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Anomalous mechanical behaviour arising from framework flexibility (2023)
Book Chapter
Marmier, A. (2023). Anomalous mechanical behaviour arising from framework flexibility. In J. Tan (Ed.), Mechanical Behaviour of Metal – Organic Framework Materials (65-112). Royal Society of Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839166594-00065

This chapter describes in detail the framework of anisotropic elasticity to introduce exotic elastic and thermoelastic properties that are often prevalent and extreme in MOFs: negative linear compressibility (NLC), negative thermal expansion (NTE) an... Read More about Anomalous mechanical behaviour arising from framework flexibility.

European robotics league: Benchmarking through smart city robot competitions (2023)
Book Chapter
Studley, M., Carter, S., Perez-Grau, F. J., Viguria, A., Ferri, G., Ferreira, F., …Iocchi, L. (in press). European robotics league: Benchmarking through smart city robot competitions. In D. R. Vinjamuri (Ed.), Human-Robot Interaction - Perspectives and Applications. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108583

The SciRoc project, started in 2018, is an EU-H2020 funded project supporting the European Robotics League (ERL) and builds on the success of the EU-FP7/H2020 projects RoCKIn, euRathlon, EuRoC and ROCKEU2. The ERL is a framework for robot competition... Read More about European robotics league: Benchmarking through smart city robot competitions.

Creep failure of 25Cr-35Ni centrifugally cast reformer tube (2022)
Book Chapter
Ravindranath, K., Akbar, A., Al-Wakaa, B., & Abdallah, Z. (2022). Creep failure of 25Cr-35Ni centrifugally cast reformer tube. In G. Ravindran (Ed.), Failure Analysis - Structural Health Monitoring of Structure and Infrastructure Components [Working Title]. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108766

Cast 25Cr-35Ni alloys are extensively being used in the petrochemical and petroleum refining industries for high-temperature applications. A typical application of such alloys in the industry is in the manufacture of cast catalyst reformer tubes for... Read More about Creep failure of 25Cr-35Ni centrifugally cast reformer tube.

Ethical risk assessment for social robots: Case studies in smart robot toys (2022)
Book Chapter
Winfield, A. F. T., van Maris, A., Winkle, K., Jirotka, M., Salvini, P., Webb, H., …Theofanopoulou, N. (2022). Ethical risk assessment for social robots: Case studies in smart robot toys. In M. Isabel, A. Ferreira, & M. Osman Tokhi (Eds.), Towards Trustworthy Artificial Intelligent Systems (61-76). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09823-9_4

Risk Assessment is a well known and powerful method for discovering and mitigating risks, and hence improving safety. Ethical Risk Assessment uses the same approach, but extends the scope of risk to cover ethical risks in addition to safety risks. In... Read More about Ethical risk assessment for social robots: Case studies in smart robot toys.

Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks (2022)
Book Chapter
Ferreira, T. M., & Bernardini, G. (2022). Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks. In Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures At Multiple Scales: From Single Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment (229-247). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824071-7.00009-3

The task of selecting the most appropriate method or technique to assess the seismic vulnerability of large building stocks must be based on a proper balance between the simplicity of the tool to be used and the accuracy of the results, knowing that... Read More about Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks.

Lignocellulosic natural fibers in polymer composite materials: Benefits, challenges and applications (2022)
Book Chapter
Burton, K., Hazael, R., Critchley, R., & Bloodworth-Race, S. (2022). Lignocellulosic natural fibers in polymer composite materials: Benefits, challenges and applications. In Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers (353-369). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820352-1.00053-5

In recent years, there has been an ever-expanding interest in reducing the environmental impact associated with the polymer manufacturing industry. This review discusses the benefits associated with natural fibers use in composite materials as well a... Read More about Lignocellulosic natural fibers in polymer composite materials: Benefits, challenges and applications.

Integration of cost-efficient carbon electrodes into the development of microbial fuel cells (2022)
Book Chapter
You, J., Gajda, I., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2022). Integration of cost-efficient carbon electrodes into the development of microbial fuel cells. In Nanoporous Carbons for Soft and Flexible Energy Devices (43-57). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81827-2_3

Microbial fuel cells are a renewable energy technology that can generate electricity from organic fuel such as wastewater, whilst simultaneously treating it. In order to implement this technology at larger scale, a major challenge is the choice of su... Read More about Integration of cost-efficient carbon electrodes into the development of microbial fuel cells.

Modeling of uncertain nonlinear system with Z-numbers (2021)
Book Chapter
Jafari, R., Razvarz, S., Gegov, A., & Paul, S. (2021). Modeling of uncertain nonlinear system with Z-numbers. In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (290-314). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3479-3.ch022

In order to model the fuzzy nonlinear systems, fuzzy equations with Z-number coefficients are used in this chapter. The modeling of fuzzy nonlinear systems is to obtain the Z-number coefficients of fuzzy equations. In this work, the neural network ap... Read More about Modeling of uncertain nonlinear system with Z-numbers.

I spy with my little eye: Improving user involvement in elderly care facility design through virtual reality (2021)
Book Chapter
Mahamadu, A., Okeke, U., Prabhakaran, A., Booth, C. A., & Olomolaiye, P. (2022). I spy with my little eye: Improving user involvement in elderly care facility design through virtual reality. In C. Gorse, L. Scott, C. Booth, & M. Dastbaz (Eds.), Climate Emergency – Managing, Building , and Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (385-394). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79450-7_29

Recent studies have established that an ageing population is the most prevalent problem for healthcare provision. Thus, the design of care facilities must ensure better support for the needs of the elderly population. One of the areas of innovation i... Read More about I spy with my little eye: Improving user involvement in elderly care facility design through virtual reality.

Robot narratives (2021)
Book Chapter
Orell, M. S., Bown, J., Stepney, S., Walsh, R., & Winfield, A. F. T. (2021). Robot narratives. In A. Adamatzky (Ed.), Handbook of Unconventional Computing Volume 1: Theory (221-246). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811235726_0006

There is evidence that humans understand how the world goes through narrative. We discuss what it might mean for embodied robots to understand the world, and communicate that understanding, in a similar manner. We suggest an architecture for adding n... Read More about Robot narratives.