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Indigenous Bacillus paramycoides spp. and Alcaligenes faecalis: sustainable solution for bioremediation of hospital wastewater (2020)
Journal Article
Rashid, A., Mirza, S. A., Keating, C., Ali, S., & Campos, L. C. (2022). Indigenous Bacillus paramycoides spp. and Alcaligenes faecalis: sustainable solution for bioremediation of hospital wastewater. Environmental Technology, 43(12), 1903-1916. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1858180

Farmers near towns and cities are using a wide range of highly polluted wastewaters for crop irrigation in Pakistan due to severe freshwater shortage. The present study aimed to promote indigenous bacterial strains isolated from domestic, hospital, t... Read More about Indigenous Bacillus paramycoides spp. and Alcaligenes faecalis: sustainable solution for bioremediation of hospital wastewater.

Weather-driven deterioration processes affecting the performance of embankment slopes (2020)
Journal Article
Stirling, R., Toll, D., Glendinning, S., Helm, P., Yildiz, A., Hughes, P., & Asquith, J. (2021). Weather-driven deterioration processes affecting the performance of embankment slopes. Géotechnique, 71(11), 957-969. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.19.sip.038

Deterioration of earthworks and the resultant implications for serviceability and increased occurrence of failures have a significant negative impact on transport networks both in the UK and internationally. There is evidence in the field that deteri... Read More about Weather-driven deterioration processes affecting the performance of embankment slopes.

Effect of the stroke-to-bore ratio on the performance of a dual-piston free piston engine generator (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, Z., Feng, H., Jia, B., Zuo, Z., Smallbone, A., & Roskilly, A. P. (2021). Effect of the stroke-to-bore ratio on the performance of a dual-piston free piston engine generator. Applied Thermal Engineering, 185, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116456

The free piston engine generator (FPEG) is considered as one of the next generation efficient energy conversion device because of its compact structure, high geometric power ratio and low pollution. This paper investigated the effect of stroke-to-bor... Read More about Effect of the stroke-to-bore ratio on the performance of a dual-piston free piston engine generator.

Earth stabilisation via carbonate precipitation by plant-derived urease for building applications (2020)
Journal Article
Cuccurullo, A., Gallipoli, D., Bruno, A., Augarde, C., Hughes, P., & La Borderie, C. (2022). Earth stabilisation via carbonate precipitation by plant-derived urease for building applications. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 30, Article 100230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2020.100230

Raw (unfired) earth represents a sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional construction materials but its dissemination into building practice has been hindered by a relatively high vulnerability to water erosion. Enzyme induced carbonate... Read More about Earth stabilisation via carbonate precipitation by plant-derived urease for building applications.

A hybrid finite volume/finite element method for shallow water waves by static deformation on seabeds (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Ghosoun, A., Osman, A., & Seaid, M. (2021). A hybrid finite volume/finite element method for shallow water waves by static deformation on seabeds. Engineering Computations, 38(5), 2434-2459. https://doi.org/10.1108/ec-05-2020-0275

Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to derive a consistent model free-surface runup flow problems over deformable beds. The authors couple the nonlinear one-dimensional shallow water equations, including friction terms for the water... Read More about A hybrid finite volume/finite element method for shallow water waves by static deformation on seabeds.

Applications and technological challenges for heat recovery, storage and utilisation with latent thermal energy storage (2020)
Journal Article
Li, Z., Lu, Y., Huang, R., Chang, J., Yu, X., Jiang, R., …Roskilly, A. P. (2021). Applications and technological challenges for heat recovery, storage and utilisation with latent thermal energy storage. Applied Energy, 283, Article 116277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116277

Thermal energy storage (TES) technology is considered to have the greatest potential to balance the demand and supply overcoming the intermittency and fluctuation nature of real-world heat sources, making a more flexible, highly efficient and reliabl... Read More about Applications and technological challenges for heat recovery, storage and utilisation with latent thermal energy storage.

Blockchain-based Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martinez-Trejo, D. (in press). Blockchain-based Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading. . https://doi.org/10.1109/tesc50295.2020.9656943

Compact SIW-Based Self-Quadruplexing Antenna for Wearable Transceivers (2020)
Journal Article
Iqbal, A., Al-Hasan, M., Mabrouk, I. B., & Nedil, M. (2021). Compact SIW-Based Self-Quadruplexing Antenna for Wearable Transceivers. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 20(1), 118-122. https://doi.org/10.1109/lawp.2020.3043258

This letter proposes a low-profile substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity backed self-quadruplexing antenna for wearable transceivers. The full-mode circular SIW cavity is split into four unequal quarter-mode SIW (QMSIW) cavities using the two s... Read More about Compact SIW-Based Self-Quadruplexing Antenna for Wearable Transceivers.

Exploring the synergistic potential of response surface methodology based multi-objective optimization in the performance–emission-stability trade-off envelope of an existing diesel engine (2020)
Journal Article
Biswas, S., Kakati, D., Roy, S., Chakraborti, P., & Banerjee, R. (2020). Exploring the synergistic potential of response surface methodology based multi-objective optimization in the performance–emission-stability trade-off envelope of an existing diesel engine. Energy Sources Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1840670

The present study reveals synergistic possibilities of split-injection techniques under different exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) profiles to meet the emission-performance-stability trade-off from existing diesel engines under the Bharat Stage constr... Read More about Exploring the synergistic potential of response surface methodology based multi-objective optimization in the performance–emission-stability trade-off envelope of an existing diesel engine.

A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications (2020)
Journal Article
Ullah, R., Ullah, S., Ullah, R., Faisal, F., Mabrouk, I. B., & Hasan, M. J. A. (2020). A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications. IEEE Access, 8, 218477-218488. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2020.3042750

This paper presents a 10-ports, hybrid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system for 5G Smartphone applications. The proposed antenna system comprises two types of antenna modules: (1) multi-band module consists of two identical multiband... Read More about A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications.

A Phenomenological Approach for Condition Monitoring of Magnetic Cores based on the Hysteresis Phenomenon (2020)
Journal Article
Hamzehbahmani, H. (2021). A Phenomenological Approach for Condition Monitoring of Magnetic Cores based on the Hysteresis Phenomenon. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 70, Article 6003409. https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2020.3042314

Hysteresis phenomenon is a distinctive approach to describe the natural behavior of the magnetic materials and magnetic cores. This article proposes a phenomenological approach for core quality assessment and condition monitoring of magnetic cores wi... Read More about A Phenomenological Approach for Condition Monitoring of Magnetic Cores based on the Hysteresis Phenomenon.

DFIG current and controller signals’ angular shaft misalignment signature’an experimental case study (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Y., Sarma, N., Mohammed, A., & Djurovic, S. (2020). DFIG current and controller signals’ angular shaft misalignment signature’an experimental case study. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icem49940.2020.9271062

The mechanisms of adaptation for muscle fascicle length changes with exercise: Implications for spastic muscle (2020)
Journal Article
Davis, J., Khir, A., Barber, L., Reeves, N., Khan, T., DeLuca, M., & Mohagheghi, A. A. (2020). The mechanisms of adaptation for muscle fascicle length changes with exercise: Implications for spastic muscle. Medical Hypotheses, 144, Article 110199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110199

Physiological fluid mechanics: A special Issue with a taster of forefront research (2020)
Journal Article
Khir, A. W., & Segers, P. (2020). Physiological fluid mechanics: A special Issue with a taster of forefront research. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 234(11, SI), 1183-1186. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411920959955

Impact of varying diastolic pressure fitting technique for the reservoir-wave model on wave intensity analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Pomella, N., Rietzschel, E. R., Segers, P., & Khir, A. W. (2020). Impact of varying diastolic pressure fitting technique for the reservoir-wave model on wave intensity analysis. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 234(11, SI), 1300-1311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411920959957

Quadrature methods for highly oscillatory singular integrals (2020)
Journal Article
Gao, J., Condon, M., Iserles, A., Gilvey, B., & Trevelyan, J. (2021). Quadrature methods for highly oscillatory singular integrals. Journal of computational mathematics, 39(2), 227-260. https://doi.org/10.4208/jcm.1911-m2019-0044

We address the evaluation of highly oscillatory integrals, with power-law and logarithmic singularities. Such problems arise in numerical methods in engineering. Notably, the evaluation of oscillatory integrals dominates the run-time for wave-enriche... Read More about Quadrature methods for highly oscillatory singular integrals.

Multilayer Modelling of Lubricated Contacts: A New Approach Based on a Potential Field Description (2020)
Book Chapter
Scholle, M., Mellmann, M., Gaskell, P. H., Westerkamp, L., & Marner, F. (2020). Multilayer Modelling of Lubricated Contacts: A New Approach Based on a Potential Field Description. In G. Ostermeyer, V. L. Popov, E. V. Shilko, & O. S. Vasiljeva (Eds.), Multiscale biomechanics and tribology of inorganic and organic system (359-375). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60124-9_16

A first integral approach, derived in an analogous fashion to Maxwell’s use of potential fields, is employed to investigate the flow characteristics, with a view to minimising friction, of shear-driven fluid motion between rigid surfaces in parallel... Read More about Multilayer Modelling of Lubricated Contacts: A New Approach Based on a Potential Field Description.

Fast inverse solver for identifying the diffusion coefficient in time-dependent problems using noisy data (2020)
Journal Article
Jiang, J., Shadi Mohamed, M., Seaid, M., & Li, H. (2021). Fast inverse solver for identifying the diffusion coefficient in time-dependent problems using noisy data. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 91(4), 1623-1639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-020-01844-7

We propose an efficient inverse solver for identifying the diffusion coefficient based on few random measurements which can be contaminated with noise. We focus mainly on problems involving solutions with steep heat gradients common with sudden chang... Read More about Fast inverse solver for identifying the diffusion coefficient in time-dependent problems using noisy data.

A cone penetration test (CPT) approach to cable plough performance prediction based upon centrifuge model testing (2020)
Journal Article
Robinson, S., Brown, M., Matsui, H., Brennan, A., Augarde, C., Coombs, W., & Cortis, M. (2021). A cone penetration test (CPT) approach to cable plough performance prediction based upon centrifuge model testing. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 58(10), 1466-1477. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2020-0366

Cable ploughing is an important technique for burying and protecting offshore cables. The ability to predict the required tow force and plough performance is essential to allow vessel selection and project programming. Existing tow force models requi... Read More about A cone penetration test (CPT) approach to cable plough performance prediction based upon centrifuge model testing.

Multi-helical Lamb Wave Imaging for Pipe-like Structures Based on a Probabilistic Reconstruction Approach (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Huang, S., Wang, S., Wang, Q., & Zhao, W. (2020). Multi-helical Lamb Wave Imaging for Pipe-like Structures Based on a Probabilistic Reconstruction Approach. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 70, Article 6002510. https://doi.org/10.1109/tim.2020.3038474

The special form of pipe-like structure provides the helical route for ultrasonic guided wave. Considering the pipe as a flattened plate but with periodical replications, the helical wave becomes intuitional and a corresponding imaging algorithm can... Read More about Multi-helical Lamb Wave Imaging for Pipe-like Structures Based on a Probabilistic Reconstruction Approach.