Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (53)

Latest developments on the shielding effectiveness measurements of materials and gaskets in reverberation chambers (2019)
Journal Article
Gifuni, A., Gradoni, G., Smartt, C., Greedy, S., Villalón, A. M., Bastianelli, L., …Thomas, D. (2019). Latest developments on the shielding effectiveness measurements of materials and gaskets in reverberation chambers. IET Science Measurement and Technology, 14(4), 435-445. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2019.0242

In this study, the authors present the latest developments on the measurements for the shielding effectiveness (SE) of gaskets and materials in reverberation chambers (RCs). A variant method, where the insertion loss of the fixture is achieved from t... Read More about Latest developments on the shielding effectiveness measurements of materials and gaskets in reverberation chambers.

Synergistic effects of hybrid conductive nanofillers on the performance of 3D printed highly elastic strain sensors (2019)
Journal Article
Xiang, D., Zhang, X., Harkin-Jones, E., Zhu, W., Zhou, Z., Shen, Y., …Wang, P. (2019). Synergistic effects of hybrid conductive nanofillers on the performance of 3D printed highly elastic strain sensors. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 129, Article 105730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.105730

In this work, thermoplastic polyurethane based conductive polymer composites containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were used to fabricate highly elastic strain sensors via fused deposition modeling. The print... Read More about Synergistic effects of hybrid conductive nanofillers on the performance of 3D printed highly elastic strain sensors.

Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) to detect nested features in additively manufactured components (2019)
Journal Article
Pieris, D., Stratoudaki, T., Javadi, Y., Lukacs, P., Catchpole-Smith, S., Wilcox, P. D., …Clark, M. (2020). Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) to detect nested features in additively manufactured components. Materials and Design, 187, Article 108412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108412

© 2019 The Authors. Additive manufacturing (AM) has the capability to build complex parts with internal features, which have many advantages over conventionally manufactured parts. This makes AM an alternative for advanced manufacturing sectors. AM c... Read More about Laser Induced Phased Arrays (LIPA) to detect nested features in additively manufactured components.

Defect-assisted high photoconductive UV-VIS gain in perovskite-decorated graphene transistors (2019)
Journal Article
Cottam, N. D., Zhang, C., Turyanska, L., Eaves, L., Kudrynskyi, Z., Vdovin, E. E., …Makarovsky, O. (2020). Defect-assisted high photoconductive UV-VIS gain in perovskite-decorated graphene transistors. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2, 147-154. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.9b00664

Recent progress in the synthesis of high stability inorganic perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has led to their increasing use in broadband photodetectors. These NCs are of particular interest for the UV range as they have the potential to extend the wav... Read More about Defect-assisted high photoconductive UV-VIS gain in perovskite-decorated graphene transistors.

Simulation of the forming process for curved composite sandwich panels (2019)
Journal Article
Chen, S., McGregor, O. L., Endruweit, A., Harper, L. T., & Warrior, N. A. (2020). Simulation of the forming process for curved composite sandwich panels. International Journal of Material Forming, 13, 967–980. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-019-01520-4

© 2019, The Author(s). For affordable high-volume manufacture of sandwich panels with complex curvature and varying thickness, fabric skins and a core structure are simultaneously press-formed using a set of matched tools. A finite-element-based proc... Read More about Simulation of the forming process for curved composite sandwich panels.

Partial safety factors for prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates (2019)
Journal Article
Dias-da-Costa, D., Neves, L. A. C., Gomes, S., Graça-e-Costa, R., Hadigheh, S. A., & Fernandes, P. (2020). Partial safety factors for prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates. Journal of Composites for Construction, 24(1), Article 04019060. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CC.1943-5614.0000993

This paper provides a framework for the calibration of partial safety factors in prestressed concrete (PC) girders strengthened in flexure with carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates. A hybrid approach was proposed to take advantage of comp... Read More about Partial safety factors for prestressed concrete girders strengthened with CFRP laminates.

Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines (2019)
Journal Article
La Rocca, A., Ferrante, A., Haffner-Staton, E., Cairns, A., Weilhard, A., Sans, V., …Laforgia, D. (2020). Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines. Fuel, 263, Article 116719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116719

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Copper leaching in diesel fuel and its impact on combustion and emission characteristics of a Direct Injection High Pressure Common Rail (DI HPCR) diesel engine was investigated. This work was performed using a single cylinder Ric... Read More about Investigating the impact of copper leaching on combustion characteristics and particulate emissions in HPCR diesel engines.

SiC Nanowire Sponges as Electropressure Sensors (2019)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Ola, O., Chen, H., Wang, N., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2019). SiC Nanowire Sponges as Electropressure Sensors. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2(12), 7540-7548. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b01590

Lightweight, flexible, and highly porous ceramics are very attractive to engineering applications due to their good inertness, stability, and excellent mechanical properties. We here report such SiC nanowire (SiCNW) sponges and demonstrate their mult... Read More about SiC Nanowire Sponges as Electropressure Sensors.

Effects of rotation angle and metal foam on natural convection of nanofluids in a cavity under an adjustable magnetic field (2019)
Journal Article
Qi, C., Tang, J., Ding, Z., Yan, Y., Guo, L., & Ma, Y. (2019). Effects of rotation angle and metal foam on natural convection of nanofluids in a cavity under an adjustable magnetic field. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.104349

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd To investigate the natural convection heat transfer of Fe3O4-water nanofluids in a rectangular cavity under an adjustable magnetic field, two experimental systems are established. Meanwhile, several factors, such as nanoparticle m... Read More about Effects of rotation angle and metal foam on natural convection of nanofluids in a cavity under an adjustable magnetic field.

Interdependence of slurry erosion wear performance and residual stress in WC-12wt%Co and WC-10wt%VC-12wt%Co HVOF coatings (2019)
Journal Article
Venter, A. M., Luzin, V., Marais, D., Sacks, N., Ogunmuyiwa, E. N., & Shipway, P. H. (2020). Interdependence of slurry erosion wear performance and residual stress in WC-12wt%Co and WC-10wt%VC-12wt%Co HVOF coatings. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 87, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2019.105101

© 2019 High-velocity-oxygen-fuel deposited WC-12wt%Co and WC-10wt%VC-12wt%Co hardmetal coatings are well anchored to the mild steel substrates, giving good mechanical integrity, as well as low porosity. The mechanical integrity has been investigated... Read More about Interdependence of slurry erosion wear performance and residual stress in WC-12wt%Co and WC-10wt%VC-12wt%Co HVOF coatings.

Ventilation performance of single zone occupied space in ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings (2019)
Journal Article
Zune, M., Pantua, C., Rodrigues, L., & Gillott, M. (2019). Ventilation performance of single zone occupied space in ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 609(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/609/3/032011

© 2019 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Roof ventilation gives passive cooling effect in removing hot air from tropical climate buildings. However, little is known about the impacts of building parameters on the passive cooling effect i... Read More about Ventilation performance of single zone occupied space in ancient Myanmar multistage roof buildings.

Impact of Serum Source on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation in Culture (2019)
Journal Article
Popov, A., Scotchford, C., Grant, D., & Sottile, V. (2019). Impact of Serum Source on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation in Culture. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(20), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20205051

Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) show promise for musculoskeletal repair applications. Animal-derived serum is extensively used for MSC culture as a source of nutrients, extracellular matrix proteins and growth factors. However, the routine use of... Read More about Impact of Serum Source on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation in Culture.

Market mapping for improved cookstoves: barriers and opportunities in East Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Stevens, L., Santangelo, E., Muzee, K., Clifford, M., & Jewitt, S. (2020). Market mapping for improved cookstoves: barriers and opportunities in East Africa. Development in Practice, 30(1), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2019.1658717

The East African region has been a hub for the development and marketing of improved cookstoves from the 1980s. However, there are differences in the rates of uptake of stoves between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. To investigate, we use a participatory... Read More about Market mapping for improved cookstoves: barriers and opportunities in East Africa.

A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials (2019)
Journal Article
Menegusso Pires, G., Lo Presti, D., & Airey, G. D. (2019). A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1663244

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Using Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) in new asphalt mixtures can reduce the amount of new material required thereby saving money and natural resources. In addition, asphalt mixtures with... Read More about A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials.

Improved phosphate‐based glass fiber performance achieved through acid etch/polydopamine treatment (2019)
Journal Article
Parsons, A. J., Felfel, R. M., Wadge, M. D., & Grant, D. M. (2020). Improved phosphate‐based glass fiber performance achieved through acid etch/polydopamine treatment. International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 11(1), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijag.13672

Phosphate based glass fibres (PGF) are of interest as reinforcements for degradable implants, but have seen limited application due to their rapid loss of strength when subjected to aqueous conditions. Previous studies have utilised heat treatments t... Read More about Improved phosphate‐based glass fiber performance achieved through acid etch/polydopamine treatment.

The role of microstructural development in the hydrothermal corrosion of cast and HIPed Stellite 6 analogues in simulated PWR conditions (2019)
Journal Article
Karimi, G., Carrington, M., Thomas, J., Shipway, P., Stewart, D., & Hussain, T. (2019). The role of microstructural development in the hydrothermal corrosion of cast and HIPed Stellite 6 analogues in simulated PWR conditions. Corrosion Science, 159, Article 108141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2019.108141

The corrosion behaviour of cast and HIPed Stellite 6 analogue materials in PWR-simulating conditions was investigated. The cast alloy exhibited localised corrosion at the boundary between the matrix and the M7C3 carbides, with this being attributed t... Read More about The role of microstructural development in the hydrothermal corrosion of cast and HIPed Stellite 6 analogues in simulated PWR conditions.

Three-dimensional resonating metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation (2019)
Journal Article
Elmadih, W., Chronopoulos, D., Syam, W., Maskery, I., Meng, H., & Leach, R. (2019). Three-dimensional resonating metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 11503. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47644-0

Recent advances in additive manufacturing have enabled fabrication of phononic crystals and metamaterials which exhibit spectral gaps, or stopbands, in which the propagation of elastic waves is prohibited by Bragg scattering or local resonance effect... Read More about Three-dimensional resonating metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation.

Phase-Field Material Point Method for dynamic brittle fracture with isotropic and anisotropic surface energy (2019)
Journal Article
Kakouris, E. G., & Triantafyllou, S. P. (2019). Phase-Field Material Point Method for dynamic brittle fracture with isotropic and anisotropic surface energy. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 357, Article 112503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.06.014

A novel phase field material point method is introduced for robust simulation of dynamic fracture in elastic media considering the most general case of anisotropic surface energy. Anisotropy is explicitly introduced through a properly defined crack d... Read More about Phase-Field Material Point Method for dynamic brittle fracture with isotropic and anisotropic surface energy.