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Experimental analysis of a PCM-Air heat exchanger for building cooling in hot-arid climates (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zeinelabdein, R., Omer, S., & Gan, G. (2018). Experimental analysis of a PCM-Air heat exchanger for building cooling in hot-arid climates

The use of phase change materials as energy storage of cooling during the night-time to be retrieved during the hot daytime is one of the sustainable strategies for cooling buildings. In the present work, a modular PCM-air heat exchanger appropriate... Read More about Experimental analysis of a PCM-Air heat exchanger for building cooling in hot-arid climates.

Single Stage Dual Active Bridge AC-DC Converter with Active Power Decoupling (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gottardo, D., De Lillo, L., Empringham, L., Costabeber, A., & Chen, L. (2018). Single Stage Dual Active Bridge AC-DC Converter with Active Power Decoupling. In SPEEDAM 2018 - Proceedings: International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (497-501). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEEDAM.2018.8445410

The paper introduces a new a isolated DC-AC DAB converter topology, capable of active power decoupling on the AC side of the transformer, made up of two full bridges with no additional active component. The differential voltage modulated by the DC-si... Read More about Single Stage Dual Active Bridge AC-DC Converter with Active Power Decoupling.

Numerical modelling of CLT diaphragms tested on a shake-table experiment (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Barbosa, A. R., Rodrigues, L., Sinha, A., Higgins, C., Zimmerman, R. B., Breneman, S., …Neves, L. C. (2018). Numerical modelling of CLT diaphragms tested on a shake-table experiment.

Current standards and existing literature provide very limited information regarding the design of cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor diaphragms. In addition, limited procedures exist to develop analytical models to estimate the deformation response... Read More about Numerical modelling of CLT diaphragms tested on a shake-table experiment.

QUB/e: Validation of a transient method for determining whole building thermal performance and building element U-values in situ under actual operating conditions (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Sougkakis, V., Wood, C., Meulemans, J., Gillot, M., & Cox, T. (2018). QUB/e: Validation of a transient method for determining whole building thermal performance and building element U-values in situ under actual operating conditions. In SET 2018: 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies

Growing evidence in recent years has suggested that a difference exists between the design and the as-built thermal performance of UK dwellings. This difference commonly known as the ‘performance gap’ may have serious implications on the UK governmen... Read More about QUB/e: Validation of a transient method for determining whole building thermal performance and building element U-values in situ under actual operating conditions.

Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zheng, X., Cooper, E., Zu, Y., Gillott, M., Tetlow, D., Riffat, S., & Wood, C. (in press). Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness.

A pulse pressurisation technique is developed and utilised for determining building leakage at low pressure, based on a 'quasi-steady pulse' concept. The underlying principle of the technique is to subject the building envelope to a known volume chan... Read More about Experimental studies of a pulse pressurisation technique for measuring building airtightness.

A technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme: design and implementation challenges (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Shipman, R., & Gillott, M. (2018). A technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme: design and implementation challenges. In The 17th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET 2018) : proceedings

This paper describes a technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme. A range of sensors were deployed to measure in-home environmental conditions, occupancy, electrical power, electrical energy, thermal energy, heating be... Read More about A technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme: design and implementation challenges.

Novel bioresorbable textile composites for medical applications (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Zhu, C., Ahmed, I., Parsons, A. J., Wang, Y., Tan, C., Liu, J., …Liu, X. (2018). Novel bioresorbable textile composites for medical applications. In N/A

Currently, phosphate glass fibre (PGF) reinforced composites are a potential solution for bone repairing due to sufficient mechanical properties and full bioresorbability. In this study, a small inkle-type loom for hand weaving facilitated the produc... Read More about Novel bioresorbable textile composites for medical applications.

From clusters to queries: exploiting uncertainty in the modularity landscape of complex networks (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gilbert, J. P., & Twycross, J. (2018). From clusters to queries: exploiting uncertainty in the modularity landscape of complex networks.

Uncovering latent community structure in complex networks is a field that has received an enormous amount of attention. Unfortunately, whilst potentially very powerful, unsupervised methods for uncovering labels based on topology alone has been shown... Read More about From clusters to queries: exploiting uncertainty in the modularity landscape of complex networks.

Effect of uncertainty in external forcing on a fluid lubricated bearing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bailey, N., Power, H., Tretyakov, M., & Hibberd, S. (2018). Effect of uncertainty in external forcing on a fluid lubricated bearing. In K. Lucchesi Cavalca, & H. I. Weber (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Rotor Dynamics – IFToMM (443-459). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99272-3_31

Developments in industrial applications motivate improvements in fluid lubricated bearing technology, enabling smaller face clearances and increased rotation rates. Associated film lubrication technology aims to improve efficiency and reliability. A... Read More about Effect of uncertainty in external forcing on a fluid lubricated bearing.

Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Vega Pasos, A., Zheng, X., Sougkakis, V., Gillott, M., Meulemans, J., Samin, O., …Wood, C. J. (2018). Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness. In Smart Ventilation for Buildings

The air infiltration of a building, which fundamentally depends on its airtightness, can be a significant contributor to its heat loss. It can also be affected by other factors such as external terrain, leakage distribution, sheltering factor and env... Read More about Experimental investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the measurement of building infiltration, and its correlation with airtightness.

Curvature-based segmentation of powder bed point clouds for in-process monitoring (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Chung Chee Law, A., Southon, N., Senin, N., Stavroulakis, P., Leach, R., Goodridge, R., & Kong, Z. (2018). Curvature-based segmentation of powder bed point clouds for in-process monitoring. In 29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - an Additive Manufacturing Conference 2018

This paper presents a curvature-based analysis of point clouds collected in-process with fringe projection in a polymer powder bed fusion process. The three-dimensional point clouds were obtained from outside of the build chamber with a fringe projec... Read More about Curvature-based segmentation of powder bed point clouds for in-process monitoring.

Classifying Normal and Suspicious Behaviours When Accessing Public Locations (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Ryan, B., & Vijayan, A. (2018). Classifying Normal and Suspicious Behaviours When Accessing Public Locations. In IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), 101-112. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6_11

In order to identify and respond appropriately to suspicious behaviour in public locations, it can be important to understand the typical behaviours in a particular setting. An observation study has been carried out at two libraries to explore the en... Read More about Classifying Normal and Suspicious Behaviours When Accessing Public Locations.

Getting the Right Culture to Make Safety Systems Work in a Complex Rail Industry (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Nolan-McSweeney, M., Ryan, B., & Cobb, S. (2018). Getting the Right Culture to Make Safety Systems Work in a Complex Rail Industry. In IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) Volume VI: Transport Ergonomics and Human Factors (TEHF), Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics (489-503). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6_52

Network Rail is a large rail engineering company sitting within a complex industrial landscape. That said, Britain’s railways are the safest they have ever been. However, it is acknowledged that there is still room for improvement in safety and oper... Read More about Getting the Right Culture to Make Safety Systems Work in a Complex Rail Industry.

Readiness to Change: Perceptions of Safety Culture up and down the Supply Chain (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Stiles, S., Ryan, B., & Golightly, D. (2018). Readiness to Change: Perceptions of Safety Culture up and down the Supply Chain. In IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) Volume II: Safety and Health, Slips, Trips and Falls (213-223). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96089-0_24

Safety culture research tends to treat organisations as a single body, with less focus on understanding how perceptions vary in a multi stakeholder environment. One such example of a multi-stakeholder environment is a construction project. The succes... Read More about Readiness to Change: Perceptions of Safety Culture up and down the Supply Chain.

Keeping the driver in the loop: the 'other' ethics of automation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Banks, V., Shaw, E., & Large, D. R. (2018). Keeping the driver in the loop: the 'other' ethics of automation. In Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomic Association (IEA 2018): Volume VI: Transport Ergonomics and Human Factors (TEHF), Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics (70-79). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6

Automated vehicles are expected torevolutionise everyday travelwith anticipated benefits of improved road safety, comfort and mobility. However, they also raise complex ethical challenges. Ethical debates have primarily centredaround moral j... Read More about Keeping the driver in the loop: the 'other' ethics of automation.

Life on the road: Exposing drivers’ tendency to anthropomorphise in-vehicle technology (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Large, D. R., & Burnett, G. E. (2018). Life on the road: Exposing drivers’ tendency to anthropomorphise in-vehicle technology. In S. Bagnara, R. Tartaglia, S. Albolino, T. Alexander, & Y. Fujita (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). Volume VI. Transport Ergonomics and Human Factors (TEHF), Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics (3-12). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96074-6_1

Anthropomorphism is often used in the design of products and technology, with the aim of enhancing the user experience. However, ‘human’ elements may also be employed for practical reasons, e.g. using speech as an interaction mechanism to minimise vi... Read More about Life on the road: Exposing drivers’ tendency to anthropomorphise in-vehicle technology.

Modelling an acuated large deformation soft continuum robot surface undergoing external forces using a lumped-mass approach (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Habibi, H., Yang, C., Kang, R., Walker, I. D., Godage, I. S., Dong, X., & Branson, D. T. (2018). Modelling an acuated large deformation soft continuum robot surface undergoing external forces using a lumped-mass approach

Precise actuation of continuum surfaces in combination with continuum robotic arms that undergo large deformation is of high interest in soft robotics but of limited model-based study to date. This work develops this area towards enabling the robust... Read More about Modelling an acuated large deformation soft continuum robot surface undergoing external forces using a lumped-mass approach.

SPFI: Shape-Preserving Choquet Fuzzy Integral for Non-Normal Fuzzy Set-Valued Evidence (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Havens, T. C., Pinar, A. J., Anderson, D. T., & Wagner, C. (2018). SPFI: Shape-Preserving Choquet Fuzzy Integral for Non-Normal Fuzzy Set-Valued Evidence. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/Fuzz-Ieee.2018.8491555

© 2018 IEEE. Information or data aggregation is an important part of nearly all analysis problems as summarizing inputs from multiple sources is a ubiquitous goal. In this paper we propose a method for non-linear aggregation of data inputs that take... Read More about SPFI: Shape-Preserving Choquet Fuzzy Integral for Non-Normal Fuzzy Set-Valued Evidence.

Three-phase rectifiers with current compensation schemes. Part II, Active and hybrid configurations (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., Riveros, J. A., & Toledo, S. (in press). Three-phase rectifiers with current compensation schemes. Part II, Active and hybrid configurations

The current injection schemes for unidirectional three-phase diode bridge rectifiers are widely utilised in industrial and aerospace applications. The additional circuitry in combination with modern control strategies mitigate the effects of the conv... Read More about Three-phase rectifiers with current compensation schemes. Part II, Active and hybrid configurations.

Three-phase rectifiers with current compensation schemes. Part I, Passive circuits (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., Riveros, J. A., & Toledo, S. (in press). Three-phase rectifiers with current compensation schemes. Part I, Passive circuits

—Three-phase rectifiers are widely used in several applications. The main feature desired in these power converters is a satisfying regulation of dc output voltage/current, but this ought to be achieved with high quality ac currents and unitary power... Read More about Three-phase rectifiers with current compensation schemes. Part I, Passive circuits.