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Novel annular flow electromagnetic measurement system for drilling engineering (2017)
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Ge, L., Wei, G., Wang, Q., Hu, Z., & Li, J. (2017). Novel annular flow electromagnetic measurement system for drilling engineering. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(18), 5831-5839. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2017.2734640

Downhole micro-flux control drilling technology can effectively solve drilling accidents, such as kick and loss in narrow density window drilling scenarios. Using a downhole annular flow measurement system to obtain real-time information of downhole... Read More about Novel annular flow electromagnetic measurement system for drilling engineering.

Electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave long-term monitoring and data difference adaptive extraction method for buried oil-gas pipelines (2017)
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Zhang, Y., Huang, S., Zhao, W., Wang, S., & Wang, Q. (2017). Electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave long-term monitoring and data difference adaptive extraction method for buried oil-gas pipelines. International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 54(3), 329-339. https://doi.org/10.3233/jae-160115

An increasing number of buried oil-gas pipelines are generated in recent years and defects occur with higher probability in their long-running process. This work proposes an electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave (EUGW) long-term monitoring scheme fo... Read More about Electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave long-term monitoring and data difference adaptive extraction method for buried oil-gas pipelines.

Research on the Architecture and its Implementation for Instrumentation and Measurement Cloud (2017)
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He, H., Zhao, W., Huang, S., Fox, G., & Wang, Q. (2020). Research on the Architecture and its Implementation for Instrumentation and Measurement Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, 13(5), 944-957. https://doi.org/10.1109/tsc.2017.2723006

Cloud computing has brought a new method of resource utilization and management. Nowadays some researchers are working on cloud-based instrumentation and measurement systems designated as Instrumentation and Measurement Clouds (IMCs). However, until... Read More about Research on the Architecture and its Implementation for Instrumentation and Measurement Cloud.

Profile imaging of actual defects in steel plate based on electromagnetic ultrasonic SH guided wave scattering (2017)
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Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Wang, Q., Huang, S., & Zhao, W. (2017). Profile imaging of actual defects in steel plate based on electromagnetic ultrasonic SH guided wave scattering. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring, 59(7), 383-388. https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2017.59.7.383

Defects occur almost inevitably during the service life of steel plate structures. Industrial safety requirements for steel plate structures are increasingly stringent and the need for defect imaging is urgent. This work proposes a profile imaging me... Read More about Profile imaging of actual defects in steel plate based on electromagnetic ultrasonic SH guided wave scattering.

Modelling and optimization of four-segment shielding coils of current transformers (2017)
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Gao, Y., Zhao, W., Wang, Q., Qu, K., Li, H., Shao, H., & Huang, S. (2017). Modelling and optimization of four-segment shielding coils of current transformers. Sensors, 17(6), Article 1218. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17061218

Applying shielding coils is a practical way to protect current transformers (CTs) for large-capacity generators from the intensive magnetic interference produced by adjacent bus-bars. The aim of this study is to build a simple analytical model for th... Read More about Modelling and optimization of four-segment shielding coils of current transformers.

Mode identification of broadband lamb wave signal with squeezed wavelet transform (2017)
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Wang, S., Huang, S., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., & Zhao, W. (2017). Mode identification of broadband lamb wave signal with squeezed wavelet transform. Applied Acoustics, 125, 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.04.014

Multiple wave modes often exist in the ultrasonic guided waves simultaneously, and these modes are dispersive, so the guided wave signals are very complex, even for the relatively simple situation of a narrowband excitation. The guided wave signals a... Read More about Mode identification of broadband lamb wave signal with squeezed wavelet transform.

Automatic 3D model acquisition for unknown objects based on hybrid vision technology (2017)
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Fang, W., Zheng, L., He, B., & Wang, Q. (2017). Automatic 3D model acquisition for unknown objects based on hybrid vision technology. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 18(3), 275-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-017-0035-2

Three-dimensional (3D) model acquisition is the process of building a 3D model of an object. But due to the limited field of view of the scanner, this task is mainly performed by taking several scans with human intervention. In order to make the 3D m... Read More about Automatic 3D model acquisition for unknown objects based on hybrid vision technology.

Protection of pyrolysis gases combustion against charring materials surface ablation (2016)
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Li, W., Huang, H., Wang, Q., & Zhang, Z. (2016). Protection of pyrolysis gases combustion against charring materials surface ablation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 102, 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.05.143

Charring ablation materials are widely used for thermal protection systems in a vehicle during hypersonic reentry. The pyrolysis gases from the charring materials can react with oxygen in the boundary layer, which makes the surface ablation rate decr... Read More about Protection of pyrolysis gases combustion against charring materials surface ablation.

The detection of wind turbine shaft misalignment using temperature monitoring (2016)
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Tonks, O., & Wang, Q. (2017). The detection of wind turbine shaft misalignment using temperature monitoring. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 17, 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2016.05.001

Temperature is a parameter increasingly monitored in wind turbine systems. This paper details a potential temperature monitoring technique for use on shaft couplings. Such condition monitoring methods aid fault detection in other areas of wind turbin... Read More about The detection of wind turbine shaft misalignment using temperature monitoring.

Laser based measurement for the monitoring of shaft misalignment (2016)
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Simm, A., Wang, Q., Huang, S., & Zhao, W. (2016). Laser based measurement for the monitoring of shaft misalignment. Measurement, 87, 104-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2016.02.034

This paper presents a method for real-time online monitoring of shaft misalignment, which is a common problem in rotating machinery, such as the drive train of wind turbines. A non-contact laser based measurement method is used to monitor positional... Read More about Laser based measurement for the monitoring of shaft misalignment.

Investigating the measurement of offshore wind turbine blades using coherent laser radar (2016)
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Summers, A., Wang, Q., Brady, N., & Holden, R. (2016). Investigating the measurement of offshore wind turbine blades using coherent laser radar. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 41, 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2016.02.007

Large-scale offshore wind turbine blades need careful dimensional inspection at the production stage. This paper aims to establish an accurate measurement technique using Coherent Laser Radar technology combined with B-Spline point generation and ali... Read More about Investigating the measurement of offshore wind turbine blades using coherent laser radar.

Research on the application of Cloud Computing in Power User Electric Energy Data Acquisition System (2016)
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He, H., Zhao, W., Huang, S., & Wang, Q. (2016). Research on the application of Cloud Computing in Power User Electric Energy Data Acquisition System. Diance yu yibiao, 53(1), 1-7

As the State Grid Corporation of China is improving the Power User Electric Energy Data Acquisition System so that it can collect all necessary electric energy information from all power consumers, the number of acquisition devices is increasing shar... Read More about Research on the application of Cloud Computing in Power User Electric Energy Data Acquisition System.

Offshore wind turbine blades measurement using Coherent Laser Radar (2015)
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Talbot, J., Wang, Q., Brady, N., & Holden, R. (2016). Offshore wind turbine blades measurement using Coherent Laser Radar. Measurement, 79, 53-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2015.10.030

To maximize aerodynamic efficiency, large-scale offshore wind turbine blades require inspection during the production stage to ensure strict tolerance requirements are met. During production, the blade is fixed at the root, restricting movement in th... Read More about Offshore wind turbine blades measurement using Coherent Laser Radar.

Effects of pressure and temperature on thermal contact resistance between different materials (2015)
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Zhao, Z., Huang, H., Wang, Q., & Ji, S. (2015). Effects of pressure and temperature on thermal contact resistance between different materials. Thermal Science, 19(4), 1369-1372. https://doi.org/10.2298/tsci1504369z

To explore whether pressure and temperature can affect thermal contact resistance, we have proposed a new experimental approach for measurement of the thermal contact resistance. Taking the thermal contact resistance between phenolic resin and carbon... Read More about Effects of pressure and temperature on thermal contact resistance between different materials.

A facility location model for socio-environmentally responsible decision-making (2013)
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Ansbro, D., & Wang, Q. (2013). A facility location model for socio-environmentally responsible decision-making. Journal of Remanufacturing, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/2210-4690-3-5

The consideration of external costs is becoming more important in supply network design, as companies are under increasing pressure to reduce the environmental and social impacts of their operations. This paper presents a single time period, single-p... Read More about A facility location model for socio-environmentally responsible decision-making.

Evaluate error sources and uncertainty in large scale measurement systems (2012)
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Wang, Q., Zissler, N., & Holden, R. (2012). Evaluate error sources and uncertainty in large scale measurement systems. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 29(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2012.06.003

Modern manufacturing technologies place increasingly higher demands on industrial measurement systems. Over the last decade there have been rapid developments in 3D measurement systems, with the primary requirement coming from industries such as auto... Read More about Evaluate error sources and uncertainty in large scale measurement systems.