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Effect of foaming technique and mixing temperature on the rheological characteristics of fine RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures (2019)
Journal Article
Sánchez, D. B., Airey, G., Caro, S., & Grenfell, J. (2020). Effect of foaming technique and mixing temperature on the rheological characteristics of fine RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 21(8), 2143-2159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1593228

This paper evaluates and compares the differences in the rheological characteristics of the fine aggregate matrix (FAM) portion of plant produced Foamed Bitumen Mixtures (FBMs) by means of a mechanical foaming process, and by the incorporation of zeo... Read More about Effect of foaming technique and mixing temperature on the rheological characteristics of fine RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures.

A New Approach for Broken Rotor Bar Detection in Induction Motors Using Frequency Extraction in Stray Flux Signals (2019)
Journal Article
Panagiotou, P. A., Arvanitakis, I., Lophitis, N., Antonino-Daviu, J. A., & Gyftakis, K. N. (2019). A New Approach for Broken Rotor Bar Detection in Induction Motors Using Frequency Extraction in Stray Flux Signals. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(4), 3501-3511. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2019.2905803

This paper offers a reliable solution to the detection of broken rotor bars in induction machines with a novel methodology, which is based on the fact that the fault-related harmonics will have oscillating amplitudes due to the speed ripple effect. T... Read More about A New Approach for Broken Rotor Bar Detection in Induction Motors Using Frequency Extraction in Stray Flux Signals.

Greenfield tunnelling in sands: the effects of soil density and relative depth (2019)
Journal Article
Franza, A., Marshall, A. M., & Zhou, B. (2019). Greenfield tunnelling in sands: the effects of soil density and relative depth. Géotechnique, 69(4), 297-307. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.17.P.091

Tunnel construction is vital for the development of urban infrastructure systems throughout the world. An understanding of tunnelling-induced displacements is needed to evaluate the impact of tunnel construction on existing structures. Recent researc... Read More about Greenfield tunnelling in sands: the effects of soil density and relative depth.

High Torque Density Torque Motor With Hybrid Magnetization Pole Arrays for Jet Pipe Servo Valve (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, Q., Yan, L., Duan, Z., Jiao, Z., Gerada, C., & Chen, I. (2020). High Torque Density Torque Motor With Hybrid Magnetization Pole Arrays for Jet Pipe Servo Valve. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(3), 2133-2142. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2903761

Torque motor is one key component that directly influences the dynamic performance of jet pipe servo valve in aircraft. In this paper, a novel torque motor with hybrid-magnetization pole arrays is proposed. By changing the magnetization patterns of p... Read More about High Torque Density Torque Motor With Hybrid Magnetization Pole Arrays for Jet Pipe Servo Valve.

Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Zhu, X., Yan, Y., Ding, H., & Wen, C. (2019). Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation. Applied Energy, 242, 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.023

Supersonic ejectors are of great interest for various industries as they can improve the quality of the low-grade heat source in an eco-friendly and sustainable way. However, the impact of steam condensation on the supersonic ejector performances is... Read More about Performance of supersonic steam ejectors considering the nonequilibrium condensation phenomenon for efficient energy utilisation.

Energy harvesting systems: Technologies, applications, designs, and simulation models | The reality and the challenges. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hafez, A. (2019, March). Energy harvesting systems: Technologies, applications, designs, and simulation models | The reality and the challenges. Presented at The International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy

This paper aims to show and classify the various types of energy harvesting technologies, and find out the potential pros and cons from the existing energy harvesting techniques with different applications. There are many energy-harvesting systems di... Read More about Energy harvesting systems: Technologies, applications, designs, and simulation models | The reality and the challenges..

Adaptive Architecture and Personal Data (2019)
Journal Article
Schnädelbach, H., Jäger, N., & Urquhart, L. (2019). Adaptive Architecture and Personal Data. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 26(2), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1145/3301426

Via sensors carried by people and sensors embedded in the environment, personal data is being processed to try to understand activity patterns and people{\textquoteright}s internal states in the context of human-building interaction. This data is use... Read More about Adaptive Architecture and Personal Data.

Influence of inverter-interfaced renewable energy generators on directional relay and an improved scheme (2019)
Journal Article
Jia, K., Zhe, Y., Fang, Y., Bi, T., & Sumner, M. (2019). Influence of inverter-interfaced renewable energy generators on directional relay and an improved scheme. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(12), 11843-11855. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2019.2904715

Renewable energy sources (RESs) are typically interfaced to the grid using power electronics which can cause their fault current characteristics to display significant low frequency harmonics and unbalanced sequence impedances. Such current character... Read More about Influence of inverter-interfaced renewable energy generators on directional relay and an improved scheme.

A New Position and Speed Estimation Scheme for Position Control of PMSM Drives Using Low-Resolution Position Sensors (2019)
Journal Article
Ni, Q., Yang, M., Odhano, S. A., Tang, M., Zanchetta, P., Liu, X., & Xu, D. (2019). A New Position and Speed Estimation Scheme for Position Control of PMSM Drives Using Low-Resolution Position Sensors. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(4), 3747-3758. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2019.2904934

A new position control method for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive with a low-resolution encoder is proposed in this paper. Three binary Hall position sensors are utilized to realize a moderate-performance position control system for t... Read More about A New Position and Speed Estimation Scheme for Position Control of PMSM Drives Using Low-Resolution Position Sensors.

Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions (2019)
Journal Article
Hallewell, M., & Crook, C. (2020). Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(4), 467-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2019.1579895

The PowerPoint assisted lecture (slide-lecture) is a common lecturing approach in Higher Education, in spite of much criticism of its use. Its popularity is facilitated by its affordances for multimodal instructional design, e.g. text with images and... Read More about Performing PowerPoint lectures: examining the extent of slide-text integration into lecturers’ spoken expositions.

Ensemble of Deep Belief Network and Bayesian Adaptive Aggregation for Regression (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Hassan, S., Khanesari, M. A., Jan, M. T., & Khan Mashwani, W. (2019). Ensemble of Deep Belief Network and Bayesian Adaptive Aggregation for Regression. In Proceedings - 2019 International Conference on Information Science and Communication Technology (ICISCT) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/cisct.2019.8777443

Ensemble modeling of Neural Networks is a strategy where multiple alternative models (ensemble members) are constructed and then their forecasts are ensembled using various combination approaches. Ensemble of Neural Networks has proved the concept be... Read More about Ensemble of Deep Belief Network and Bayesian Adaptive Aggregation for Regression.

Operating under jet splashing conditions can increase the capture efficiency of scoops (2019)
Journal Article
Kruisbrink, A., Paleo Cageao, P., Morvan, H., & Simmons, K. (2019). Operating under jet splashing conditions can increase the capture efficiency of scoops. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 76, 296-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2018.11.010

Scoops are used in aero-engines to capture oil and direct the oil flow for the lubrication of bearings, where a direct oil injection is not effective or possible. The design of scoops focuses on the capture of oil to aim for the highest capture effic... Read More about Operating under jet splashing conditions can increase the capture efficiency of scoops.

Design Analysis of a New On-Board Computer for the LAICAnSat Platform (2019)
Conference Proceeding
De Melo, A. C. C. P., Guimarães, F. C., Honda, Y. H. M., Borges, R. A., Haddad, S. A. P., Battistini, S., & Cappelletti, C. (2019). Design Analysis of a New On-Board Computer for the LAICAnSat Platform. In 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2019.8742140

© 2019 IEEE. The present work describes the new requirements for LAICAnSat project, a high altitude platform (HAP) developed at University of Brasilia (UnB). An analysis of previous missions and a detailed comparison with respect to the previous OBC... Read More about Design Analysis of a New On-Board Computer for the LAICAnSat Platform.

Continuous synthesis of Zn2Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides: A comparison of bench, pilot and industrial scale syntheses (2019)
Journal Article
Clark, I., Gomes, R. L., Crawshaw, C., Neve, L., Lodge, R., Fay, M., …Lester, E. (2019). Continuous synthesis of Zn2Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides: A comparison of bench, pilot and industrial scale syntheses. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 4(4), 663-666. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8re00241j

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Zn2Al-CO3 was produced continuously at bench (g h-1), pilot (100s g h-1) and industrial scale (10s kg h-1). Crystal domain length and BET surface area were similar at all three scales although there was a small... Read More about Continuous synthesis of Zn2Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides: A comparison of bench, pilot and industrial scale syntheses.

Multi-metal 4D printing with a desktop electrochemical 3D printer (2019)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Liu, X., Ouyang, M., Chen, J., Taiwo, O., Xia, Y., …Wu, B. (2019). Multi-metal 4D printing with a desktop electrochemical 3D printer. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3973. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40774-5

4D printing has the potential to create complex 3D geometries which are able to react to environmental stimuli opening new design possibilities. However, the vast majority of 4D printing approaches use polymer based materials, which limits the operat... Read More about Multi-metal 4D printing with a desktop electrochemical 3D printer.

Empirical and semi-analytical methods for evaluating tunnelling-induced ground movements in sands (2019)
Journal Article
Franza, A., & Marshall, A. M. (2019). Empirical and semi-analytical methods for evaluating tunnelling-induced ground movements in sands. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 88, 47-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2019.02.016

Empirical formulas and closed-form solutions provide, in many cases, good predictions of tunnelling-induced ground movements which, when combined with their computational efficiency, make them valuable for tunnel-structure interaction analyses. For s... Read More about Empirical and semi-analytical methods for evaluating tunnelling-induced ground movements in sands.

Quasi-exact solution of the Riemann problem for generalised dam-break over a mobile initially flat bed (2019)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., & Dodd, N. (2019). Quasi-exact solution of the Riemann problem for generalised dam-break over a mobile initially flat bed. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 115(1), 99–119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-019-09994-6

This paper investigates dam-break problems with flows on one or two sides of zero or nonzero velocities over a mobile initially flat bed, and quasi-exact solutions are presented by solving the Riemann problems using the simple wave theory. The flow s... Read More about Quasi-exact solution of the Riemann problem for generalised dam-break over a mobile initially flat bed.

Sustainable energy saving alternatives in small buildings (2019)
Journal Article
Sher, F., Kawai, A., Güleç, F., & Sadiq, H. (2019). Sustainable energy saving alternatives in small buildings. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 32, 92-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2019.02.003

Day lighting significance in architectural designs is well established for enhancing visual comfort, energy-efficiency and low carbon buildings development. Practising the atrium element in the modern architectures has been increasingly popular in re... Read More about Sustainable energy saving alternatives in small buildings.

The impact of an electronic patient bedside observation and handover system on clinical practice: mixed-methods evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Lang, A., Simmonds, M., Pinchin, J., Sharples, S., Dunn, L., Clarke, S., …Swinscoe, C. (2019). The impact of an electronic patient bedside observation and handover system on clinical practice: mixed-methods evaluation. JMIR Medical Informatics, 7(1), Article e11678. https://doi.org/10.2196/11678

Background: Patient safety literature has long reported the need for early recognition of deteriorating patients. Early warning scores (EWSs) are commonly implemented as “track and trigger,” or rapid response systems for monitoring and early recognit... Read More about The impact of an electronic patient bedside observation and handover system on clinical practice: mixed-methods evaluation.

Teleoperated, In Situ Repair of an Aeroengine: Overcoming the Internet Latency Hurdle (2019)
Journal Article
Alatorre, D., Nasser, B., Rabani, A., Nagy-Sochacki, A., Dong, X., Axinte, D., & Kell, J. (2019). Teleoperated, In Situ Repair of an Aeroengine: Overcoming the Internet Latency Hurdle. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 26(1), 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2018.2881977

There is a substantial financial incentive for in situ repair of industrial assets. However, the need for highly trained mechanics to travel to the location of a repair often results in inconveniently long downtimes. The emergence of robots capable o... Read More about Teleoperated, In Situ Repair of an Aeroengine: Overcoming the Internet Latency Hurdle.