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HiDE : a tool for unrestricted literature based discovery (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Preiss, J., & Stevenson, M. (2018, August). HiDE : a tool for unrestricted literature based discovery. Presented at 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2018), Santa Fe, New-Mexico, USA

As the quantity of publications increases daily, researchers are forced to narrow their attention to their own specialism and are therefore less likely to make new connections with other areas. Literature based discovery (LBD) supports the identifica... Read More about HiDE : a tool for unrestricted literature based discovery.

Numerical simulation of von Karman swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow from a deformable rotating disk (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kadir, A., Mishra, S., Shamshuddin, M., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Numerical simulation of von Karman swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow from a deformable rotating disk. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

Rotating disk bio-reactors are fundamental to numerous medical and chemical engineering processes including oxygen transfer, chromatography, purification and swirl-assisted pumping. The modern upsurge in biologically-enhanced engineering devices has... Read More about Numerical simulation of von Karman swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow from a deformable rotating disk.

Simulation of a nanofluid-based annular solar collector (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kuharat, S., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Simulation of a nanofluid-based annular solar collector. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

A numerical study of convective heat transfer in an annular pipe solar collector system is conducted. The inner tube contains pure water and the annular region contains nanofluid. Three-dimensional steady-state incompressible laminar flow comprising... Read More about Simulation of a nanofluid-based annular solar collector.

CFD simulation of turbulent convective heat transfer in rectangular mini-channels for rocket cooling applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Beg, O., Zubair, A., Kuharat, S., & Babaie, M. (2018, August). CFD simulation of turbulent convective heat transfer in rectangular mini-channels for rocket cooling applications. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

Heat transfer is one of the most critical aspects of the rocket propulsion design process. According to released heat, thermal loads are extremely large, and thermal insulation is frequently necessary in the motor combustion chambers and nozzles. In... Read More about CFD simulation of turbulent convective heat transfer in rectangular mini-channels for rocket cooling applications.

Thermal stress and CFD analysis of coatings for high-temperature corrosion (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kadir, A., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Thermal stress and CFD analysis of coatings for high-temperature corrosion. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

Modern gas turbine blades experience significant thermal loading during expected life cycles. Temperatures can attain in excess of 1000 Celsius. It is therefore necessary to coat the blades with thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) which also provide prot... Read More about Thermal stress and CFD analysis of coatings for high-temperature corrosion.

Oblique radiative solar nano-polymer gel coating heat transfer and slip flow: manufacturing simulation (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Beg, O., Kuharat, S., Mehmood, R., Tabassum, R., & Babaie, M. (2018, August). Oblique radiative solar nano-polymer gel coating heat transfer and slip flow: manufacturing simulation. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

In the current work we study numerically the time-independent twodimensional, non-aligned (oblique) slip flow of copper metal-doped water-based nano-polymeric sol gels under radiative heat flux. Reynolds temperature-dependent viscosity model is emplo... Read More about Oblique radiative solar nano-polymer gel coating heat transfer and slip flow: manufacturing simulation.

Ansys simulation of natural convection and radiation in a solar enclosure (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Kuharat, S., & Beg, O. (2018, August). Ansys simulation of natural convection and radiation in a solar enclosure. Poster presented at ICHTFM 2018 : 20th International Conference on Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics, Istanbul, Turkey

The interest in sustainable and renewable energy systems has witnessed significant expansion in the 21st century. Space solar power (SSP) collectors have multiple advantages over earth-based solar power plants. They receive more sun light, are unaffe... Read More about Ansys simulation of natural convection and radiation in a solar enclosure.

Personality and listening sensitivity correlates of the subjective response to real and simulated sound sources in virtual reality (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bailey, W., & Fazenda, B. (2018, August). Personality and listening sensitivity correlates of the subjective response to real and simulated sound sources in virtual reality. Presented at 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science, Tokyo, Japan

It has been reported that personality traits, such as empathy and the tendency to become immersed in tasks, correlate with increased experience of presence in virtual reality. However, it is not clear whether this translates directly to the experienc... Read More about Personality and listening sensitivity correlates of the subjective response to real and simulated sound sources in virtual reality.

An evolutionary-based modelling approach for predicting the effective stress parameter in unsaturated soils (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Ahangar Asr, A., & Javadi, A. (2018, August). An evolutionary-based modelling approach for predicting the effective stress parameter in unsaturated soils. Presented at The 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils UNSAT2018, Hong Kong, China

Effective stress parameter affects the stress equation and is implemented to calculate the effective stress value which directly influences deformations and failures in unsaturated soils. Evolutionary polynomial regression is a data mining-based tech... Read More about An evolutionary-based modelling approach for predicting the effective stress parameter in unsaturated soils.

Preserving access pattern privacy in SGX-assisted encrypted search (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Cui, S., Belguith, S., Zhang, M., Asghar, M., & Russello, G. (2018, July). Preserving access pattern privacy in SGX-assisted encrypted search. Presented at International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN), Hangzhou, China

Outsourcing sensitive data and operations to untrusted cloud providers is considered a challenging issue. To perform a search operation, even if both the data and the query are encrypted, attackers still can learn which data locations match the quer... Read More about Preserving access pattern privacy in SGX-assisted encrypted search.

Lightweight attribute-based encryption supporting access policy update for cloud assisted IoT (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Belguith, S., Kaaniche, N., & Russello, G. (2018, July). Lightweight attribute-based encryption supporting access policy update for cloud assisted IoT. Presented at 15th International Conference on Security and Cryptography, Porto, Portugal

Cloud-assisted IoT applications are gaining an expanding interest, such that IoT devices are deployed in different distributed environments to collect and outsource sensed data to remote servers for further processing and sharing among users. On the... Read More about Lightweight attribute-based encryption supporting access policy update for cloud assisted IoT.

Validation of the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): synergetic exploitation of the Sentinel-2 missions (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Brown, L., Dash, J., Lidon, A., Lopez-Baeza, E., & Dransfeld, S. (2018, July). Validation of the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): synergetic exploitation of the Sentinel-2 missions. Presented at IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Valencia, Spain

Continuity to the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) will be provided by the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI), and to ensure its utility in a wide range of operational applications, v... Read More about Validation of the Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): synergetic exploitation of the Sentinel-2 missions.

Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Oyewale, A., Hughes, C., & Saraee, M. (2018, July). Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm. Presented at The Eighth International Conference on Advances in Information Mining and Management, Barcelona, Spain

In order to succeed in the global competition, organizations need to understand and monitor the rate of data influx. The acquisition of continuous data has been extremely outstretched as a concern in many fields. Recently, frequent patterns in data s... Read More about Analyzing data streams using a dynamic compact stream pattern algorithm.

Design implications of urban public spaces for female physical activity in Saudi Arabia (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Maghrabi, A., & Moustaka, A. (2018, July). Design implications of urban public spaces for female physical activity in Saudi Arabia. Poster presented at International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Florida, USA

This research investigates the reasons why Saudi Arabian residents, especially women, are reluctant to the use of urban public open spaces, and to propose a new form of urban public open spaces which are more responsive to residents needs taking acco... Read More about Design implications of urban public spaces for female physical activity in Saudi Arabia.

Development of an integrated BIM and lean maturity model (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Mollasalehi, S., Aboumoemen, A., Rathnayake, A., Fleming, A., & Underwood, J. (2018, July). Development of an integrated BIM and lean maturity model. Presented at 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Chennai, India

The level of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean adoption has been rapidly increased. The benefits of integrating these two approaches have also been identified. However, to achieve the maximum benefits of the interaction of these two appro... Read More about Development of an integrated BIM and lean maturity model.

An experimental study of concrete resistivity and the effects of electrode configuration and current frequency on measurement (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Oleiwi, H., Wang, Y., Xiang, N., Augusthus Nelson, L., Chen, X., & Shabalin, I. (2018, July). An experimental study of concrete resistivity and the effects of electrode configuration and current frequency on measurement. Presented at Sixth International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures, University of Leeds, UK

Electrical resistivity, a measurable parameter of the state of concrete, plays an important role in the assessment of reinforced concrete structures. An experimental study using two-electrode method has been conducted to evaluate the resistivity of P... Read More about An experimental study of concrete resistivity and the effects of electrode configuration and current frequency on measurement.

The utilization of BIM to achieve prescribed undergraduate learning outcomes (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Coates, S., Biscaya, S., & Rachid, A. (2018, July). The utilization of BIM to achieve prescribed undergraduate learning outcomes. Presented at 8th Annual International Conference on Architecture, Athens, Greece

Building Information Modelling, a process integrating 3D graphics and data, is being adopted into the AECOO industries and by default into the delivery of undergraduate Architectural Programs. This object oriented approach offers a range of benefits... Read More about The utilization of BIM to achieve prescribed undergraduate learning outcomes.

Use of finite element analysis to investigate the structural behaviour of masonry arch bridges subject to foundation settlement (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Naggasa, A., Augusthus Nelson, L., & Haynes, B. (2018, July). Use of finite element analysis to investigate the structural behaviour of masonry arch bridges subject to foundation settlement. Presented at 10th International Masonry Conference, Milan, Italy

This paper investigates the effect of foundation settling on masonry arch bridge structural behaviour using Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Masonry arch bridges form a large proportion of existing European infrastructure such as rail and road bridges... Read More about Use of finite element analysis to investigate the structural behaviour of masonry arch bridges subject to foundation settlement.

Representative-in-class vehicles for fleet-level aviation noise analysis (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Torija Martinez, A., & Self, R. (2018, July). Representative-in-class vehicles for fleet-level aviation noise analysis. Presented at 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2018, ICSV 2018: Hiroshima Calling, Hiroshima, Japan

Global air traffic demand is projected to nearly double by 2035 (7.2 billion passengers) compared to the 3.8 billion passengers in 2016. At such a growth rate, the aviation sector might cause an important detriment of the welfare of those living arou... Read More about Representative-in-class vehicles for fleet-level aviation noise analysis.

Embodied carbon emissions of buildings : a case study of an apartment building in the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Fernando, N., Victoria, M., & Ekundayo, D. (2018, June). Embodied carbon emissions of buildings : a case study of an apartment building in the UK. Presented at The 7th World Construction Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka

The UK government has set a target to significantly reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 47% of all UK CO2 emissions are linked to the construction and operation of the built environment. Buildings emit two types of carbon namely operational c... Read More about Embodied carbon emissions of buildings : a case study of an apartment building in the UK.