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In situ measurements of near-surface hydraulic conductivity in engineered clay slopes (2018)
Journal Article
Dixon, N., Crosby, C., Stirling, R., Hughes, P., Smethurst, J., Briggs, K., Hughes, D., Gunn, D., Hobbs, P., Loveridge, F., Glendinning, S., Dijkstra, T., & Hudson, A. (2019). In situ measurements of near-surface hydraulic conductivity in engineered clay slopes. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 52(1), 23-135. https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2017-059

In situ measurements of near-saturated hydraulic conductivity in fine grained soils have been made at six exemplar UK transport earthwork sites: three embankment and three cutting slopes. This paper reports 143 individual measurements and considers t... Read More about In situ measurements of near-surface hydraulic conductivity in engineered clay slopes.

Interaction of shear cracks in microstructured materials modeled by couple-stress elasticity (2018)
Journal Article
Gourgiotis, P. A. (2018). Interaction of shear cracks in microstructured materials modeled by couple-stress elasticity. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 13(3), 401-419. https://doi.org/10.2140/jomms.2018.13.401

The interaction of two colinear in-plane shear cracks is investigated within the context of couple-stress elasticity. This theory introduces characteristic material length scales that emerge from the underlying microstructure and has proved to be ver... Read More about Interaction of shear cracks in microstructured materials modeled by couple-stress elasticity.

Noninvasive assessment of the common carotid artery hemodynamics with increasing exercise work rate using wave intensity analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Pomella, N., Wilhelm, E., Kolyva, C., Gonzalez-Alonso, J., Rakobowchuk, M., & Khir, A. (2018). Noninvasive assessment of the common carotid artery hemodynamics with increasing exercise work rate using wave intensity analysis. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 315(2), H233-H241. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00667.2017

Life cycle sustainability assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation: A case study of Northeast England (2018)
Journal Article
Li, T., Roskilly, A. P., & Wang, Y. (2018). Life cycle sustainability assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation: A case study of Northeast England. Applied Energy, 227, 465-479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.021

This paper proposes a comprehensive sustainability assessment model incorporating (a) life cycle approach and sustainability theory. In the model, sustainability is assessed from three categories: techno-economic, environmental and social. A total of... Read More about Life cycle sustainability assessment of grid-connected photovoltaic power generation: A case study of Northeast England.

Polydimethylsiloxane-Embedded Conductive Fabric: Characterization and Application for Realization of Robust Passive and Active Flexible Wearable Antennas (2018)
Journal Article
Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Yang, Y., Hashmi, R. M., Bjorninen, T., Esselle, K. P., & Ukkonen, L. (2018). Polydimethylsiloxane-Embedded Conductive Fabric: Characterization and Application for Realization of Robust Passive and Active Flexible Wearable Antennas. IEEE Access, 6, 48102-48112. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2867696

We present our study on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-embedded conductive fabric, which we propose as a simple yet effective solution to the challenging issue of poor PDMS-metal adhesion, allowing for a relatively easy realization of robust flexible an... Read More about Polydimethylsiloxane-Embedded Conductive Fabric: Characterization and Application for Realization of Robust Passive and Active Flexible Wearable Antennas.

Pore Wall Thinning of Mesoporous 4H-SiC by Sacrificial Oxidation (2018)
Journal Article
Rashid, M., Idris, M. I., Horrocks, B. R., Healy, N., Goss, J. P., & Horsfall, A. B. (2018). Pore Wall Thinning of Mesoporous 4H-SiC by Sacrificial Oxidation. Crystal Research and Technology, 53(9), Article 1800120. https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.201800120

Pore wall thinning of mesoporous 4H‐SiC by sacrificial oxidation is performed. The dimensions within the as‐etched porous SiC are reduced during dry oxidation at 1100 °C by consuming SiC and removing the grown SiO2 in the subsequent hydrofluoric acid... Read More about Pore Wall Thinning of Mesoporous 4H-SiC by Sacrificial Oxidation.

Enhanced Interpolated Dynamic DFT Synchrophasor Estimator Considering Second Harmonic Interferences (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Zhao, W., Wang, F., Wang, Q., & Huang, S. (2018). Enhanced Interpolated Dynamic DFT Synchrophasor Estimator Considering Second Harmonic Interferences. Sensors, 18(9), Article 2748. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18092748

In the future, phasor measurement units are expected to be applied in distribution networks (DNs) for their control and monitoring. Because of the widely used power electronic devices in DNs, harmonics are widely present in a voltage/current signal.... Read More about Enhanced Interpolated Dynamic DFT Synchrophasor Estimator Considering Second Harmonic Interferences.

Reliability Modeling Considerations for Emerging Cyber–Physical Power Systems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aravinthan, V., Balachandran, T., Ben-Idris, M., Fei, W., Heidari-Kapourchali, M., Hettiarachchige-Don, A., Jiang, J. N., Lei, H., Liu, C.-C., Mitra, J., Ni, M., Papic, M., Parvania, M., Sephary, M., Singh, C., Srivastava, A., Stefanov, A., Sun, H., & Tindemans, S. (2018, June). Reliability Modeling Considerations for Emerging Cyber–Physical Power Systems. Presented at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Boise, Idaho, USA

Power system operation considering an increasingly complex cyber infrastructure may be one of the key factors of the next generation power systems. The effective operation of a power system in a massively deployed cyber network environment will be af... Read More about Reliability Modeling Considerations for Emerging Cyber–Physical Power Systems.

An improved random forest model of short-term wind-power forecasting to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and robustness (2018)
Journal Article
Shi, K. P., Qiao, Y., Zhao, W., Wang, Q., Liu, M. H., & Lu, Z. (2018). An improved random forest model of short-term wind-power forecasting to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and robustness. Wind Energy, 21(12), 1383-1394. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2261

Short‐term wind‐power forecasting methods like neural networks are trained by empirical risk minimization. The local optimum and overfitting problem is likely to occur in the model‐training stage, leading to the poor ability of reasoning and generali... Read More about An improved random forest model of short-term wind-power forecasting to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and robustness.

Capillary processes increase salt precipitation during CO2 injection in saline formations (2018)
Journal Article
Kelly, H. L., & Mathias, S. A. (2018). Capillary processes increase salt precipitation during CO2 injection in saline formations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 852, 398-421. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.540

An important attraction of saline formations for CO2 storage is that their high salinity renders their associated brine unlikely to be identified as a potential water resource in the future. However, high salinity can lead to dissolved salt precipita... Read More about Capillary processes increase salt precipitation during CO2 injection in saline formations.

Exploiting High Rate Differential Algebraic STBC in Downlink Multiuser MIMO Systems (2018)
Journal Article
Alsifiany, F., Ikhlef, A., & Chambers, J. (2018). Exploiting High Rate Differential Algebraic STBC in Downlink Multiuser MIMO Systems. IET Communications, 12(17), 2188-2197. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-com.2018.5208

This paper considers a multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) space-time block coded system that operates at a high data rate with full diversity. In particular, they propose to use a full rate downlink algebraic transmission scheme combined... Read More about Exploiting High Rate Differential Algebraic STBC in Downlink Multiuser MIMO Systems.

Silicon Carbide Oscillators for Extreme Environments (2018)
Book Chapter
Brennan, D., Chan, H., Wright, N., & Horsfall, A. (2018). Silicon Carbide Oscillators for Extreme Environments. In S. Walia, & K. Iniewski (Eds.), Low power semiconductor devices and processes for emerging applications in communications, computing, and sensing (225-252). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429503634-10

This chapter provides an overview of a range of oscillator circuit topologies that are compatible with analog circuits designs and hence existing silicon carbide technology, before focusing on the realization of a high-temperature Colpitts oscillator... Read More about Silicon Carbide Oscillators for Extreme Environments.

Surface Functionalisation of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots (2018)
Book Chapter
Rashid, M., Horrocks, B., Healy, N., Goss, J., Chan, H., & Horsfall, A. (2018). Surface Functionalisation of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots. In S. Walia, & K. Iniewski (Eds.), Low Power Semiconductor Devices and Processes for Emerging Applications in Communications, Computing and Sensing (181-199). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429503634-8

Silicon carbide (SiC) nanostructures are appealing as non-toxic, water-stable and oxidation-resistant nanomaterials. Owing to these unique properties, three-dimensionally confined SiC nanostructures, namely SiC quantum dots (QDs), have found applicat... Read More about Surface Functionalisation of Silicon Carbide Quantum Dots.

The effect of ambient humidity on the stiffness and strength of a hyper-compacted silty clay for earth building (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cuccurullo, A., Gallipoli, D., Bruno, A., La Borderie, C., Augarde, C., & Hughes, P. (2018, August). The effect of ambient humidity on the stiffness and strength of a hyper-compacted silty clay for earth building. Presented at 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Hong Kong, China

The effect of pore suction and water content on the engineering properties of partially saturated soils has been extensively studied by geotechnical researchers. It is well known that unsaturated soils become stiffer, stronger and less permeable as s... Read More about The effect of ambient humidity on the stiffness and strength of a hyper-compacted silty clay for earth building.

Preliminary study on use of biopolymers in earthen construction (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muguda, S., Booth, S., Hughes, P., Augarde, C., Perlot, C., Bruno, A., & Gallipoli, D. (2018, August). Preliminary study on use of biopolymers in earthen construction. Presented at 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Hong Kong, China

Biopolymers are known to achieve significant soil stabilisation when working with small quan-tities. There have been studies understanding their effects on permeability, strength, compressibility and dura-bility, however, there are few studies explor... Read More about Preliminary study on use of biopolymers in earthen construction.

Energy Hub Scheduling Method with Voltage Stability Considerations (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
You, M. Y., Hua, W., Shahbazi, M., & Sun, H. (2018, August). Energy Hub Scheduling Method with Voltage Stability Considerations. Presented at The seventh IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC 2018)., Beijing, China

Energy Hub is expected to be one of the most effective methods to address the integrated system with multiple energy carriers. In this work, an Energy Hub scheduling method is proposed, which could not only meet various energy load demands but also a... Read More about Energy Hub Scheduling Method with Voltage Stability Considerations.

3D printing from microfocus computed tomography (micro-CT) in human specimens: education and future implications (2018)
Journal Article
Shelmerdine, S. C., Simcock, I. C., Hutchinson, J. C., Aughwane, R., Melbourne, A., Nikitichev, D. I., Ong, J.-L., Borghi, A., Cole, G., Kingham, E., Calder, A. D., Capelli, C., Akhtar, A., Cook, A. C., Schievano, S., David, A., Ourselin, S., Sebire, N. J., & Arthurs, O. J. (2018). 3D printing from microfocus computed tomography (micro-CT) in human specimens: education and future implications

A Framework for End-to-End Latency Measurements in a Satellite Network Environment (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bisu, A., Purvis, A., Brigham, K., & Sun, H. (2018, May). A Framework for End-to-End Latency Measurements in a Satellite Network Environment. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Communications 2018, Kansas City, MO, USA

In this work, a precise method for measuring end-to-end (E2E) latency in satellite Internet Protocol (IP) networks is proposed. Latency (i.e., time delay) is considered a key parameter that affects the quality of service (QoS) and the performance of... Read More about A Framework for End-to-End Latency Measurements in a Satellite Network Environment.

On the Use of Advanced Material Point Methods for Problems Involving Large Rotational Deformation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, L., Coombs, W., & Augarde, C. (2018, July). On the Use of Advanced Material Point Methods for Problems Involving Large Rotational Deformation. Paper presented at 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics / 2nd Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM 2018), New York, USA

The Material Point Method (MPM) is a quasi Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to solve solid mechanics problems involving large deformations. The standard MPM discretises the physical domain using material points which are advected through a standard finit... Read More about On the Use of Advanced Material Point Methods for Problems Involving Large Rotational Deformation.