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Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO₂ transport pipeline network (2014)
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Luo, X., Wang, M., Oko, E., & Okezue, C. (2014). Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO₂ transport pipeline network. Applied energy, 132(November), 610-620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.063

For large volumes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) onshore and offshore transportation, pipeline is considered the preferred method. This paper presents a study of the pipeline network planned in the Humber region of the UK. Steady state process simulation mo... Read More about Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO₂ transport pipeline network.

Active sensor fault tolerant output feedback tracking control for wind turbine systems via T-S model (2014)
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Shaker, M. S., & Patton, R. J. (2014). Active sensor fault tolerant output feedback tracking control for wind turbine systems via T-S model. Engineering applications of artificial intelligence, 34, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2014.04.005

This paper presents a new approach to active sensor fault tolerant tracking control (FTTC) for offshore wind turbine (OWT) described via Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) multiple models. The FTTC strategy is designed in such way that aims to maintain nominal wind... Read More about Active sensor fault tolerant output feedback tracking control for wind turbine systems via T-S model.

Mathematical modelling of the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma-induced bone disease (2014)
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Ji, B., Genever, P. G., Patton, R. J., & Fagan, M. J. (2014). Mathematical modelling of the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma-induced bone disease. International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering, 30(11), 1085-1102. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.2645

Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common haematological malignancy and results in destructive bone lesions. The interaction between MM cells and the bone microenvironment plays an important role in the development of the tumour cells and MM-in... Read More about Mathematical modelling of the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma-induced bone disease.

Design of wideband vibration-based electromagnetic generator by means of dual-resonator (2014)
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Ooi, B. L., & Gilbert, J. M. (2014). Design of wideband vibration-based electromagnetic generator by means of dual-resonator. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 213, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2014.03.037

This paper describes the design of a wideband electromagnetic energy harvester that utilizes a novel dual-resonator method to improve the operational frequency range of the vibration-based generator. The device consists of two separate resonator syst... Read More about Design of wideband vibration-based electromagnetic generator by means of dual-resonator.

Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system (2014)
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Gilbert, J. M., & Balouchi, F. (2014). Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), 1746-1756. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X14523853

The scavenging of electrical energy from normal human activity has a number of attractions, and footfall energy is seen as one of the most attractive sources. However, footfall motion is characterised by relatively large forces and low velocities, an... Read More about Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system.

A vibrating cantilever footfall energy harvesting device (2014)
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Gilbert, J. M., & Balouchi, F. (2014). A vibrating cantilever footfall energy harvesting device. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), 1738-1745. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X14521880

Human footfall is an attractive source of energy for harvesting for low-power applications. However, the nature of footfall is poorly matched to electromagnetic generators. Footfall motion is characterised by high forces and low speeds, while electro... Read More about A vibrating cantilever footfall energy harvesting device.

A predator-prey based mathematical model of the bone remodelling cycle: Exploring the relationship between the model parameters and biochemical factors (2014)
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Ji, B., Yang, Q., Genever, P. G., Patton, R. J., & Fagan, M. J. (2014). A predator-prey based mathematical model of the bone remodelling cycle: Exploring the relationship between the model parameters and biochemical factors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 228(10), 1035-1042. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411914554633

© IMechE 2014. Bone remodelling is a vital process which enables bone to repair, renew and optimize itself. Disorders in the bone remodelling process are inevitably manifested in bone-related diseases, such as hypothyroidism, primary hyperparathyroid... Read More about A predator-prey based mathematical model of the bone remodelling cycle: Exploring the relationship between the model parameters and biochemical factors.

Active fault tolerant control for nonlinear systems with simultaneous actuator and sensor faults (2013)
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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.

An ultrasonic transducer transient compensator design based on a simplified Variable Structure Control algorithm (2013)
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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.

Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence (2013)
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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.

Hydrochemical processes in lowland rivers: Insights from in situ, high-resolution monitoring (2012)
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Wade, A. J., Palmer-Felgate, E. J., Halliday, S. J., Skeffington, R. A., Loewenthal, M., Jarvie, H. P., …Newman, J. R. (2012). Hydrochemical processes in lowland rivers: Insights from in situ, high-resolution monitoring. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 16(11), 4323-4342. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-4323-2012

This paper introduces new insights into the hydrochemical functioning of lowland river systems using field-based spectrophotometric and electrode technologies. The streamwater concentrations of nitrogen species and phosphorus fractions were measured... Read More about Hydrochemical processes in lowland rivers: Insights from in situ, high-resolution monitoring.

The effect of osteocyte apoptosis on signalling in the osteocyte and bone lining cell network: A computer simulation (2012)
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Jahani, M., Genever, P. G., Patton, R. J., Ahwal, F., & Fagan, M. J. (2012). The effect of osteocyte apoptosis on signalling in the osteocyte and bone lining cell network: A computer simulation. Journal of biomechanics, 45(16), 2876-2883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.08.005

Osteocytes play a critical role in the regulation of bone remodelling by translating strain due to mechanical loading into biochemical signals transmitted through the interconnecting lacuno-canalicular network to bone lining cells (BLCs) on the bone... Read More about The effect of osteocyte apoptosis on signalling in the osteocyte and bone lining cell network: A computer simulation.

From existing in situ, high-resolution measurement technologies to lab-on-a-chip – the future of water quality monitoring? (2012)
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Wade, A. J., Palmer-Felgate, E. J., Halliday, S. J., Skeffington, R. A., Loewenthal, M., Jarvie, H. P., …Newman, J. R. (2012). From existing in situ, high-resolution measurement technologies to lab-on-a-chip – the future of water quality monitoring?. Hydrology and earth system sciences discussions, 9(5), 6457-6506. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-9-6457-2012

An LPV pole-placement approach to friction compensation as an FTC problem (2012)
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Chen, L., Patton, R., & Klinkhieo, S. (2012). An LPV pole-placement approach to friction compensation as an FTC problem. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, 22(1), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-012-0011-z

The concept of combining robust fault estimation within a controller system to achieve active Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) has been the subject of considerable interest in the recent literature. The current study is motivated by the need to develop m... Read More about An LPV pole-placement approach to friction compensation as an FTC problem.

Small-vocabulary speech recognition using a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing (2012)
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Hofe, R., Ell, S. R., Fagan, M. J., Gilbert, J., Green, P. D., Moore, R. K., & Rybchenko, S. (2013). Small-vocabulary speech recognition using a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing. Speech communication, 55(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2012.02.001

This paper reports on word recognition experiments using a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing of articulator movements. A magnetic field was generated by permanent magnet pellets fixed to relevant speech articulators. Magnetic field se... Read More about Small-vocabulary speech recognition using a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing.

Modeling and analysis of intraband absorption in quantum-dot-in-well mid-infrared photodetectors (2012)
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Hong, B. H., Rybchenko, S. I., Itskevich, I. E., Haywood, S. K., Tan, C. H., Vines, P., & Hugues, M. (2012). Modeling and analysis of intraband absorption in quantum-dot-in-well mid-infrared photodetectors. Journal of applied physics, 111(3), 033713. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3684603

Intraband absorption in quantum-dot-in-a-well (DWELL) mid-infrared photodetectors is investigated using photocurrent spectroscopy and computationally cost-effective modeling linked to experimental data. The DWELL systems are challenging for modeling... Read More about Modeling and analysis of intraband absorption in quantum-dot-in-well mid-infrared photodetectors.

Reduced-size circularly polarised square microstrip antenna for 2.45 GHz RFID applications (2012)
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Nguyen, D., Paulson, K., & Riley, N. (2012). Reduced-size circularly polarised square microstrip antenna for 2.45 GHz RFID applications. IET Microwaves Antennas and Propagation, 6(1), 94-99. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2011.0269

This study proposes a new design of circular polarised (CP), microstrip (patch) antenna using a set of slits and slots to effectively reduce the area of patch by 67% compared with the conventional, corner truncated, circular polarised square patch. T... Read More about Reduced-size circularly polarised square microstrip antenna for 2.45 GHz RFID applications.

A novel mathematical model of bone remodelling cycles for trabecular bone at the cellular level (2012)
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Ji, B., Genever, P. G., Patton, R. J., Putra, D., & Fagan, M. J. (2012). A novel mathematical model of bone remodelling cycles for trabecular bone at the cellular level. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 11(7), 973-982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-011-0366-3

After an initial phase of growth and development, bone undergoes a continuous cycle of repair, renewal and optimisation by a process called remodelling. This paper describes a novel mathematical model of the trabecular bone remodelling cycle. It is e... Read More about A novel mathematical model of bone remodelling cycles for trabecular bone at the cellular level.

Speech synthesis parameter generation for the assistive silent speech interface MVOCA (2011)
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Hofe, R., Ell, S. R., Fagan, M. J., Gilbert, J. M., Green, P. D., Moore, R. K., & Rybchenko, S. I. (2011). Speech synthesis parameter generation for the assistive silent speech interface MVOCA

In previous publications, a silent speech interface based on permanent-magnetic articulography (PMA) has been introduced and evaluated using standard automatic speech recognition techniques. However, word recognition is a task that is computationally... Read More about Speech synthesis parameter generation for the assistive silent speech interface MVOCA.

The measurement of rain kinetic energy and rain intensity using an acoustic disdrometer (2011)
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Winder, P., & Paulson, K. S. (2012). The measurement of rain kinetic energy and rain intensity using an acoustic disdrometer. Measurement Science and Technology, 23(1), 015801. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/23/1/015801

Microwave engineers and geomorphologists require rainfall data with a much greater temporal resolution and a better representation of the numbers of large raindrops than is available from current commercial instruments. This paper describes an acoust... Read More about The measurement of rain kinetic energy and rain intensity using an acoustic disdrometer.