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A study of cyclists hand-arm vibration exposure. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, M., Oliver, C., & Bayram, J. (2018, September). A study of cyclists hand-arm vibration exposure. Presented at 53rd United Kingdom Conference on Human Responses to Vibration, Ascot, UK

Cycling infrastructure and, in particular, a well maintained pavement surface contributes to a safe and comfortable ride. However, defective pavement surfaces and insufficient maintenance can expose cyclists to excessive hand-arm vibration. Limited... Read More about A study of cyclists hand-arm vibration exposure..

A New Approach for Patent Use in Student Design Engineering Projects (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maclachlan, R., Wodehouse, A., & Vasantha, G. (2018, September). A New Approach for Patent Use in Student Design Engineering Projects. Presented at 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, London, UK

This paper presents a new philosophy for patent use in student design projects; patents are more valuable when viewed as creative and learning resources rather than as a list of prior art to be considered for infringement. A practical approach to pat... Read More about A New Approach for Patent Use in Student Design Engineering Projects.

Assessing correlation of human response to vibration through vibrotactile threshold shift with vibration exposure determined on the subject (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Maeda, S., Taylor, M. D., Anderson, L., & Mclaughlin, J. (2018, September). Assessing correlation of human response to vibration through vibrotactile threshold shift with vibration exposure determined on the subject. Presented at 53rd UK Conference on Human Responses to Vibration (UK HRV), Ascot, United Kingdom

Existing risk assessment methodologies are based on fixed tool vibration magnitude emission data and tool usage time. The research evaluates the relationship between vibration dose assessment on subjects using wearable sensors with temporary threshol... Read More about Assessing correlation of human response to vibration through vibrotactile threshold shift with vibration exposure determined on the subject.

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, August). Influence of parameters affecting the racking strength of partially anchored timber framed walls. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) 2018, Seoul, Korea

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.

A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Sherlock, A., Corney, J., & Quigley, J. (2018, August). A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index. Presented at ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2018), Quebec, Canada

The benefits of being able to create a number of product variations from a limited range of components, or sub-assemblies, are widely recognized. Indeed it is clear that companies who can effectively reuse elements of existing designs when creating n... Read More about A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index.

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.

Occupancy detection in non-residential buildings – A survey and novel privacy preserved occupancy monitoring solution (2018)
Journal Article
Ahmad, J., Larijani, H., Emmanuel, R., Mannion, M., & Javed, A. (2018). Occupancy detection in non-residential buildings – A survey and novel privacy preserved occupancy monitoring solution. Applied Computing and Informatics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aci.2018.12.001

Buildings use approximately 40% of global energy and are responsible for almost a third of the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. They also utilise about 60% of the world’s electricity. In the last decade, stringent building regulations have led to... Read More about Occupancy detection in non-residential buildings – A survey and novel privacy preserved occupancy monitoring solution.

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.electacta.2018.12.026

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.

Machine Learning for Sustainable Structures: A Call for Data (2018)
Journal Article
D'Amico, B., Myers, R., Sykes, J., Voss, E., Cousins-Jenvey, B., Fawcett, W., Richardson, S., Kermani, A., & Pomponi, F. (2019). Machine Learning for Sustainable Structures: A Call for Data. Structures, 19, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2018.11.013

Buildings are the world's largest contributors to energy demand, greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, resource consumption and waste generation. An unmissable opportunity exists to tackle climate change, global warming, and resource scarcity by rethinki... Read More about Machine Learning for Sustainable Structures: A Call for Data.

Assessing the capacity of biochar to stabilize copper and lead in contaminated sediments using chemical and extraction methods (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, M., Ren, L., Wang, D., Zuansi, C., Xia, X., & Ding, A. (2019). Assessing the capacity of biochar to stabilize copper and lead in contaminated sediments using chemical and extraction methods. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 79, 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2018.11.007

Because of its high adsorption capacity, biochar has been used to stabilize heavy metals when remediating contaminated soils; to date, however, it has seldom been used to remediate contaminated sediment. In this study, a biochar was used as a stabili... Read More about Assessing the capacity of biochar to stabilize copper and lead in contaminated sediments using chemical and extraction methods.

Evaluating the Performance of Functionalized Carbon Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors under Practical Conditions (2018)
Journal Article
Bremer, K., Alwis S. M., L., Weigand, F., Kuhne, M., Zheng, Y., Krüger, M., Helbig, R., & Roth, B. (2018). Evaluating the Performance of Functionalized Carbon Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors under Practical Conditions. Sensors, 18(11), 3923. https://doi.org/10.3390/s18113923

An Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR) based fiber optic sensor scheme “embedded” in concrete for the purpose of structural health monitoring (SHM) of carbon concrete composites (C3) is presented. The design, while strengthening the concret... Read More about Evaluating the Performance of Functionalized Carbon Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors under Practical Conditions.

Naturalistic measurement of driver eye height and object height using photogrammetry (2018)
Journal Article
Llewellyn, R., Sarkar, P., & Taylor, M. D. (2021). Naturalistic measurement of driver eye height and object height using photogrammetry. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 174(7), 430-440. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.18.00124

Driver eye height and object height are key factors in the derivation of basic parameters for safe and economically efficient highway design. This study critically reviews previous approaches to the measurement of these values and investigates the c... Read More about Naturalistic measurement of driver eye height and object height using photogrammetry.

A novel efficient mixed formulation for strain-gradient models. (2018)
Journal Article
Papanicolopulos, S.-A., Gulib, F., & Marinelli, A. (2019). A novel efficient mixed formulation for strain-gradient models. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 117(8), 926-937. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5985

Various finite elements based on mixed formulations have been proposed for the solution of boundary value problems involving strain-gradient models. The relevant literature, however, does not provide details on some important theoretical aspects of t... Read More about A novel efficient mixed formulation for strain-gradient models..

The influence of particle-size distribution on critical state behavior of spherical and non-spherical particle assemblies (2018)
Journal Article
Jiang, M. D., Yang, Z. X., Barreto, D., & Xie, Y. H. (2018). The influence of particle-size distribution on critical state behavior of spherical and non-spherical particle assemblies. Granular Matter, 20(80), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-018-0850-x

This paper presents an investigation into the effects of particle-size distribution on the critical state behavior of granular materials using Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations on both spherical and non-spherical particle assemblies. A series... Read More about The influence of particle-size distribution on critical state behavior of spherical and non-spherical particle assemblies.

Strategies for One Dimensional (1D) Compression Testing of Large-Particle-Sized Tire Derived Aggregate (2018)
Journal Article
Adesokan, D., Fleming, I., Hammerlindl, A., & McDougall, J. (2019). Strategies for One Dimensional (1D) Compression Testing of Large-Particle-Sized Tire Derived Aggregate. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 42(5), 1336-1358. https://doi.org/10.1520/gtj20170091

Laboratory testing of a mass of large particle sized Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA) to assess performance related properties such as void ratio, compressive creep and hydraulic conductivity under large loads poses a number of experimental challenges. L... Read More about Strategies for One Dimensional (1D) Compression Testing of Large-Particle-Sized Tire Derived Aggregate.

Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, P., Yu, H., & Cang, S. (2019). Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 74, 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2018.10.016

This paper studies the dynamic frictional interactions of the underactuated vibro-driven capsule systems with the viscoelastic property. Frictional dynamics of the capsule systems is an active research domain, while the online implementation and cont... Read More about Modelling and analysis of dynamic frictional interactions of vibro-driven capsule systems with viscoelastic property.

Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Marinelli, A., & Stewart, M. (2018, May). Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study. Presented at 1st Internationl Conference of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materials, Athens, Greece

An experimental investigation of the mechanical and fracture characteristics of the ‘Grove Whitbed’ Portland limestone is undertaken with the aim to enhance understanding of the structural behavior of this natural building stone, commonly used in bot... Read More about Investigating the fracture behavior of Portland limestone: an experimental study.

Bim-enabled health & safety analysis of cross laminated timber onsite assembly process. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duncheva, T., BuHamdan, S., Hairstans, R., & Al-Hussein, M. (2018, September). Bim-enabled health & safety analysis of cross laminated timber onsite assembly process. Presented at Modelling and Applied Simulation, Budapest, Hungary

There is a global need for sustainable urban housing and offsite timber systems such as Cross Laminated Timber construction can be part of the solution to this need. However, the health and safety (H&S) impacts of CLT installation technologies have n... Read More about Bim-enabled health & safety analysis of cross laminated timber onsite assembly process..

Some thresholds for grading British grown spruce to optimised strength classes using longitudinal resonance (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., Adams, S., & Lehneke, S. (2018, August). Some thresholds for grading British grown spruce to optimised strength classes using longitudinal resonance. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering, Seoul, Republic of Korea

The main commercial species in the UK and Ireland is Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), which is graded in combination with a small amount of Norway spruce (P. abies). It is typically graded to the European strength class C16, but actually has superior... Read More about Some thresholds for grading British grown spruce to optimised strength classes using longitudinal resonance.