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Skeletal immaturity, rostral sparing, and disparate hip morphologies as biomechanical causes for Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease (2016)
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Berthaume, M. A., Perry, D. C., Dobson, C. A., Witzel, U., Clarke, N. M., & Fagan, M. J. (2016). Skeletal immaturity, rostral sparing, and disparate hip morphologies as biomechanical causes for Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease. Clinical Anatomy, 29(6), 759-772. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.22690

Legg-Calvé-Perthes' (Perthes') disease is a developmental disease of the hip joint that may result in numerous short and long term problems. The etiology of the disease remains largely unknown, but the mechanism is believed to be vascular and/or biom... Read More about Skeletal immaturity, rostral sparing, and disparate hip morphologies as biomechanical causes for Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease.

Multi-scale characterisation of the 3D microstructure of a thermally-shocked bulk metallic glass matrix composite (2016)
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Zhang, W., Bodey, A. J., Sui, T., Kockelmann, W., Rau, C., Korsunsky, A. M., & Mi, J. (2016). Multi-scale characterisation of the 3D microstructure of a thermally-shocked bulk metallic glass matrix composite. Scientific reports, 6(1), 18545-1-18545-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep18545

Bulk metallic glass matrix composites (BMGMCs) are a new class of metal alloys which have significantly increased ductility and impact toughness, resulting from the ductile crystalline phases distributed uniformly within the amorphous matrix. However... Read More about Multi-scale characterisation of the 3D microstructure of a thermally-shocked bulk metallic glass matrix composite.

Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic in an Al–0.4Ti alloy (2015)
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Mi, J., Connolley, T., Eskin, D., & Wang, F. (2016). Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic in an Al–0.4Ti alloy. Journal of Crystal Growth, 435, 24-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.11.034

High intensity ultrasonic melt treatment was applied to an Al–0.4 wt% Ti alloy over three selected temperature ranges: 810 to 770 °C (above liquidus), 770 to 730 °C (across liquidus), and 730 to 690 °C (below liquidus). The size and morphology of the... Read More about Effect of ultrasonic melt treatment on the refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic in an Al–0.4Ti alloy.

Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions (2015)
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Luo, X., & Wang, M. (2016). Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 48(Part 2), 312-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.11.014

Carbon capture for fossil fuel power generation attracts an increasing attention in order to address the significant challenge of global climate change. This study aims to explore the optimal operation under different market conditions for an assumed... Read More about Optimal operation of MEA-based post-combustion carbon capture for natural gas combined cycle power plants under different market conditions.

Design optimization of TBM disc cutters for different geological conditions (2015)
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Xia, Y., Zhang, K., & Liu, J. (2015). Design optimization of TBM disc cutters for different geological conditions. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 3(4), 218-231. https://doi.org/10.4236/wjet.2015.34023

A novel optimization methodology for the disc cutter designs of tunnel boring machines (TBM) was presented. To fully understand the characteristics and performance of TBM cutters, a comprehensive list of performance parameters were investigated, incl... Read More about Design optimization of TBM disc cutters for different geological conditions.

Noise control of dipole source by using micro-perforated panel housing (2015)
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Xi, Q., Choy, Y. S., Cheng, L., & Tang, S. K. (2016). Noise control of dipole source by using micro-perforated panel housing. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 362, 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2015.09.047

Mitigating low-frequency noise in a small ducted fan system such as hairdryer is still a technical challenge. Traditional duct lining with porous materials work ineffectively due to the limitation of its thickness and length of small domestic product... Read More about Noise control of dipole source by using micro-perforated panel housing.

Towards optimisation of load-time conditions for producing viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites (2015)
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Fancey, K. S., & Wang, B. (2016). Towards optimisation of load-time conditions for producing viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites. Composites. Part B, Engineering, 87, 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.09.003

A viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composite (VPPMC) is produced by applying a tensile creep load to polymeric fibres, the load being released before the fibres are moulded into a polymeric matrix. The viscoelastically recovering fibres... Read More about Towards optimisation of load-time conditions for producing viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites.

In situ synchrotron X-ray studies of the coupled effects of thermal and solutal supercoolings on the instability of dendrite growth (2015)
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Li, F., Zhang, J., Dong, Q., Dai, Y., Fu, Y., Xie, H., Mi, J., Yin, F., & Sun, B. (2015). In situ synchrotron X-ray studies of the coupled effects of thermal and solutal supercoolings on the instability of dendrite growth. Materials Characterization, 109, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2015.09.008

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Special growth pattern representing unique growth conditions is a vital clue to investigate the morphology evolution mechanism in metallic alloy solidification. The dendrite pattern and growth orientation of... Read More about In situ synchrotron X-ray studies of the coupled effects of thermal and solutal supercoolings on the instability of dendrite growth.

A method to estimate trends in distributions of 1 min rain rates from numerical weather prediction data (2015)
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Paulson, K., Ranatunga, C., & Bellerby, T. (2015). A method to estimate trends in distributions of 1 min rain rates from numerical weather prediction data. Radio science, 50(9), 931-940. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015RS005651

It is known that the rain rate exceeded 0.01% of the time in the UK has experienced an increasing trend over the last 20 years. It is very likely that rain fade and outage experience a similar trend. This paper presents a globally applicable method t... Read More about A method to estimate trends in distributions of 1 min rain rates from numerical weather prediction data.

Process intensification for post combustion CO₂ capture with chemical absorption: a critical review (2015)
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Wang, M., Joel, A. S., Ramshaw, C., Eimer, D., & Musa, N. M. (2015). Process intensification for post combustion CO₂ capture with chemical absorption: a critical review. Applied energy, 158, 275-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.083

The concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere is increasing rapidly. CO₂ emissions may have an impact on global climate change. Effective CO₂ emission abatement strategies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) are required to combat this trend. Compa... Read More about Process intensification for post combustion CO₂ capture with chemical absorption: a critical review.