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On the Impact of Using X-Ray Energy Response Imagery for Object Detection via Convolutional Neural Networks (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bhowmik, N., Gaus, Y., & Breckon, T. (2021, September). On the Impact of Using X-Ray Energy Response Imagery for Object Detection via Convolutional Neural Networks. Presented at International Conference on Image Processing, Anchorage, AK

Automatic detection of prohibited items within complex and cluttered X-ray security imagery is essential to maintaining transport security, where prior work on automatic prohibited item detection focus primarily on pseudo-colour (rgb) X-ray imagery.... Read More about On the Impact of Using X-Ray Energy Response Imagery for Object Detection via Convolutional Neural Networks.

On the importance of finite element mesh alignment along the fibre direction for modelling damage in fibre-reinforced polymer composite laminates (2021)
Journal Article
Millen, S. L. J., Ullah, Z., & Falzon, B. G. (2021). On the importance of finite element mesh alignment along the fibre direction for modelling damage in fibre-reinforced polymer composite laminates. Composite Structures, 278, Article 114694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2021.114694

A finite element mesh, aligned along the fibre direction, has often been purported to yield more accurate results in the modelling of damage in composite structures constructed from unidirectional fibre reinforced polymer laminates. However, there ha... Read More about On the importance of finite element mesh alignment along the fibre direction for modelling damage in fibre-reinforced polymer composite laminates.

Rainfall induced deformation on unsaturated collapsible soils (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moghaddasi, H., Osman, A., Toll, D., & Khalili, N. (2022, December). Rainfall induced deformation on unsaturated collapsible soils. Presented at Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, Chicago, Illinois, on 23-26 May 2021

The stability of transportation infrastructure can be affected by seasonal rainfall infiltrated adjacent excavations and natural slopes. The paper investigates the rainfall-induced deformation of an anchored excavation constructed in unsaturated soil... Read More about Rainfall induced deformation on unsaturated collapsible soils.

A comparative study of the effects of particle grading and compaction effort on the strength and stiffness of earth building materials at different humidity levels (2021)
Journal Article
Cuccurullo, A., Gallipoli, D., Bruno, A., Augarde, C., Hughes, P., & La Borderie, C. (2021). A comparative study of the effects of particle grading and compaction effort on the strength and stiffness of earth building materials at different humidity levels. Construction and Building Materials, 306, Article 124770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.124770

This paper presents an investigation of the mechanical properties of three different earth building materials manufactured by compacting two soils with distinct particle size distributions under two markedly different efforts. Multiple samples of eac... Read More about A comparative study of the effects of particle grading and compaction effort on the strength and stiffness of earth building materials at different humidity levels.

Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography in Neuromyelitis Optica (vol 8, e1068, 2021) (2021)
Journal Article
Oertel, F. C., Specovius, S., Zimmermann, H. G., Chien, C., Motamedi, S., Bereuter, C., Cook, L., Lana Peixoto, M. A., Fontanelle, M. A., Kim, H. J., Hyun, J.-W., Palace, J., Roca-Fernandez, A., Leite, M. I., Sharma, S., Ashtari, F., Kafieh, R., Dehghani, A., Pourazizi, M., Pandit, L., …Paul, F. (2022). Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography in Neuromyelitis Optica (vol 8, e1068, 2021). Neurology, 9(2), Article e1132. https://doi.org/10.1212/nxi.0000000000001132

Neural Network Approximation of Graph Fourier Transform for Sparse Sampling of Networked Dynamics (2021)
Journal Article
Pagani, A., Wei, Z., Silva, R., & Guo, W. (2022). Neural Network Approximation of Graph Fourier Transform for Sparse Sampling of Networked Dynamics. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 22(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3461838

Infrastructure monitoring is critical for safe operations and sustainability. Like many networked systems, water distribution networks (WDNs) exhibit both graph topological structure and complex embedded flow dynamics. The resulting networked cascade... Read More about Neural Network Approximation of Graph Fourier Transform for Sparse Sampling of Networked Dynamics.

Strain characteristics and permeability evolution of faults under stress disturbance monitoring by fibre bragg grating sensing and pressure pulses (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, L., Li, Q., Mathias, S. A., Tan, Y., Yang, D., & Fan, C. (2021). Strain characteristics and permeability evolution of faults under stress disturbance monitoring by fibre bragg grating sensing and pressure pulses. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 7(4), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-021-00289-8

The sealing and structural stability of faults must be considered in many underground engineering endeavours, such as underground energy extraction and CO2 geological storage. In order to simultaneously study the evolution laws of fault sealing and s... Read More about Strain characteristics and permeability evolution of faults under stress disturbance monitoring by fibre bragg grating sensing and pressure pulses.

Blockchain-Based Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Method (2021)
Journal Article
Thompson, M. J., Sun, H., & Jiang, J. (2022). Blockchain-Based Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Method. CSEE journal of power and energy systems, 8(5), 1318-1326. https://doi.org/10.17775/cseejpes.2021.00010

Blockchain-enabled peer-to-peer energy trading provides a method for neighbours and communities to trade energy generated from local and distributed renewable energy sources. Effective matching can facilitate greater energy efficiency during transmis... Read More about Blockchain-Based Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading Method.

Biphasic epoxy-ionic liquid structural electrolytes: minimising feature size through cure cycle and multifunctional block-copolymer addition (2021)
Journal Article
Wendong, Q., Dent, J., Arrighi, V., Cavalcanti, L., Shaffer, M. S., & Shirshova, N. (2021). Biphasic epoxy-ionic liquid structural electrolytes: minimising feature size through cure cycle and multifunctional block-copolymer addition. Multifunctional materials, 4(3), Article 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-7532/ac1ea7

Structural electrolytes provide mechanical properties approaching structural resin combined with a high degree of ionic conductivity. Here, structural electrolytes based on bisphenol A diglycidyl ether and the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium... Read More about Biphasic epoxy-ionic liquid structural electrolytes: minimising feature size through cure cycle and multifunctional block-copolymer addition.

Towards Automatic Threat Detection: A Survey of Advances of Deep Learning within X-ray Security Imaging (2021)
Journal Article
Akcay, S., & Breckon, T. (2022). Towards Automatic Threat Detection: A Survey of Advances of Deep Learning within X-ray Security Imaging. Pattern Recognition, 122, Article 108245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2021.108245

X-ray security screening is widely used to maintain aviation/transport security, and its significance poses a particular interest in automated screening systems. This paper aims to review computerised X-ray security imaging algorithms by taxonomising... Read More about Towards Automatic Threat Detection: A Survey of Advances of Deep Learning within X-ray Security Imaging.

Near wake flow features of polygonal cylinders in different incidence angles (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Masoudi, E., Gan, L., & Sims-Williams, D. (2021, September). Near wake flow features of polygonal cylinders in different incidence angles. Paper presented at UK Fluids Conference 2021, Online

In this study, large eddy simulation (LES) is used to simulate flow of incidence angle α around polygonal cylinders of side number N=5-8 at Reynolds number Re=10,000. Six incidence angles are studied on each cylinder, which covers the entire α spect... Read More about Near wake flow features of polygonal cylinders in different incidence angles.

Temporal and Non-Temporal Contextual Saliency Analysis for Generalized Wide-Area Search within Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Video (2021)
Journal Article
Gökstorp, S., & Breckon, T. (2022). Temporal and Non-Temporal Contextual Saliency Analysis for Generalized Wide-Area Search within Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Video. Visual Computer, 38(6), 2033-2040. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-021-02264-6

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) can be used to great effect for wide-area searches such as search and rescue operations. UAV enable search and rescue teams to cover large areas more efficiently and in less time. However, using UAV for this purpose inv... Read More about Temporal and Non-Temporal Contextual Saliency Analysis for Generalized Wide-Area Search within Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Video.

Biofuel trigeneration with energy storage for heating, cooling and power on farms (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, Z., Ly, S., Wang, Y., Huang, Y., Luo, J., & Fu, C. (2021). Biofuel trigeneration with energy storage for heating, cooling and power on farms. Energy Reports, 7, 5394-5405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.08.129

The drive towards net-zero carbon emissions has prompted many industries to alter the way they operate. The agriculture industry is responsible for a large proportion of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, the feasibility of implementing an anae... Read More about Biofuel trigeneration with energy storage for heating, cooling and power on farms.

Experimental Research on the Macroscopic and Microscopic Spray Characteristics of Diesel-PODE3-4 Blends (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Liu, S., Guo, X., Jia, C., Huang, X., Wang, Y., & Huang, H. (2021). Experimental Research on the Macroscopic and Microscopic Spray Characteristics of Diesel-PODE3-4 Blends. Energies, 14(17), https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175559

Polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether (PODE) is a low-viscosity oxygenated fuel that can improve the volatility of blended fuels. In this work, the macroscopic and microscopic spray characteristics of diesel-PODE3-4 under different ambient temperatures and... Read More about Experimental Research on the Macroscopic and Microscopic Spray Characteristics of Diesel-PODE3-4 Blends.

Verification of an Intelligent Ray Launching Algorithm in Indoor Environments in the Ka‐Band (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, W., Huang, J., Zhang, J., Gao, Y., Salous, S., & Zhang, J. (2021). Verification of an Intelligent Ray Launching Algorithm in Indoor Environments in the Ka‐Band. Radio Science, 56(9), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020rs007252

This paper presents the verification of indoor propagation channel simulations based on an intelligent ray launching algorithm (IRLA) in the Ka-band of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum in various indoor environments, including a classroom, an of... Read More about Verification of an Intelligent Ray Launching Algorithm in Indoor Environments in the Ka‐Band.

A novel multi-band and multi-generation (2G, 3G,4G, and 5G) 9-elements MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphone applications (2021)
Journal Article
Ullah, R., Ullah, S., Faisal, F., Ullah, R., Mabrouk, I. B., Al Hasan, M. J., & Kamal, B. (2021). A novel multi-band and multi-generation (2G, 3G,4G, and 5G) 9-elements MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphone applications. Wireless Networks, 27(7), 4825–4837. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-021-02772-2

In this study, a 9-elements hybrid MIMO (multiple input multiple output) antennas system is developed for 5G Smartphone communication.The designed MIMO system is composed of two different antenna parts i.e. the multi-band antenna element, and the eig... Read More about A novel multi-band and multi-generation (2G, 3G,4G, and 5G) 9-elements MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphone applications.

A combined heat and green hydrogen (CHH) generator integrated with a heat network (2021)
Journal Article
Burrin, D., Roy, S., Roskilly, A. P., & Smallbone, A. (2021). A combined heat and green hydrogen (CHH) generator integrated with a heat network. Energy Conversion and Management, 246, Article 114686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.114686

Combined heat and power (CHP) systems offer high energy efficiencies as they utilise both the electricity generated and any excess heat by co-suppling to local consumers. This work presents the potential of a combined heat and hydrogen (CHH) system,... Read More about A combined heat and green hydrogen (CHH) generator integrated with a heat network.