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Using a random road graph model to understand road networks robustness to link failures (2020)
Journal Article

Disruptions to the transport system have a greater impact on society and the economy now than ever before due to the increased interconnectivity and interdependency of the economic sectors. The ability of transport systems to maintain functionality d... Read More about Using a random road graph model to understand road networks robustness to link failures.

Towards Future Driver Training: Analysing Human Behaviour in Level 3 Automated Cars (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Automation capability of future Level 3 vehicles will extend to tactical as well as control levels of the driving task. However, if systems fail or boundary limitations are exceeded the human driver must be ready to take over control of the vehicle.... Read More about Towards Future Driver Training: Analysing Human Behaviour in Level 3 Automated Cars.

Fabrication of RGO/Cu composites based on electrostatic adsorption (2020)
Journal Article

To address the issues of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) dispersion in copper (Cu) matrix and interface bonding between RGO and Cu, an electrostatic adsorption method with interface transition phase design was employed to prepare the RGO/Cu based compos... Read More about Fabrication of RGO/Cu composites based on electrostatic adsorption.

Defocus leakage radiation microscopy for single shot surface plasmon measurement (2020)
Journal Article

Measurement of surface plasmon and surface wave propagation is important for the operation and characterization of sensors and microscope systems. One challenge is to perform these measurements both quickly and with good spatial resolution without an... Read More about Defocus leakage radiation microscopy for single shot surface plasmon measurement.

A unified scheme to solving arbitrary complex-valued ratio distribution with application to statistical inference for raw frequency response functions and transmissibility functions (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Complex-valued ratio distributions arises in many real applications such as statistical inference for frequency response functions (FRFs) and transmissibility functions (TFs) in structural health monitoring. As a sequel to our pre... Read More about A unified scheme to solving arbitrary complex-valued ratio distribution with application to statistical inference for raw frequency response functions and transmissibility functions.

Design and optimization of electrochemical cell potential for hydrogen gas production (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences This study deals with the optimization of best working conditions in molten melt for the production of hydrogen (H2) gas. Limited research has been carried out... Read More about Design and optimization of electrochemical cell potential for hydrogen gas production.

Factors Influencing Perceptions of Productivity Associated with Digital Manufacturing Technology (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, has the potential to transform manufacturing productivity through the integration of digital manufacturing technology. Although digital technologies are considered to have the potential to enhance or... Read More about Factors Influencing Perceptions of Productivity Associated with Digital Manufacturing Technology.

Optimal sensor and actuator placement for structural health monitoring via an efficient convex cost-benefit optimization (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd The number and position of sensors and actuators are key decision variables that dictate the performance of any structural health monitoring system. This paper proposes choosing them optimally by using an objective function that c... Read More about Optimal sensor and actuator placement for structural health monitoring via an efficient convex cost-benefit optimization.

Monitoring the cleaning of food fouling in pipes using ultrasonic measurements and machine learning (2020)
Journal Article

Food and drink production equipment is routinely cleaned to ensure it remains hygienic and operating under optimal conditions. A limitation of existing cleaning systems is that they do not know when the fouling material has been removed so nearly al... Read More about Monitoring the cleaning of food fouling in pipes using ultrasonic measurements and machine learning.

Bioinspired Precision Engineering of Three-Dimensional Epithelial Stem Cell Microniches (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Maintenance of the epithelium relies on stem cells residing within specialized microenvironments, known as epithelial crypts. Two-photon polymerization (2PP) is a valuable... Read More about Bioinspired Precision Engineering of Three-Dimensional Epithelial Stem Cell Microniches.

Progress in the CO2 Capture Technologies for Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units—A Review (2020)
Journal Article

© Copyright © 2020 Güleç, Meredith and Snape. Heavy industries including cement, iron and steel, oil refining, and petrochemicals are collectively responsible for about 22% of global CO2 emissions. Among these industries, oil refineries account for 4... Read More about Progress in the CO2 Capture Technologies for Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units—A Review.

Generation of graded porous structures by control of process parameters in the selective laser melting of a fixed ratio salt-metal feedstock (2020)
Journal Article

The demonstration of salt dissolution incorporated within laser powder-bed fusion fabrication processes has allowed the creation of complex porous structures without the need for sophisticated design algorithms. This serves to simplify the process, f... Read More about Generation of graded porous structures by control of process parameters in the selective laser melting of a fixed ratio salt-metal feedstock.

Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer (2020)
Journal Article

A lad-used servo permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) has been accidentally damaged due to overcurrent. On one hand, the mechanical damage in the end bearing and break part generates acoustic noise even when rotating the shaft by hand. On the ot... Read More about Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer.

A Digital Internal Model Current Controller for Salient Machines (2020)
Journal Article

The performance of anisotropic electrical machines is strongly dependent on the current loop characteristics. The problems for achieving robustness and fast response, without overshoot and oscillations, are mainly related to different values and beha... Read More about A Digital Internal Model Current Controller for Salient Machines.

A 3D printed drug delivery implant formed from a dynamic supramolecular polyurethane formulation (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Using a novel molecular design approach, we have prepared a thermo-responsive supramolecular polyurethane as a matrix material for use in drug eluting implants. The dynamic supramolecular polyurethane (SPU) is a... Read More about A 3D printed drug delivery implant formed from a dynamic supramolecular polyurethane formulation.

Transient ultrasonic guided wave simulation in layered composite structures using a hybrid wave and finite element scheme (2020)
Journal Article

A guided wave simulation method for layered composites based on the wave and finite element scheme is presented. An approach for calculating complex displacement fields such as those generated from piezoelectric transducers is developed. The scatteri... Read More about Transient ultrasonic guided wave simulation in layered composite structures using a hybrid wave and finite element scheme.

Stretched-coordinate PML in 2D TLM simulations (2020)
Journal Article

A novel implementation of the stretched coordinate perfectly matched layer (PML) is presented for the two-dimensional (2D) transmission line modelling (TLM) method. The formulation offers a unified approach and is based on the mapping of the TLM node... Read More about Stretched-coordinate PML in 2D TLM simulations.

Volumetric error modelling of a stereo vision system for error correction in photogrammetric three-dimensional coordinate metrology (2020)
Journal Article

Optical three-dimensional coordinate measurement using stereo vision has systematic errors that affect measurement quality. This paper presents a scheme for measuring, modelling and correcting these errors. The position and orientation of a linear st... Read More about Volumetric error modelling of a stereo vision system for error correction in photogrammetric three-dimensional coordinate metrology.

Self-Assembly, Adaptive Response, and in,out-Stereoisomerism of Large Orthoformate Cryptands (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. We report on triethylene glycol-based orthoformate cryptands, which adapt their bridgehead configurations in response to metal templates and intramolecular hydrogen bonding in a com... Read More about Self-Assembly, Adaptive Response, and in,out-Stereoisomerism of Large Orthoformate Cryptands.

Bio-inspired self-healing polymer foams with bilayered capsule systems (2020)
Journal Article

Bio-inspired, self-healing polymer foams containing novel calcium-alginate capsule system was developed for load-bearing application. The capsules were created by a multi-stage encapsulating process that can encapsulate two mutually reactive healing... Read More about Bio-inspired self-healing polymer foams with bilayered capsule systems.