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Relating Hydraulic Conductivity to Particle Size Using DEM (2020)
Journal Article
McDowell, G., & de Bono, J. (2021). Relating Hydraulic Conductivity to Particle Size Using DEM. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21(1), Article 0602003. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29gm.1943-5622.0001670

For over 100 years it has been accepted that the permeability or hydraulic conductivity of a soil is controlled by the size of pores through which the fluid flows, and that this pore size should be a function of particle sizes. All well-known formula... Read More about Relating Hydraulic Conductivity to Particle Size Using DEM.

The Maximum Stress Failure Criterion and the Maximum Strain Failure Criterion: Their Unification and Rationalization (2020)
Journal Article
Li, S. (2020). The Maximum Stress Failure Criterion and the Maximum Strain Failure Criterion: Their Unification and Rationalization. Journal of Composites Science, 4(4), Article 157. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs4040157

The maximum strain failure criterion is unified with the maximum stress failure criterion, after exploring the implications of two considerations responsible for this: (1) the failure strains for the direct strain components employed in the maximum s... Read More about The Maximum Stress Failure Criterion and the Maximum Strain Failure Criterion: Their Unification and Rationalization.

Effect of varying the Mg with Ca content in highly porous phosphate-based glass microspheres (2020)
Journal Article
Islam, M. T., Macri-Pellizzeri, L., Hossain, K. M. Z., Sottile, V., & Ahmed, I. (2021). Effect of varying the Mg with Ca content in highly porous phosphate-based glass microspheres. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 120, Article 111668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111668

Natural ventilation is a low energy strategy used in many building types. Design approaches are mature but are dependent on variables with high uncertainty, such as the aerodynamic behaviour of purpose provided openings (PPOs), which need improved ch... Read More about Effect of varying the Mg with Ca content in highly porous phosphate-based glass microspheres.

In-situ Microwave-assisted Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil: Experimental Validation and Effect of Catalyst Pore Structure on Activity (2020)
Journal Article
Adam, M., Anbari, H., Hart, A., Wood, J., Robinson, J. P., & Rigby, S. P. (2021). In-situ Microwave-assisted Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil: Experimental Validation and Effect of Catalyst Pore Structure on Activity. Chemical Engineering Journal, 413, Article 127420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127420

In-situ combustion alone may not provide sufficient heating for downhole, catalytic upgrading of heavy oil in the Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) process. In this study, a new microwave heating technique has been proposed as a strategy to provide th... Read More about In-situ Microwave-assisted Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil: Experimental Validation and Effect of Catalyst Pore Structure on Activity.

It's the product not the polymer: Rethinking plastic pollution (2020)
Journal Article
Stanton, T., Kay, P., Johnson, M., Chan, F. K. S., Gomes, R. L., Hughes, J., …Xu, Y. (2021). It's the product not the polymer: Rethinking plastic pollution. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 8(1), Article e1490. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1490

Mismanaged plastic waste poses a complex threat to the environments that it contaminates, generating considerable concern from academia, industry, politicians, and the general public. This concern has driven global action that presents a unique oppor... Read More about It's the product not the polymer: Rethinking plastic pollution.

Parametric study of a sustainable cooling system integrating phase change material energy storage for buildings (2020)
Journal Article
Zeinelabdein, R., Omer, S., & Mohamed, E. (2020). Parametric study of a sustainable cooling system integrating phase change material energy storage for buildings. Journal of Energy Storage, 32, Article 101972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101972

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Free cooling of buildings uses the nocturnal outdoor air as a heat sink via a ventilation process. This could be performed by storing the night coolness for use during the daytime as appropriate. Due to the latent heat capacity, p... Read More about Parametric study of a sustainable cooling system integrating phase change material energy storage for buildings.

From digital models to numerical analysis for mechanised tunnelling: a fully automated design-through-analysis workflow (2020)
Journal Article
Ninić, J., Alsahly, A., Vonthron, A., Bui, H.-G., Koch, C., König, M., & Meschke, G. (2021). From digital models to numerical analysis for mechanised tunnelling: a fully automated design-through-analysis workflow. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 107, Article 103622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2020.103622

Large infrastructure projects involving the construction of tunnels in urban areas constitute complex, integrated and multi-disciplinary systems, which require building and construction information modelling as well as computational design assessment... Read More about From digital models to numerical analysis for mechanised tunnelling: a fully automated design-through-analysis workflow.

Targeted delivery of lopinavir to HIV reservoirs in the mesenteric lymphatic system by lipophilic ester prodrug approach (2020)
Journal Article
Qin, C., Chu, Y., Feng, W., Fromont, C., He, S., Ali, J., …Gershkovich, P. (2021). Targeted delivery of lopinavir to HIV reservoirs in the mesenteric lymphatic system by lipophilic ester prodrug approach. Journal of Controlled Release, 329, 1077-1089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.10.036

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. The combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) can efficiently suppress HIV replication, but the cessation of cART usually results in viral rebound, mostly due to the presence of viral reservoirs. The mesenteric lymphatic system, inc... Read More about Targeted delivery of lopinavir to HIV reservoirs in the mesenteric lymphatic system by lipophilic ester prodrug approach.

Speed-Sensorless Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of PMSM with Permanent Magnet Flux Linkage Estimation (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zerdali, E., & Wheeler, P. (2020). Speed-Sensorless Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of PMSM with Permanent Magnet Flux Linkage Estimation. In 2020 2nd Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (GPECOM) (114-119). https://doi.org/10.1109/GPECOM49333.2020.9247943

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) have become the focus of interest in electrical machine drive systems due to their advantages. These motors can have a nonlinear model with time-varying parameters, making them difficult to control. Therefo... Read More about Speed-Sensorless Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of PMSM with Permanent Magnet Flux Linkage Estimation.

Distributed Control Strategies for Microgrids: An Overview (2020)
Journal Article
Espina, E., Llanos, J., Burgos-Mellado, C., Cardenas-Dobson, R., Martinez-Gomez, M., & Saez, D. (2020). Distributed Control Strategies for Microgrids: An Overview. IEEE Access, 8, 193412-193448. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3032378

There is an increasing interest and research effort focused on the analysis, design and implementation of distributed control systems for AC, DC and hybrid AC/DC microgrids. It is claimed that distributed controllers have several advantages over cent... Read More about Distributed Control Strategies for Microgrids: An Overview.

An alternative material for an effective treatment technique proposal in the light of bibliometric profile of global scientific research on antibiotic resistance and Escherichia coli (2020)
Journal Article
Şahin, S., Akpinar, I., & Sivri, N. (2020). An alternative material for an effective treatment technique proposal in the light of bibliometric profile of global scientific research on antibiotic resistance and Escherichia coli. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(11), Article 714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08678-4

Antibiotic resistance is considered by the countries to be a global health issue and a huge threat to public health. The reduction of resistant microorganisms from water/wastewater is of importance in environmental sciences since they are resistant i... Read More about An alternative material for an effective treatment technique proposal in the light of bibliometric profile of global scientific research on antibiotic resistance and Escherichia coli.

Performance Characteristics Design of Pulsed Plasma Thrusters for Drag Counter-Reacting (2020)
Journal Article
Dakka, S. (2020). Performance Characteristics Design of Pulsed Plasma Thrusters for Drag Counter-Reacting. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 7(4), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.15394/ijaaa.2020.1530

Determining the performance characteristics of off the shelf pulsed plasma thrusters to enhance the life time of low earth orbiting platforms was investigated theoretically. Pulsed plasma thruster analysis was accomplished through development of corr... Read More about Performance Characteristics Design of Pulsed Plasma Thrusters for Drag Counter-Reacting.

Multiphase fault tolerant distributed control techniques for integrated drives based on resonant regulators (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Savi, F., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Wheeler, P., & Gerada, C. (2020). Multiphase fault tolerant distributed control techniques for integrated drives based on resonant regulators. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254985

One of the challenges brought forward by the gradual electrification undertaken by the aviation sector is the requirement of fault tolerance for machine drive systems to be used for critical on-board tasks such as propulsion or primary flight surface... Read More about Multiphase fault tolerant distributed control techniques for integrated drives based on resonant regulators.

Influence of Rotor Design on Electromagnetic Performance in Interior Permanent Magnet Machines (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Transi, T., Murataliyev, M., Degano, M., Preci, E., Gerada, D., & Gerada, C. (2020). Influence of Rotor Design on Electromagnetic Performance in Interior Permanent Magnet Machines. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9255237

Nowadays, Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (IPMSM) are widely adopted in various sectors such as automotive, railway or public transportation (e- buses, trams, etc.). Among the benefits that these machines present, they offer a number o... Read More about Influence of Rotor Design on Electromagnetic Performance in Interior Permanent Magnet Machines.

Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Isolated DC/DC Modular Multilevel Converter (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Akbar, S. M., Hasan, A., Watson, A., Wheeler, P., & Odhano, S. (2020). Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Isolated DC/DC Modular Multilevel Converter. . https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON43393.2020.9254434

© 2020 IEEE. Isolated DC/DC modular multilevel converters (MMC) consisting of two MMCs isolated by a transformer are one of the converter topologies being considered used for DC/DC conversion in HVDC transmission. Two level modulation can be used to... Read More about Finite Control Set Model Predictive Control of Isolated DC/DC Modular Multilevel Converter.

Influence of Optimisation Target Functions on Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Korman, O., Nardo, M. D., Degano, M., & Gerada, C. (2020). Influence of Optimisation Target Functions on Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254529

Synchronous reluctance machines (SynRel) are becoming very attractive for different applications because of their reluctance nature, easy manufacturability and low cost. Their design still represents a challange because of the many degrees of freedom... Read More about Influence of Optimisation Target Functions on Synchronous Reluctance Machines Design.

Rectangular and Random Conductors: AC Losses Evaluations and Manufacturing Considerations (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Preci, E., Valente, G., Bardalai, A., Transi, T., Zou, T., Gerada, D., …Gerada, C. (2020). Rectangular and Random Conductors: AC Losses Evaluations and Manufacturing Considerations. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon43393.2020.9254278

This paper presents a comparison between hairpin and random distributed winding in electrical machines for automotive applications. Indeed, the overall performance of an electrical drive system is seriously affected by its winding design. The conside... Read More about Rectangular and Random Conductors: AC Losses Evaluations and Manufacturing Considerations.

Over-modulation Method of Modulated Model Predictive Control for Matrix Converters (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sarajian, A., Guan, Q., Wheeler, P., Khaburi, D. A., Kennel, R., & Rodriquez, J. (2020). Over-modulation Method of Modulated Model Predictive Control for Matrix Converters. In IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (4624-4629). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON43393.2020.9254373

In this paper the potential of the modulated model predictive control (MMPC) to control a matrix converter (MC) in the linear- and over-modulation zone is investigated. Input and output current references of MC are usually used to define the control... Read More about Over-modulation Method of Modulated Model Predictive Control for Matrix Converters.

Synchronous Control Method of Three-phase Inverter Under Unbalanced Conditions Using the Energy Operator (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, G., Wang, W., Zhu, J., Wang, W., & Wheeler, P. (2020). Synchronous Control Method of Three-phase Inverter Under Unbalanced Conditions Using the Energy Operator. In IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (3377-3382). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON43393.2020.9254367

Unbalanced three-phase voltages, harmonics and DC offset to the grid voltage will affect the speed and accuracy of a grid-connected inverter when estimating the frequency and phase angle of the grid voltage. Existing synchronization methods were diff... Read More about Synchronous Control Method of Three-phase Inverter Under Unbalanced Conditions Using the Energy Operator.

Thin film synthesis of hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs)- a comparative approach (2020)
Journal Article
Warfsmann, J., Tokay, B., & Champness, N. R. (2021). Thin film synthesis of hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs)- a comparative approach. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 311, Article 110686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110686

© 2020 The thin-film synthesis of the hybrid ultramicroporous material (HUM) TIFSIX-3-Ni on glass substrates are reported for the first time. Several methods of film formation are employed including dip-coating, seeding and secondary growth, vapour-a... Read More about Thin film synthesis of hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs)- a comparative approach.