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Meso-scale optimisation of 3D composites and novel preforming technologies (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Various 3D woven composites have been studied and used in last several decades. It was demonstrated that these composites can have better delamination and impact resistance than conventional laminates. However, most of the 3D woven reinforcements hav... Read More about Meso-scale optimisation of 3D composites and novel preforming technologies.

Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The development of future More Electric Aircraft (MEA) requires exploitation of light-weighted on-board Electrical Power System (EPS) architectural design and energy saving power management strategies. Seeking for the optimal solutions in these key a... Read More about Power Allocation and Generator Sizing Optimisation of More-Electric Aircraft On-board Electrical Power during Different Flight Stages.

Contextual Dishonest Behaviour Detection for Cognitive Adaptive Charging in Dynamic Smart Micro-Grids (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The emerging Smart Grid (SG) paradigm promises to address decreasing grid stability from thinning safe operating margins, meet continually rising demand from pervasive high capacity devices such as electric vehicles (EVs), and fully embrace the shift... Read More about Contextual Dishonest Behaviour Detection for Cognitive Adaptive Charging in Dynamic Smart Micro-Grids.

Comparative Analysis of AC losses with round magnet wire and Litz wire winding of a High – Speed PM Machine (2019)
Conference Proceeding

The growing trend of high speed, high power density machines for applications such as EVs, aerospace and machine tools demand these machines to work at higher electrical frequencies. Meanwhile, increasing the fundamental frequency leads to pronounced... Read More about Comparative Analysis of AC losses with round magnet wire and Litz wire winding of a High – Speed PM Machine.

A SiC based 2-Level Power Converter for Shape-and-Space-Restricted Aerospace Applications (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Recent advancements in the power electronic device technologies, such as wide-band-gap devices including Silicon-Carbide (SiC) and Galium-Nitride (GaN), are acting as an enabling factor in development of compact power electronic systems. More specifi... Read More about A SiC based 2-Level Power Converter for Shape-and-Space-Restricted Aerospace Applications.

Performance Improvement of >10kV SiC IGBTs with Retrograde p-Well (2019)
Conference Proceeding

A p-well consisting of a retrograde doping profile is investigated for performance improvement of >10kV SiC IGBTs. The retrograde p-well, which can be realized using low-energy shallow implants, effectively addresses the punch-through, a common issue... Read More about Performance Improvement of >10kV SiC IGBTs with Retrograde p-Well.

High oxygen fraction during airway opening is key to effective airway rescue in obese subjects (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Apnea is common after induction of anesthesia and may produce dangerous hypoxemia, particularly in obese subjects. Optimal management of airway emergencies in obese, apneic subjects is complex and controversial, and clinical studies of rescue strateg... Read More about High oxygen fraction during airway opening is key to effective airway rescue in obese subjects.

Designing for Integrated K-5 Computing and Literacy through Story-making Activities (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Proponents of computing education have long stressed the value of computing for learning in other disciplines. Much of the research towards this end has focused on supporting learning in science, engineering, and mathematics (or STEM). However, a tre... Read More about Designing for Integrated K-5 Computing and Literacy through Story-making Activities.

VR-Fit: Walking-in-Place Locomotion with Real Time Step Detection for VR-Enabled Exercise (2019)
Conference Proceeding

With recent advances in mobile and wearable technologies, virtual reality (VR) found many applications in daily use. Today, a mobile device can be converted into a low-cost immersive VR kit thanks to the availability of do-it-yourself viewers in the... Read More about VR-Fit: Walking-in-Place Locomotion with Real Time Step Detection for VR-Enabled Exercise.

Uncertainty evaluation of fringe projection based on the linear systems theory (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Fringe projection techniques offer fast, non-contact measurements of the surface form of manufactured parts. Fringe projection has seen successful implementation in the automotive, aerospace and medical industries. Recently, advances in fringe projec... Read More about Uncertainty evaluation of fringe projection based on the linear systems theory.

Strategies for reduced cooling time of asphalt for airfield pavement overlay (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Reducing the cooling period of newly laid asphalt overlays could help airport authorities to quickly open remediated pavements to traffic. This paper reviews four strategies for a reduced cooling period, prior to trafficking, of newly-placed asphalt... Read More about Strategies for reduced cooling time of asphalt for airfield pavement overlay.

An Unforeseen Equivalence between Uncertainty and Entropy (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Uncertainty and entropy are related concepts, so we would expect there to be some overlap, but the equality that is shown in this paper is unexpected. In Beta models, interactions between agents are evidence used to construct Beta distributions. In m... Read More about An Unforeseen Equivalence between Uncertainty and Entropy.

The Reputation Lag Attack (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Reputation systems and distributed networks are increasingly common. Examples are electronic marketplaces, IoT and ad-hoc networks. The propagation of information through such networks may suffer delays due to, e.g., network connectivity, slow report... Read More about The Reputation Lag Attack.

Resilience indicators for road networks: the role of robustness and rapidity (2019)
Conference Proceeding

With the increased complexity of urban systems, the need to protect the services of smart cities from disruptions by increasing their resilience to adverse events is more critical than ever before. The present paper aims at clarifying the meaning of... Read More about Resilience indicators for road networks: the role of robustness and rapidity.

Qualitative Spatial Logic over 2D Euclidean Spaces Is Not Finitely Axiomatisable (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Several qualitative spatial logics used in reasoning about geospatial data have a sound and complete axiomatisation over metric spaces. It has been open whether the same ax-iomatisation is also sound and complete for 2D Euclidean spaces. We answer th... Read More about Qualitative Spatial Logic over 2D Euclidean Spaces Is Not Finitely Axiomatisable.

Reasoning-and-proving tasks in Hong Kong senior secondary level public mathematics examination (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Multimodal mid-infrared optical coherence tomography and spectroscopy for non-destructive testing and art diagnosis (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Novel types of supercontinuum sources radiating in the infrared (IR) spectral region provide ultra-broadband spectral coverage and maintain distinctive laser-like properties of emission such as brightness, spatial coherence and high power. Being a pe... Read More about Multimodal mid-infrared optical coherence tomography and spectroscopy for non-destructive testing and art diagnosis.

Response variability of broadband multi- frequency metastructure from additive manufacturing (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Additive manufacturing has been used to propose several designs of phononic crystals and metamate-rials due to the low cost to produce complex geometrical features. However, like any other manufacturing process, it can introduce material and geometri... Read More about Response variability of broadband multi- frequency metastructure from additive manufacturing.

Optimal design of a rainbow metamaterial (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Locally resonant metamaterials can exhibit bandgaps at low frequencies with the wavelengths much longer than their lattice size. In this study, a rainbow metamaterial is proposed for the purpose of vibration suppression within broad frequency ranges.... Read More about Optimal design of a rainbow metamaterial.

High Throughput Fabrication of Microdroplets Using Needle Based Microfluidic System (2019)
Conference Proceeding

Copyright © 2019 ASME Needle-based microfluidic system that comprised of needle-based microfluidic devices (NBMD) in parallel connection was employed to generate polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microdroplets using oil-in-water (O/W) single emulsion templ... Read More about High Throughput Fabrication of Microdroplets Using Needle Based Microfluidic System.