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Numerical and physical simulation of rapid microstructural evolution of gas atomised Ni superalloy powders (2016)
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Li, Z., Grant, P. S., Zheng, L., Lee, T. L., Liu, N., Liu, Z., …Grant, P. (2017). Numerical and physical simulation of rapid microstructural evolution of gas atomised Ni superalloy powders. Materials & design, 117, 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.12.074

The rapid microstructural evolution of gas atomised Ni superalloy powder compacts over timescales of a few seconds was studied using a Gleeble 3500 thermomechanical simulator, finite element based numerical model and electron microscopy. The study fo... Read More about Numerical and physical simulation of rapid microstructural evolution of gas atomised Ni superalloy powders.

Fault-tolerant wind turbine pitch control using adaptive sliding mode estimation (2016)
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Lan, J., Patton, R. J., & Zhu, X. (2018). Fault-tolerant wind turbine pitch control using adaptive sliding mode estimation. Renewable energy, 116, 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.12.005

Wind turbine pitch systems are essential for actuating desired blade angles and hence to keep the generator at rated speed in operation region 3. In the presence of parametric pitch actuator faults, pitch systems may have slow dynamics, affecting the... Read More about Fault-tolerant wind turbine pitch control using adaptive sliding mode estimation.

Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability (2016)
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Khong, J. C., Daisenberger, D., Burca, G., Kockelmann, W., Tremsin, A. S., & Mi, J. (2016). Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability. Scientific reports, 6(1), Article 36998. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36998

This paper reports the design, making and characterisation of a series of Fe-based bulk metallic glass alloys with the aim of achieving the combined properties of high neutron absorption capability and sufficient glass forming ability. Synchrotron X-... Read More about Design and characterisation of metallic glassy alloys of high neutron shielding capability.

Low frequency interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays and the resulted sound transmission losses (2016)
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Yu, H. M., & Tang, S. K. (2017). Low frequency interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays and the resulted sound transmission losses. Applied acoustics. Acoustique appliqué. Angewandte Akustik, 117, 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2016.10.020

The low frequency sound interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays installed in an infinitely long rectangular duct are investigated numerically using the finite-element method in the present study. The corresponding transmission losses ac... Read More about Low frequency interactions between coupled narrow sidebranch arrays and the resulted sound transmission losses.

Optimal surface profile design of deployable mesh reflectors via a force density strategy (2016)
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Liu, J., Yang, D., Zhang, S., & Zhang, Y. (2017). Optimal surface profile design of deployable mesh reflectors via a force density strategy. Acta Astronautica, 130, 137-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.10.008

Based on a force density method coupled with optimal design of node positions, a novel approach for optimal surface profile design of mesh reflectors is presented. Uniform tension is achieved by iterations on coefficients of force density. The positi... Read More about Optimal surface profile design of deployable mesh reflectors via a force density strategy.

Experimental investigation on performance of fabrics for indirect evaporative cooling applications (2016)
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Xu, P., Ma, X., Zhao, X., & Fancey, K. S. (2016). Experimental investigation on performance of fabrics for indirect evaporative cooling applications. Building and Environment, 110, 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.10.003

© 2016 Indirect evaporative cooling, by using water evaporation to absorb heat to lower the air temperature without adding moisture, is an extremely low energy and environmentally friendly cooling principle. The properties of the wet channel surface... Read More about Experimental investigation on performance of fabrics for indirect evaporative cooling applications.

Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling (2016)
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Lan, J., & Patton, R. J. (2017). Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 25(5), 1141-1154. https://doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2016.2598849

This paper proposes an integrated design of faulttolerant control (FTC) for nonlinear systems using Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy models in the presence of modelling uncertainty along with actuator/sensor faults and external disturbance. An augmented sta... Read More about Integrated design of fault-tolerant control for nonlinear systems based on fault estimation and T-S fuzzy modelling.

Integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems (2016)
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Lan, J., & Patton, R. J. (2017). Integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems. International journal of robust and nonlinear control, 27(5), 761-780. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.3597

This paper proposes an integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control (FTC) design for Lipschitz non-linear systems subject to uncertainty, disturbance, and actuator/sensor faults. A non-linear unknown input observer without rank requirement... Read More about Integrated fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems.

A refining mechanism of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles by ultrasonic treatment in the liquid state (2016)
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Wang, F., Eskin, D., Mi, J., Connolley, T., Lindsay, J., & Mounib, M. (2016). A refining mechanism of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles by ultrasonic treatment in the liquid state. Acta Materialia, 116, 354-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2016.06.056

The mechanism underlying the considerable refinement of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles induced by ultrasonic treatment (UST) in an Al-0.4 wt% Ti alloy in the fully liquid state was investigated. Scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive... Read More about A refining mechanism of primary Al3Ti intermetallic particles by ultrasonic treatment in the liquid state.

Sound transmission across a plenum window with an active noise cancellation system (2016)
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Tang, S. K., Tong, Y. G., & Tsui, K. L. (2016). Sound transmission across a plenum window with an active noise cancellation system. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 64(4), 423-431. https://doi.org/10.3397/1/376390

A series of experiments was conducted in the present study in an attempt to understand how the implementation of active noise control would affect the sound transmission across a plenum window. A simple squared pressure control scheme with three erro... Read More about Sound transmission across a plenum window with an active noise cancellation system.

Tibial impacts and muscle activation during walking, jogging and running when performed overground, and on motorised and non-motorised treadmills (2016)
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Montgomery, G., Abt, G., Dobson, C., Smith, T., & Ditroilo, M. (2016). Tibial impacts and muscle activation during walking, jogging and running when performed overground, and on motorised and non-motorised treadmills. Gait and Posture, 49, 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.06.037

Purpose To examine tibial acceleration and muscle activation during overground (OG), motorised treadmill (MT) and non-motorised treadmill conditions (NMT) when walking, jogging and running at matched velocities. Methods An accelerometer recorded acce... Read More about Tibial impacts and muscle activation during walking, jogging and running when performed overground, and on motorised and non-motorised treadmills.

Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules (2016)
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Qiu, Z., Ma, X., Zhao, X., Zhou, J., Du, Z., Ji, J., & Yu, M. (2016). Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules. Applied energy, 178, 484-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.063

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper aims to investigate a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules, in terms of its solar thermal, electrical and overall efficiency, as well as coefficient of... Read More about Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules.

Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application (2016)
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Font-Palma, C., Errey, O., Corden, C., Chalmers, H., Lucquiaud, M., Sanchez del Rio, M., …Pourkashanian, M. (2016). Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 103(Part B), 455-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2016.06.024

An integrated advanced supercritical coal-fired oxyfuel power plant with a novel cryogenic CO2 separation and compression technology for high purity CO2 to suit injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery purposes is investigated. The full process is modelle... Read More about Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application.

Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling (2016)
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Diallo, T. M. O., Fancey, K., Ma, X., Xu, P., Zhao, X., Chen, H., & Li, D. (2016). Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling. Energy, 109, 803-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.05.062

© 2016 The Author(s) The paper presents an investigation into the energy performance of a novel irregular heat and mass exchanger for dew point cooling which, compared to the existing flat-plate heat exchangers, removed the use of the channel support... Read More about Numerical investigation of the energy performance of a guideless irregular heat and mass exchanger with corrugated heat transfer surface for dew point cooling.

Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites: An overview (2016)
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Fancey, K. S. (2016). Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites: An overview. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 35(17), 1290-1301. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684416649036

Elastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites exploit the principles of prestressed concrete, i.e. fibres are stretched elastically during matrix curing. On matrix solidification, compressive stresses are created within the matrix, counterbalan... Read More about Viscoelastically prestressed polymeric matrix composites: An overview.

Modelling the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste – Substrate characterisation method for ADM1 using a combined biochemical and kinetic parameter estimation approach (2016)
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Poggio, D., Walker, M., Nimmo, W., Ma, L., & Pourkashanian, M. (2016). Modelling the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste – Substrate characterisation method for ADM1 using a combined biochemical and kinetic parameter estimation approach. Waste Management, 53, 40-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.04.024

This work proposes a novel and rigorous substrate characterisation methodology to be used with ADM1 to simulate the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste. The proposed method uses data from both direct substrate analysis and the methane producti... Read More about Modelling the anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste – Substrate characterisation method for ADM1 using a combined biochemical and kinetic parameter estimation approach.

Geometrical parameter combinations that correlate with early interaural cross-correlation coefficients in a performance hall (2016)
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Cheung, L. Y., & Tang, S. K. (2016). Geometrical parameter combinations that correlate with early interaural cross-correlation coefficients in a performance hall. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 139(5), 2741-2753. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4948995

The previous binaural data of the authors measured inside two multi-purpose performance halls are re-analyzed using regression in this study. It is done in an attempt to establish a framework that can improve the prediction of early interaural cross-... Read More about Geometrical parameter combinations that correlate with early interaural cross-correlation coefficients in a performance hall.

The Impact of Technology-supported and Triangulated Writing Tasks on a Pilot Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Subject for Construction Disciplines (2016)
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Kam, R., Tang, S. K., & Lee, L. (2016). The Impact of Technology-supported and Triangulated Writing Tasks on a Pilot Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Subject for Construction Disciplines. Computers and Composition, 40, 131-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.03.004

This article presents findings from the technology-supported implementation of triangulated writing tasks in a pilot interdisciplinary subject for construction disciplines in a Hong Kong university, and discusses these findings in relation to the bro... Read More about The Impact of Technology-supported and Triangulated Writing Tasks on a Pilot Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Subject for Construction Disciplines.

Estimation of source location and ground impedance using a hybrid multiple signal classification and Levenberg-Marquardt approach (2016)
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Tam, K. C., Lau, S. K., & Tang, S. K. (2016). Estimation of source location and ground impedance using a hybrid multiple signal classification and Levenberg-Marquardt approach. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 374, 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2016.03.011

A microphone array signal processing method for locating a stationary point source over a locally reactive ground and for estimating ground impedance is examined in detail in the present study. A non-linear least square approach using the Levenberg-M... Read More about Estimation of source location and ground impedance using a hybrid multiple signal classification and Levenberg-Marquardt approach.

A new strategy for integration of fault estimation within fault-tolerant control (2016)
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Lan, J., & Patton, R. J. (2016). A new strategy for integration of fault estimation within fault-tolerant control. Automatica : the journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, 69, 48-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2016.02.014

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The problem of active fault tolerant control (FTC) of dynamical systems involves the process of fault detection and isolation/fault estimation (FDI/FE) used to either make a decision as to when and how to cha... Read More about A new strategy for integration of fault estimation within fault-tolerant control.