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Posture, movement, and aircraft passengers: An investigation into factors influencing in-flight discomfort (2020)
Journal Article
Sharafkhani, M., Argyle, E., Cobb, S., & Tennent, P. (2021). Posture, movement, and aircraft passengers: An investigation into factors influencing in-flight discomfort. WORK, 68(s1), S183-S195. https://doi.org/10.3233/wor-208016

BACKGROUND: Aircraft passengers’ physical activity levels are often limited during flight for extended periods of time, which can have serious impact on health, comfort, and passenger experience. However, several factors, such as limited personal spa... Read More about Posture, movement, and aircraft passengers: An investigation into factors influencing in-flight discomfort.

Comparison of equivalent plate models using wavenumber approach (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Arasan, U., Marchetti, F., Chevillotte, F., Becot, F., Ege, K., Chronopoulos, D., & Gourdon, E. (2020). Comparison of equivalent plate models using wavenumber approach.

Mutli-layered structures (such as sandwich panels) are commonly used in engineering applications for the improved sound comfort and noise reduction. Finite Element modelling of these layered structures would often results in increased total number of... Read More about Comparison of equivalent plate models using wavenumber approach.

Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Diverse Hydrocarbon Fuels via Molten Salt Electrolysis (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Juboori, O., Sher, F., Rahman, S., Rasheed, T., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Diverse Hydrocarbon Fuels via Molten Salt Electrolysis. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8(51), 19178-19188. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c08209

© 2020 American Chemical Society. In recent decades, the unlimited use of fossil fuels mostly for power generation has emitted a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which in return has led to global warming. Here we use green technology... Read More about Sustainable Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Diverse Hydrocarbon Fuels via Molten Salt Electrolysis.

OptiSens—Convex optimization of sensor and actuator placement for ultrasonic guided-wave based structural health monitoring (2020)
Journal Article
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Beck, J. L., Chiachío, J., Chiachío, M., & Chronopoulos, D. (2021). OptiSens—Convex optimization of sensor and actuator placement for ultrasonic guided-wave based structural health monitoring. SoftwareX, 13, Article 100643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2020.100643

This paper presents OptiSens, a computational platform in Python and Matlab, that provides optimal sensor and actuator configurations for structural health monitoring applications using ultrasonic guided-waves. This software formulates a convex entro... Read More about OptiSens—Convex optimization of sensor and actuator placement for ultrasonic guided-wave based structural health monitoring.

Heterogeneous Multi-Rate mass transfer models in OPENFOAM® (2020)
Journal Article
Municchi, F., Di Pasquale, N., Dentz, M., & Icardi, M. (2021). Heterogeneous Multi-Rate mass transfer models in OPENFOAM®. Computer Physics Communications, 261, Article 107763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107763

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. We implement the Multi-Rate Mass Transfer (MRMT) model for mobile–immobile transport in porous media (Haggerty and Gorelick, 1995; Municchi and Icardi, 2019 [1]) within the open-source finite volume library OPENFOAM® (Foundation,... Read More about Heterogeneous Multi-Rate mass transfer models in OPENFOAM®.

The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties (2020)
Journal Article
Gao, H., Jian, Y., & Yan, Y. (2021). The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties. Soft Matter, 17(3), 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sm01683g

Ice formation and accumulation have detrimental effects on commercial surfaces and people's lives. The ice adhesion strength decreases with increasing surface hydrophobicity, and the superhydrophobicity of a surface can be constructed by a combinatio... Read More about The effects of bio-inspired micro/nano scale structures on anti-icing properties.

Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Substrate Integrated Waveguide Switches (2020)
Journal Article
Alkaraki, S., Kelly, J., Borja, A. L., Mittra, R., & Wang, Y. (2021). Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Substrate Integrated Waveguide Switches. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 31(3), 257-260. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWC.2020.3040795

This letter presents a new approach for reconfiguring substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) devices. It involves allowing or prohibiting the wave propagation by using a removable wall which is built from a series of drill holes. When the wall is requi... Read More about Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Substrate Integrated Waveguide Switches.

Flexural behavior of a novel high-strength RCFST column-to-column connection (2020)
Journal Article
Mou, B., Li, Y., Wang, F., Pan, W., & Zhao, Y. (2021). Flexural behavior of a novel high-strength RCFST column-to-column connection. Thin-Walled Structures, 159, Article 107274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.107274

Brittle fracture is one of the principal disincentives to limit the use of ultrahigh-strength steels in tall buildings. This paper proposes a novel column-to-column connection without full penetration welding in reinforced concrete-filled steel tubul... Read More about Flexural behavior of a novel high-strength RCFST column-to-column connection.

Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, Y., Wang, X., Liu, Z., & Wang, L. (2020). Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability. Heat and Mass Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-020-03005-6

Marangoni effect is one of the critical factors in the droplet evaporation process, which is caused by surface tension gradient in the droplet interface. In this study, local heating is adopted to provide a more complicated temperature distribution o... Read More about Investigation on the droplet evaporation process on local heated substrates with different wettability.

Persona-Scenarios in Game Development: Communication Tensions Between Hearing Aid Users and Communication Partners (2020)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M. J., & Patel, H. (2021). Persona-Scenarios in Game Development: Communication Tensions Between Hearing Aid Users and Communication Partners. International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 11(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGBL.2021010101

The 3D Tune-In project developed serious/leisure game applications to educate hearing aid (HA) users about how HA functionalities could improve hearing in different sound environments. The application development team had little prior experience cate... Read More about Persona-Scenarios in Game Development: Communication Tensions Between Hearing Aid Users and Communication Partners.

Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings (2020)
Journal Article
Memon, H., De Focatiis, D. S., Choi, K., & Hou, X. (2021). Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings. Progress in Organic Coatings, 151, Article 106033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.106033

Icephobic performance of low-ice adhesion polymeric coatings has been studied intensively for passive ice protection. However, limited efforts were conducted to identify strategies for enhancing the durability of the coatings to maintain low ice adhe... Read More about Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings.

Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink (2020)
Journal Article
Loisel, J., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Amesbury, M. J., Magnan, G., Anshari, G., Beilman, D. W., …Wu, J. (2020). Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink. Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00944-0

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. The carbon balance of peatlands is predicted to shift from a sink to a source this century. However, peatland ecosystems are still omitted from the main Earth system models th... Read More about Expert assessment of future vulnerability of the global peatland carbon sink.

A nonlinear perturbation study of a shoreface nourishment on a multiply barred beach (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, W. L., & Dodd, N. (2021). A nonlinear perturbation study of a shoreface nourishment on a multiply barred beach. Continental Shelf Research, 214, Article 104317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2020.104317

The 1D (cross-shore) nonlinear nourishment-as-a-perturbation model of Chen and Dodd (2019) is extended to include wave streaming and depth-varying mean return flow. This is shown to lead to physically consistent values for the migration rate of small... Read More about A nonlinear perturbation study of a shoreface nourishment on a multiply barred beach.

Real-time target alignment system for high-power high-repetition rate laser operations using a five degree-of-freedom hybrid mechanism (2020)
Journal Article
Karim, S., Piano, S., Branson, D., Santoso, T., Leach, R., & Tolley, M. (2022). Real-time target alignment system for high-power high-repetition rate laser operations using a five degree-of-freedom hybrid mechanism. International Journal of Control, 95(4), 867-885. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2020.1827297

This paper presents a real-time position control solution for the targets used in the high-repetition rate laser operations of large-scale high-power laser facilities. The design of the control system is based on an Abbe-compliant, in-process positio... Read More about Real-time target alignment system for high-power high-repetition rate laser operations using a five degree-of-freedom hybrid mechanism.

Task-oriented optimal dimensional synthesis of robotic manipulators with limited mobility (2020)
Journal Article
Russo, M., Raimondi, L., Dong, X., Axinte, D., & Kell, J. (2021). Task-oriented optimal dimensional synthesis of robotic manipulators with limited mobility. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 69, Article 102096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2020.102096

© 2020 In this article, an optimization method is proposed for the dimensional synthesis of robotic manipulators with limited mobility, i.e. with less than 6 degrees-of-freedom (“DoF”), with a prescribed set of tasks in a constrained environment. Sin... Read More about Task-oriented optimal dimensional synthesis of robotic manipulators with limited mobility.

A parametric study on the performance characteristics of an evacuated flat-plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector (2020)
Journal Article
Hu, M., Guo, C., Zhao, B., Ao, X., Suhendri, Cao, J., …Pei, G. (2021). A parametric study on the performance characteristics of an evacuated flat-plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector. Renewable Energy, 167, 884-898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.008

An evacuated flat-plate photovoltaic/thermal (E-PV/T) collector was proposed. The inner space of the E-PV/T collector is vacuumed to suppress non-radiative heat losses, thus increasing thermal efficiency of the collector. Therefore, the E-PV/T collec... Read More about A parametric study on the performance characteristics of an evacuated flat-plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) collector.

Homothetic Design in Synchronous Reluctance Machines and Effects on Torque Ripple (2020)
Journal Article
Murataliyev, M., Degano, M., Di Nardo, M., Bianchi, N., Tessarolo, A., Jara, W., …Gerada, C. (2021). Homothetic Design in Synchronous Reluctance Machines and Effects on Torque Ripple. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36(3), 2195-2205. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2020.3042441

This paper presents a novel design concept for Synchronous Reluctance (SynRel) machines aimed at reducing the torque ripple. Two general sizing approaches based on the homothetic scaling principle are defined and compared. An in depth analysis on the... Read More about Homothetic Design in Synchronous Reluctance Machines and Effects on Torque Ripple.

A Universal Stiffening Sleeve Designed for All Types of Continuum Robot Systems (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Fang, Y., Bishop, C., Ba, W., Díez, J. B., Mohammad, A., & Dong, X. (2020). A Universal Stiffening Sleeve Designed for All Types of Continuum Robot Systems. In Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 21st Annual Conference, TAROS 2020, Nottingham, UK, September 16, 2020, Proceedings (15-24). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63486-5_2

© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Continuum robots have been utilized for several light-duty applications, such as minimally invasive surgery in the medical field and inspection in the industry. However, the existing design solutions do not off... Read More about A Universal Stiffening Sleeve Designed for All Types of Continuum Robot Systems.

Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis Under Alkaline Conditions (2020)
Journal Article
Wormald, R. M., Rout, S. P., Mayes, W., Gomes, H., & Humphreys, P. (2020). Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis Under Alkaline Conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 614227. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.614227

© Copyright © 2020 Wormald, Rout, Mayes, Gomes and Humphreys. A cement-based geological disposal facility (GDF) is one potential option for the disposal of intermediate level radioactive wastes. The presence of both organic and metallic materials wit... Read More about Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenesis Under Alkaline Conditions.

Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation (2020)
Journal Article
Trentin, A., Sala, G., Tarisciotti, L., Galassini, A., Degano, M., Connor, P. H., …Gerada, C. (2021). Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 68(12), 11684-11695. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2020.3040692

In this article, we describe the research and development of a 3 kV active rectifier for a 4 MW aerospace generator drive system demonstrator. The converter is fed by a multiphase high-speed/high-frequency permanent magnet generator. The main aim of... Read More about Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation.