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Towards self-powered lateral active suspension for railway vehicles (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, P., Mei, T., & Zhang, J. (2014, July). Towards self-powered lateral active suspension for railway vehicles. Presented at UKACC International Control Conference 2014, Loughborough

This paper investigates the energy consumption of the lateral secondary active suspension for railway vehicles and studies the conditions for self-powered active suspension control. The influence of the performance index weighting factors to both the... Read More about Towards self-powered lateral active suspension for railway vehicles.

Residual capacity of damaged masonry arch bridges subjected to cyclic loading (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Augusthus Nelson, L., & Swift, G. (2014, July). Residual capacity of damaged masonry arch bridges subjected to cyclic loading. Presented at 9th International Masonry Conference, Guimarães, Portugal

In order to assess the stability of damaged arch structures, the residual capacity of damaged arch bridges needs to be established. This paper reports on two full-scale masonry arches, back-filled with crushed limestone, that were tested up to failur... Read More about Residual capacity of damaged masonry arch bridges subjected to cyclic loading.

Discontinuous analysis of soil-arch interaction in masonry arch bridges (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, S., Swift, G., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2014, July). Discontinuous analysis of soil-arch interaction in masonry arch bridges. Presented at 9th International Masonry Conference, Guimarães, Portugal

Back-filled masonry arches behave in a discontinuous manner, where deformation is governed by interaction at joints and the soil-masonry interface. A discrete element approach is used in order to explicitly model the interactions at discontinuities.... Read More about Discontinuous analysis of soil-arch interaction in masonry arch bridges.

Influence of the span rise ratio on the capacity of masonry arch bridges (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Donaghy, J., Wang, J., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2014, July). Influence of the span rise ratio on the capacity of masonry arch bridges. Presented at 9th International Masonry Conference, Guimarães, Portugal

Current standards promote a holistic approach in appraisal of masonry arch bridges. This is derived from the aspect of a perfect arch with specific span rise ratios. The MEXE (Military Engineering Experimental Establishment) method used as first stag... Read More about Influence of the span rise ratio on the capacity of masonry arch bridges.

A locally adaptive boundary evolution algorithm for novelty detection using level set methods (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ding, X., Li, Y., Belatreche, A., & Maguire, L. (2014, July). A locally adaptive boundary evolution algorithm for novelty detection using level set methods. Presented at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2014 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Beijing

This paper proposes a new locally adaptive boundary evolution algorithm for level set methods (LSM) based novelty detection. The proposed approach consists of level set function construction, boundary evolution, and evolution termination. It utilises... Read More about A locally adaptive boundary evolution algorithm for novelty detection using level set methods.

Modeling the thermo-mechanical triaxial shearing behavior of unsaturated soils using EPR (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Ahangar Asr, A., Javadi, A., & Khalili, N. (2014, July). Modeling the thermo-mechanical triaxial shearing behavior of unsaturated soils using EPR. Presented at International Conference on Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications UNSAT2014, Sydney, Australia

The proposed approach for modeling the thermo-mechanical of behavior of unsaturated soils is based on the evolutionary polynomial regression (EPR), which generates a transparent and structured representation of the behavior of systems directly from r... Read More about Modeling the thermo-mechanical triaxial shearing behavior of unsaturated soils using EPR.

Target costing in construction : a comparative study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sampaio, R., Kaushik, A., Koskela, L., Denis Granja, A., Keraminiyage, K., & Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P. (2014, June). Target costing in construction : a comparative study. Presented at International Group of Lean Construction, Oslo, Norway

Target costing is an approach for the development of new products in the automobile industry, aimed at reducing their life-cycle costs while ensuring quality, reliability and other client requirements, by examining all possible ideas for cost reducti... Read More about Target costing in construction : a comparative study.

On abduction in design (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kroll, E., & Koskela, L. (2014, June). On abduction in design. Presented at Sixth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'14), London

The mechanism of design reasoning from function to form is addressed by examining the possibility of explaining it as abduction. We propose a new interpretation to some definitions of innovative abduction, to show first that the concept, idea, as the... Read More about On abduction in design.

Spectrum efficiency improvements in cognitive radio networks : a survey (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Fakhrudeen, A., & Alani, O. (2014, June). Spectrum efficiency improvements in cognitive radio networks : a survey. Presented at The 15th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on the Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting (PGNet 2014), Liverpool John Moores University

Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) is a promising wireless communication network to utilize the unused and otherwise wasted portions of the licensed spectrum under two conditions; protecting the primary users of the licensed spectrum from harmful interfer... Read More about Spectrum efficiency improvements in cognitive radio networks : a survey.

Regression analysis for energy and lifetime prediction in large wireless sensor networks (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Mir, F., Bounceur, A., & Meziane, F. (2014, June). Regression analysis for energy and lifetime prediction in large wireless sensor networks. Presented at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Advanced Networking Distributed Systems and Applications, Bejaia, Algeria

Wireless communication technologies are used to collect information from sensitive, hostile and inaccessible environments. They are used in both military and civil applications that include environmental, medical, military and industrial fields. R... Read More about Regression analysis for energy and lifetime prediction in large wireless sensor networks.

Numerical optimization of the UAS-S4 Éhecatl airfoil using a morphing wing approach (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sugar-Gabor, O., Simon, A., Koreanschi, A., & Botez, R. (2014, June). Numerical optimization of the UAS-S4 Éhecatl airfoil using a morphing wing approach. Presented at 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, Atalnta, Georgia, USA

In this paper, we describe the new methodology and the results obtained for multiple flight conditions optimization of the airfoil of the S4 unmanned aerial system, using a morphing wing approach. The goal of reducing the airfoil drag coefficient ove... Read More about Numerical optimization of the UAS-S4 Éhecatl airfoil using a morphing wing approach.

Participation/collaboration pattern: Perspectives of trust and security risks (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Hina, S., & Oxley, A. (2014, June). Participation/collaboration pattern: Perspectives of trust and security risks. Presented at 2014 International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cyber security issues, due to a lack of trust in social networking sites (SNS), are being addressed by many researchers and practitioners. Despite the diversity of security and privacy vulnerabilities, SNS have acquired and are still acquiring great... Read More about Participation/collaboration pattern: Perspectives of trust and security risks.

Automatic detection of microphone handling noise (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kendrick, P., Cox, T., Li, F., Fazenda, B., & Jackson, I. (2014, May). Automatic detection of microphone handling noise. Presented at 4th International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing, Copenhagen, Denmark

Microphone handling noise is a common problem with user generated content. It can occur when the operator inadvertently knocks or brushes a recording device. Handling noise may be impulsive, where a microphone is knocked, or a more sustained rubbi... Read More about Automatic detection of microphone handling noise.

Key factors of the land tenure security in Iraqi cities: using Al-Nassiriya city as a case study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
using Al-Nassiriya city as a case study. Poster presented at a poster at Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC), CST Dean’s Showcase, Media City, 26-28 May 2014, Salford,Media City

Land Tenure Security (LTS) is a significant way in which the land user's rights are protected. It can be safeguarded under different forms that are included in various concepts, practices and influences which can be registered and protected officia... Read More about Key factors of the land tenure security in Iraqi cities: using Al-Nassiriya city as a case study.

Hardware-based agent modelling : Event-Driven Reactive Architecture (EDRA) (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gerlein, E., McGinnity, T., Belatreche, A., Coleman, S., & Li, Y. (2014, May). Hardware-based agent modelling : Event-Driven Reactive Architecture (EDRA). Presented at 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Paris

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have been recognised as a promising solution to address complex problems in many areas. However such systems are extremely hungry in terms of computational resources. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) offer great perfor... Read More about Hardware-based agent modelling : Event-Driven Reactive Architecture (EDRA).

Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2014, May). Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors. Presented at CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka, 4th-7th May 2014, Sri Lanka

Technology transfer (TT) within construction has emerged as an important business activity across many developing countries across the globe including Ghana. For several years TT from developed countries has been viewed as a key element in addressin... Read More about Improving the technological capacity of the local contractors through e-business technology transfer - the case of the local ghanaian contractors.

E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Adzroe, E., & Ingirige, B. (2014, May). E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers. Presented at CIB W55/65/89/92/96/102/117 & TG72/81/83 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World Heritance, Kandalama, Sri Lanka, 4th-7th May 2014, Sri Lanka

This paper reports on a questionnaire survey undertaken to evaluate e-Business use in the Ghanaian construction industry. The views of construction professionals and local construction firms in Ghana were consulted in this questionnaire survey. Add... Read More about E-business use in the Ghanaian construction industry: The drivers.

Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kaushik, A., Keraminiyage, K., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Hope, G. (2014, May). Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry. Presented at CIB- International Conference on Construction in Changing World, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are unique research programmes designed to bring innovation by joint effort of academia and industry to provide innovation in technology, process and management for the UK Industry. This paper describes an underg... Read More about Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry.

The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Allali, B., Keraminiyage, K., & Kulatunga, U. (2014, May). The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya. Presented at CIB 2014 International Conference on Construction in a Changing World, Sri Lanka

Knowledge is seen as a crucial factor behind sustainable advantage and success for Information Communication Technology (ICT) business organizations. Consequently, sharing knowledge (SK) has been considered as a main element of success, which is clos... Read More about The influence of organisational culture on sharing knowledge in small information communication technology firms in Libya.