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A stabilised immersed boundary method on hierarchical b-spline grids (2016)
Journal Article
Dettmer, W., Kadapa, C., & Perić, D. (2016). A stabilised immersed boundary method on hierarchical b-spline grids. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 311, 415-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2016.08.027

In this work, an immersed boundary finite element method is proposed which is based on a hierarchically refined cartesian b-spline grid and employs the non-symmetric and penalty-free version of Nitsche’s method to enforce the boundary conditions. The... Read More about A stabilised immersed boundary method on hierarchical b-spline grids.

Portable Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems for Developing Countries (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Freier, D., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Gamio-Roffe, C., Jafry, T., & Muhammad-Sukki, F. (2016, September). Portable Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems for Developing Countries. Poster presented at Scottish Renewables Solar Conference & Exhibition, Verity House,

A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials (2016)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Nottale, L. (2016). A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 29(12), 3113-3118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3756-z

We review recent theoretical developments, which suggest that a set of shared principles underpin macroscopic quantum phenomena observed in high temperature superconducting materials, room temperature coherence in photosynthetic processes and the eme... Read More about A New Ab Initio Approach to the Development of High Temperature Superconducting Materials.

BIM articulation and implementation in different-sized architectural firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaradat, S., & Sexton, M. (2016). BIM articulation and implementation in different-sized architectural firms. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference (63-72)

The empirical domain of research into the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) has tended to be large architectural practices working on mega projects. The majority of construction projects that use BIM (including mega projects) inv... Read More about BIM articulation and implementation in different-sized architectural firms.

Control of rotorcraft landing gear on different ground conditions (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Goh, K., Boix, D. M., McWhinnie, J., & Smith, G. (2016). Control of rotorcraft landing gear on different ground conditions. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icma.2016.7558557

This paper presents an example of a PID controller applied to a 2-dimensional rotorcraft landing gear with two DOF (degrees of freedom), as well as the design of the landing gear dynamic model. The focus of this work is to maintain the landing spot t... Read More about Control of rotorcraft landing gear on different ground conditions.

A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kourkoulis, S. K., Marinelli, A., & Dakanali, I. (2016, June). A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks. Presented at ECCOMAS congress 2016: VII European Congress on Computat

The present study describes the first stage of an ongoing research project aiming to investigate the failure mechanisms activated when reinforcing bars are pulled-out from the body of the reinforced element. Attention is given to the progressive fail... Read More about A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks.

Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sweet, T. K., Rolley, M., Min, G., Knox, A., Gregory, D., Paul, D., …et al. (2016). Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP). In AIP Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962105

This paper presents the design, manufacture and electrical test of a novel integrated III:V low concentrator photovoltaic and thermoelectric device for enhanced solar energy harvesting efficiency. The PCB-based platform is a highly reliable means of... Read More about Scalable solar thermoelectrics and photovoltaics (SUNTRAP).

Bridging the Building Performance Gap (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Currie, J., & Stinson, J. (2016, August). Bridging the Building Performance Gap. Presented at The Energy Agency and Ayrshire Housing CPD event

Ayrshire Housing, in collaboration with the Scottish Energy Centre (SEC) at Edinburgh Napier University, have worked over the last 4 years to define the practicality of integrating energy efficient retrofit measures into a portfolio of hard-to-treat... Read More about Bridging the Building Performance Gap.

Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Livingstone, A., Patlakas, P., Milne, M., Smith, S., & Hairstans, R. (2016, August). Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering, Vienna, Austria

This paper presents a novel method of automating the structural design of timber connections and ensuring code compliance within a Building Information Modelling (BIM) context. The mathematical method of Multi Dimensional Data Fitting (MDDF) is prese... Read More about Multi-dimensional data fitting for the structural design of a simple timber connection.

Environmental assessment of 9 European public bus transportation systems (2016)
Journal Article
Nanaki, E., Koroneos, C., Roset, J., Susca, T., Christensen, T., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., …López-Jiménez, P. A. (2017). Environmental assessment of 9 European public bus transportation systems. Sustainable Cities and Society, 28, 42-52. https://doi.or

The transportation sector is one of the largest sources of EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. In 2011, transportation represented approximately 25 percent of total EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Urban mobility accounts for 40% of all CO2 emissions of roa... Read More about Environmental assessment of 9 European public bus transportation systems.