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Wideband Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antenna for Full-Duplex Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Iqbal, A., Mabrouk, I. B., Al-Hasan, M., Nedil, M., & Denidni, T. A. (2022). Wideband Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antenna for Full-Duplex Systems. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 21(1), 212-216. https://doi.org/10.1109/lawp.2021.3125610

In this letter, a low-profile and wideband substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) antenna is proposed and validated for full-duplex systems. The proposed antenna operates at 4.9 and 5.8 GHz wireless local area network bands. Each resonator of the anten... Read More about Wideband Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antenna for Full-Duplex Systems.

Right Ventricular Shape Feature Quantification for Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension: Feasibility and Preliminary Associations With Clinical Outcome (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, J., Desmond, E. L., Wong, T. C., Neill, C. G., Simon, M. A., & Brigham, J. C. (2022). Right Ventricular Shape Feature Quantification for Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension: Feasibility and Preliminary Associations With Clinical Outcome. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 144(4), Article 044502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052495

Reinforcement Learning Based Load Balancing for Geographically Distributed Data centres (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mackie, M., Sun, H., & Jiang, J. (2021). Reinforcement Learning Based Load Balancing for Geographically Distributed Data centres.

This paper proposes a method of migrating workload among geo-distributed data centres that are equipped with on-site renewable energy sources (RES), such as solar and wind energy, to decarbonise data centres. It aims to optimise the performance of su... Read More about Reinforcement Learning Based Load Balancing for Geographically Distributed Data centres.

Topology-optimized bulk metallic glass cellular materials for energy absorption (2021)
Journal Article
Carstensen, J. V., Lotfi, R., Chen, W., Szyniszewski, S., Gaitanaros, S., Schroers, J., & Guest, J. K. (2022). Topology-optimized bulk metallic glass cellular materials for energy absorption. Scripta Materialia, 208, 114361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114361

Topology optimization is increasingly being used to design the architecture of porous cellular materials with extreme elastic properties. Herein, we look to extend the design problem to the nonlinear regime and aim to maximize the energy absorption c... Read More about Topology-optimized bulk metallic glass cellular materials for energy absorption.

Carbon Nanotubes: Smart Drug/Gene Delivery Carriers [Corrigendum] (2021)
Journal Article
Zare, H., Ahmadi, S., Ghasemi, A., Ghanbari, M., Rabiee, N., Bagherzadeh, M., …Mostafavi, E. (2021). Carbon Nanotubes: Smart Drug/Gene Delivery Carriers [Corrigendum]. International Journal of Nanomedicine, Volume 16, https://doi.org/10.2147/ijn.s338281

The unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) (such as their high surface to volume ratios, enhanced conductivity and strength, biocompatibility, ease of functionalization, optical properties, etc.) have led to their consideration to serve as nove... Read More about Carbon Nanotubes: Smart Drug/Gene Delivery Carriers [Corrigendum].

A Displacement-controlled Arc-Length Solution Scheme (2021)
Journal Article
Pretti, G., Coombs, W., & Augarde, C. (2022). A Displacement-controlled Arc-Length Solution Scheme. Computers and Structures, 258, Article 106674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2021.106674

Tracing load-displacement paths in structural mechanics problems is complicated in the presence of critical points of instability where conventional load- or displacement control fails. To deal with this, arc-length methods have been developed since... Read More about A Displacement-controlled Arc-Length Solution Scheme.

A NURBS-discontinuous and enriched isogeometric boundary element formulation for two-dimensional fatigue crack growth (2021)
Journal Article
Andrade, H., Trevelyan, J., & Leonel, E. (2022). A NURBS-discontinuous and enriched isogeometric boundary element formulation for two-dimensional fatigue crack growth. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 134, 259-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2021.09.019

A new extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIGABEM) formulation is proposed for simulating multiple fatigue crack propagation in two-dimensional domains. The classical use of NURBS in isogeometric formulations is further extended by repeate... Read More about A NURBS-discontinuous and enriched isogeometric boundary element formulation for two-dimensional fatigue crack growth.

A flexible and robust yield function for geomaterials (2021)
Journal Article
Golchin, A., Vardon, P., Hicks, M., & Coombs, W. (2021). A flexible and robust yield function for geomaterials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 387, Article 114162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2021.114162

This paper presents a new Modified Cam Clay (MCC) type yield function, that is designed for robust and efficient use with implicit stress integration algorithms. The proposed yield function attains non-elliptical (e.g. tear and bullet) shapes, as wel... Read More about A flexible and robust yield function for geomaterials.

Numerical modelling of large deformation problems in geotechnical engineering: A state-of-the-art review (2021)
Journal Article
Augarde, C., Lee, S., & Loukidis, D. (2021). Numerical modelling of large deformation problems in geotechnical engineering: A state-of-the-art review. Soils and Foundations, 61(6), 1718-1735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2021.08.007

Many problems in geotechnical engineering involve large movements or rotations, examples include natural processes such as landslides, and man-made processes such as earthmoving and pile penetration. While the use of numerical modelling, primarily th... Read More about Numerical modelling of large deformation problems in geotechnical engineering: A state-of-the-art review.

Blockage Impact of Human Locomotion Gaits on Terahertz Wireless Links (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Prokscha, A., Sheikh, F., Al-Hasan, M., Mabrouk, I., & Kaiser, T. (2021). Blockage Impact of Human Locomotion Gaits on Terahertz Wireless Links. . https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz50926.2021.9567129

The study targets human locomotion gait for analyzing the blockage impact on terahertz (THz) wireless links. A 3D human model 6 m from the transmitter (TX) is thus employed to impose blockage in a line-of-sight (LoS) environment with vertically polar... Read More about Blockage Impact of Human Locomotion Gaits on Terahertz Wireless Links.

Ferroelectric-assisted high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrospun P(VDF-TrFE) composite nanofibers with barium titanate nanofillers (2021)
Journal Article
Min, G., Pullanchiyodan, A., Dahiya, A. S., Hosseini, E. S., Xu, Y., Mulvihill, D. M., & Dahiya, R. (2021). Ferroelectric-assisted high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrospun P(VDF-TrFE) composite nanofibers with barium titanate nanofillers. Nano Energy, 90(Part A), Article 106600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106600

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are flexible, efficient, and cost-effective energy harvesters. Here, we develop high-performance ferroelectric-assisted TENGs using electrospun fibrous surfaces based on P(VDF-TrFE) with dispersed BaTiO3 (BTO) nan... Read More about Ferroelectric-assisted high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators based on electrospun P(VDF-TrFE) composite nanofibers with barium titanate nanofillers.

Cross-Domain Structure Preserving Projection for Heterogeneous Domain Adaptation (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., & Breckon, T. (2022). Cross-Domain Structure Preserving Projection for Heterogeneous Domain Adaptation. Pattern Recognition, 123, Article 108362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2021.108362

Heterogeneous Domain Adaptation (HDA) addresses the transfer learning problems where data from the source and target domains are of different modalities (e.g., texts and images) or feature dimensions (e.g., features extracted with different methods).... Read More about Cross-Domain Structure Preserving Projection for Heterogeneous Domain Adaptation.

Simulation study on exhaust turbine power generation for waste heat recovery from exhaust of a diesel engine (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, Y., Cui, Y., Wang, Y., & Wang, P. (2021). Simulation study on exhaust turbine power generation for waste heat recovery from exhaust of a diesel engine. Energy Reports, 7, 8378-8389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.09.083

Diesel engine has been used as the primary mover in vehicles for a long time. It is known that around 25%–30% of the fuel energy is wasted in the exhaust gas from diesel engines. In this study, a turbine power generation system including a 1.8 kW 60,... Read More about Simulation study on exhaust turbine power generation for waste heat recovery from exhaust of a diesel engine.

Reduced Graphene Oxide for the Development of Wearable Mechanical Energy-Harvesters: A Review (2021)
Journal Article
Nag, A., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., Sapra, S., Buckley, J. L., O'Flynn, B., Liu, Z., & Mukhopadhyay, S. C. (2021). Reduced Graphene Oxide for the Development of Wearable Mechanical Energy-Harvesters: A Review. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(23), 26415-26425. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3118565

The unique characteristics of graphene have generated a lot of interest in the research community. A concept of utilizing graphene and its derivatives in the development of energy harvesters has just appeared in recent decades. This paper focuses on... Read More about Reduced Graphene Oxide for the Development of Wearable Mechanical Energy-Harvesters: A Review.

Compatibility Issues With Irregular Current Injection Islanding Detection Methods in Multi-DG Units Equipped With Grid-Connected Transformers (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Zhao, W., Wang, Q., Wang, Z., Jiang, C., Shu, J., …Bai, Y. (2022). Compatibility Issues With Irregular Current Injection Islanding Detection Methods in Multi-DG Units Equipped With Grid-Connected Transformers. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 37(3), 3599-3616. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2021.3117879

Compatibility issues with irregular current injection islanding detection methods are actually the problem that some irregular currents at the same frequency injected into the same line may cancel each other out and then the islanding detection may b... Read More about Compatibility Issues With Irregular Current Injection Islanding Detection Methods in Multi-DG Units Equipped With Grid-Connected Transformers.

Large Eddy Simulation of incident flows around polygonal cylinders (2021)
Journal Article
Masoudi, E., Gan, L., & Sims-Williams, D. (2021). Large Eddy Simulation of incident flows around polygonal cylinders. Physics of Fluids, 33(10), Article 105112. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0063046

In this study, we carry out large eddy simulation (LES) of incident flow around polygonal cylinders of side number N = 5 − 8 at Reynolds number Re= 104 . In total, six incidence angles (α) are studied on each cylinder ranging from face to corner orie... Read More about Large Eddy Simulation of incident flows around polygonal cylinders.