Prof Johnson Zhang j.zhang@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Prof Johnson Zhang j.zhang@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Dr Hongnian Yu H.Yu@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Prof Peter Andras P.Andras@napier.ac.uk
Dean of School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Prof Chan Hwang See C.See@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Eco-friendly 3D Printing Mortar with Low Cement Content: Investigation on Printability and Mechanical Properties (2024)
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Sukontasukkul, P., Komkham, S., Jamnam, S., Zhang, H., Fujikake, K., Puttiwongrak, A., & Hansapinyo, C. (2024). Eco-friendly 3D Printing Mortar with Low Cement Content: Investigation on Printability and Mechanical Properties. Civil Engineering Journal, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-03-010The conventional approach to achieving optimal printability and buildability in 3D printing mortar relies heavily on cement, which is both costly and environmentally detrimental due to substantial carbon emissions from its production. This study aims... Read More about Eco-friendly 3D Printing Mortar with Low Cement Content: Investigation on Printability and Mechanical Properties.
Role of Slag Replacement on Strength Enhancement of One-Part High-Calcium Fly Ash Geopolymer (2024)
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Intarabut, D., Sukontasukkul, P., Phoo-ngernkham, T., Hanjitsuwan, S., Sata, V., Chumpol, P., Sae-Long, W., Zhang, H., & Chindaprasirt, P. (2024). Role of Slag Replacement on Strength Enhancement of One-Part High-Calcium Fly Ash Geopolymer. Open Civil Engineering Journal, 10, 252-270. https://doi.org/10.28991/CEJ-SP2024-010-013This paper reports the effect of slag (SL) replacement and water-to-binder (w/b) ratio on properties of one-part geopolymer derived from high-calcium fly ash (FA) and sodium silicate powder (NP). The FA was replaced by SL at the rates of 20% and 40%,... Read More about Role of Slag Replacement on Strength Enhancement of One-Part High-Calcium Fly Ash Geopolymer.
Whole‐Life Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies in UK Buildings: A Comprehensive Analysis (2024)
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Keyhani, M., Bahadori‐Jahromi, A., Fu, C., Godfrey, P., & Zhang, H. (2024). Whole‐Life Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies in UK Buildings: A Comprehensive Analysis. Energy Science and Engineering, 12(12), 5370-5384. https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.1958This paper presents a detailed analysis of embodied carbon (EC) in various case studies using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Through comprehensive assessments, including modules A, B and C, the study evaluates EC across different stages of... Read More about Whole‐Life Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies in UK Buildings: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Force monitoring of Galfan cables in a long-span cable-truss string-support system based on the magnetic flux method (2023)
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Zhang, Y., Tian, X., Xia, J., & Zhang, H. (2023). Force monitoring of Galfan cables in a long-span cable-truss string-support system based on the magnetic flux method. Structural Monitoring and Maintenance, 10(3), 261-281. https://doi.org/10.12989/smm.2023.10.3.261Magnetic flux sensors are commonly used in monitoring the cable force, but the application of the sensors in large diameter non-closed Galfan cables, as those adopted in Yueqing Gymnasium which is located in Yueqing City, Zhejiang Province, China and... Read More about Force monitoring of Galfan cables in a long-span cable-truss string-support system based on the magnetic flux method.
Experimental study on flexural behaviours of fresh or aged hollow reinforced concrete girders strengthened by prestressed CFRP plates (2023)
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Deng, Y., Guo, Z., Zhang, H., Limkatanyu, S., Sukontasukkul, P., Yuen, T. Y. P., Wong, S. H. F., Hansapinyo, C., Adom-Asamoah, M., Shen, M., Huang, L., Kuang, J. S., & Zou, Y. (2023). Experimental study on flexural behaviours of fresh or aged hollow reinforced concrete girders strengthened by prestressed CFRP plates. Engineering Structures, 294, Article 116776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116776The paper presents a well-rounded experimental study on the flexural performance of Reinforced Concrete (RC) box girders strengthened with prestressed carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) plates. The motivation behind the study was twofold: the ris... Read More about Experimental study on flexural behaviours of fresh or aged hollow reinforced concrete girders strengthened by prestressed CFRP plates.
Experimental investigation of mechanically laminated straight or curved-and-tapered bamboo-concrete T-beams (2023)
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Deng, Y., Hao, Y., Mohamed, A., Wong, S. H., Tang, Y., Yuen, T. Y., Sukontasukkul, P., Shen, M., Fernando, N., Saint, R., & Zhang, H. (2023). Experimental investigation of mechanically laminated straight or curved-and-tapered bamboo-concrete T-beams. Engineering Structures, 283, Article 115896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115896This study echoes the rising demand for bio-based material in concrete composite structures in the race to accelerate carbon neutrality in construction. Noticing that most previous studies are focused on straight timber or engineered bamboo-to-concre... Read More about Experimental investigation of mechanically laminated straight or curved-and-tapered bamboo-concrete T-beams.
Radiation characteristic of cloud based magnetometer for vehicle detection (2023)
Journal Article
Yee, S. K., Teoh, M. C., Abidin, Z. Z., Dahlan, S. H., Anuar, M. R., Tee, K. S., Lim, D., See, C. H., Zhang, H., Zheng, Y., & Soon, C. F. (2023). Radiation characteristic of cloud based magnetometer for vehicle detection. Jurnal Teknologi, 85(2), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v85.19090A traffic sensing and monitoring system based on a magnetometer is proposed to work with Arduino pro-mini and nRF24L01 to mitigate traffic congestion problems. As vehicles pass through the magnetometer buried underground, the microcontroller process... Read More about Radiation characteristic of cloud based magnetometer for vehicle detection.
Mechanical behavior and constitutive model of sustainable concrete: seawater and sea-sand recycled aggregate concrete (2022)
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Feng, W., Tang, Y., Yang, Y., Cheng, Y., Qiu, J., Zhang, H., Isleem, H. F., Tayeh, B. A., & Namdar, A. (2023). Mechanical behavior and constitutive model of sustainable concrete: seawater and sea-sand recycled aggregate concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 364, Article 130010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.130010Resources such as fresh water and river sand have become scarce in some areas around the world because of the considerable increase in infrastructural construction. To overcome this issue, the utilization of recycled aggregates (RAs) in concrete is c... Read More about Mechanical behavior and constitutive model of sustainable concrete: seawater and sea-sand recycled aggregate concrete.
Real-Time Vibration Measurement and Inverse Analysis for Dynamic Properties of an Axisymmetric Masonry Structure (2022)
Journal Article
Buachart, C., Hansapinyo, C., Tantisukumal, N., Miyamoto, M., Matsushima, M., Limkatanyu, S., Imjai, T., & Zhang, H. (2023). Real-Time Vibration Measurement and Inverse Analysis for Dynamic Properties of an Axisymmetric Masonry Structure. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 22(4), 2237-2246. https://doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2145212Historic buildings are public symbols, standing as a sacred reminders. Many of them have been recognized as World Heritage Sites. In this study, real-time vibration measurement of an im-portant axisymmetric masonry pagoda was performed. With the meas... Read More about Real-Time Vibration Measurement and Inverse Analysis for Dynamic Properties of an Axisymmetric Masonry Structure.
Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation (2022)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Huang, Z., Chen, Z., Chen, M., Zhou, H., Zhang, H., & Sun, J. (2023). Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation. Engineering Structures, 274, Article 115158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115158State-of-the-art machine-vision systems have limitations associated with crack width measurements. The sample points used to describe the crack width are often subjectively defined by experimenters, which obscures the crack width ground truth. Conseq... Read More about Novel visual crack width measurement based on backbone double-scale features for improved detection automation.
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