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Investigating the fatigue behaviour of quasi-isotropic pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/glass epoxy hybrid composites (2022)
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This paper investigates the fatigue behaviour of pseudo-ductile Quasi-Isotropic (QI) interlayer hybrids with un-notched and open-hole configurations. Two different types of QI pseudo-ductile hybrids were evaluated; HighC, with carbon to glass thickne... Read More about Investigating the fatigue behaviour of quasi-isotropic pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/glass epoxy hybrid composites.

Structural and spatial minimal requirement efficacy of emergency shelters for different emergencies (2022)
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Natural and human-induced disasters have become more frequent in recent years, and this has increased the need for effective, high-quality, quick, easy-to-assemble, and affordable emergency housing solutions. The purpose of this study is to create a... Read More about Structural and spatial minimal requirement efficacy of emergency shelters for different emergencies.

Evaluating different soil amendments as bioremediation strategy for wetland soil contaminated by crude oil (2022)
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This study evaluated the efficacy of using Tween 80 surfactant (TW80) and food-waste anaerobic digestate fibre (FWAD) as soil amendments for the remediation of wetlands contaminated by crude oil. A 112-day mesocosms experiment was carried out to simu... Read More about Evaluating different soil amendments as bioremediation strategy for wetland soil contaminated by crude oil.

Computational and experimental investigation of the strain rate sensitivity of small punch testing of the high-entropy alloy CoCrFeMnNi (2022)
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The suitability of determining the strain rate sensitivity (SRS) of the CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) by small punch (SP) testing has been assessed at displacement rates ranging from 0.2 to 2 mm∙min−1. The stress was found to increase as the di... Read More about Computational and experimental investigation of the strain rate sensitivity of small punch testing of the high-entropy alloy CoCrFeMnNi.

Integration of origami and deployable concept in volumetric modular units (2022)
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Modular building systems (MBS) and Origami are two emerging methods used in current construction practice. Origami is directly associated with the principles of the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, characterised by high morphological possibilit... Read More about Integration of origami and deployable concept in volumetric modular units.

Numerical investigation on fire performance of LSF and steel modular floor panels (2022)
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The steel Modular Building Systems (MBSs) that have been influenced by the Light-gauge Steel Frame (LSF) techniques have become a prominent culture in the industry. However, the detrimental behaviour of steel structural components at high temperature... Read More about Numerical investigation on fire performance of LSF and steel modular floor panels.

Development and control of an upper limb rehabilitation robot via ant colony optimization -PID and Fuzzy-PID controllers (2022)
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The control of movement rehabilitation robots is necessary for the recovery of physically disabled patients and is an interesting open problem. This paper presents a mathematical model of the upper limb rehabilitation robot using Euler-Lagrange appro... Read More about Development and control of an upper limb rehabilitation robot via ant colony optimization -PID and Fuzzy-PID controllers.

Ground vibration testing of a flexible wing: A benchmark and case study (2022)
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Beam-like flexible structures are of interest in many fields of engineering, particularly aeronautics, where wings are frequently modelled and represented as such. Experimental modal analysis is commonly used to characterise the wing’s dynamical resp... Read More about Ground vibration testing of a flexible wing: A benchmark and case study.

An improvement in data interpretation to estimate residual stresses and mechanical properties using instrumented indentation: A comparison between machine learning and Kriging model (2022)
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The instrumented indentation method has been introduced as an effective means of estimating surface residual stresses. This technique has also been widely utilized to measure mechanical properties of the materials. Most studies in recent years have b... Read More about An improvement in data interpretation to estimate residual stresses and mechanical properties using instrumented indentation: A comparison between machine learning and Kriging model.

Assessment of river water quality for irrigation using multiple indices (2022)
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The use of a single irrigation water index in the characterization of irrigation water quality may not suffice because of the combined and individual impact of several primary water physiochemical parameters on the overall water quality. Therefore, t... Read More about Assessment of river water quality for irrigation using multiple indices.

Fire performance analyses of modular wall panel designs with loadbearing SHS columns (2022)
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Modular Building Systems (MBS) are still in the phase of developing its popularity in the industry, with emerging novel designs. Initially, MBS walls and floors had been highly influenced by the Light-gauge Steel Frame (LSF) designs made of Cold-Form... Read More about Fire performance analyses of modular wall panel designs with loadbearing SHS columns.

Evaluation of inter-modular connection behaviour under lateral loads: An experimental and numerical study (2022)
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This study focuses on a comprehensive investigation of the inter-modular connection shear behaviour under lateral load using theoretical, experimental, and numerical analyses. Initially, three design configurations of proposed inter-modular connectio... Read More about Evaluation of inter-modular connection behaviour under lateral loads: An experimental and numerical study.

Aeromechanical analysis of a next-generation Mars Hexacopter rotor (2022)
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A three-dimensional (3D) aeromechanical analysis is carried out on the rotor blades of a 20 kg conceptual Mars Hexacopter. The objectives are to understand the aeroelastic behavior of its unique ultrathin low-Reynolds-number and high-Mach-number blad... Read More about Aeromechanical analysis of a next-generation Mars Hexacopter rotor.

Direct numerical simulations of aerodynamic performance of wind turbine aerofoil by considering the blades active vibrations (2022)
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In the present study, the aerodynamic performance of the horizontal-axis wind turbine blades by considering the flap-wise oscillations are numerically investigated by using direct numerical simulations (DNS). The details of flow structure can be anal... Read More about Direct numerical simulations of aerodynamic performance of wind turbine aerofoil by considering the blades active vibrations.

A novel hybrid control strategy of wind turbine wakes in tandem configuration to improve power production (2022)
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The wind turbines that operate in the wake region of the upstream turbines produce less power and may suffer serious structural issues due to highly unsteady flows, which can reduce the life expectancy of the turbines. In this study, a novel hybrid w... Read More about A novel hybrid control strategy of wind turbine wakes in tandem configuration to improve power production.

Real-time implementation of a super twisting control algorithm for an upper limb wearable robot (2022)
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This paper proposes a robust nonlinear controller for an active orthosis. The system is composed of the upper limb orthosis worn by the arm, which can be represented by a nonlinear second-order dynamical model. A robust control strategy is developed... Read More about Real-time implementation of a super twisting control algorithm for an upper limb wearable robot.

Prediction of shear capacity of steel channel sections using machine learning algorithms (2022)
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This study presents the application of popular machine learning algorithms in prediction of the shear resistance of steel channel sections using experimental and numerical data. Datasets of 108 results of stainless steel lipped channel sections and 2... Read More about Prediction of shear capacity of steel channel sections using machine learning algorithms.

PEM fuel cell system to extend the stack life based on a PID-PSO controller design (2022)
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In this paper, the nonlinear model of polymer exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system is first extracted and then tested and evaluated for various temperatures and pressures. With the severe nonlinear characteristics of the PEM fuel cell system, usi... Read More about PEM fuel cell system to extend the stack life based on a PID-PSO controller design.

Nonlinear robust controller design for an upper limb rehabilitation robot via variable gain super twisting sliding mode (2022)
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Rehabilitation robots have an effective role in helping patients with physical disabilities. Therefore, improving their performance is very important. In this paper, a robust nonlinear controller is proposed for the upper limb rehabilitation robot. T... Read More about Nonlinear robust controller design for an upper limb rehabilitation robot via variable gain super twisting sliding mode.