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Process analysis of intensified absorber for post-combustion CO₂ capture through modelling and simulation (2013)
Journal Article
Joel, A. S., Wang, M., Ramshaw, C., & Oko, E. (2014). Process analysis of intensified absorber for post-combustion CO₂ capture through modelling and simulation. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 21, 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.12.005

Process intensification (PI) has the potential to significantly reduce capital and operating costs in postcombustion CO₂ capture using monoethanolamine (MEA) solvent for power plants. The intensified absorber using rotating packed bed (RPB) was model... Read More about Process analysis of intensified absorber for post-combustion CO₂ capture through modelling and simulation.

Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehdawi, M. A., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2013, November). Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio. Presented at 2013 21st Telecommunications Forum Telfor, TELFOR 2013 - Proceedings of Papers

Cognitive radio offers an increasingly attractive solution to overcome the underutilization problem. A sensor network based cooperative wideband spectrum sensing is proposed in this paper. The purpose of the sensor network is to determine the frequen... Read More about Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio.

Active fault tolerant control for nonlinear systems with simultaneous actuator and sensor faults (2013)
Journal Article
Sami, M., & Patton, R. J. (2013). Active fault tolerant control for nonlinear systems with simultaneous actuator and sensor faults. International journal of control, automation and systems, 11(6), 1149-1161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-013-0227-1

The goal of this paper is to describe a novel fault tolerant tracking control (FTTC) strategy based on robust fault estimation and compensation of simultaneous actuator and sensor faults. Within the framework of fault tolerant control (FTC) the chall... Read More about Active fault tolerant control for nonlinear systems with simultaneous actuator and sensor faults.

The interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) and its effects on the porosity and phase change of a Ni-based superalloy (2013)
Journal Article
Zheng, L., Zhang, G., Xiao, C., Lee, T. L., Han, B., Li, Z., Daisenberger, D., & Mi, J. (2014). The interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) and its effects on the porosity and phase change of a Ni-based superalloy. Scripta materialia, 74, 84-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.11.001

A novel interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) technique is developed to manufacture equiaxed Ni-based superalloy with much reduced porosity. The basic concept of IMSC is illustrated. The effects of IMSC on the porosity and phases of IN792... Read More about The interdendritic-melt solidification control (IMSC) and its effects on the porosity and phase change of a Ni-based superalloy.

Performance enhancement of nylon/Kevlar fiber composites through viscoelastically generated pre-stress (2013)
Journal Article
Fazal, A., & Fancey, K. S. (2014). Performance enhancement of nylon/Kevlar fiber composites through viscoelastically generated pre-stress. Polymer composites, 35(5), 931-938. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.22737

Kevlar-29 fibers have high strength and stiffness but nylon 6,6 fibers have greater ductility. Thus by commingling these fibers prior to molding in a resin, the resulting hybrid composite may be mechanically superior to the corresponding single fiber... Read More about Performance enhancement of nylon/Kevlar fiber composites through viscoelastically generated pre-stress.

Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach (2013)
Journal Article
Guo, Z., Mi, J., Xiong, S., & Grant, P. (2014). Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach. Journal of Computational Physics, 257(A), 278-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2013.10.004

Alloy dendrite growth during solidification with coupled thermal-solute-convection fields has been studied by phase field modeling and simulation. The coupled transport equations were solved using a novel parallel-multigrid numerical approach with hi... Read More about Phase field study of the tip operating state of a freely growing dendrite against convection using a novel parallel multigrid approach.

Rich tomography techniques for the analysis of microstructure and deformation (2013)
Journal Article
Baimpas, N., Xie, M., Song, X., Hofmann, F., Abbey, B., Marrow, J., Mostafavi, M., Mi, J., & Korsunsky, A. M. (2014). Rich tomography techniques for the analysis of microstructure and deformation. International Journal of Computational Methods, 11(3), Article 1343006. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219876213430068

Until very recently, the three-dimensionality of the material world presented numerous challenges in terms of characterization, data handling, visualization, and modeling. For this reason, 2D representation of sections, projections, or surfaces remai... Read More about Rich tomography techniques for the analysis of microstructure and deformation.

Neural network predictions of acoustical parameters in multi-purpose performance halls (2013)
Journal Article
Cheung, L. Y., & Tang, S. K. (2013). Neural network predictions of acoustical parameters in multi-purpose performance halls. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(3), 2049-2065. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4817880

A detailed binaural sound measurement was carried out in two multi-purpose performance halls of different seating capacities and designs in Hong Kong in the present study. The effectiveness of using neural network in the predictions of the acoustical... Read More about Neural network predictions of acoustical parameters in multi-purpose performance halls.

Inorganic constituents formed during small-scale gasification of poultry litter: A model based study (2013)
Journal Article
Font Palma, C., & Martin, A. D. (2013). Inorganic constituents formed during small-scale gasification of poultry litter: A model based study. Fuel Processing Technology, 116, 300-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.07.018

Europe's vast poultry industry requires a proper waste management in order to comply with environmental regulations. As a result, poultry litter represents a potential fuel candidate for thermal conversion technologies since it is an available source... Read More about Inorganic constituents formed during small-scale gasification of poultry litter: A model based study.

An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm (2013)
Journal Article
Ma, S., Wilkinson, A. J., & Paulson, K. S. (2014). An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm. Ultrasonics, 54(2), 502-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2013.07.017

A non-linear control method, known as Variable Structure Control (VSC), is employed to reduce the duration of ultrasonic (US) transducer transients. A physically realizable system using a simplified form of the VSC algorithm is proposed for standard... Read More about An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm.