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Deconvoluting the Mechanisms of Thermal Degradation and Oxidation during the Aging Simulation of Elastomeric Modified Asphalt Binders (2024)
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Adwani, D., Sreeram, A., & Bhasin, A. (2024). Deconvoluting the Mechanisms of Thermal Degradation and Oxidation during the Aging Simulation of Elastomeric Modified Asphalt Binders. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 36(7), https://doi.org/10.1061/jmcee7.mteng-17450

Developing new and efficient methods to simulate the aging of asphalt binders and mixtures continues to be an important area of research for the asphalt community around the world. Temperatures exceeding pavement service temperatures are typically us... Read More about Deconvoluting the Mechanisms of Thermal Degradation and Oxidation during the Aging Simulation of Elastomeric Modified Asphalt Binders.

Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction (2024)
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Ma, Y., Tian, Z., Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Nie, Y., Wildman, R. D., …He, Y. (2024). Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction. Materials and Design, 241, Article 112978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112978

Like many pixel-based additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, digital light processing (DLP) based vat photopolymerization faces the challenge that the square pixel based processing strategy can lead to zigzag edges especially when feature sizes come... Read More about Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction.

Pulse oximeter bench tests under different simulated skin tones (2024)
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Swamy, S. K. N., He, C., Hayes‑Gill, B. R., Hayes-Gill, B. R., Clark, D. J., Green, S., & Morgan, S. P. (2024). Pulse oximeter bench tests under different simulated skin tones. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-024-03091-2

Pulse oximeters’ (POs) varying performance based on skin tones has been highly publicised. Compared to arterial blood gas analysis, POs tend to overestimate oxygen saturation (SpO2) values for people with darker skin (occult hypoxemia). The objective... Read More about Pulse oximeter bench tests under different simulated skin tones.

Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators (2024)
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Popov, A. A., Gungordu, B., & Jabbal, M. (2024). Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 584, Article 118462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2024.118462

The axisymmetric vibration analysis of circular plates with piezoelectric layers and step changes in plate thickness is conducted. For the chosen configurations, it is necessary to solve a coupled system of differential equations for extensional and... Read More about Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators.

Investigating levels of remote operation in high-level on-road autonomous vehicles using operator sequence diagrams (2024)
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Parr, H., Harvey, C., Burnett, G., & Sharples, S. (2024). Investigating levels of remote operation in high-level on-road autonomous vehicles using operator sequence diagrams. Cognition, Technology and Work, 26, 207-223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-024-00762-w

The continuing development of autonomous vehicle technology is making the presence of fully autonomous vehicles (SAE Level 5 of Driving Automation) on the road an ever more likely possibility. Similarly, regulation changes show countries are preparin... Read More about Investigating levels of remote operation in high-level on-road autonomous vehicles using operator sequence diagrams.

A Machine Learning based approach to predict road rutting considering uncertainty (2024)
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Chen, K., Torbaghan, M. E., Thom, N., Garcia-Hernández, A., Faramarzi, A., & Chapman, D. (2024). A Machine Learning based approach to predict road rutting considering uncertainty. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 20, Article e03186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e03186

Roads as vital public assets are the backbone for transportation systems and support constant societal development. Recently, data-driven technologies such as digital twins and especially machine learning have shown great potential to maintain the se... Read More about A Machine Learning based approach to predict road rutting considering uncertainty.

Reflective and transmissive solar sails: Dynamics, flight regimes and applications (2024)
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Thompson, S. M., Cappelletti, C., & Pushparaj, N. (2024). Reflective and transmissive solar sails: Dynamics, flight regimes and applications. Acta Astronautica, 220, 478-494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.04.032

Refractive and diffractive solar sails have been cited to yield benefits in both performance and utility over reflective sails, but their range of viable flight regimes and future applications have not been fully explored. In this paper, a flight mod... Read More about Reflective and transmissive solar sails: Dynamics, flight regimes and applications.

Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers (2024)
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Luo, M., & Gan, G. (2024). Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 248(Part A), Article 123215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123215

The thermal performance of a slinky ground heat exchanger has been investigated using a validated transient 3D model for different trench separations, installation depths, soil properties, and daily operation hours. The effect of trench separation on... Read More about Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers.

Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of earthbag-wall units incorporated with phase change materials (2024)
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Farouq, M. M., Mirzaei, P. A., Jimenez-Bescos, C., & Riffat, S. (2024). Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of earthbag-wall units incorporated with phase change materials. Journal of Building Engineering, 90, Article 109306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109306

The demand for temporary housing for refugees and displaced communities has led to the development of earthbag buildings. While these structures are affordable and sustainable, they often struggle with thermal discomfort in extreme climates. This stu... Read More about Experimental and numerical study on the thermal performance of earthbag-wall units incorporated with phase change materials.

Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements (2024)
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Liu, J., Hooshmand, H., Piano, S., Leach, R., Coupland, J., Ren, M., …Su, R. (2024). Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements. Precision Engineering, 88, 699-706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precisioneng.2024.04.016

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI), based on the principle of interference, can achieve sub-nanometer precision for height measurements. On the other hand, focus variation microscopy (FVM), combining the small depth of field of the objective, is... Read More about Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements.

A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings (2024)
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Cartwright, S., Rothwell, B. C., Figueredo, G., Medina, H., Eastwick, C., Layton, J., & Ambrose, S. (2024). A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings. Tribology International, 196, Article 109670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109670

Traditional methods of evaluating the performance of journal bearings, for example thermal-elastic-hydrodynamic- lubrication theory, are limited to simplified conditions that often fail to accurately model real-world components. Numerical models that... Read More about A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings.

A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels (2024)
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Lilonfe, S., Davies, B., Abdul-Manan, A. F., Dimitriou, I., & McKechnie, J. (2024). A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 47, 425-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.04.016

Synthetic “drop-in” fuels are compatible with existing fuel and vehicle infrastructures and, when produced sustainably, they could play an important role in mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) from transportation, especially in the har... Read More about A review of techno-economic analyses and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of biomass-to-hydrocarbon “drop-in” fuels.

From scrap metal to highly efficient electrodes: harnessing the nanotextured surface of swarf for effective utilisation of Pt and Co for hydrogen production (2024)
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Thangamuthu, M., Kohlrausch, E. C., Li, M., Speidel, A., Clare, A. T., Plummer, R., …Alves Fernandes, J. (2024). From scrap metal to highly efficient electrodes: harnessing the nanotextured surface of swarf for effective utilisation of Pt and Co for hydrogen production. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(25), 15137-15144. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ta00711e

Hydrogen is considered to be the key element to achieving climate neutrality, leading to a massive demand for electrocatalysts. This work explores the transformation of metal waste into active and stable electrode materials for water splitting by mod... Read More about From scrap metal to highly efficient electrodes: harnessing the nanotextured surface of swarf for effective utilisation of Pt and Co for hydrogen production.

Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology (2024)
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La Cavera, S., Chauhan, V. M., Hardiman, W., Yao, M., Fuentes-Domínguez, R., Setchfield, K., …Clark, M. (2024). Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology. Communications Biology, 7(1), Article 451. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06126-4

This report presents an optical fibre-based endo-microscopic imaging tool that simultaneously measures the topographic profile and 3D viscoelastic properties of biological specimens through the phenomenon of time-resolved Brillouin scattering. This u... Read More about Label-free Brillouin endo-microscopy for the quantitative 3D imaging of sub-micrometre biology.

Comparison of Fourier optics-based methods for modeling coherence scanning interferometry (2024)
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Hooshmand, H., Pahl, T., de Groot, P. J., Lehmann, P., Pappas, A., Su, R., …Piano, S. (2024). Comparison of Fourier optics-based methods for modeling coherence scanning interferometry. Optical Engineering, 63(4), Article 044102. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.63.4.044102

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) is a widely used optical method for surface topography measurement of industrial and biomedical surfaces. The operation of CSI can be modeled using approximate physics-based approaches with minimal computationa... Read More about Comparison of Fourier optics-based methods for modeling coherence scanning interferometry.

A new hybrid stretch forming and double-layer two-point incremental sheet forming process (2024)
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Zhao, X., & Ou, H. (2024). A new hybrid stretch forming and double-layer two-point incremental sheet forming process. Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 30, 3485-3509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.04.093

This research presents a new hybrid stretch forming and double-layer two-point incremental sheet forming (hybrid stretch forming and DL-TPIF). The novelty of the proposed hybrid process is first to employ double-layer blank sheets in the conventi... Read More about A new hybrid stretch forming and double-layer two-point incremental sheet forming process.

Generalizability of empirical correlations for predicting higher heating values of biomass (2024)
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Daskin, M., Erdoğan, A., Güleç, F., & Okolie, J. A. (2024). Generalizability of empirical correlations for predicting higher heating values of biomass. Energy Sources, Part A, 46(1), 5434-5450. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2024.2332472

Designing efficient biomass energy systems requires a thorough understanding of the physicochemical, thermodynamic, and physical properties of biomass. One crucial parameter in assessing biomass energy potential is the higher heating value (HHV), whi... Read More about Generalizability of empirical correlations for predicting higher heating values of biomass.

A facile one step route that introduces functionality to polymer powders for laser sintering (2024)
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Krumins, E., Crawford, L. A., Rogers, D. M., Machado, F., Taresco, V., East, M., …Howdle, S. M. (2024). A facile one step route that introduces functionality to polymer powders for laser sintering. Nature Communications, 15(1), Article 3137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47376-4

Laser Sintering (LS) is a type of Additive Manufacturing (AM) exploiting laser processing of polymeric particles to produce 3D objects. Because of its ease of processability and thermo-physical properties, polyamide-12 (PA-12) represents ~95% of the... Read More about A facile one step route that introduces functionality to polymer powders for laser sintering.

Towards sustainable urban living: A holistic energy strategy for electric vehicle and heat pump adoption in residential communities (2024)
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Dik, A., Kutlu, C., Sun, H., Calautit, J. K., Boukhanouf, R., & Omer, S. (2024). Towards sustainable urban living: A holistic energy strategy for electric vehicle and heat pump adoption in residential communities. Sustainable Cities and Society, 107, Article 105412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105412

Electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps (HPs) are key in reducing carbon emissions from transportation and domestic heating, yet their adoption may increase peak load demands on electrical networks. One of the aims of this research is to assess the po... Read More about Towards sustainable urban living: A holistic energy strategy for electric vehicle and heat pump adoption in residential communities.