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A general numerical unsteady nonlinear lifting line model for engineering aerodynamics studies (2018)
Journal Article
Sugar-Gabor, O. (2018). A general numerical unsteady nonlinear lifting line model for engineering aerodynamics studies. Aeronautical Journal, 122(1254), 1199-1228. https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2018.57

The lifting line theory is widely used for obtaining aerodynamic performance results in various engineering fields, from aircraft conceptual design to wind power generation. Many different models were proposed, each tailored for a specific purpose, t... Read More about A general numerical unsteady nonlinear lifting line model for engineering aerodynamics studies.

A reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot based on Watt II six-bar linkage (2018)
Journal Article
Luo, Z., Shang, J., Wei, G., & Ren, L. (2018). A reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot based on Watt II six-bar linkage. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 128(10), 16-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2018.04.020

This paper presents the design and development of a novel reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot (RHMBot). This new reconfigurable mobile robot is constructed based on a Watt II six-bar linkage; through structure reconfiguration, it can provi... Read More about A reconfigurable hybrid wheel-track mobile robot based on Watt II six-bar linkage.

A fuzzy ANP based weighted RFM model for customer segmentation in auto insurance sector (2018)
Book Chapter
Ravasan, A., & Mansouri, T. (2018). A fuzzy ANP based weighted RFM model for customer segmentation in auto insurance sector. In Intelligent systems : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications (1050-1067). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5643-5.ch044

Data mining has a tremendous contribution for researchers to extract the hidden knowledge and information which have been inherited in the raw data. This study has proposed a brand new and practical fuzzy analytic network process (FANP) based weighte... Read More about A fuzzy ANP based weighted RFM model for customer segmentation in auto insurance sector.

Biomimetic deployable structures (2018)
Thesis
Fenci, G. Biomimetic deployable structures. (Thesis). University of Salford

Modern architectural designs aim at creating dynamic and flexible spaces, able to adapt to the ever-changing environment by virtue of temporary and convertible structures. Biomimetics is the applied science that, through the imitation of nature, find... Read More about Biomimetic deployable structures.

Scrum for product innovation : a longitudinal embedded case study (2018)
Journal Article
Bass, J., Abdul, A., Ghavimi, H., MacRae, N., & Adam, P. (2018). Scrum for product innovation : a longitudinal embedded case study. International Journal of Multimedia and Image Processing, 8(2), 414-424. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijmip.2042.4647.2018.0051

This article describes the innovation processes used in a partnership between Add Latent Ltd., an asset integrity and maintenance management consulting services provider in the energy sector and University of Salford. The challenge faced by the compa... Read More about Scrum for product innovation : a longitudinal embedded case study.

Emergency access control management via attribute based encrypted QR codes (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Belguith, S., Gochhayat, S., Conti, M., & Russello, G. (2018, May). Emergency access control management via attribute based encrypted QR codes. Presented at IEEE Workshop on Security and Privacy in the Cloud (IEEE CNS 2018 workshop: SPC 2018), Beijing, China

In dynamic environments such as disaster management, mechanisms for the controlled override of access
restrictions, a.k.a. break-glass need to be supported. These access control mechanisms should ensure access to facilities, for example, an office b... Read More about Emergency access control management via attribute based encrypted QR codes.

Robust speaker recognition in reverberant condition : toward greater biometric security (2018)
Thesis
Al-Karawi, K. (in press). Robust speaker recognition in reverberant condition : toward greater biometric security. (Thesis). University of Salford

Automatic speaker recognition systems have developed into an increasingly relevant technology for security applications in modern times. The primary challenge for automatic speaker recognition is to deal with the variability of the environments and c... Read More about Robust speaker recognition in reverberant condition : toward greater biometric security.

Experience of industry case studies : a comparison of multi-case and embedded case study methods (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research comprises a methodological comparison of two independent empirical case studies in industry: Case Study A and Case Study B. Case Study A, is a multiple-case study involving a set of short-duration data collections with 46 practitioners... Read More about Experience of industry case studies : a comparison of multi-case and embedded case study methods.

Employee retention and turnover in global software development : comparing in-house offshoring and offshore outsourcing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Poor employee retention (high staff turnover) has a negative impact on software development productivity and product quality. Further, offshore outsourcing has a widely held reputation for particularly poor employee retention. Interestingly, in-house... Read More about Employee retention and turnover in global software development : comparing in-house offshoring and offshore outsourcing.

Shear behaviour of lightweight concrete beams strengthened with CFRP composite (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Allaf, M., Weekes, L., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2019). Shear behaviour of lightweight concrete beams strengthened with CFRP composite. Magazine of Concrete Research, 71(18), 949-964. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.17.00488

This paper presents the experimental results obtained from lightweight and normal concrete beams with closed and U-shaped configurations of epoxy bonded Carbon FRP (CFRP) reinforcement in order to compare the shear resisting mechanisms between lightw... Read More about Shear behaviour of lightweight concrete beams strengthened with CFRP composite.

Speech-to-screen : spatial separation of dialogue from noise towards improved speech intelligibility for the small screen (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Demonte, P., Tang, Y., Hughes, R., Cox, T., Fazenda, B., & Shirley, B. (2018, May). Speech-to-screen : spatial separation of dialogue from noise towards improved speech intelligibility for the small screen. Presented at 144th International Pro Audio Convention (AES Milan 2018), Milan, Italy

Can externalizing dialogue when in the presence of stereo background noise improve speech intelligibility? This has been investigated for audio over headphones using head-tracking in order to explore potential future developments for small-screen dev... Read More about Speech-to-screen : spatial separation of dialogue from noise towards improved speech intelligibility for the small screen.

Annoyance from wind turbine noise? Review of wind turbine noise studies of the last two decades (2018)
Presentation / Conference
von Hünerbein, S. (2018, May). Annoyance from wind turbine noise? Review of wind turbine noise studies of the last two decades. Presented at 3rd Wind Turbine Acoustic Day, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, DK

In agreement with other environmental noise literature, most work on the annoyance from wind turbines has focussed on noise. Notable work has been carried out in Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, China, Canada and the US. Their results seem to show tha... Read More about Annoyance from wind turbine noise? Review of wind turbine noise studies of the last two decades.

Building a causation annotated corpus : the Salford Arabic Causal Bank-proclitics (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sadek, J., & Meziane, F. (2018, May). Building a causation annotated corpus : the Salford Arabic Causal Bank-proclitics. Presented at The 3rd Workshop on Open-Source Arabic Corpora and Processing Tools, Miyazaki, Japan

We introduce the Salford Arabic Causal Bank (SACB) corpus, a new corpus dedicated to Arabic Causal relations. Causality as a linguistic phenomenon can be expressed using different elements and grammatical expressions. In Arabic language, causal parti... Read More about Building a causation annotated corpus : the Salford Arabic Causal Bank-proclitics.

Unsteady nonlinear lifting line model for applied aerodynamics studies (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Sugar-Gabor, O. (2018, May). Unsteady nonlinear lifting line model for applied aerodynamics studies. Presented at Advances in Aerospace Structures, Systems and Technology (AASST 2018), London, UK

The lifting line theory is widely used for obtaining aerodynamic performance results in various engineering fields, from aircraft conceptual design to wind power generation. Many different models were proposed, each tailored for a specific purpose, t... Read More about Unsteady nonlinear lifting line model for applied aerodynamics studies.

A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal muscles (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018, April). A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal muscles. Presented at RoboSoft 2018, Livorno, Italy

This paper illustrates the design, implementation and kinematics of a novel circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA), inspired by the skeletal muscles of a human. The variation of the inner diameter of this actuator is a unique feature. Furthermore,... Read More about A circular pneumatic muscle actuator (CPMA) inspired by human skeletal muscles.

Active soft end effectors for efficient grasping and safe handling (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018). Active soft end effectors for efficient grasping and safe handling. IEEE Access, 6, 23591-23601. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2829351

The end effector is a major part of a robot system and it defines the task the robot can perform. However, typically, a gripper is suited to grasping only a single or relatively small number of different objects. Dexterous grippers offer greater gras... Read More about Active soft end effectors for efficient grasping and safe handling.