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RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth)acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate-acrylate-methacrylate triblock copolymers (2021)
Journal Article
Atkinson, R. L., Monaghan, O., Elsmore, M. T., Topham, P. D., Toolan, D. T. W., Derry, M. J., …Howdle, S. M. (2021). RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth)acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate-acrylate-methacrylate triblock copolymers. Polymer Chemistry, 12(21), 3177-3189. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1py00326g

Terpenes are ideal candidates for sustainable polymer feedstocks, due to their natural abundance and availability from existing waste streams. Previously, we have shown that a range of terpene(meth)acrylate monomers can be synthesised from the most c... Read More about RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth)acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate-acrylate-methacrylate triblock copolymers.

Indirect electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and water by a magnesium chloride cycle at atmospheric pressure (2021)
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Hu, Y., Chen, G. Z., Zhuang, L., Wang, Z., & Jin, X. (2021). Indirect electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and water by a magnesium chloride cycle at atmospheric pressure. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2(5), Article 100425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100425

Artificial N2 fixation is one of the most important industrial processes for human beings. However, the current Haber-Bosch process based on fossil fuel suffers from unsustainability and a low N2 to NH3 conversion. Here, we report a magnesium chlorid... Read More about Indirect electrosynthesis of ammonia from nitrogen and water by a magnesium chloride cycle at atmospheric pressure.

Power Quality Improvement Using an Active Power Sharing Scheme in More Electric Aircraft (2021)
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Wang, C., Yang, T., Hussaini, H., Huang, Z., & Bozhko, S. (2022). Power Quality Improvement Using an Active Power Sharing Scheme in More Electric Aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 69(4), 3588-3598. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2021.3076401

This paper proposed a harmonic suppression scheme that used a DC-DC converter as an active harmonic injector to cancel voltage harmonics on the HVDC bus within a hybrid power generation centre (HPGC). A permanent magnet synchronous generator and a ba... Read More about Power Quality Improvement Using an Active Power Sharing Scheme in More Electric Aircraft.

Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation (2021)
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Li, P., Feng, D., Feng, Y., Zhang, J., Yan, Y., & Zhang, X. (2021). Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 26, Article 101027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101027

In this paper, a metal-organic framework MOF-5 loaded polyethylene glycol (PEG) nanowire was used to form composite phase change material PEG/MOF-5. The molecular dynamics method was used to simulate the thermal conductivity, melting point and latent... Read More about Thermal properties of PEG/MOF-5 regularized nanoporous composite phase change materials: A molecular dynamics simulation.

Suicides (2021)
Book Chapter
Ryan, B. (2021). Suicides. In International Encyclopedia of Transport. Elsevier

This chapter focuses on suicides in railway and highway contexts. The scale of the problem in each is discussed, including explanation of the different types of incidents and the factors that influence these events. The numbers of fatalities are rela... Read More about Suicides.

Production of Space in Traditional Towns and Villages against the Backdrop of “Chinese Characteristics”: A Study of Rural Form Transformation in Huizhou (2021)
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Cheng, X., & Heath, T. (2021). Production of Space in Traditional Towns and Villages against the Backdrop of “Chinese Characteristics”: A Study of Rural Form Transformation in Huizhou. Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, 32(2),

Traditional towns and villages in China have experienced profound formal transformation in recent years as a result of national political policies promoting rural development. By analyzing how this new production of space reflects efforts to achieve... Read More about Production of Space in Traditional Towns and Villages against the Backdrop of “Chinese Characteristics”: A Study of Rural Form Transformation in Huizhou.

Slip rate effects and cyclic behaviour of textile-to-matrix bond in textile reinforced mortar composites (2021)
Journal Article
Dalalbashi, A., De Santis, S., Ghiassi, B., & Oliveira, D. V. (2021). Slip rate effects and cyclic behaviour of textile-to-matrix bond in textile reinforced mortar composites. Materials and Structures, 54(3), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-021-01706-w

The structural effectiveness of textile reinforced mortar (TRM) composites relies on their load transfer capacity to the substrate and the interaction between textile and mortar. The bond plays a crucial role in mechanism of TRM composites. Despite s... Read More about Slip rate effects and cyclic behaviour of textile-to-matrix bond in textile reinforced mortar composites.

Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience (2021)
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Sohouenou, P. Y., & Neves, L. A. (2021). Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience. International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 34, Article 100448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcip.2021.100448

Disruptions to transport networks are inevitable and detrimental to the functioning of society. Improving the resilience of transport networks to disruptive events has, therefore, a significant impact on society. Although the resilience of a transpor... Read More about Assessing the effects of link-repair sequences on road network resilience.

Influence of Grain Orientation Distribution on the High Temperature Fatigue Behaviour of Notched Specimen Made of Polycrystalline Nickel-Base Superalloy (2021)
Journal Article
Engel, B., Ohneseit, S., Mäde, L., & Beck, T. (2021). Influence of Grain Orientation Distribution on the High Temperature Fatigue Behaviour of Notched Specimen Made of Polycrystalline Nickel-Base Superalloy. Metals, 11(5), Article 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11050731

Two different material batches made of random and textured orientated polycrystalline nickel-base superalloy René80 were investigated under isothermal low cycle fatigue tests at 850 °C for a notched specimen geometry. In contrast to a smooth specimen... Read More about Influence of Grain Orientation Distribution on the High Temperature Fatigue Behaviour of Notched Specimen Made of Polycrystalline Nickel-Base Superalloy.

Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems (2021)
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Ryan, B., Golightly, D., Pickup, L., Reinartz, S., Atkinson, S., & Dadashi, N. (2021). Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems. Safety Science, 140, Article 105279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105279

This paper presents a framework to express the role of people in establishing and maintaining system safety. The Human Functions in Safety (HFiS) framework has been developed for the railway context, describing safety-related activity within function... Read More about Human Functions in Safety - Developing a framework of goals, human functions and safety relevant activities for railway socio-technical systems.

Design of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T-joints under compression loads (2021)
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Pandey, M., Chung, K., & Young, B. (2021). Design of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T-joints under compression loads. Thin-Walled Structures, 164, Article 107573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2021.107573

This study presents a comprehensive finite element (FE) analysis of cold-formed high strength steel (CFHSS) tubular T-joints. The brace members of tubular T-joints were made up of rectangular (including square) and circular hollow sections (RHS and C... Read More about Design of cold-formed high strength steel tubular T-joints under compression loads.

Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances (2021)
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Degano, M., Murataliyev, M., Shuo, W., Barater, D., Buticchi, G., Jara, W., …Gerada, C. (2021). Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 36(4), 3084-3095. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2021.3076675

This paper is focused on the design, optimisation and control of a permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance machine (PMaSynRel) for low cost high efficiency household appliances, in particular a motor for washing machine. The design and optim... Read More about Optimised Design of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Machines for Household Appliances.

Data-Driven Discovery and Synthesis of High Entropy Alloy Hydrides with Targeted Thermodynamic Stability (2021)
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Witman, M., Ek, G., Ling, S., Chames, J., Agarwal, S., Wong, J., …Stavila, V. (2021). Data-Driven Discovery and Synthesis of High Entropy Alloy Hydrides with Targeted Thermodynamic Stability. Chemistry of Materials, 33(11), 4067–4076. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00647

Solid-state hydrogen storage materials that are optimized for specific use cases could be a crucial facilitator of the hydrogen economy transition. Yet, the discovery of novel hydriding materials has historically been a manual process driven by chemi... Read More about Data-Driven Discovery and Synthesis of High Entropy Alloy Hydrides with Targeted Thermodynamic Stability.

Fracture Energy Measurement of Prismatic Plane and Σ2 Boundary in Cemented Carbide (2021)
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Emmanuel, M., Gavalda-Diaz, O., Sernicola, G., M’saoubi, R., Persson, T., Norgren, S., …Giuliani, F. (2021). Fracture Energy Measurement of Prismatic Plane and Σ2 Boundary in Cemented Carbide. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 73(6), 1589-1596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04638-6

The grain boundary network of WC in WC-Co is important, as cracks often travel intergranularly. This motivates the present work, where we experimentally measure the fracture energy of Σ2 twist grain boundaries between WC crystals using a double canti... Read More about Fracture Energy Measurement of Prismatic Plane and Σ2 Boundary in Cemented Carbide.

Revealing Nanoscale deformation mechanisms caused by shear-based material removal on individual grains of a Ni-based superalloy (2021)
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Axinte, D., Michler, J., Jain, M., Liao, Z., Maeder, X., Ramachandramoorthy, R., …Xu, D. (2021). Revealing Nanoscale deformation mechanisms caused by shear-based material removal on individual grains of a Ni-based superalloy. Acta Materialia, 212, Article 116929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2021.116929

Shear-based material removal processes significantly influence the quality of workpiece surface and implicitly the component functional performance. An in-situ SEM nano-cutting enabled the study of crystal flow and lattice rotation occurring below th... Read More about Revealing Nanoscale deformation mechanisms caused by shear-based material removal on individual grains of a Ni-based superalloy.

Experimental investigation on performance improvement of thermoelectric generator based on phase change materials and heat transfer enhancement (2021)
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Wang, Y., Peng, Y., Guo, K., Zheng, X., Darkwa, J., & Zhong, H. (2021). Experimental investigation on performance improvement of thermoelectric generator based on phase change materials and heat transfer enhancement. Energy, 229, Article 120676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.120676

Thermoelectric application has been widely researched due to its various advantages. Its use has been limited to niche industrial applications and exploratory research development due to the poor economic viability. It is essential to achieve the opt... Read More about Experimental investigation on performance improvement of thermoelectric generator based on phase change materials and heat transfer enhancement.

Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability (2021)
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Feng, D., Zang, Y., Li, P., Feng, Y., Yan, Y., & Zhang, X. (2021). Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability. Composites Science and Technology, 210, Article 108832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.108832

Hierarchical porous materials are recommended to trade off the mismatch between high loading and efficient crystallization in pore-based composite phase change materials (PCMs), coupling the functions of expanded pores (mesopores and macropores) alon... Read More about Polyethylene glycol phase change material embedded in a hierarchical porous carbon with superior thermal storage capacity and excellent stability.

Synthesis of water-soluble surfactants using catalysed condensation polymerisation in green reaction media (2021)
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Goddard, A. R., Apebende, E. A., Lentz, J. C., Carmichael, K., Taresco, V., Irvine, D. J., & Howdle, S. M. (2021). Synthesis of water-soluble surfactants using catalysed condensation polymerisation in green reaction media. Polymer Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1py00415h

Sustainable and biobased surfactants are required for a wide range of everyday applications. Key drivers are cost, activity and efficiency of production. Polycondensation is an excellent route to build surfactant chains from bio-sourced monomers, but... Read More about Synthesis of water-soluble surfactants using catalysed condensation polymerisation in green reaction media.