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Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study (2018)
Journal Article
Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., Buckland, T., Benbow, E., & Mesgarpour, M. (2019). Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 67, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.11.001

This paper presents an assessment of the accuracy of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model calibrated for the United Kingdom and evaluates the need for further calibration of the model. The study focuses on HGVs and compares estimates made by HDM-4 to mea... Read More about Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study.

FRP-strengthened masonry (2018)
Book Chapter
Aiello, M. A., Ghiassi, B., & Lourenço, P. B. (2018). FRP-strengthened masonry. In Long-term Performance and Durability of Masonry Structures: Degradation Mechanisms, Health Monitoring and Service Life Design (209-238). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-102110-1.00007-8

This chapter provides an overview of the durability of FRP-strengthened masonry, focusing on the main degradation mechanisms, available literature, and experimental backgrounds. A brief review of the available models for modeling degradation of these... Read More about FRP-strengthened masonry.

Imaging beyond the fundamental slope limit in surface metrology using fluorophore-aided scattering microscopy (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Liu, J., Liu, C., Li, L., Su, R., & Leach, R. (2018, November). Imaging beyond the fundamental slope limit in surface metrology using fluorophore-aided scattering microscopy. Paper presented at Special Interest Group Meeting: Structured & Freeform Surfaces

Topography measurement for smooth surfaces with high slopes, e.g. freeform optics, is a challenging task for optical measuring instruments as the light reflected by the tilted surface cannot be sufficiently collected by the objective, resulting in lo... Read More about Imaging beyond the fundamental slope limit in surface metrology using fluorophore-aided scattering microscopy.

Effect of curing conditions on the pore solution and carbonation resistance of alkali-activated fly ash and slag pastes (2018)
Journal Article
Nedeljkovi?, M., Ghiassi, B., van der Laan, S., Li, Z., & Ye, G. (2019). Effect of curing conditions on the pore solution and carbonation resistance of alkali-activated fly ash and slag pastes. Cement and Concrete Research, 116, 146-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.11.011

The effect of curing conditions (sealed and unsealed) on the pore solution composition and carbonation resistance of different binary alkali-activated fly ash (FA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) pastes is investigated in this study.... Read More about Effect of curing conditions on the pore solution and carbonation resistance of alkali-activated fly ash and slag pastes.

Microfluidic fabrication of porous polydimethylsiloxane microparticles for the treatment of toluene-contaminated water (2018)
Journal Article
Lian, Z., Ren, Y., He, J., Chen, G. Z., & Koh, K. S. (2018). Microfluidic fabrication of porous polydimethylsiloxane microparticles for the treatment of toluene-contaminated water. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 22(12), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-018-2157-y

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. In this paper, pristine and two types of porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microparticles were fabricated using oil-in-water (O/W) single emulsion template by the needle-based microflui... Read More about Microfluidic fabrication of porous polydimethylsiloxane microparticles for the treatment of toluene-contaminated water.

Three-dimensional carbon foam nanocomposites for thermal energy storage (2018)
Journal Article
Ola, O., Chen, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2019). Three-dimensional carbon foam nanocomposites for thermal energy storage. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 191, 297-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.11.037

Nanocomposites consisting of paraffin/graphene nanoplatelets mix embedded in carbon foams via vacuum infiltration were fabricated with the aim of developing new phase change material (PCM) formulation with excellent shape stabilization, improved ther... Read More about Three-dimensional carbon foam nanocomposites for thermal energy storage.

Study of a BIPV adaptive system: combining timber and photovoltaic technologies (2018)
Journal Article
Mazzucchelli, E. S., Alston, M., Brzezicki, M., & Doniacovo, L. (2018). Study of a BIPV adaptive system: combining timber and photovoltaic technologies. Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 6(3), 149-162. https://doi.org/10.7480/jfde.2018.3.2602

© 2018 TU Delft. All rights reserved. The paper presents the first results of research that was partly conducted within the framework of European COST Action TU1403 - Adaptive Façades Network, on the development of an adaptive BIPV (Building Integrat... Read More about Study of a BIPV adaptive system: combining timber and photovoltaic technologies.

Mechanical performance of eco-efficient hollow clay bricks incorporating industrial nano-crystalline aluminium sludge (2018)
Journal Article
Cavaco, E., Grilo, I., Paulo Gouveia, J., Júlio, E., & Neves, L. C. (2020). Mechanical performance of eco-efficient hollow clay bricks incorporating industrial nano-crystalline aluminium sludge. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, 24(12), 1921-1938. https://doi.org/10.1080/19648189.2018.1492974

In this paper, mechanical properties of a new structural and eco-efficient hollow clay bricks are investigated. The principal goal was to recycle residual sludge from aluminium anodizing industries by incorporating it in the raw material of bricks, t... Read More about Mechanical performance of eco-efficient hollow clay bricks incorporating industrial nano-crystalline aluminium sludge.

A statistical approach to estimate Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver signal tracking performance in the presence of ionospheric scintillation (2018)
Journal Article
Vadakke Veettil, S., Aquino, M., Spogli, L., & Cesaroni, C. (2018). A statistical approach to estimate Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver signal tracking performance in the presence of ionospheric scintillation. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 8, A51. https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2018037

Ionospheric scintillation can seriously impair the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver signal tracking performance, thus affecting the required levels of availability, accuracy and integrity of positioning that supports modern day GNS... Read More about A statistical approach to estimate Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) receiver signal tracking performance in the presence of ionospheric scintillation.

Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, F., Saleh, E., Vaithilingam, J., Li, Y., Tuck, C., Hague, R., …He, Y. (2019). Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design. Additive Manufacturing, 25, 477-484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.11.017

Polyimides are a group of high performance thermal stable dielectric materials used in diverse applications. In this article, we synthesized and developed a high-performance polyimide precursor ink for a Material Jetting (MJ) process. The proposed in... Read More about Reactive material jetting of polyimide insulators for complex circuit board design.

Trade-off study of a variation aware determinate wing assembly against a traditional assembly strategy (2018)
Journal Article
Bacharoudis, K., Bakker, O. J., Popov, A., & Ratchev, S. (2018). Trade-off study of a variation aware determinate wing assembly against a traditional assembly strategy. MATEC Web of Conferences, 233, Article 00008. https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201823300008

The present study introduces a trade-off framework to evaluate assembly concepts to make informed decisions for aircraft wing structures. This includes (1) the design of the assembly concepts and the estimation of the probability of achieving specifi... Read More about Trade-off study of a variation aware determinate wing assembly against a traditional assembly strategy.

Multi-Objective Supervisory Control for DC/DC Converters in Advanced Aeronautic Applications (2018)
Journal Article
Cavallo, A., Canciello, G., Guida, B., Kulsangcharoen, P., Yeoh, S., Rashed, M., & Bozhko, S. (2018). Multi-Objective Supervisory Control for DC/DC Converters in Advanced Aeronautic Applications. Energies, 11(11), Article 3216. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11113216

In this paper, an intelligent control strategy for DC/DC converters is proposed. The converter connects two DC busses, a high-voltage and a low-voltage bus. The control scheme is composed by a two-layer architecture, a low-level control based on the... Read More about Multi-Objective Supervisory Control for DC/DC Converters in Advanced Aeronautic Applications.

Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of External Oil Flow From a Journal Bearing (2018)
Journal Article
Berthold, M., Morvan, H., Jefferson-Loveday, R., Young, C., Rothwell, B. C., & Ambrose, S. (2019). Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of External Oil Flow From a Journal Bearing. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 141(5), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041517

High loads and bearing life requirements make journal bearings a potential choice for use in high power, epicyclic gearboxes in jet engines. Particularly, in a planetary configuration , the kinematic conditions are complex. With the planet gears rota... Read More about Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of External Oil Flow From a Journal Bearing.

Support structure for a shelter (2018)
Patent
Beccarelli, P., Reed, V., Callan, D., & Carpenter, R. Support structure for a shelter. Nash Matthews LLP

The present invention relates to a support structure for a shelter and a shelter comprising a support structure in combination with a canopy. It also concerns a method for assembling the support structure.

Nanoscale Coatings for Ultralow Dose BMP-2-Driven Regeneration of Critical-Sized Bone Defects (2018)
Journal Article
Cheng, Z. A., Alba-Perez, A., Gonzalez-Garcia, C., Donnelly, H., Llopis-Hernandez, V., Jayawarna, V., …Salmeron-Sanchez, M. (2019). Nanoscale Coatings for Ultralow Dose BMP-2-Driven Regeneration of Critical-Sized Bone Defects. Advanced Science, 6(2), Article 1800361. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201800361

© 2018 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim While new biomaterials for regenerative therapies are being reported in the literature, clinical translation is slow. Some existing regenerative approaches rely on high dos... Read More about Nanoscale Coatings for Ultralow Dose BMP-2-Driven Regeneration of Critical-Sized Bone Defects.

Design and optical characterisation of an efficient light trapping structure for dye-sensitized solar cell integrated windows (2018)
Journal Article
Knott, A., Liu, X., Makarovskiy, O., O'Shea, J., Tuck, C., & Wu, Y. (2019). Design and optical characterisation of an efficient light trapping structure for dye-sensitized solar cell integrated windows. Building Simulation, 12(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-018-0485-1

Windows integrated with semi-transparent photovoltaics (PVs) such as Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) show good potential in improving building performance, in term of providing daylight, reducing unnecessary solar heat gain and also generating ele... Read More about Design and optical characterisation of an efficient light trapping structure for dye-sensitized solar cell integrated windows.

The environments of luminous radio-WISE selected infrared galaxies (2018)
Journal Article
Penney, J. I., Blain, A. W., Wylezalek, D., Hatch, N. A., Lonsdale, C., Kimball, A., …Wu, J. (2019). The environments of luminous radio-WISE selected infrared galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483(1), 514-528. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty3128

We have observed the environments of a population of 33 heavily dust obscured, ultraluminous, high-redshift galaxies, selected using Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and NRAO 1.4 GHz VLA Sky Survey atz > 1.3 with the infrared array camera o... Read More about The environments of luminous radio-WISE selected infrared galaxies.

Integrated Object-Based Image Analysis for semi-automated geological lineament detection in Southwest England (2018)
Journal Article
Yeomans, C. M., Middleton, M., Shail, R. K., Grebby, S., & Lusty, P. A. (2019). Integrated Object-Based Image Analysis for semi-automated geological lineament detection in Southwest England. Computers and Geosciences, 123, 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2018.11.005

Regional lineament detection for mapping of geological structure can provide crucial information for mineral exploration. Manual methods of lineament detection are time consuming, subjective and unreliable. The use of semi-automated methods reduces t... Read More about Integrated Object-Based Image Analysis for semi-automated geological lineament detection in Southwest England.

Areal topography measurement of metal additive surfaces using focus variation microscopy (2018)
Journal Article
Newton, L., Senin, N., Gomez, C., Danzl, R., Helmli, F., Blunt, L., & Leach, R. (2019). Areal topography measurement of metal additive surfaces using focus variation microscopy. Additive Manufacturing, 25, 365-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.11.013

In this work, the performance of a focus variation instrument for measurement of areal topography of metal additive surfaces was investigated. Samples were produced using both laser and electron beam powder bed fusion processes with some of the most... Read More about Areal topography measurement of metal additive surfaces using focus variation microscopy.