P. (2021). Femtocore: An Application Specific Processor for Vertically Integrated High Performance Real-Time Controls. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 2, 479-488. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIES.2021.3112124

In applications that require a high availability and high performance (for example aerospace),modular power electronics and multi-phase machines represent an advantageous choice. In this framework, a control system able to handle a high number of PWM... Read More about Femtocore: An Application Specific Processor for Vertically Integrated High Performance Real-Time Controls.

Characterisation of particulate matter and identification of emission sources in Greater Caracas, Venezuela (2021)
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Morantes, G., González, J. C., & Rincón, G. (2021). Characterisation of particulate matter and identification of emission sources in Greater Caracas, Venezuela. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 14(12), 1989-2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-021-01070-2

Between June-September 2018, particulate matter (PM) samples were taken in the Sartenejas Valley, southeast of Greater Caracas, Venezuela. The aim was to evaluate the morphology and the elemental chemical composition of particulate matter and establi... Read More about Characterisation of particulate matter and identification of emission sources in Greater Caracas, Venezuela.

Modelling the stiffness development in asphalt concrete to obtain fatigue failure criteria (2021)
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Chen, A., Airey, G. D., Thom, N., Litherland, J., & Adjetey Nii-Adjei, R. (2021). Modelling the stiffness development in asphalt concrete to obtain fatigue failure criteria. Construction and Building Materials, 306, Article 124837. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124837

The study of fatigue is critical to good usability and durability of asphalt pavements. Inaccurate calculation of the fatigue failure criteria can cause incorrect evaluation of the fatigue performance, leading to inaccurate prediction of the pavement... Read More about Modelling the stiffness development in asphalt concrete to obtain fatigue failure criteria.

Evaluation of impact of surface diffusion on methane recovery via carbon dioxide injection in shale reservoirs (2021)
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Spanakos, D., & Rigby, S. P. (2022). Evaluation of impact of surface diffusion on methane recovery via carbon dioxide injection in shale reservoirs. Fuel, 307, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121928

Injection of carbon dioxide into shale reservoirs is a promising technology for enhancing natural gas recovery and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nanoscale phenomena contribute to a significant difference in mass transfer processes within shale-g... Read More about Evaluation of impact of surface diffusion on methane recovery via carbon dioxide injection in shale reservoirs.

PEEK based cranial reconstruction using thermal assisted incremental sheet forming (2021)
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Chen, L.-F., Chen, F., Gatea, S., & Ou, H. (2022). PEEK based cranial reconstruction using thermal assisted incremental sheet forming. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 236(6-7), 997-1004. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544054211045904

Compared to conventional sheet forming operations, incremental sheet forming (ISF) is a flexible forming technique that can achieve higher formability in terms of localized deformation. Due to excellent mechanical properties and X-ray penetration, po... Read More about PEEK based cranial reconstruction using thermal assisted incremental sheet forming.

Microwave selective heating of electric arc furnace dust constituents toward sustainable recycling: Contribution of electric and magnetic fields (2021)
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Altarawneh, S., Al-Harahsheh, M., Buttress, A., Dodds, C., Rodriguez, J., & Kingman, S. (2021). Microwave selective heating of electric arc furnace dust constituents toward sustainable recycling: Contribution of electric and magnetic fields. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 104, 521-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2021.09.001

Microwave heating of waste electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) for the purpose of its remediation has been studied extensively. However, these studies considered EAFD as a bulk material without addressing either the relative response of its individual c... Read More about Microwave selective heating of electric arc furnace dust constituents toward sustainable recycling: Contribution of electric and magnetic fields.

Correction to: A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece (2021)
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Mendonca, T., Birkhead, T. R., Cadby, A. J., Forstmeier, W., & Hemmings, N. (2021). Correction to: A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1958), Article 20211695. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1695

The original article contains a typographical mistake in the formula notation for the volume of the sperm mitochondrial helix. In the discussion (paragraph 6), we refer to the formula as 'ν = (1/3)π(r2)T'; however, the formula used in our calculation... Read More about Correction to: A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece.

A new particle mounting method for surface analysis (2021)
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Dundas, A. A., Kern, S., Cuzzucoli Crucitti, V., Scurr, D. J., Wildman, R., Irvine, D. J., & Alexander, M. R. (2022). A new particle mounting method for surface analysis. Surface and Interface Analysis, 54(4), 374-380. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.7010

The chemical analysis of microparticles is challenging due to the need to mount the particles on a substrate for analysis; double-sided adhesive tape is often used (sometimes conductive), however that is usually coated with poly (dimethyl siloxane) (... Read More about A new particle mounting method for surface analysis.

Comparison of different fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics modeling approaches for thermoelectric generator systems (2021)
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Luo, D., Wang, R., Yan, Y., Sun, Z., Zhou, W., & Ding, R. (2021). Comparison of different fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics modeling approaches for thermoelectric generator systems. Renewable Energy, 180, 1266-1277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.09.033

This work proposes a novel fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics numerical model to predict the performance of thermoelectric generator systems applied to fluid waste heat recovery, with the consideration of multiphysics coupling effects of fluid, ther... Read More about Comparison of different fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics modeling approaches for thermoelectric generator systems.

Bond behaviour of multi-ply steel reinforced grout composites (2021)
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Thermou, G. E., De Santis, S., de Felice, G., Alotaibi, S., Roscini, F., Hajirasouliha, I., & Guadagnini, M. (2021). Bond behaviour of multi-ply steel reinforced grout composites. Construction and Building Materials, 305, Article 124750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124750

This paper presents an experimental investigation on Steel Reinforced Grout (SRG) systems comprising multiple layers of galvanized UHTSS textiles, with either 4 or 8 cords/in density, embedded within a geopolymer mortar. Lap-splice tests and single-l... Read More about Bond behaviour of multi-ply steel reinforced grout composites.

A biophotoelectrochemical approach to unravelling the role of cyanobacterial cell structures in exoelectrogenesis (2021)
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Wey, L. T., Lawrence, J. M., Chen, X., Clark, R., Lea-Smith, D. J., Zhang, J. Z., & Howe, C. J. (2021). A biophotoelectrochemical approach to unravelling the role of cyanobacterial cell structures in exoelectrogenesis. Electrochimica Acta, 395, Article 139214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139214

Photosynthetic microorganisms can export electrons outside their cells, a phenomenon called exoelectrogenesis, which can be harnessed for solar energy conversion. However, the route electrons take from thylakoid membranes to the cell exterior is not... Read More about A biophotoelectrochemical approach to unravelling the role of cyanobacterial cell structures in exoelectrogenesis.

Monitoring the response of Severn Suspension Bridge in the United Kingdom using multi-GNSS measurements (2021)
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Msaewe, H. A., Psimoulis, P. A., Hancock, C. M., Roberts, G. W., & Bonenberg, L. (2021). Monitoring the response of Severn Suspension Bridge in the United Kingdom using multi-GNSS measurements. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 28(11), Article e2830. https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.2830

The application of GPS in bridge monitoring aims to determine accurately and precisely the response of the deck and towers of the bridge and estimate the main response characteristics (amplitude and modal frequencies). The main requirement of GPS mon... Read More about Monitoring the response of Severn Suspension Bridge in the United Kingdom using multi-GNSS measurements.

A three‐dimensional hybrid finite element — spectral boundary integral method for modeling earthquakes in complex unbounded domains (2021)
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Albertini, G., Elbanna, A. E., & Kammer, D. S. (2021). A three‐dimensional hybrid finite element — spectral boundary integral method for modeling earthquakes in complex unbounded domains. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 122(23), 6905-6923. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6816

We present a 3D hybrid method which combines the finite element method (FEM) and the spectral boundary integral method (SBIM) to model nonlinear problems in unbounded domains. The flexibility of FEM is used to model the complex, heterogeneous, and no... Read More about A three‐dimensional hybrid finite element — spectral boundary integral method for modeling earthquakes in complex unbounded domains.

Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency (2021)
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Garcia, E., & Liu, H. (2022). Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency. Energy, 239, Article 121913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.121913

Co-firing coal and biomass has the potential to reduce GHG emissions. However, high levels of alkali and alkaline metals in biomass ash can bring additional issues to the operation of coal-fired boilers. This study investigates the effects of ilmenit... Read More about Ilmenite as alternative bed material for the combustion of coal and biomass blends in a fluidised bed combustor to improve combustion performance and reduce agglomeration tendency.

An experimental study on the effect of gas injection configuration on flow characteristics in high viscosity oil columns (2021)
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Mohammed, S. K., Hasan, A. H., Ibrahim, A., & Dimitrakis, G. (2021). An experimental study on the effect of gas injection configuration on flow characteristics in high viscosity oil columns. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 100(10), 3015-3029. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24312

Gas-viscous liquid bubbly and slug flow are very common in petroleum, chemical, bioengineering, polymer, and food processing. However, there is a major knowledge gap in two-phase flow research in the design of gas injectors/distributers in very high... Read More about An experimental study on the effect of gas injection configuration on flow characteristics in high viscosity oil columns.

Fabrication of Humidity-Resistant Optical Fiber Sensor for Ammonia Sensing Using Diazo Resin-Photocrosslinked Films with a Porphyrin-Polystyrene Binary Mixture (2021)
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Ahmed, S., Park, Y., Okuda, H., Ono, S., Korposh, S., & Lee, S.-W. (2021). Fabrication of Humidity-Resistant Optical Fiber Sensor for Ammonia Sensing Using Diazo Resin-Photocrosslinked Films with a Porphyrin-Polystyrene Binary Mixture. Sensors, 21(18), Article 6176. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186176

Ammonia gas sensors were fabricated via layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of diazo resin (DAR) and a binary mixture of tetrakis(4-sulfophenyl)porphine (TSPP) and poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) onto the core of a multimode U-bent optical fiber. The penet... Read More about Fabrication of Humidity-Resistant Optical Fiber Sensor for Ammonia Sensing Using Diazo Resin-Photocrosslinked Films with a Porphyrin-Polystyrene Binary Mixture.

Investigation of soil-pile-structure interaction induced by vertical loads and tunnelling (2021)
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Franza, A., Zheng, C., Marshall, A. M., & Jimenez, R. (2021). Investigation of soil-pile-structure interaction induced by vertical loads and tunnelling. Computers and Geotechnics, 139, Article 104386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104386

The response of pile groups and piled structures to vertical and tunnelling-induced loads is studied. A two-stage model is adopted that can efficiently consider external actions, greenfield tunnelling movements, superstructure stiffness, ultimate pil... Read More about Investigation of soil-pile-structure interaction induced by vertical loads and tunnelling.

Post-fire behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T- and X-joints (2021)
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Pandey, M., & Young, B. (2021). Post-fire behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T- and X-joints. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 186, Article 106859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2021.106859

An experimental programme to investigate the post-fire residual strengths of cold-formed high strength steel (CFHSS) tubular T- and X-joints subjected to ISO-834 standard fire [1] exposure has been presented in this study. A total of 32 joints, inclu... Read More about Post-fire behaviour of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T- and X-joints.

Pass-by-Pass Ambiguity Resolution in Single GPS Receiver PPP Using Observations for Two Sequential Days: An Exploratory Study (2021)
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Xi, R., Chen, Q., Meng, X., Psimoulis, P., Jiang, W., & Xu, C. (2021). Pass-by-Pass Ambiguity Resolution in Single GPS Receiver PPP Using Observations for Two Sequential Days: An Exploratory Study. Remote Sensing, 13(18), Article 3728. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183728

“Pass-by-pass” or “track-to-track” ambiguity resolution removes Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellite hardware delays between adjacent undifferenced (UD) ambiguities, which is often applied in precise orbit determination (POD) for Low E... Read More about Pass-by-Pass Ambiguity Resolution in Single GPS Receiver PPP Using Observations for Two Sequential Days: An Exploratory Study.