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Influence of parameters affecting the racking strength of partially anchored timber framed walls (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, B., Dohnju, R., Kermani, A., Porteous, J., & D'Amico, B. (2018). Influence of parameters affecting the racking strength of partially anchored timber framed walls. In WCTE 2018

A test-based assessment of the racking performance of partially anchored timber framed walls is described in this paper. The tested wall specimens were constructed and tested at the Centre for Timber Engineering (Edinburgh Napier University, UK) cons... Read More about Influence of parameters affecting the racking strength of partially anchored timber framed walls.

Cyclist exposure to hand-arm vibration and pavement surface improvement in the City of Edinburgh (2018)
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Taylor, M., Edgar, A., & Raine, M. (2018). Cyclist exposure to hand-arm vibration and pavement surface improvement in the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh

Cyclist exposure to hand/arm vibration Napier University's Dr Mark Taylor used an instrumented bike to assess the effect of setts and other road surfaces on hand-arm vibration. Setts were found to be a severe problem, with some cyclists even e... Read More about Cyclist exposure to hand-arm vibration and pavement surface improvement in the City of Edinburgh.

Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Barreto Gonzalez, D., Miranda, M., & Marinelli, A. (2018, June). Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures. Presented at 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki

Residential buildings in high population density areas are seismically vulnerable to the action of major seismic events. The high cost and technical difficulties related to the use of advanced seismic isolations systems precludes its installation to... Read More about Dynamic behaviour of shredded rubber soil mixtures.

Flexible ZnO Nanowires-Graphene Stack by Hot Lamination Method (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shakthivel, D., Yogeswaran, N., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiva, R. (2018). Flexible ZnO Nanowires-Graphene Stack by Hot Lamination Method. In 2018 IEEE Sensors. https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589818

Inorganic nanostructures on flexible substrates form key components for high performance flexible electronics. 1D (Nanowires) and 2D (graphene) nanostructures are inherently flexible, in addition to having attractive electronic properties. The utilit... Read More about Flexible ZnO Nanowires-Graphene Stack by Hot Lamination Method.

Optimization RFID-enabled Retail Store Management with Complex Event Processing (2018)
Journal Article
Peng, S., Liu, C., He, J., Yu, H., & Li, F. (2019). Optimization RFID-enabled Retail Store Management with Complex Event Processing. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 16(1), 52-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11633-018-1164-5

Radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled retail store management needs workflow optimization to facilitate real-time decision making. In this paper, complex event processing (CEP) based RFID-enabled retail store management is studied, particular... Read More about Optimization RFID-enabled Retail Store Management with Complex Event Processing.

Optical Fiber Sensor Design for Ground Slope Movement Monitoring for Railway Safety Operations (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hook, D., Laing, W., Kerrouche, A., Barreto Gonzalez, D., & Alwis, L. S. (2018). Optical Fiber Sensor Design for Ground Slope Movement Monitoring for Railway Safety Operations. In 2018 IEEE Sensors Proceedings (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8

Scour and slope instability are a major issue in keeping the railway structures safe and operational. Conventional measurement techniques do not allow real-time monitoring of slope movement and/or are time/resource consuming. Novel fiber optic techno... Read More about Optical Fiber Sensor Design for Ground Slope Movement Monitoring for Railway Safety Operations.

An Alternative Current-Error Based Control for VSC Integration to Weak Grid (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Givaki, K., Chen, D., Xu, L., & Xu, Y. (2018). An Alternative Current-Error Based Control for VSC Integration to Weak Grid. In IEEE PES General Meeting 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8586145

An enhanced current control strategy is proposed for voltage source converters for the integration to weak grids. The control derives from the current-error based vector control. By implementing simple close-loop compensations of both angle and magn... Read More about An Alternative Current-Error Based Control for VSC Integration to Weak Grid.

Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and its Application in Classification (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Wei, J., Wen, S., Yu, H., & Zhang, X. (2018). Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and its Application in Classification. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 30(6), 921-926. https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2018.p0921

For improving the classification accuracy of the classifier, a novel classification methodology based on artificial bee colony algorithm is proposed for optimal feature and SVM parameters selection. In order to balance the ability of exploration and... Read More about Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm and its Application in Classification.

Analysis of integration of multi‐terminal HVDC network to weak grids (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Givaki, K., Rahman, M. H., Vozikis, D., & Giveki, A. (2018, June). Analysis of integration of multi‐terminal HVDC network to weak grids. Presented at 14th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission, Chengdu, China

In this paper, the integration of multi-terminal HVDC systems to weak power grids is analysed under different grid strengths and control methods. In this paper, a modular multi-level converter based MTDC network is considered. The analysis showed the... Read More about Analysis of integration of multi‐terminal HVDC network to weak grids.

H2/Air Autoignition Dynamics around the Third Explosion Limit (2018)
Journal Article
Tingas, E., Kyritsis, D. C., & Goussis, D. A. (2019). H2/Air Autoignition Dynamics around the Third Explosion Limit. Journal of Energy Engineering, 145(1), Article 04018074. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29ey.1943-7897.0000588

This paper examines the influence of wall reactions on the generation of the explosive time scale that characterizes ignition delay around the third explosion limit of a stoichiometric H2/air homogeneous mixture. The only wall reactions exhibiting a... Read More about H2/Air Autoignition Dynamics around the Third Explosion Limit.

Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nabipour-Afrouzi, H., Yii, S., Ahmad, J., & Tabassum, M. (2018). Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC). https://doi.o

The energy consumption is increasing at an alarming rate due to the growth of world population. Hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) is becoming more trending as the sources involved such as wind and solar radiation to generate energy is environment... Read More about Comprehensive Review on Appropriate Sizing and Optimization Technique of Hybrid PV-Wind System.

Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kho, C. T. K., Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., & Kermadi, M. (2018). Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules. In 2018 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC) (532-537). https://doi.org/10

Partial shading is the phenomenon, which occurs when PV modules receive irregular irradiance on a PV array. Due to that, shaded PV modules are bypassed by diodes and significant reduction in power is experienced. To counter such problem, PV modules a... Read More about Mitigating the effect of partial shading by triple-tied configuration of PV modules.

Surface functionalisation by the introduction of self-healing properties into electroless Ni-P coatings (2018)
Journal Article
Stankiewicz, A., Kefallinou, Z., Mordarski, G., Jagoda, Z., & Spencer, B. (2019). Surface functionalisation by the introduction of self-healing properties into electroless Ni-P coatings. Electrochimica Acta, 297, 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electac

Ni-P∖alginate microgels coatings, as potential metallic protective coatings with self-healing properties, were deposited by the electroless method. The alginate microgels contained nickel chloride and sodium hypophosphite. It was proven that the redu... Read More about Surface functionalisation by the introduction of self-healing properties into electroless Ni-P coatings.

Modelling Cycling Flow for the estimation of cycling risk at a meso urban spatial level (2018)
Journal Article
Meade, S., & Stewart, K. (2018). Modelling Cycling Flow for the estimation of cycling risk at a meso urban spatial level. Transportation Research Procedia, 34, 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.11.014

One of the prevailing challenges in cycling research, or indeed any vulnerable road user research, is the availability of data to ascertain a representative level of 'exposure' or simply how much cycling there is – " when and where ". Therefore, it i... Read More about Modelling Cycling Flow for the estimation of cycling risk at a meso urban spatial level.

Graphene-Oxide and Hydrogel Coated FBG-Based pH Sensor for Biomedical Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Binetti, L., Stankiewicz, A., & Alwis, L. S. M. (2018, September). Graphene-Oxide and Hydrogel Coated FBG-Based pH Sensor for Biomedical Applications. Presented at Eurosensors 2018 Conference, Graz, Austria

A hydrogel coated fibre grating-based pH sensor for biomedical applications has been realised, where Graphene Oxide (GO) had been used to enhance the bonding between the coating and the fibre. Two methods of deposition of GO were analysed i.e., evapo... Read More about Graphene-Oxide and Hydrogel Coated FBG-Based pH Sensor for Biomedical Applications.

An Artificial Intelligence Method for Comfort Level Prediction (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sajjadian, S. M., Jafari, M., & Siebers, P. (2018). An Artificial Intelligence Method for Comfort Level Prediction. In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2018: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference in Sustainability on Energy and Building

With the rapid demand for the energy efficient consumption in buildings, bridging the gap between predicted and measured performance is essential. However, recent studies show that there is a significant mismatch between predicted and actual building... Read More about An Artificial Intelligence Method for Comfort Level Prediction.

Assessment of health status of the elderly and pre-elderly at a Malaysia elderly care centre (2018)
Journal Article
Bani, N. A., Hassan, M. Z., Kaidi, H. M., Hashim, N. F. M., Dziyauddin, R. A., Musa, R., …Mas'ud, A. A. (2018). Assessment of health status of the elderly and pre-elderly at a Malaysia elderly care centre. International Journal of Integrated Engineering

They were once called the baby boomers, born between 1946 to 1964, but now aged above 50 years old, they contribute to the increasing number of elderly population in Malaysia. Age classification for elderly people varies between countries but commonl... Read More about Assessment of health status of the elderly and pre-elderly at a Malaysia elderly care centre.