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Multiscale interactions of liquid, bubbles and solid phases in ultrasonic fields revealed by multiphysics modelling and ultrafast X-ray imaging (2022)
Journal Article
Qin, L., Porfyrakis, K., Tzanakis, I., Grobert, N., Eskin, D. G., Fezzaa, K., & Mi, J. (2022). Multiscale interactions of liquid, bubbles and solid phases in ultrasonic fields revealed by multiphysics modelling and ultrafast X-ray imaging. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 89, Article 106158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.106158

The volume of fluid (VOF) and continuous surface force (CSF) methods were used to develop a bubble dynamics model for the simulation of bubble oscillation and implosion dynamics under ultrasound. The model was calibrated and validated by the X-ray im... Read More about Multiscale interactions of liquid, bubbles and solid phases in ultrasonic fields revealed by multiphysics modelling and ultrafast X-ray imaging.

Roadway traffic sound measured up on a high-rise building - the sound-level's statistical normality (2022)
Journal Article
Muaz, M., Tang, S. K., Lin, T. C., Wong, K. T., & Ng, H. T. (2022). Roadway traffic sound measured up on a high-rise building - the sound-level's statistical normality. IEEE Access, 10, 105031-105039. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204124

Percentile-value ceilings/thresholds have been mandated by governments around the world on roadway traffic sound-level. Such percentile values, by definition, change with the sound-level’s underlying probability distribution, i.e., the same percentil... Read More about Roadway traffic sound measured up on a high-rise building - the sound-level's statistical normality.

Waste Plastic Thermal Pyrolysis: A Recent Advanced Study (2022)
Book Chapter
Yansaneh, O. Y., & Zein, S. H. (2022). Waste Plastic Thermal Pyrolysis: A Recent Advanced Study. In G. Bucci (Ed.), Current Overview on Science and Technology Research Vol. 1 (1-36). Book Publisher International. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/costr/v1/2637b

This work is essentially a simplification of a collection of thermal pyrolysis research work, mostly recent, being reviewed and referenced here, and showcasing the increased interest in pyrolysis treatment methods. The management of waste plastic (WP... Read More about Waste Plastic Thermal Pyrolysis: A Recent Advanced Study.

Preliminary study of CO2 frost formation during cryogenic carbon capture using tomography analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Cann, D., Jia, J., & Font Palma, C. (2022). Preliminary study of CO2 frost formation during cryogenic carbon capture using tomography analysis. Fuel, 328, Article 125271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125271

Cryogenic carbon capture (CCC) is a potential technological solution to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve the needed environmental targets. CCC provides a relatively compact solution to industries where more mature technologies would have difficulty s... Read More about Preliminary study of CO2 frost formation during cryogenic carbon capture using tomography analysis.

Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England (2022)
Journal Article
Edwards, R., Howe, J., & Font-Palma, C. (2022). Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 18(1), 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2022.2082108

Low-carbon hydrogen can assist in addressing the global crisis of climate change by significantly decarbonizing a range of heavy-emitting sectors. In the United Kingdom, hydrogen technologies are at the forefront of the net zero-emission roadmaps of... Read More about Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England.

The HDIN dataset: A Real-world Indoor UAV Dataset with Multi-task Labels for Visual-based Navigation (2022)
Data
Chang, Y., Cheng, Y., Murray, J., Huang, S., & Shi, G. (2022). The HDIN dataset: A Real-world Indoor UAV Dataset with Multi-task Labels for Visual-based Navigation. [Dataset]

The dataset contains image samples and Multi-task labels (i.e., regression and classification labels) collected from onboard UAV sensors in real-world indoor environments. By transforming the original labels following the instructions at: https://git... Read More about The HDIN dataset: A Real-world Indoor UAV Dataset with Multi-task Labels for Visual-based Navigation.

Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis (2022)
Journal Article
Yansaneh, O. Y., & Zein, S. H. (2022). Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis. Processes, 10(4), Article 683. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10040683

With the increase in demand for plastic use, waste plastic (WP) management remains a challenge in the contemporary world due to the lack of sustainable efforts to tackle it. The increment in WPs is proportional to man’s demand and use of plastics, an... Read More about Latest Advances in Waste Plastic Pyrolytic Catalysis.

Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility (2022)
Journal Article
Ghalandari, T., Baetens, R., Verhaert, I., SNM Nasir, D., Van den bergh, W., & Vuye, C. (2022). Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility. Applied energy, 313, Article 118908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118908

Solar energy harvesting as a renewable and sustainable energy source has been widely investigated in recent years across engineering fields. The use of Pavement Solar Collectors (PSC) can lead to clean energy production, an increase in road safety, p... Read More about Thermal performance of a controllable pavement solar collector prototype with configuration flexibility.

Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys (2022)
Thesis
Sumayli, A. I. (2022). Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4508161

This research consists of two main parts. The first part concerns the study of the effect of pulse electromagnetic fields on the microstructural evolution and the hardness of an Al-20%Si alloy. A pulse magnetic field apparatus is used to produce diff... Read More about Study of the composition, processing and microstructure relationship of light alloys.

Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy (2022)
Journal Article
Tambe, N., Pires, I. M., Moore, C., Wieczorek, A., Upadhyay, S., & Beavis, A. (2022). Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy. Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express, 8(3), Article 035001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ac56eb

Objectives: Increased radiation doses could improve local control and overall survival of lung cancer patients, however, this could be challenging without exceeding organs at risk (OAR) dose constraints especially for patients with advanced-stage dis... Read More about Predicting personalised and progressive adaptive dose escalation to gross tumour volume using knowledge-based planning models for inoperable advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with volumetric modulated arc therapy.

Recent Advances on Waste Plastic Thermal Pyrolysis: A Critical Overview (2022)
Journal Article
Yansaneh, O. Y., & Zein, S. H. (2022). Recent Advances on Waste Plastic Thermal Pyrolysis: A Critical Overview. Processes, 10(2), Article 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10020332

Post-consumer plastic management, otherwise termed waste plastic (WP) management, is a great challenge in today’s world, mainly because of its characteristic biodegradation properties. The quantity of waste plastics correspondingly increases with the... Read More about Recent Advances on Waste Plastic Thermal Pyrolysis: A Critical Overview.

Synchrotron x-ray total scattering and modeling study of high-pressure-induced inhomogeneous atom reconfiguration in an equiatomic Zr50Cu50 metallic glassy alloy (2022)
Journal Article
Luo, S., Khong, J. C., Daisenberger, D., Huang, S., McMillan, P. F., & Mi, J. (2022). Synchrotron x-ray total scattering and modeling study of high-pressure-induced inhomogeneous atom reconfiguration in an equiatomic Zr50Cu50 metallic glassy alloy. Physical Review B, 105(6), Article 064203. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.064203

We studied in situ the local atomic structure evolution of an equiatomic Zr50Cu50 metallic glassy alloy under high pressure compression inside a diamond anvil cell using synchrotron x-ray total scattering. The empirical potential structure refinement... Read More about Synchrotron x-ray total scattering and modeling study of high-pressure-induced inhomogeneous atom reconfiguration in an equiatomic Zr50Cu50 metallic glassy alloy.

3D local atomic structure evolution in a solidifying Al-0.4Sc dilute alloy melt revealed in operando by synchrotron X-ray total scattering and modelling (2022)
Journal Article
Huang, S., Luo, S., Qin, L., Shu, D., Sun, B., Lunt, A. J. G., …Mi, J. (2022). 3D local atomic structure evolution in a solidifying Al-0.4Sc dilute alloy melt revealed in operando by synchrotron X-ray total scattering and modelling. Scripta materialia, 211, Article 114484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114484

Using synchrotron X-ray total scattering and empirical potential structure refinement modelling, we studied systematically in operando condition the disorder-to-order local atomic structure transition in a pure Al and a dilute Al-0.4Sc alloy melt in... Read More about 3D local atomic structure evolution in a solidifying Al-0.4Sc dilute alloy melt revealed in operando by synchrotron X-ray total scattering and modelling.

The effects of visual landscape and traffic type on soundscape perception in high-rise residential estates of an urban city (2022)
Journal Article
Tan, J. K. A., Hasegawa, Y., Lau, S. K., & Tang, S. K. (2022). The effects of visual landscape and traffic type on soundscape perception in high-rise residential estates of an urban city. Applied acoustics. Acoustique appliqué. Angewandte Akustik, 189, Article 108580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108580

In dense urban cities with high-rise estates where large population of residents live in close proximity, the increasing noise exposure in soundscapes due to traffic noise, construction and other undesirable anthropophony in urban lived environments... Read More about The effects of visual landscape and traffic type on soundscape perception in high-rise residential estates of an urban city.

Modeling and control of anterior–posterior and medial–lateral sways in standing posture (2022)
Journal Article
Hou, M., Fagan, M., Vanicek, N., & Dobson, C. A. (2022). Modeling and control of anterior–posterior and medial–lateral sways in standing posture. Journal of biomechanics, 134, Article 110930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110930

To study essential anterior–posterior and medial–lateral sways of the stance caused by rotational movements about the ankle and hip joints, a mathematical model is developed for the 3D postural kinematics and dynamics. The model is in the form of non... Read More about Modeling and control of anterior–posterior and medial–lateral sways in standing posture.

On the length scale and Strouhal numbers for sound transmission across coupled duct cavities at low Mach number (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, S. K., & Tang, Y. (2021). On the length scale and Strouhal numbers for sound transmission across coupled duct cavities at low Mach number. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150(6), 4232-4243. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0008950

The sound transmission across two coupled cavities along a rectangular duct in the presence of a low Mach number flow is examined experimentally in the present study. An effort is also made for a deeper understanding of how the flow, excitation sound... Read More about On the length scale and Strouhal numbers for sound transmission across coupled duct cavities at low Mach number.

Modelling mass transport within the membrane of direct contact membrane distillation modules used for desalination and wastewater treatment: Scrutinising assumptions (2021)
Journal Article
Ismail, M. S., Mohamed, A. M., Poggio, D., Walker, M., & Pourkashanian, M. (2022). Modelling mass transport within the membrane of direct contact membrane distillation modules used for desalination and wastewater treatment: Scrutinising assumptions. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 45, Article 102460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102460

A two-dimensional numerical model for a direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) module, mostly used for desalination and wastewater treatment, has been created. This model has been used to explore the sensitivity of the simulated transmembrane fl... Read More about Modelling mass transport within the membrane of direct contact membrane distillation modules used for desalination and wastewater treatment: Scrutinising assumptions.

Moving packed beds for cryogenic CO2 capture: analysis of packing material and bed precooling (2021)
Journal Article
Cann, D., Font-Palma, C., & Willson, P. (2021). Moving packed beds for cryogenic CO2 capture: analysis of packing material and bed precooling. Carbon Capture Science & Technology, 1, Article 100017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccst.2021.100017

This work expands upon previous work on a moving bed cryogenic carbon capture (CCC). Cryogenic carbon capture using a fixed packed bed captures CO2 frost deposited on the surface of the bed material; this build-up of frost fouls the heat transfer of... Read More about Moving packed beds for cryogenic CO2 capture: analysis of packing material and bed precooling.

Ultrasound cavitation induced nucleation in metal solidification: an analytical model and validation by real-time experiments (2021)
Journal Article
Huang, H., Qin, L., Tang, H., Shu, D., Yan, W., Sun, B., & Mi, J. (2021). Ultrasound cavitation induced nucleation in metal solidification: an analytical model and validation by real-time experiments. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 80, Article 105832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105832

Microstructural refinement of metallic alloys via ultrasonic melt processing (USMP) is an environmentally friendly and promising method. However, so far there has been no report in open literature on how to predict the solidified microstructures and... Read More about Ultrasound cavitation induced nucleation in metal solidification: an analytical model and validation by real-time experiments.

Sensing Intra‐ and Extra‐Cellular Ca 2+ in the Islet of Langerhans (2021)
Journal Article
Huang, W., Wu, T., Xie, C., Rayner, C. K., Priest, C., Ebendorff‐Heidepriem, H., & Zhao, J. (. (2022). Sensing Intra‐ and Extra‐Cellular Ca 2+ in the Islet of Langerhans. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(3), Article 2106020. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202106020

Calcium ions (Ca2+) take part in intra- and inter-cellular signaling to mediate cellular functions. Sensing this ubiquitous messenger is instrumental in disentangling the specific functions of cellular sub-compartments and/or intercellular communicat... Read More about Sensing Intra‐ and Extra‐Cellular Ca 2+ in the Islet of Langerhans.