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A dynamic implicit 3D material point-to-rigid body contact approach for large deformation analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Bird, R., Pretti, G., Coombs, W., Augarde, C., Sharif, Y. U., Brown, M. J., Carter, G., Macdonald, C., & Johnson, K. (in press). A dynamic implicit 3D material point-to-rigid body contact approach for large deformation analysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering,

Accurate and robust modelling of large deformation three-dimensional contact interaction is an important area of engineering, but it is also challenging from a computational mechanics perspective. This is particularly the case when there is signific... Read More about A dynamic implicit 3D material point-to-rigid body contact approach for large deformation analysis.

The Stress-Continuous Material Point Method: a technique to alleviate cell-crossing instability while retaining linear shape functions (2025)
Journal Article
Pretti, G., Bird, R., Coombs, W., Augarde, C., & Giani, S. (in press). The Stress-Continuous Material Point Method: a technique to alleviate cell-crossing instability while retaining linear shape functions. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,

The Material Point Method (MPM) for solid mechanics continues to attract much interest from those wishing to solve complex non-linear mechanics problems which include large deformations. Its prominence is rising in many areas of engineering, such as... Read More about The Stress-Continuous Material Point Method: a technique to alleviate cell-crossing instability while retaining linear shape functions.

On shells of revolution with random profiles (2025)
Journal Article
Giani, S., Hakula, H., & Khuat, D. (2025). On shells of revolution with random profiles. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 444, Article 118081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118081

Thin structures and shells in particular are well-known to be highly sensitive to manufacturing imperfections such as perturbations on the profile of a shell of revolution. The main result of this study is that one cannot expect to apply standard mod... Read More about On shells of revolution with random profiles.

Joint Optimization based on Two-phase GNN in RIS-and DF-assisted MISO Systems with Fine-grained Rate Demands (2025)
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Tang, H., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z., Wu, H., Sun, H., & Jiao, P. (online). Joint Optimization based on Two-phase GNN in RIS-and DF-assisted MISO Systems with Fine-grained Rate Demands. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2025.3576298

Reconfigurable intelligent Surfaces (RIS) and half-duplex decoded and forwarded (DF) relays can collaborate to optimize wireless signal propagation in communication systems. Users typically have different rate demands and are clustered into groups in... Read More about Joint Optimization based on Two-phase GNN in RIS-and DF-assisted MISO Systems with Fine-grained Rate Demands.

Comparative analysis of out-of-plane performance in 3D-printed graded lattice structures (2025)
Journal Article
Sari, E., Ullah, Z., Kazancı, Z., & Sun, D. (in press). Comparative analysis of out-of-plane performance in 3D-printed graded lattice structures. Smart Materials and Structures, 34, Article 065028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665x/ade413

Graded lattice structures have garnered significant attention for their ability to combine lightweight properties with superior mechanical performance. Their tailored structures/properties under in-plane loading make them ideal for impact resistance... Read More about Comparative analysis of out-of-plane performance in 3D-printed graded lattice structures.

Zero-Energy RIS-Assisted Communications With Noise Modulation and Interference-Based Energy Harvesting (2025)
Journal Article
Tota Khel, M., Ikhlef, A., Ding, Z., & Sun, H. (2025). Zero-Energy RIS-Assisted Communications With Noise Modulation and Interference-Based Energy Harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGCN.2025.3578423

To advance towards carbon-neutrality and improve the limited performance of conventional passive wireless communications, in this paper, we investigate the integration of noise modulation with zero-energy reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). I... Read More about Zero-Energy RIS-Assisted Communications With Noise Modulation and Interference-Based Energy Harvesting.

A novel two-stage framework to improve the flexibility of grid connected wind-hydro power system in real-time operation (2025)
Journal Article
Lai, C., & Kazemtabrizi, B. (2025). A novel two-stage framework to improve the flexibility of grid connected wind-hydro power system in real-time operation. Applied Energy, 396, Article 126211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.126211

The wind-hydro hybrid power system has been proven a viable solution in helping the integration of variable wind power to the grid. While few studies consider the joint operation of the wind-hydro
power system with the power grid, even fewer extend... Read More about A novel two-stage framework to improve the flexibility of grid connected wind-hydro power system in real-time operation.

An Effective Multivector Model Predictive Current Control for PMSM Drive based on Low-Complexity Voltage Vector Preselection (2025)
Journal Article
Mohanan Leela, P., & Thippiripati, V. K. (online). An Effective Multivector Model Predictive Current Control for PMSM Drive based on Low-Complexity Voltage Vector Preselection. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/JESTPE.2025.3576939

Model Predictive Current Control (MPCC) is an advanced control strategy for non-linear constrained systems that demand quick dynamic response. An effective multivector MPCC technique based on a low-complexity voltage vector (VV) preselection is propo... Read More about An Effective Multivector Model Predictive Current Control for PMSM Drive based on Low-Complexity Voltage Vector Preselection.