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Experimental study on shear performance of RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP prestressed concrete prisms (2021)
Journal Article
Deng, Y., Ma, F., Zhang, H., Wong, S. H. F., Pankaj, P., Zhu, L., Ding, L., & Bahadori-Jahromi, A. (2021). Experimental study on shear performance of RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP prestressed concrete prisms. Engineering Structures, 235, Article 112004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112004

This paper presents an experimental investigation of the shear performance of RC beams strengthened with near surface mounted (NSM) carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) prestressed concrete prisms (PCPs). The shear behaviour of strengthened beams c... Read More about Experimental study on shear performance of RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP prestressed concrete prisms.

A novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation in nearly and truly incompressible solids (2021)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C. (2021). A novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation in nearly and truly incompressible solids. Acta mechanica, 232(6), 2135-2163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-020-02883-5

This paper presents a novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation problems in nearly and truly incompressible material models. The proposed methodology is based on the efficient computation of the Schur complement for the mixed... Read More about A novel semi-implicit scheme for elastodynamics and wave propagation in nearly and truly incompressible solids.

Optimal admission and routing with congestion-sensitive customer classes (2021)
Journal Article
Aslan, A. (2022). Optimal admission and routing with congestion-sensitive customer classes. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 36(3), 774-798. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0269964821000073

This paper considers optimal admission and routing control in multi-class service systems in which customers can either receive quality regular service which is subject to congestion or can receive congestion-free but less desirable service at an alt... Read More about Optimal admission and routing with congestion-sensitive customer classes.

A review of building integrated photovoltaic: case study of tropical climatic regions (2021)
Journal Article
Abdullahi, M. M., Abubakar Mas’ud, A., Abubakar Mas’ud, I., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Karim, R., Mohd Saudi, A. S., Bani, N. A., & Wirba, A. V. (2021). A review of building integrated photovoltaic: case study of tropical climatic regions. International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 12(1), 474-488. https://doi.org/10.11591/ijpeds.v12.i1.pp474-488

The building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system have recently drawn interest and have demonstrated high potential to assist building owners supply both thermal and electrical loads. In this paper, the BIPV technology has been reviewed, in terms of... Read More about A review of building integrated photovoltaic: case study of tropical climatic regions.

Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, J., Then, Y. L., Asif, N., & Kashem, S. (2021). Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 13(2), 99-108

The power generated in today’s time is dominated using fossil fuels that may get exhausted within the coming decades. Monitoring and management of the energy consumption hold a prime standing due to the discrepancy between power demand and production... Read More about Basic Home Automation Using Smart Sockets with Power Management.

Interactions between Different Organosilicons and Archaeological Waterlogged Wood Evaluated by Infrared Spectroscopy (2021)
Journal Article
Popescu, C., & Broda, M. (2021). Interactions between Different Organosilicons and Archaeological Waterlogged Wood Evaluated by Infrared Spectroscopy. Forests, 12(3), Article 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12030268

The goal of the study was to characterise chemical interactions between waterlogged archaeological wood and organosilicon compounds applied for its conservation to shed lights on the mechanism of wood dimensional stabilisation by the chemicals. Two a... Read More about Interactions between Different Organosilicons and Archaeological Waterlogged Wood Evaluated by Infrared Spectroscopy.

Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Built Environment (2021)
Journal Article
Arehart, J. H., Hart, J., Pomponi, F., & D'Amico, B. (2021). Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Built Environment. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 1047-1063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.02.028

The increasing interest in bio-based construction materials has resulted in the emergence of the concept of “buildings as a carbon sink”. Quantifying and comparing the effects of carbon sequestration and storage in buildings from a life cycle perspec... Read More about Carbon Sequestration and Storage in the Built Environment.

A Discussion with a Malaysian Expert in Edinburgh: Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmental Management (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2021, February). A Discussion with a Malaysian Expert in Edinburgh: Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmental Management. Presented at Malaysian Expert Abroad Seminar Series, Glasgow, UK

Bus passenger path choices after consulting ubiquitous real-time information (2021)
Journal Article
Islam, F., & Fonzone, A. (2021). Bus passenger path choices after consulting ubiquitous real-time information. Travel Behaviour and Society, 23, 226-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2021.01.001

Ubiquitous real-time passenger information (URTPI) enables public transport (PT) users to make better travel choices at both pre-trip and en-route stages. A significant amount of URTPI usage is evident in the existing literature. This study investiga... Read More about Bus passenger path choices after consulting ubiquitous real-time information.

A simple extrapolated predictor for overcoming the starting and tracking issues in the arc-length method for nonlinear structural mechanics (2021)
Journal Article
Kadapa, C. (2021). A simple extrapolated predictor for overcoming the starting and tracking issues in the arc-length method for nonlinear structural mechanics. Engineering Structures, 234, Article 111755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111755

This paper presents a simplified implementation of the arc-length method for computing the equilibrium paths of nonlinear structural mechanics problems using the finite element method. In the proposed technique, the predictor is computed by extrapola... Read More about A simple extrapolated predictor for overcoming the starting and tracking issues in the arc-length method for nonlinear structural mechanics.

An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Jamaludin, M. N. I., Tajuddin, M. F. N., Ahmed, J., Azmi, A., Azmi, S. A., Ghazali, N. H., Babu, T. S., & Alhelou, H. H. (2021). An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions. IEEE Access, 9, 34570-34589. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3060431

This study proposes a duty cycle-based direct search method that capitalizes on a bioinspired optimization algorithm known as the salp swarm algorithm (SSA). The goal is to improve the tracking capability of the maximum power point (MPP) controller f... Read More about An effective salp swarm based MPPT for photovoltaic systems under dynamic and partial shading conditions.

High‐energy storage performance in BaTiO3‐based lead‐free multilayer ceramic capacitors (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, H., Bao, W., Lu, Z., Li, L., Ji, H., Huang, Y., Xu, F., Wang, G., & Wang, D. (2021). High‐energy storage performance in BaTiO3‐based lead‐free multilayer ceramic capacitors. Journal of Materials Research, 36(6), 1285-1294. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-020-00093-2

Lead-free BaTiO3 (BT)-based multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) with the thickness of dielectric layers ~9 μm were successfully fabricated by tape-casting and screen-printing techniques. A single phase of the pseudo-cubic structure was revealed by... Read More about High‐energy storage performance in BaTiO3‐based lead‐free multilayer ceramic capacitors.

An experimental investigation on tool wear behaviour of uncoated and coated micro-tools in micro-milling of graphene-reinforced polymer nanocomposites (2021)
Journal Article
Shakoori, N., Fu, G., Le, B., Khaliq, J., Jiang, L., Huo, D., & Shyha, I. (2021). An experimental investigation on tool wear behaviour of uncoated and coated micro-tools in micro-milling of graphene-reinforced polymer nanocomposites. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 113, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-06715-1

Nanomaterials such as graphene have been added to various matrices to enhance mechanical, thermal and electrical properties for
various applications requiring intricate designs at the micro-scale. At this scale, mechanical micro-machining is utilise... Read More about An experimental investigation on tool wear behaviour of uncoated and coated micro-tools in micro-milling of graphene-reinforced polymer nanocomposites.

Water, energy, and carbon dioxide footprints of the construction sector: a case study on developed and developing economies (2021)
Journal Article
Pomponi, F., & Stephan, A. (2021). Water, energy, and carbon dioxide footprints of the construction sector: a case study on developed and developing economies. Water Research, 194, Article 116935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.116935

Buildings and construction are major driver of anthropogenic environmental effects. While energy use and CO2 emissions of buildings and construction have been quantified, their water footprint remains understudied from an economy-wide perspective. We... Read More about Water, energy, and carbon dioxide footprints of the construction sector: a case study on developed and developing economies.

Summer outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne: Applications of different techniques (2021)
Journal Article
Kenawy, I., Lam, C. K. C., & Shooshtarian, S. (2021). Summer outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne: Applications of different techniques. Building and Environment, 195, Article 107658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107658

In urban planning, sustainability is often synonymous to urban livability. Urban livability seeks to improve living conditions of current and future outdoor users and hence it has become a key priority for cities authorities. Melbourne, as the world... Read More about Summer outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne: Applications of different techniques.

Metal Coated Fabric Based Asymmetric Supercapacitor for Wearable Applications (2021)
Journal Article
Pullanchiyodan, A., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2021). Metal Coated Fabric Based Asymmetric Supercapacitor for Wearable Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(23), 26208-26214. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3058894

This paper presents a fabric based asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) with metal coated cloths as the electrode and the current collector. Graphite paste printed on silver coated textile (Berlin) is used as the negative electrode and nickel/copper/silve... Read More about Metal Coated Fabric Based Asymmetric Supercapacitor for Wearable Applications.

Estimating mechanical properties of clear wood from ten‐year‐old Melia azedarach trees using the stress wave method (2021)
Journal Article
Van Duong, D., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2021). Estimating mechanical properties of clear wood from ten‐year‐old Melia azedarach trees using the stress wave method. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 79(4), 941-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-021-01664-8

The objective of this study was to examine the potential of stress wave velocity (SWV) as a rapid and non-destructive method to estimate the mechanical properties of Melia azedarach wood. The SWV, dynamic modulus of elasticity (MOE d), modulus of ela... Read More about Estimating mechanical properties of clear wood from ten‐year‐old Melia azedarach trees using the stress wave method.

Editorial on Special Issue “Modern Applications in Optics and Photonics: From Sensing and Analytics to Communication” (2021)
Journal Article
Alwis, L. S. M., Bremer, K., & Roth, B. (2021). Editorial on Special Issue “Modern Applications in Optics and Photonics: From Sensing and Analytics to Communication”. Applied Sciences, 11(4), Article 1589. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041589

Note: In lieu of an abstract, this is an excerpt from the first page.

Optics and photonics are among the key technologies of the 21st century and offer the potential for novel applications in areas as diverse as sensing and spectroscopy, analytics... Read More about Editorial on Special Issue “Modern Applications in Optics and Photonics: From Sensing and Analytics to Communication”.

Development of Affordable Steel-Framed Modular Buildings for Emergency Situations (Covid-19) (2021)
Journal Article
Gatheeshgar, P., Poologanathan, K., Gunalan, S., Shyha, I., Sherlock, P., Rajanayagam, H., & Nagaratnam, B. (2021). Development of Affordable Steel-Framed Modular Buildings for Emergency Situations (Covid-19). Structures, 31, 862-875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2021.02.004

This paper presents the development of novel affordable steel-framed modular units for construction with enhanced overall (healthcare, structural, fire, and lightweight) performance, which ideally suits for emergency response situation, such as curre... Read More about Development of Affordable Steel-Framed Modular Buildings for Emergency Situations (Covid-19).

Adaptive and Optimum Secret Key Establishment for Secure Vehicular Communications (2021)
Journal Article
Bottarelli, M., Karadimas, P., Epiphaniou, G., Ismail, D. K. B., & Maple, C. (2021). Adaptive and Optimum Secret Key Establishment for Secure Vehicular Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 70(3), 2310-2321. https://doi.org/10.1109/tvt.2021.3056638

In intelligent transportation systems (ITS), communications between vehicles, i.e. vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications are of greatest importance to facilitate autonomous driving. The current state-of-the-art for secure data exchange in V2V commu... Read More about Adaptive and Optimum Secret Key Establishment for Secure Vehicular Communications.