Design and Construction of High Rise Timber Buildings
(2021)
Book
Jäärats, A., Barlow, C., Henriques, D., Vahtramäe, E., Hamadyk, E., Hansen, E., de Brito, J., Silvestre, J., Naimavičienė, J., Lellep, K., Narbutienė, L., Tupenaite, L., Paap, L., Kanapeckiene, L., Guerreiro, L., Kiisa, M., Amado, M., Krutinis, M., Hamburg, P., Taylor, R. H., …Unterrrainer, W. (2021). Design and Construction of High Rise Timber Buildings. European Union
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Thermal performance evaluation and energy saving potential of semi-transparent CdTe in Façade BIPV (2021)
Journal Article
Alrashidi, H., Issa, W., Sellami, N., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. (2022). Thermal performance evaluation and energy saving potential of semi-transparent CdTe in Façade BIPV. Solar Energy, 232, 84-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.12.037Semi-transparent PV glazing are promising in Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) applications. They provide daylight control, energy saving and power generation. The selection of optimal Photovoltaic (PV) glazing requires the accounting for vario... Read More about Thermal performance evaluation and energy saving potential of semi-transparent CdTe in Façade BIPV.
Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) (2021)
Book Chapter
Mook, G., & Shyha, I. (2021). Nondestructive Inspection (NDI). In K. Grote, & H. Hefazi (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering (215-232). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47035-7_7This chapter discusses various nondestructive inspection () methods. Nondestructive inspection includes all methods to characterize a material without indenting, extracting samples, reducing its service capabilities or destroying it. The following ch... Read More about Nondestructive Inspection (NDI).
Evidence for Magnetic Fractional Excitations in a Kitaev Quantum-Spin-Liquid Candidate α-RuCl3 (2021)
Journal Article
Ran, K., Wang, J., Song, B., Cai, Z., Shangguan, Y., Ma, Z., Wang, W., Dong, Z.-Y., Cermák, P., Schneidewind, A., Meng, S., Lu, Z., Yu, S.-L., Li, J.-X., & Wen, J. (2022). Evidence for Magnetic Fractional Excitations in a Kitaev Quantum-Spin-Liquid Candidate α-RuCl3. Chinese Physics Letters, 39(2), Article 027501. https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/39/2/027501It is known that α-RuCl3 has been studied extensively because of its proximity to the Kitaev quantum-spin-liquid (QSL) phase and the possibility of approaching it by tuning the competing interactions. Here we present the first polarized inelastic neu... Read More about Evidence for Magnetic Fractional Excitations in a Kitaev Quantum-Spin-Liquid Candidate α-RuCl3.
Variance and Entropy Assignment for Continuous-Time Stochastic Nonlinear Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, X., Zhou, Y., Zou, Y., & Zhang, Q. (2022). Variance and Entropy Assignment for Continuous-Time Stochastic Nonlinear Systems. Entropy, 24(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24010025This paper investigates the randomness assignment problem for a class of continuous-time stochastic nonlinear systems, where variance and entropy are employed to describe the investigated systems. In particular, the system model is formulated by a st... Read More about Variance and Entropy Assignment for Continuous-Time Stochastic Nonlinear Systems.
Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation (2021)
Journal Article
Bendiek, P., Taha, A., Abbasi, Q. H., & Barakat, B. (2022). Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation. Applied Sciences, 12(1), Article 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010134Solar forecasting plays a key part in the renewable energy transition. Major challenges, related to load balancing and grid stability, emerge when a high percentage of energy is provided by renewables. These can be tackled by new energy management st... Read More about Solar Irradiance Forecasting Using a Data-Driven Algorithm and Contextual Optimisation.
Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco (2021)
Journal Article
Amo Awuku, S., Bennadji, A., Muhammad Sukki, F., & Sellami, N. (2022). Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco. Energies, 15(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15010017Over the past decades, solar energy has gained much attention in Ghana, especially after the 2012–2016 power crisis. The government through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) has attempted to increase the shares of solar generation to augment its eff... Read More about Promoting the Solar Industry in Ghana through Effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Lessons from South Africa and Morocco.
Human Gait Data Augmentation and Trajectory Prediction for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot Control Using GANs and Attention Mechanism (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Li, Z., Wang, X., Yu, H., Liao, W., & Arifoglu, D. (2021). Human Gait Data Augmentation and Trajectory Prediction for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot Control Using GANs and Attention Mechanism. Machines, 9(12), Article 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines9120367To date, several alterations in the gait pattern can be treated through rehabilitative approaches and robot assisted therapy (RAT). Gait data and gait trajectories are essential in specific exoskeleton control strategies. Nevertheless, the scarcity o... Read More about Human Gait Data Augmentation and Trajectory Prediction for Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot Control Using GANs and Attention Mechanism.
Effect of velocity and acceleration in joint angle estimation for an EMG-Based upper-limb exoskeleton control (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, Z., Yu, H., Yang, H., Zhang, L., & Zhang, L. (2022). Effect of velocity and acceleration in joint angle estimation for an EMG-Based upper-limb exoskeleton control. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 141, Article 105156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105156Most studies on estimating user's joint angles to control upper-limb exoskeleton have focused on using surface electromyogram (sEMG) signals. However, the variations in limb velocity and acceleration can affect the sEMG data and decrease the angle es... Read More about Effect of velocity and acceleration in joint angle estimation for an EMG-Based upper-limb exoskeleton control.
An Eigendecomposition-based and Mesh-sensitivity Reduced Constitutive Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures under Non-proportional Cyclic Loading (2021)
Journal Article
Yuen, T. Y., Wen, T.-H., Hung, C.-C., Zhang, H., Huy Pham, P. A., & Deng, Y. (2022). An Eigendecomposition-based and Mesh-sensitivity Reduced Constitutive Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures under Non-proportional Cyclic Loading. Journal of Building Engineering, 47, Article 103875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103875Emerging 3D printed concrete techniques has raised numerous possibilities in contemporary architectural creations that are often beyond the scope of prevailing structural design standards. Rigorous, three-dimensional, and nonlinear finite element ana... Read More about An Eigendecomposition-based and Mesh-sensitivity Reduced Constitutive Model for Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Structures under Non-proportional Cyclic Loading.
Embodied Energy and Cost Assessments of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Module (2021)
Journal Article
Freier Raine, D., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Ramirez-Iniguez, R., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Jafry, T., & Gamio, C. (2021). Embodied Energy and Cost Assessments of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Module. Sustainability, 13(24), Article 13916. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413916This paper focuses on the embodied energy and cost assessments of a static concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module in comparison to the flat photovoltaic (PV) module. The CPV module employs a specific concentrator design from the Genetically Optimise... Read More about Embodied Energy and Cost Assessments of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Module.
Use of Solar Technology to Improve the Rural Community (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muhammad Sukki, F. (2021, December). Use of Solar Technology to Improve the Rural Community. Presented at Webinar Series: Social Work and Development, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia
The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells (2021)
Journal Article
Sadhukhan, P., Roy, A., Sengupta, P., Das, S., Mallick, T. K., Nazeeruddin, M. K., & Sundaram, S. (2021). The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells. Applied Physics Reviews, 8(4), Article 041324. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0062671The emergence of high-efficiency photovoltaic research is undergoing intense study and is technologically desirable to meet sustainable energy and environmental demand. However, every single solar cell has a theoretical power conversion efficiency li... Read More about The emergence of concentrator photovoltaics for perovskite solar cells.
An efficient message passing algorithm for decentrally controlling complex systems (2021)
Journal Article
Herzallah, R., & Zhou, Y. (2023). An efficient message passing algorithm for decentrally controlling complex systems. International Journal of Control, 96(3), 719-730. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207179.2021.2011422This paper proposes a decentralised stochastic control framework for a class of large-scale and complex dynamic networks. The proposed framework describes a decentralised probabilistic control and message passing architecture of mutually interacting... Read More about An efficient message passing algorithm for decentrally controlling complex systems.
Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of Integrated Solar-Assisted Gasification Cycle for Producing Power and Steam from Heavy Refinery Fuels (2021)
Journal Article
Jadidi, E., Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., Delpisheh, M., & Onishi, V. C. (2021). Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of Integrated Solar-Assisted Gasification Cycle for Producing Power and Steam from Heavy Refinery Fuels. Energies, 14(24), Article 8409. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248409Integrated solar-assisted gasification cycles (ISGC) have emerged as a more flexible and environmentally friendly solution for producing power, steam, and other high-valued by-products from low-cost opportunity fuels. In this light, this paper invest... Read More about Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of Integrated Solar-Assisted Gasification Cycle for Producing Power and Steam from Heavy Refinery Fuels.
Significantly reduced conductivity in strontium titanate-based lead-free ceramics by excess bismuth (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, Y., Liu, H., Yan, T., Zhao, J., Li, J., Guo, S., Sun, S., Sun, R., Lu, Z., & Wang, D. (2022). Significantly reduced conductivity in strontium titanate-based lead-free ceramics by excess bismuth. Materials Letters, 309, Article 131453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131453Lead-free dielectric ceramics 0.75SrTiO3-0.25BiFeO3 (ST-BF) with an extra amount of bismuth (Bi) are synthesized by the conventional solid-state reaction method. The crystal structures of ST-BF retain pseudo-cubic phase as Bi content increases. The g... Read More about Significantly reduced conductivity in strontium titanate-based lead-free ceramics by excess bismuth.
Machinability investigation of polymer/GNP nanocomposites in micro-milling (2021)
Journal Article
Fu, G., Huo, D., Shyha, I., Sun, F., & Gao, Q. (2022). Machinability investigation of polymer/GNP nanocomposites in micro-milling. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 119, 2341-2353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-021-08471-8Nanoparticles such as graphene have been added to various polymer matrices to enhance the mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of polymer materials that require complex designs on a microscopic scale. Micro-machining is used to process thes... Read More about Machinability investigation of polymer/GNP nanocomposites in micro-milling.
Application of MSVPC- 5G Multicast SDN Network Eminence Video Transmission in Drone Thermal Imaging for Solar Farm Monitoring (2021)
Journal Article
Rajagopal, T., Balakrishnan, A., Valsalakumar, S., Rajagopal, T., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Application of MSVPC- 5G Multicast SDN Network Eminence Video Transmission in Drone Thermal Imaging for Solar Farm Monitoring. Energies, 14(24), Article 8255. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248255The impact of multimedia in day-to-day life and its applications will be increased greatly with the proposed model (MSVPC)–5G Multicast SDN network eminence video transmission obtained using PSO and cross layer progress in wireless nodes. The drone i... Read More about Application of MSVPC- 5G Multicast SDN Network Eminence Video Transmission in Drone Thermal Imaging for Solar Farm Monitoring.
Design as a Marked Point Process (2021)
Journal Article
Quigley, J., Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Purves, D., & Sherlock, A. (2022). Design as a Marked Point Process. Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2), Article 021713. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052844Although AI systems which support composition using predictive text are well established there are no analogous technologies for mechanical design. Motivated by the vision of a predictive system that interactively suggests features to designer, this... Read More about Design as a Marked Point Process.
Evaluation of Viscosity Dependence of the Critical Meniscus Height with Optical Fiber Sensors (2021)
Journal Article
Binetti, L., Simpson, F., & Alwis, L. S. M. (2021). Evaluation of Viscosity Dependence of the Critical Meniscus Height with Optical Fiber Sensors. Sensors, 21(23), Article 8130. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21238130Conventional means of data extraction using optical fiber interrogators are not adequate for fast-paced detection of a target parameter. In this instance, the relationship between the critical meniscus heights (CMH) of several liquids to the extracti... Read More about Evaluation of Viscosity Dependence of the Critical Meniscus Height with Optical Fiber Sensors.