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Assessing the relationship between the human response to vibration in the vibrotactile threshold shift with HAV exposure determined on the subject (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anderson, L., Taylor, M., Maeda, S., & McLaughlin, J. (2018). Assessing the relationship between the human response to vibration in the vibrotactile threshold shift with HAV exposure determined on the subject. In The 26th Japan Conference on Human Respon

Existing risk assessment methodologies are based on fixed tool vibration magnitude emission data (such as tool declaration data or a point in time (typically annually) tool measurement to ISO5349) and tool usage time. The research evaluates the rela... Read More about Assessing the relationship between the human response to vibration in the vibrotactile threshold shift with HAV exposure determined on the subject.

A Conceptual Framework and Roadmap Approach for Integrating BIM into Lifecycle Project Management (2018)
Journal Article
Ma, X., Xiong, F., Olawumi, T. O., Dong, N., & Chan, A. P. C. (2018). A Conceptual Framework and Roadmap Approach for Integrating BIM into Lifecycle Project Management. Journal of Management in Engineering, 34(6), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29M

As a disruptive information and communication technology (ICT) in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) industry, building information modeling (BIM) enables project teams to manage a project via a model-based cooperative... Read More about A Conceptual Framework and Roadmap Approach for Integrating BIM into Lifecycle Project Management.

Determination of shear modulus of wood joists from torsion tests and relationship with modulus of elasticity (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khokhar, A., & Zhang, J. (2018, August). Determination of shear modulus of wood joists from torsion tests and relationship with modulus of elasticity. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, Republic of Korea

This paper presents the work that was undertaken to use torsion tests to evaluate the shear modulus of wood joists. The relationship of the shear modulus with modulus of elasticity, obtained from bending tests, was examined. Testing standard EN408 h... Read More about Determination of shear modulus of wood joists from torsion tests and relationship with modulus of elasticity.

Physical characteristics of wireless communication channels for secret key establishment: A survey of the research (2018)
Journal Article
Bottarelli, M., Epiphaniou, G., Ismail, D. K. B., Karadimas, P., & Al-Khateeb, H. (2018). Physical characteristics of wireless communication channels for secret key establishment: A survey of the research. Computers and Security, 78, 454-476. https://doi.

Physical layer security protocols have recently been deployed in the context of Wireless communications. These are derived from the intrinsic characteristics of the communication media for key generation, sharing and randomness extraction. These prot... Read More about Physical characteristics of wireless communication channels for secret key establishment: A survey of the research.

Overview of porous media/metal foam application in fuel cells and solar power systems (2018)
Journal Article
Tan, W. C., Saw, L. H., Thiam, H. S., Xuan, J., Cai, Z., & Yew, M. C. (2018). Overview of porous media/metal foam application in fuel cells and solar power systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 96, 181-197

Fuel cells and solar energy are promising candidates for electricity generation. It is forecast that fuel cells and solar power systems will play an important role in reducing the greenhouse gas footprint and replacing fossil fuels. Therefore, the li... Read More about Overview of porous media/metal foam application in fuel cells and solar power systems.

Design and Fabrication of Absorptive/Reflective Crossed CPC PV/T System (2018)
Journal Article
Aykapadathu, M., Nazarinia, M., & Sellami, N. (2018). Design and Fabrication of Absorptive/Reflective Crossed CPC PV/T System. Designs, 2(3), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/designs2030029

A crossed compound parabolic concentrator (CCPC) is a non-imaging concentrator which is a modified form of a circular 3D compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) obtained by orthogonal intersection of two 2D CPCs that have an optical efficiency in line... Read More about Design and Fabrication of Absorptive/Reflective Crossed CPC PV/T System.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Sandy Brechin Band (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Brechin, S., & Currie, J. Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Sandy Brechin Band. Performed at Merchants Hall, Edinburgh. 4 August 2018 - 4 August 2018. (Unpublished)

The wild man of Scottish accordion is back with his tip-top tunes, frighteningly fast fingering and hilarious hi-jinks and humour, accompanied by his groovin' five-piece band. It's folk music, Jim, but not as we know it! Sandy is one of Scotland's be... Read More about Edinburgh Festival Fringe - The Sandy Brechin Band.

High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer (2018)
Journal Article
Vadodaria, S. S., Onyianta, A. J., & Sun, D. (2018). High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer. Cellulose, 25(10), 5535-5552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1963-4

Suspensions of cellulose micro- and nanofibrils are widely used in coatings, fibre spinning, 3D printing and as rheology modifiers where they are frequently exposed to shear rates > 104 s−1, often within small confinements. High-shear rate rheologica... Read More about High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer.

Micro flying robot for autonomous agricultural pollination (2018)
Patent
Yu, H. (2018). Micro flying robot for autonomous agricultural pollination. WO2018133241A1, US20190104699. State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R . China

Disclosed is a micro flying robot for autonomous pollination, comprising a robot body, an intelligent control portion, an intelligent sensor portion, a battery, a pollination apparatus and an emitter, wherein the robot body comprises a body portion a... Read More about Micro flying robot for autonomous agricultural pollination.

Trajectory Synthesis and Optimization of an Underactuated Microrobotic System with Dynamic Constraints and Couplings (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2018). Trajectory Synthesis and Optimization of an Underactuated Microrobotic System with Dynamic Constraints and Couplings. International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 16(5), 2373-2383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s

Motivated by the desire to optimally control the friction-induced stick-slip locomotion and sufficiently improve the energy efficacy, a novel trajectory synthesis and optimization scheme is proposed in this paper for a underactuated microrobotic syst... Read More about Trajectory Synthesis and Optimization of an Underactuated Microrobotic System with Dynamic Constraints and Couplings.

Surface functionalisation by the introduction of self-healing properties into electroless Ni -P (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stankiewicz, A., Kefallinou, Z., Mordarski, G., Jagoda, Z., & Spencer, B. (2018, July). Surface functionalisation by the introduction of self-healing properties into electroless Ni -P. Poster presented at Electrochemical Methods in Corrosion Research 2018

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.

Comparison of cutting mechanism when machining micro and nano-particles reinforced SiC/Al metal matrix composites (2018)
Journal Article
Teng, X., Chen, W., Huo, D., Shyha, I., & Lin, C. (2018). Comparison of cutting mechanism when machining micro and nano-particles reinforced SiC/Al metal matrix composites. Composite Structures, 203, 636-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.07.0

Recently, metal matrix composites (MMCs) reinforced with nano-particles receive increasing attention from academia and industries. The cutting mechanism of nano MMCs is believed to be different when compared to composites reinforced with micro partic... Read More about Comparison of cutting mechanism when machining micro and nano-particles reinforced SiC/Al metal matrix composites.

Automatic code compliance with multi-dimensional data fitting in a BIM context (2018)
Journal Article
Patlakas, P., Livingstone, A., Hairstans, R., & Neighbour, G. (2018). Automatic code compliance with multi-dimensional data fitting in a BIM context. Advanced engineering informatics, 38, 216-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2018.07.002

BIM-based tools can contribute to addressing some of the challenges faced by structural engineering practitioners. A BIM-based framework for the development of components that deliver Automatic Code Compliance (ACC) is presented. The structural desig... Read More about Automatic code compliance with multi-dimensional data fitting in a BIM context.

The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba3CoSb2O9 (2018)
Journal Article
Kamiya, Y., Ge, L., Hong, T., Qiu, Y., Quintero-Castro, D. L., Lu, Z., …Ma, J. (2018). The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba3CoSb2O9. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 2666 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s

Magnetization plateaus in quantum magnets—where bosonic quasiparticles crystallize into emergent spin superlattices—are spectacular yet simple examples of collective quantum phenomena escaping classical description. While magnetization plateaus have... Read More about The nature of spin excitations in the one-third magnetization plateau phase of Ba3CoSb2O9.

New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Ba

In this work it is demonstrated that substrate integrated waveguide longitudinal slotted array antenna (SIWLSAA) which is loaded with metal fences exhibits highisolation across VHF/UHF bands. A reference SIWLSAA used for comparison purpose comprises... Read More about New Approach to Suppress Mutual Coupling Between Longitudinal-Slotted Arrays Based on SIW Antenna Loaded with Metal-Fences Working on VHF/UHF Frequency-Bands: Study, Investigation, and Principle.

Collaboration in public transport planning – Why, how and what? (2018)
Journal Article
Paulsson, A., Isaksson, K., Sørensen, C. H., Hrelja, R., Rye, T., & Scholten, C. (2018). Collaboration in public transport planning – Why, how and what?. Research in Transportation Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2018.06.013

This paper is about collaboration in public transport governance. Drawing upon the emerging literature that views collaboration through the lens of networks, we explore why and how regional public transport authorities collaborate with both municipal... Read More about Collaboration in public transport planning – Why, how and what?.

Optimized adaptive tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2018). Optimized adaptive tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system. Nonlinear Dynamics, 94(3), 1803-1817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-018-4458-9

This paper studies the issue of adaptive trajectory tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system and presents a novel motion generation framework. In this framework, feasible motion trajectory is derived through investigating dyn... Read More about Optimized adaptive tracking control for an underactuated vibro-driven capsule system.

Barriers to the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects: A Delphi Survey of International Experts (2018)
Journal Article
Olawumi, T. O., Chan, D. W., Wong, J. K., & Chan, A. P. (2018). Barriers to the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects: A Delphi Survey of International Experts. Journal of Building Engineering, 20, 60-71. https://doi.org

The built environment faces numerous challenges in its quest to be more productive and sustainable, and to the adoption of a smart and creative process of carrying out the various operations. This study aims to investigate the profound barriers faced... Read More about Barriers to the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects: A Delphi Survey of International Experts.