All Outputs (5383)

Coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling of shallow strip foundations (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tang, C., Selvaraj, S. P., Heron, C. M., & Marshall, A. M. (2024, June). Coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling of shallow strip foundations. Paper presented at IS-Macau 2024: 11th International Symposium of Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Macau, SOR, China

Hybrid modelling within geotechnical centrifuge tests is capable of combining the advantages of centrifuge models (providing soil stress/deformation data) with those of numerical models (capturing structural details along with associated load distrib... Read More about Coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling of shallow strip foundations.

Simultaneous geraniol and citronellol transesterification using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for the production of fragrance and flavour esters: a kinetic study (2024)
Journal Article
Wikaputri, A., Irvine, D., Stockman, R., & Shivaprasad, P. (2024). Simultaneous geraniol and citronellol transesterification using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for the production of fragrance and flavour esters: a kinetic study. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 16, Article 101186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101186

This study aims to develop, for the very first time, a kinetic model for the simultaneous transesterification of geraniol and citronellol using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase to produce their respective esters. This allows us to test the feasibility... Read More about Simultaneous geraniol and citronellol transesterification using Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase for the production of fragrance and flavour esters: a kinetic study.

Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing (2024)
Journal Article
Tian, Z., Zhong, Q., Zhang, H., Yin, T., Zhao, J., Liu, G., …He, Y. (in press). Optimizing Printing Fidelity Of The Single-Nozzle Based Multimaterial Direct Ink Writing For 3D Food Printing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping,

Numerical investigation of bubble dynamics and flow boiling heat transfer in cylindrical micro-pin-fin heat exchangers (2024)
Journal Article
El Mellas, I., Samkhaniani, N., Falsetti, C., Stroh, A., Icardi, M., & Magnini, M. (2024). Numerical investigation of bubble dynamics and flow boiling heat transfer in cylindrical micro-pin-fin heat exchangers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 228, Article 125620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.125620

Micro-pin-fin evaporators are a promising alternative to multi-microchannel heat sinks for two-phase cooling of high power-density devices. Within pin-fin evaporators, the refrigerant flows through arrays of obstacles in cross-flow and is not restric... Read More about Numerical investigation of bubble dynamics and flow boiling heat transfer in cylindrical micro-pin-fin heat exchangers.

Active noise control by means of high frequency injection in electric motors (2024)
Journal Article
Skoulaxinos, S., Wheeler, P., & Vakil, G. (in press). Active noise control by means of high frequency injection in electric motors. IET Electric Power Applications, https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12442

Machine acoustics is an important area of research impacting the quality and comfort of human life. With increased levels of electrification and the wider use of electric motors, the contribution of motor drives towards quieter acoustic systems becom... Read More about Active noise control by means of high frequency injection in electric motors.

Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave (2024)
Journal Article
Acheampong, E., Husain, A. A., Dudani, H., Nayak, A. R., Nag, A., Meena, E., …Monaghan, T. M. (in press). Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave. PLoS ONE,

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as an effective environmental surveillance tool for predicting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease outbreaks in high-income countries (HICs) with centralized sewage infr... Read More about Population infection estimation from wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Nagpur, India during the second pandemic wave.

Effect of textile density and number of layers on the flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened with steel reinforced grout systems (2024)
Journal Article
Alotaibi, S., Thermou, G., Hajirasouliha, I., & Guadagnini, M. (in press). Effect of textile density and number of layers on the flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened with steel reinforced grout systems. Construction and Building Materials,

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with multi-layer Steel Reinforced Grout (SRG) systems. The effect of textile density (4 and 8 cords/in) and numb... Read More about Effect of textile density and number of layers on the flexural behaviour of RC beams strengthened with steel reinforced grout systems.

Status and Progress of Nanomaterials Application in Hydrogen Storage (2024)
Book Chapter
Güleç, F., Oakley, W., Liu, X., Nayebossadri, S., Wang, F., Smith, E. K., …Lester, E. H. (2024). Status and Progress of Nanomaterials Application in Hydrogen Storage. In J. A. Okolie, E. I. Epelle, A. Mukherjee, & A. El Din Mahmoud (Eds.), Nanomaterials for Sustainable Hydrogen Production and Storage (136-165). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003371007-8

Hydrogen could be one of the long-term environmentally friendly solutions for a sustainable and clean energy future. The fundamental elements of a hydrogen economy are sustainable and clean hydrogen production, low-cost/high-capacity storage, wide di... Read More about Status and Progress of Nanomaterials Application in Hydrogen Storage.

How does explainability affect perceived transparency, trust, acceptance and usefulness? (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Ding, Y., & Hermawati, S. (2024). How does explainability affect perceived transparency, trust, acceptance and usefulness?.

The effects of explainability on perceived trust, transparency, acceptance and usefulness were explored in a within subjects study (n=15) using an online shopping recommender system as a context. The study investigated three levels of explainability... Read More about How does explainability affect perceived transparency, trust, acceptance and usefulness?.

Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction (2024)
Journal Article
Ma, Y., Tian, Z., Wang, B., Zhao, Y., Nie, Y., Wildman, R., …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 pho-topolymerization faces the challenge that the square pixel based processing strategy can lead to zigzag edges especially when feature sizes com... Read More about Enhancing the 3D printing fidelity of vat photopolymerization with machine learning-driven boundary prediction.

Enabling High-fidelity Personalized Pharmaceutical Tablets through Multimaterial Inkjet 3D Printing with a Water-soluble Excipient (2024)
Journal Article
Rivers, G., Lion, A., Rofiqoh Eviana Putri, N., Rance, G., Moloney, C., Taresco, V., …He, Y. (in press). Enabling High-fidelity Personalized Pharmaceutical Tablets through Multimaterial Inkjet 3D Printing with a Water-soluble Excipient. Materials Today Advances,

Additive manufacturing offers manufacture of personalised pharmaceutical tablets through design freedoms and material deposition control at an individual voxel level. This control goes beyond geometry and materials choices: inkjet based 3D printing e... Read More about Enabling High-fidelity Personalized Pharmaceutical Tablets through Multimaterial Inkjet 3D Printing with a Water-soluble Excipient.

Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators (2024)
Journal Article
Popov, A., Gungordu, B., & Jabbal, M. (2024). Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 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)
Journal Article
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, 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.

Extracting focus variation data from coherence scanning interferometric measurements (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Numerical investigation into the thermal interference of slinky ground heat exchangers (2024)
Journal Article
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.

A machine learning-driven approach to predicting thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication in journal bearings (2024)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Response of framed buildings on separate footings to tunnelling: a hybrid modelling study (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Spaggiari, C., Tang, C., Boldini, D., & Marshall, A. M. (in press). Response of framed buildings on separate footings to tunnelling: a hybrid modelling study. In Proceedings of the 5th ECPMG 2024

Within the framework of hybrid geotechnical modelling, the coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling (CCNM) technique, developed at the University of Nottingham Centre for Geomechanics (NCG), is becoming a well-established approach to study the interact... Read More about Response of framed buildings on separate footings to tunnelling: a hybrid modelling study.

From scrap metal to highly efficient electrodes: harnessing the nanotextured surface of swarf for effective utilisation of Pt and Co for hydrogen production (2024)
Journal Article
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, 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)
Journal Article
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.