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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.

Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique (2013)
Journal Article
Rutkevicius, M., Mehl, G. H., Paunov, V. N., Qin, Q., Rubini, P. A., Stoyanov, S. D., & Petkov, J. (2013). Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique. Journal of Materials Research, 28(17), 2409-2414. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2013.194

We have used a hydrogel templating technique followed by the subsequent evaporation of water present to fabricate porous cement and porous PDMS composites, and we have analyzed their sound absorption properties. All experiments were carried out with... Read More about Sound absorption properties of porous composites fabricated by a hydrogel templating technique.

The effects of annealing on the microstructure and the dynamic mechanical strength of a ZrCuNiAl bulk metallic glass (2013)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Zheng, W., Fan, H., Wang, D., Shen, J., & Mi, J. (2013). The effects of annealing on the microstructure and the dynamic mechanical strength of a ZrCuNiAl bulk metallic glass. Intermetallics, 42, 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intermet.2013.07.001

Isothermal annealing has been applied to a bulk metallic glass alloy, Zr50.7Cu28Ni9Al12.3. Nanocrystalline precipitates, mainly consisting of Ni3Zr and Ni42Zr 58 phases, appear from the amorphous matrix when annealed at 743 K for different times, and... Read More about The effects of annealing on the microstructure and the dynamic mechanical strength of a ZrCuNiAl bulk metallic glass.

Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence (2013)
Journal Article
Bedard, R., Lukaschuk, S., & Nazarenko, S. (2013). Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence. JETP Letters, 97(8), 459-465. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364013080055

We present experimental results about rising and decaying gravity wave turbulence in a large laboratory flume. We consider the time evolution of the wave energy spectral components in ω- and k-domains and demonstrate that emerging wave turbulence can... Read More about Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence.

Gravity wave turbulence in a large flume (2013)
Book Chapter
Bedard, R., Nazarenko, S., & Lukaschuk, S. (2013). Gravity wave turbulence in a large flume. In Advances in Wave Turbulence (187 - 237). World Scientific

We overview past and new experimental results on gravity wave turbulence obtained at The Deep flume facility in Hull. The relatively large size of this flume, 12m × 6m × 1.5m, allows us to study the pure gravity waves without being concerned with mod... Read More about Gravity wave turbulence in a large flume.

Modelling of tar formation and evolution for biomass gasification: A review (2013)
Journal Article
Font Palma, C. (2013). Modelling of tar formation and evolution for biomass gasification: A review. Applied energy, 111, 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.082

Many by-products are generated during gasification, such as tar, NOx, SO2, and fly ash. In particular, tar elimination from the product gas is necessary to make gasification an attractive option. The presence of tar can cause operational problems to... Read More about Modelling of tar formation and evolution for biomass gasification: A review.

Phase field simulation of binary alloy dendrite growth under thermal- and forced-flow fields: An implementation of the parallel-multigrid approach (2013)
Journal Article
Guo, Z., Mi, J., Xiong, S., & Grant, P. S. (2013). Phase field simulation of binary alloy dendrite growth under thermal- and forced-flow fields: An implementation of the parallel-multigrid approach. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 44(4), 924-937. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-013-9861-5

Dendrite growth and morphology evolution during solidification have been studied using a phase field model incorporating melt convection effects, which was solved using a robust and efficient parallel, multigrid computing approach. Single dendrite gr... Read More about Phase field simulation of binary alloy dendrite growth under thermal- and forced-flow fields: An implementation of the parallel-multigrid approach.