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Improving the carbon capture efficiency for gas power plants through amine-based absorbents (2020)
Journal Article
Hasan, S., Abbas, A., & Nasr, G. (2021). Improving the carbon capture efficiency for gas power plants through amine-based absorbents. Sustainability, 13(1), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010072

Environmental concern for our planet has changed significantly over time due to climate change, caused by an increasing population and the subsequent demand for electricity, and thus increased power generation. Considering that natural gas is regarde... Read More about Improving the carbon capture efficiency for gas power plants through amine-based absorbents.

Chloride binding in cement paste with calcined Mg-Al-CO3 LDH (CLDH) under different conditions (2020)
Journal Article
Geng, J., Pan, C., Wang, Y., Chen, W., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Chloride binding in cement paste with calcined Mg-Al-CO3 LDH (CLDH) under different conditions. Construction and Building Materials, 273, 121678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121678

The chloride binding capacity of cement paste with Mg-Al CLDH, obtained through calcining a commercial LDH, is investigated under different chloride concentration, environmental temperature, and concrete pore solution alkalinity conditions. The trans... Read More about Chloride binding in cement paste with calcined Mg-Al-CO3 LDH (CLDH) under different conditions.

Fast and accurate quasi-3D aerodynamic methods for aircraft conceptual design studies (2020)
Journal Article
Sugar-Gabor, O., & Koreanschi, A. (2021). Fast and accurate quasi-3D aerodynamic methods for aircraft conceptual design studies. Aeronautical Journal, 125(1286), 593-617. https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2020.128

In this paper, recent developments in quasi-3D aerodynamic methods are presented. At their core, these methods are based on the Lifting-Line Theory and Vortex Lattice Method, but with a relaxed set of hypotheses, while also considering the effect o... Read More about Fast and accurate quasi-3D aerodynamic methods for aircraft conceptual design studies.

Network traffic analysis for threats detection in the Internet of Things (2020)
Journal Article
Hammoudeh, M., Pimlott, J., Belguith, S., Epiphaniou, G., Baker, T., Kayes, A., …Bounceur, A. (2020). Network traffic analysis for threats detection in the Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 3(4), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.1109/IOTM.0001.2000015

As the prevalence of the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to increase, cyber criminals are quick to exploit the security gaps that many devices are inherently designed with. Whilst users can not be expected to tackle this threat alone, many cur... Read More about Network traffic analysis for threats detection in the Internet of Things.

Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source” (2020)
Journal Article
Nourian, A., Abba, M., & Nasr, G. (2021). Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source”. Environment International, 146, 106152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106152

Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs) from domestic aerosol sprays are emerging pollutants and have substantial negative effects on human health and the environment. This study, for the first time, carried out quantification of the NMVOC... Read More about Measurements and analysis of Non-Methane VOC (NMVOC) emissions from major domestic aerosol sprays at “source”.

Redefining legacy : a technical debt perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Monaghan, B., & Bass, J. (2020). Redefining legacy : a technical debt perspective. Lecture notes in computer science, 12562, 254-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64148-1_16

Organisations that manage legacy systems at scale, such as those found within large government agencies and commercial enterprises, face a set of unique challenges. They manage complex software landscapes that have evolved over decades. Current conce... Read More about Redefining legacy : a technical debt perspective.

On the use of AI for generation of functional music to improve mental health (2020)
Journal Article
Williams, D., Hodge, V., & Wu, C. (2020). On the use of AI for generation of functional music to improve mental health. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 3, 497864. https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2020.497864

Increasingly music has been shown to have both physical and mental health benefits including improvements in cardiovascular health, a link to reduction of cases of dementia in elderly populations, and improvements in markers of general mental well-be... Read More about On the use of AI for generation of functional music to improve mental health.

Investigation into the effects of the geometry in cone driven midrange horns & phase plugs (2020)
Journal Article
Macdonald, L., & Hargreaves, J. (2020). Investigation into the effects of the geometry in cone driven midrange horns & phase plugs. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 42(3), https://doi.org/10.25144/13367

Midrange horn loudspeakers are usually used in professional audio applications to improve efficiency and control directivity. Because traditional lumped parameter circuits do not model phase plugs or complexities of horn geometry after the expansion,... Read More about Investigation into the effects of the geometry in cone driven midrange horns & phase plugs.

Loudness differences for Voice-over-Voice audio in TV and streaming (2020)
Journal Article
Geary, D., Torcoli, M., Paulus, J., Simon, C., Straninger, D., Travaglini, A., & Shirley, B. (2020). Loudness differences for Voice-over-Voice audio in TV and streaming. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 68(11), 810-818. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2020.0022

Voice-over-Voice (VoV) is a common mixing practice observed in news reports and docu- mentaries, where a foreground voice is mixed on top of a background voice, e.g., to translate an interview. This is achieved by ducking the background voice so that... Read More about Loudness differences for Voice-over-Voice audio in TV and streaming.

An experimental test for the existence of the Euler wake velocity, validating Eulerlet theory by using a bluff body in a low-speed wind tunnel (2020)
Thesis
Chalasani, K. An experimental test for the existence of the Euler wake velocity, validating Eulerlet theory by using a bluff body in a low-speed wind tunnel. (Thesis). University of Salford

The application of manoeuvrability problems in aerodynamics mainly works for Reynolds average Navier-Stokes equations particularly for a uniform, steady flow past a fixed body. Further, consider large Reynolds number such that the flow is not turbule... Read More about An experimental test for the existence of the Euler wake velocity, validating Eulerlet theory by using a bluff body in a low-speed wind tunnel.

Parameterised non-intrusive reduced-order model for general unsteady flow problems using artificial neural networks (2020)
Journal Article
Sugar-Gabor, O. (2021). Parameterised non-intrusive reduced-order model for general unsteady flow problems using artificial neural networks. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 93(5), 1309-1331. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.4930

A non-intrusive reduced-order model for nonlinear parametric flow problems is developed. It is based on extracting a reduced-order basis from high-order snapshots via proper orthogonal decomposition and using multi-layered feedforward artificial ne... Read More about Parameterised non-intrusive reduced-order model for general unsteady flow problems using artificial neural networks.

In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox (2020)
Journal Article
Linge, N., Sutton, A., Hurley, A., & Johannessen, N. (2020). In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox. Industrial Archaeology Review, 42(2), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2020.1812026

Whilst every country in the world has introduced phoneboxes onto its streets, the UK stands alone in having adopted the red phonebox as a symbol of its national identity. However, that symbol is of phonebox designs produced by Giles Gilbert Scott... Read More about In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox.

Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial (2020)
Journal Article
Johnston, S., Nasr, G., & Nourian, A. (2020). Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial. Atomization and Sprays, 30(6), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020034356

For the past fifty years, there has been a great deal of interest using water-based explosion suppression systems in mitigating/reducing the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures. Previous research focused on the suppress... Read More about Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial.

Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles (2020)
Journal Article
Proctor, J. (2020). Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles. Physics of Fluids, 32, 107105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0025871

Recently, there have been significant theoretical advances in our understanding of liquids and dense supercritical fluids based on their ability to support high frequency transverse (shear) waves. Here, we have constructed a new computer model using... Read More about Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles.

An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings (2020)
Journal Article
Yar’Adua, K., John, I., Abbas, A., Lawal, K., & Kabir, A. (2021). An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 11(2), 973-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-01009-w

The common practice of using chemicals and solid-entrained liquids to remove soft scales in production tubings is associated with a high risk of contaminating the environment and eroding pipe internal surfaces. Due to the suspended solids, the curren... Read More about An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings.

Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media (2020)
Journal Article
Abba, M. (2020). Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 84, 103643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103643

This study aims to experimentally investigate the roles of different brine types and concentrations on the longitudinal dispersion coefficient (KL) during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection. Core flooding process was used to simulate the displa... Read More about Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media.

Understanding nanomechanical and surface ellipsometry of optical F-doped SnO2 thin films by in-line APCVD (2020)
Journal Article
Afzaal, M., Yates, H., Al-Ahmed, A., Ul-Hamid, A., Salhi, B., & Ali, M. (2020). Understanding nanomechanical and surface ellipsometry of optical F-doped SnO2 thin films by in-line APCVD. Applied Physics A, 126, 840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-04033-z

In this paper, a production-type chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is utilized to deposit fluorine doped tin oxide thin films of different thicknesses and dopant levels. Deposited films showed a preferred orientation along the (200) plane of a tetra... Read More about Understanding nanomechanical and surface ellipsometry of optical F-doped SnO2 thin films by in-line APCVD.

Controlling of pneumatic muscle actuator systems by Parallel Structure of Neural Network and Proportional Controllers (PNNP) (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2020). Controlling of pneumatic muscle actuator systems by Parallel Structure of Neural Network and Proportional Controllers (PNNP). Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7, 115. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.00115

This article proposed a novel controller structure to track the nonlinear behavior of the pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA), such as the elongation for the extensor actuator and bending for the bending PMA. The proposed controller consists neural netwo... Read More about Controlling of pneumatic muscle actuator systems by Parallel Structure of Neural Network and Proportional Controllers (PNNP).