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Non-intrusive torque measurement for rotating shafts using optical sensing of zebra-tapes (2018)
Journal Article
Zappalá, D., Bezziccheri, M., Crabtree, C., & Paone, N. (2018). Non-intrusive torque measurement for rotating shafts using optical sensing of zebra-tapes. Measurement Science and Technology, 29(6), Article 065207. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aab74a

Non-intrusive, reliable and precise torque measurement is critical to dynamic performance monitoring, control and condition monitoring of rotating mechanical systems. This paper presents a novel, contactless torque measurement system consisting of tw... Read More about Non-intrusive torque measurement for rotating shafts using optical sensing of zebra-tapes.

Predicting Responses to Mechanical Ventilation for Preterm Infants with Acute Respiratory Illness using Artificial Neural Networks (2018)
Journal Article
Brigham, K., Gupta, S., & Brigham, J. C. (2018). Predicting Responses to Mechanical Ventilation for Preterm Infants with Acute Respiratory Illness using Artificial Neural Networks. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 34(8), Article e3094. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3094

Infants born prematurely are particularly susceptible to respiratory illness due to underdeveloped lungs, which can often result in fatality. Preterm infants in acute stages of respiratory illness typically require mechanical ventilation assistance,... Read More about Predicting Responses to Mechanical Ventilation for Preterm Infants with Acute Respiratory Illness using Artificial Neural Networks.

Soil–atmosphere interactions for analysing slopes in tropical soils in Singapore (2018)
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Toll, D. G., Rahim, M. S. M., Karthikeyan, M., & Tsaparas, I. (2019). Soil–atmosphere interactions for analysing slopes in tropical soils in Singapore. Environmental Geotechnics, 6(6), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.15.00071

The modelling of soil–atmosphere interactions for slopes requires a proper understanding of the relevant soil parameters (soil water retention curve and the permeability function). This paper reports on numerical investigations of an instrumented res... Read More about Soil–atmosphere interactions for analysing slopes in tropical soils in Singapore.

Short Channel Effect of Solution-Processed ZnO Thin Film Transistors: Optimization for Photolithographic Process (2018)
Journal Article
Jeong, Y., Lee, H., Pearson, C., & Petty, M. (2018). Short Channel Effect of Solution-Processed ZnO Thin Film Transistors: Optimization for Photolithographic Process. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 10(5-6), 754-760. https://doi.org/10.1166/nnl.2018.2717

A photolithographic process for the fabrication of short channel solution-processed zinc oxide transistors (ZnO TFTs) was optimized. To avoid damage to the ZnO film by the photolithography, a bottom gate, bottom contact (BG-BC) device structure was a... Read More about Short Channel Effect of Solution-Processed ZnO Thin Film Transistors: Optimization for Photolithographic Process.

A systems framework for national assessment of climate risks to infrastructure (2018)
Journal Article
Dawson, R. J., Thompson, D., Johns, D., Wood, R., Darch, G., Chapman, L., …Hall, J. W. (2018). A systems framework for national assessment of climate risks to infrastructure. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2121), Article 20170298. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0298

Extreme weather causes substantial adverse socio-economic impacts by damaging and disrupting the infrastructure services that underpin modern society. Globally, $2.5tn a year is spent on infrastructure which is typically designed to last decades, ove... Read More about A systems framework for national assessment of climate risks to infrastructure.

Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies (2018)
Journal Article
Heron, J. W., Jiang, J., Sun, H., Gezerlis, V., & Doukoglou, T. (2018). Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies. IEEE Access, 6, 22930-22937. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2831254

Smart grids are the next generation of power distribution network, using information and communications technologies to increase overall energy efficiency and service quality of the power grid. One big challenge in building a smart grid is the fast g... Read More about Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies.

Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors (2018)
Journal Article
De Sanctis, A., Amit, I., Hepplestone, S. P., Craciun, M. F., & Russo, S. (2018). Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors. Nature Communications, 9, Article 1652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04099-7

The control of charges in a circuit due to an external electric field is ubiquitous to the exchange, storage and manipulation of information in a wide range of applications. Conversely, the ability to grow clean interfaces between materials has been... Read More about Strain-engineered inverse charge-funnelling in layered semiconductors.

Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article
Inderberg, T. H. J., Tews, K., & Turner, B. (2018). Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 42, 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.04.006

Prosuming – where private households use photovoltaics to produce electricity at home – has proliferated across Western countries, but growth rates have varied significantly. Focusing on Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom, this article explores t... Read More about Is there a Prosumer Pathway? Exploring household solar energy development in Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Heat transfer characteristics of external ventilated path in compact high-voltage motor (2018)
Journal Article
Xu, Y., Jia, Y., Ai, M., & Wang, Y. (2018). Heat transfer characteristics of external ventilated path in compact high-voltage motor. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 124, 1136-1146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.034

This paper investigates the heat transfer characteristics of the external ventilated path of a compact, 6 kV, 4-pole, 2500 kW motor using flow-thermal coordination mechanism. A computational model is set up and validated by experimental test results.... Read More about Heat transfer characteristics of external ventilated path in compact high-voltage motor.

Ultrahigh Performance Nanoengineered Graphene-Concrete Composites for Multifunctional Applications (2018)
Journal Article
Dimov, D., Amit, I., Gorrie, O., Barnes, M. D., Townsend, N. J., Neves, A. I., …Craciun, M. F. (2018). Ultrahigh Performance Nanoengineered Graphene-Concrete Composites for Multifunctional Applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 28(23), Article 1705183. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201705183

There is a constant drive for development of ultrahigh performance multifunctional construction materials by the modern engineering technologies. These materials have to exhibit enhanced durability and mechanical performance, and have to incorporate... Read More about Ultrahigh Performance Nanoengineered Graphene-Concrete Composites for Multifunctional Applications.

Enhancing Dynamic Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Distributed Generations (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, Q., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2017, October). Enhancing Dynamic Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Distributed Generations. Presented at 2017 8th IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), Dresden, German

Voltage stability is critical in the power distribution network. This paper aims to study the dynamic voltage stability problem. When wind generators reach maximum reactive power output, the bus voltage will operate near its steady-state stability li... Read More about Enhancing Dynamic Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Distributed Generations.

Exact integration of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, gauge criteria, and applications (2018)
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Scholle, M., Gaskell, P., & Marner, F. (2018). Exact integration of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, gauge criteria, and applications. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 59(4), Article 043101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031119

An exact first integral of the full, unsteady, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is achieved in its most general form via the introduction of a tensor potential and parallels drawn with Maxwell’s theory. Subsequent to this gauge freedoms are exp... Read More about Exact integration of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, gauge criteria, and applications.

Dissolved Mn(III) in Water Treatment Works: Prevalence and Significance (2018)
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Johnson, K., McCann, C., Wilkinson, J., Jones, M., Tebo, B., West, M., …Hudson-Edwards, K. (2018). Dissolved Mn(III) in Water Treatment Works: Prevalence and Significance. Water Research, 140, 181-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.038

Dissolved Mn(III) has been identified at all stages throughout a Water Treatment Works (WTW) receiving inflow from a peaty upland catchment in NE England. Ninety percent of the influent total manganese into the WTW is particulate Mn, in the form of M... Read More about Dissolved Mn(III) in Water Treatment Works: Prevalence and Significance.

Effect of carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles as additive to biodiesel-diesel blends on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine (2018)
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Wu, Q., Xie, X., Wang, Y., & Roskilly, T. (2018). Effect of carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles as additive to biodiesel-diesel blends on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine. Applied Energy, 221, 597-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.157

This study investigates the effects of carbon coated aluminum (Al@C) nanoparticles added to diesel-biodiesel blends as additives on engine performance and emissions. The Al@C nanoparticles are added into the diesel-biodiesel fuel in the mass fraction... Read More about Effect of carbon coated aluminum nanoparticles as additive to biodiesel-diesel blends on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine.

Power Converter Junction Temperature Measurement using Infra-red Sensor (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C., Zappalá, D., Crabtree, C., Lapiedra, J., & Mulholland, B. (2018, April). Power Converter Junction Temperature Measurement using Infra-red Sensor. Paper presented at International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, Liverpool, UK

The Effect of Humidity on Microwave Characteristics of 2 Screen Printed Paper-Based Electronics (2018)
Journal Article
Shenton, S. A., Cooke, M. D., Racz, Z., Balocco, C., & Wood, D. (2018). The Effect of Humidity on Microwave Characteristics of 2 Screen Printed Paper-Based Electronics. physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science, 215(11), Article 1700689. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700689

This paper addresses one of the key issues in using paper electronics at microwave frequencies. As paper is hygroscopic, the varying moisture content can lead to differing dielectric and even conductive properties of paper electronics and must be tak... Read More about The Effect of Humidity on Microwave Characteristics of 2 Screen Printed Paper-Based Electronics.

Nash Bargaining Game-Theoretic Framework for Power Control in Distributed Multiple-Radar Architecture Underlying Wireless Communication System (2018)
Journal Article
Shi, C., Wang, F., Salous, S., Zhou, J., & Hu, Z. (2018). Nash Bargaining Game-Theoretic Framework for Power Control in Distributed Multiple-Radar Architecture Underlying Wireless Communication System. Entropy, 20(4), Article 267. https://doi.org/10.3390/e20040267

This paper presents a novel Nash bargaining solution (NBS)-based cooperative game-theoretic framework for power control in a distributed multiple-radar architecture underlying a wireless communication system. Our primary objective is to minimize the... Read More about Nash Bargaining Game-Theoretic Framework for Power Control in Distributed Multiple-Radar Architecture Underlying Wireless Communication System.