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Machine Learning-Based Modeling for Structural Engineering: A Comprehensive Survey and Applications Overview (2024)
Journal Article
Etim, B., Al-Ghosoun, A., Renno, J., Seaid, M., & Mohamed, M. S. (2024). Machine Learning-Based Modeling for Structural Engineering: A Comprehensive Survey and Applications Overview. Buildings, 14(11), Article 3515. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14113515

Modeling and simulation have been extensively used to solve a wide range of problems in structural engineering. However, many simulations require significant computational resources, resulting in exponentially increasing computational time as the spa... Read More about Machine Learning-Based Modeling for Structural Engineering: A Comprehensive Survey and Applications Overview.

Energy scheduling of technical virtual power plant considering incentive-based demand response program and distribution network reconfiguration (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Harsh, P., Sun, H., Awagan, G., & Jiang, J. (2024, November). Energy scheduling of technical virtual power plant considering incentive-based demand response program and distribution network reconfiguration. Presented at IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA

Virtual power plants (VPPs) are increasingly utilized to efficiently coordinate and manage the increasing number of distributed energy resources (DERs) within power grids. Traditionally, VPP models have prioritized commercial or financial objectives,... Read More about Energy scheduling of technical virtual power plant considering incentive-based demand response program and distribution network reconfiguration.

Hybrid renewable energy systems for sustainable power supply in remote location: Techno-economic and environmental assessment (2024)
Journal Article
Roy, D., Wang, R., Roy, S., Smallbone, A., & Roskilly, A. P. (2024). Hybrid renewable energy systems for sustainable power supply in remote location: Techno-economic and environmental assessment. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 24, Article 100793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2024.100793

Electricity supply is inconsistent and unreliable in many remote areas of India, where depending solely on a single renewable energy source is impractical. In this context, this study investigates the potential of off-grid hybrid renewable energy sys... Read More about Hybrid renewable energy systems for sustainable power supply in remote location: Techno-economic and environmental assessment.

FLOWERS AEP: An Analytical Model for Wind Farm Layout Optimization (2024)
Journal Article
LoCascio, M. J., Bay, C. J., Martínez‐Tossas, L. A., Bastankhah, M., & Gorlé, C. (2024). FLOWERS AEP: An Analytical Model for Wind Farm Layout Optimization. Wind Energy, 27(12), 1563-1580. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2954

Annual energy production (AEP) is commonly used in objective functions for wind farm layout optimization. AEP is proportional to wind farm power production integrated over an annual distribution of free‐stream wind conditions. Physics‐based estimates... Read More about FLOWERS AEP: An Analytical Model for Wind Farm Layout Optimization.

Approximate upper- and lower-bound analyses of translational rainfall-induced landslides in curvilinear hillslopes (2024)
Journal Article
Zhang, L., Zhang, W., Wang, Y., & Osman, A. (online). Approximate upper- and lower-bound analyses of translational rainfall-induced landslides in curvilinear hillslopes. Géotechnique, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.23.00263

Increased frequency of rainfall-induced landslides (RILs) with global climate change is expected to be a huge challenge. Previous studies have focused on RILs encompassing the examination of rotational failure mechanisms and straightforward slope geo... Read More about Approximate upper- and lower-bound analyses of translational rainfall-induced landslides in curvilinear hillslopes.

From generation to collection – impact of deposition temperature on charge carrier dynamics of high-performance vacuum-processed organic solar cells (2024)
Journal Article
Pacalaj, R. A., Dong, Y., Ramirez, I., MacKenzie, R. C. I., Hosseini, S. M., Bittrich, E., Heger, J. E., Kaienburg, P., Mukherjee, S., Wu, J., Riede, M., Ade, H., Müller-Buschbaum, P., Pfeiffer, M., & Durrant, J. R. (2024). From generation to collection – impact of deposition temperature on charge carrier dynamics of high-performance vacuum-processed organic solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science, 9215-9232. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ee03623a

Vacuum-processed organic solar cells (VP-OSCs) possess many advantages for scalability. However, as the academic community focusses on high performing solution-processed OSCs, detailed studies about the relation between morphology and device characte... Read More about From generation to collection – impact of deposition temperature on charge carrier dynamics of high-performance vacuum-processed organic solar cells.

Integrating phase change materials in buildings for heating and cooling demand reduction – A global study (2024)
Journal Article
Mettrick, A. J., & Ma, Z. (2024). Integrating phase change materials in buildings for heating and cooling demand reduction – A global study. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 63, Article 105337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.105337

This study aims to analyse the integration of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in building envelopes globally, focusing on its ability to reduce the energy demand and its economic viability. The study conducted extensive simulations using the DesignBuil... Read More about Integrating phase change materials in buildings for heating and cooling demand reduction – A global study.

An optimal nonlinear fractional order controller for passive/active base isolation building equipped with friction-tuned mass dampers (2024)
Journal Article
Akbari, M., Zamani, A.-A., Seifi, M., Pantò, B., Falborski, T., & Jankowski, R. (2025). An optimal nonlinear fractional order controller for passive/active base isolation building equipped with friction-tuned mass dampers. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 140(Part 1), Article 108405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2024.108405

This paper presents an optimal nonlinear fractional-order controller (ONFOC) designed to reduce the seismic responses of tall buildings equipped with a base-isolation (BI) system and friction-tuned mass dampers (FTMDs). The parameters for the BI and... Read More about An optimal nonlinear fractional order controller for passive/active base isolation building equipped with friction-tuned mass dampers.

The Use of High-Capacity Tensiometer for Cyclic Triaxial Testing of Railway Formation Material (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kumar, A., Azizi, A., & Toll, D. G. (2024, November). The Use of High-Capacity Tensiometer for Cyclic Triaxial Testing of Railway Formation Material. Presented at 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Sydney, Australia

The formation layers of railway embankments are often unsaturated and subjected to coupled cyclic traffic-induced and hydraulic loading. Understanding this coupled response requires the development of a testing protocol capable of subjecting soil sam... Read More about The Use of High-Capacity Tensiometer for Cyclic Triaxial Testing of Railway Formation Material.