Audio information extraction from arbitrary sound recordings
Presentation / Conference
Duncan, P., Mohammed, D., & Li, F. Audio information extraction from arbitrary sound recordings. Presented at 22nd International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV22), Florence, Italy

Numerous archives of entertainment soundtracks and other recordings such as environmental noise samples have imposed a big data challenge in audio related industries. This necessitates the use of machine audition and retrieval tools to extract semant... Read More about Audio information extraction from arbitrary sound recordings.

Understanding trust and confidence in web behaviour
Thesis
Makan, J. (in press). Understanding trust and confidence in web behaviour. (Thesis). University of Salford

Trust is recognised as the construct that makes societies function; not only this but it is understood to be the element that makes them successful, wealthier, healthier and wiser. A problem of the trust construct is that, despite its perceived impor... Read More about Understanding trust and confidence in web behaviour.

Sustainable management of transboundary river basins in a changing climate and human-induced interventions upstream
Thesis
Al-Faraj, F. Sustainable management of transboundary river basins in a changing climate and human-induced interventions upstream. (Thesis). The University of Salford

The use of multiple antenna techniques for uwb wireless personal area networks (UWB-MIMO WPANS)
Thesis
Adam, M. The use of multiple antenna techniques for uwb wireless personal area networks (UWB-MIMO WPANS). (Thesis). The University of Salford

The research activities over the three years were presented in this thesis. The work centred on the use of multiple spatial elements for Ultra wide band wireless system in order to increase the throughput, and for wireless range requirement applicati... Read More about The use of multiple antenna techniques for uwb wireless personal area networks (UWB-MIMO WPANS).

Mitigation of gas and vapour cloud explosions using fine water sprays
Thesis
Johnston, S. Mitigation of gas and vapour cloud explosions using fine water sprays. (Thesis). University of Salford

For the past fifty years or so, there has been a great deal of interest in the use of water based explosion suppression systems, designed to mitigate or reduce the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures, which may be as hi... Read More about Mitigation of gas and vapour cloud explosions using fine water sprays.

Future spatial audio : Subjective evaluation of 3D surround systems
Thesis
Power, P. Future spatial audio : Subjective evaluation of 3D surround systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

Current surround systems are being developed to include height channels to provide the listener with a 3D listening experience. It is not well understood the impact the height channels will have on the listening experience and aspects associated with... Read More about Future spatial audio : Subjective evaluation of 3D surround systems.

The capacity down pipe: Comparisons with other sustainable drainage systems
Presentation / Conference
Scholz, M. The capacity down pipe: Comparisons with other sustainable drainage systems. Presented at The 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring, Telford, England, UK

Drainage benefits of porous, permeable and pervious paving
Book Chapter

The fundamental purpose of all permeable paving systems (PPSs) is to allow stormwater to infiltrate slowly, to be stored in its structure and then allowed to be conveyed elsewhere in association with the sustainable drainage system (SUDS). This chapt... Read More about Drainage benefits of porous, permeable and pervious paving.

Efficient and compact representations of head related transfer functions
Thesis
Sinker, J. Efficient and compact representations of head related transfer functions. (Dissertation). University of Salford

These days most reproduced sound is consumed using portable devices and headphones, on which spatial binaural audio can be conveniently presented. One way of converting from conventional loudspeaker formats to binaural format is through the use of He... Read More about Efficient and compact representations of head related transfer functions.

Human response to environmental noise and vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic
Thesis
Sharp, C. Human response to environmental noise and vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic. (Thesis). University of Salford

There is currently a push to increase the proportion of freight traffic that is transported by rail, which is argued to be a safer, more sustainable and more climate friendly means of freight transportation when compared with road or air transportati... Read More about Human response to environmental noise and vibration from freight and passenger railway traffic.

Molecular dynamics simulations in graphite and carbon materials
Thesis
Christie, H. Molecular dynamics simulations in graphite and carbon materials. (Thesis). The University of Salford

Despite having significant applications in the nuclear industry, there have been virtually no molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of radiation damage in graphite. The difficulties in developing an accurate yet computationally inexpensive description... Read More about Molecular dynamics simulations in graphite and carbon materials.

Structural and dynamic investigations of graphite based materials
Thesis
Bailey, A. Structural and dynamic investigations of graphite based materials. (Thesis). University of Salford

Graphite based materials are of particular interest as energy materials. Graphite is used as a moderator in nuclear reactors and there have been investigations into the ability of modified graphites, such as expanded or intercalated graphite, to stor... Read More about Structural and dynamic investigations of graphite based materials.

Dissipative solitons of a spatiotemporal Ginzburg-Landau equation
Presentation / Conference
Cooper, A., Christian, J., Bresnahan, D., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. Dissipative solitons of a spatiotemporal Ginzburg-Landau equation. Presented at Quantum Electronics and Photonics Conference (Photon14/QEP-21), Imperial College London, UK

Multi-Turing instability spectra and spatial fractals in absorptive systems
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Bostock, C., McDonald, G., & Huang, J. Multi-Turing instability spectra and spatial fractals in absorptive systems. Presented at Quantum Electronics and Photonics Conference (Photon14/QEP-21), Imperial College London, UK

Diffraction of fractal light by simple apertures
Presentation / Conference
Mylova, M., Christian, J., & McDonald, G. Diffraction of fractal light by simple apertures. Presented at Quantum Electronics and Photonics Conference (Photon14/QEP-21), Imperial College London, UK

We propose and investigate, for the first time to our knowledge, an entirely new
regime in wave physics  the diffraction of fractal waves from simple apertures. A
selection of new analyses and physical predictions will be given for experimental
g... Read More about Diffraction of fractal light by simple apertures.

Spatiotemporal vector solitons in nonlinear optical systems with \chi(3) susceptibility
Presentation / Conference
Ashley, J., Christian, J., McDonald, G., & Chamorro-Posada, P. Spatiotemporal vector solitons in nonlinear optical systems with \chi(3) susceptibility. Presented at 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany

A new model is proposed for describing coupled optical waves propagating in a system with linear dispersion (both group-velocity and spatial contributions) \chi(3 nonlinear susceptibility. The modulational instability problem is solved in full, and... Read More about Spatiotemporal vector solitons in nonlinear optical systems with \chi(3) susceptibility.

Multi-turing instabilities in Fabry-Perot resonators and discrete microcavities
Presentation / Conference
Bostock, C., Christian, J., McDonald, G., Leite, A., & Huang, J. Multi-turing instabilities in Fabry-Perot resonators and discrete microcavities. Presented at 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany

We report on research concerning spontaneous spatial fractal pattern formation in
passive nonlinear optical cavities (both ring-resonator and Fabry-Pérot geometries).
A new model for light propagation inside discrete coupled cavities is proposed... Read More about Multi-turing instabilities in Fabry-Perot resonators and discrete microcavities.

Diffraction of fractal optical fields by simple apertures
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Mylova, M., & McDonald, G. Diffraction of fractal optical fields by simple apertures. Presented at 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany

We propose and investigate, for the first time to our knowledge, an entirely new
regime in wave physics  the diffraction of fractal waves from simple apertures. A
selection of new analyses and physical predictions will be given for experimental... Read More about Diffraction of fractal optical fields by simple apertures.

Unstable cavity lasers - from kaleidoscopes to snowflakes
Presentation / Conference
Christian, J., Begleris, I., McDonald, G., & Huang, J. Unstable cavity lasers - from kaleidoscopes to snowflakes. Presented at 5th European Optical Society Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2014), Berlin, Germany

The snowflake laser is proposed  a new class of unstable resonator whose
feedback mirror has the shape of the von Koch snowflake. Theoretical analysis is
undertaken with two-dimensional virtual source theory, and predictions of novel mode
patt... Read More about Unstable cavity lasers - from kaleidoscopes to snowflakes.

WaveCloud : an open source room acoustics simulator using the finite difference time domain method
Presentation / Conference
Sheaffer, J., & Fazenda, B. WaveCloud : an open source room acoustics simulator using the finite difference time domain method. Presented at Forum Acusticum 2014, Krakow, Poland

Among the various wave-based simulation methods, the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method provides a good trade-off between applicability, accuracy and computational efficiency. With the growing availability of computing power and recent advan... Read More about WaveCloud : an open source room acoustics simulator using the finite difference time domain method.