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Flow analysis in right-angled pipes with different geometric shapes and parameters for sludge discharge in slime shield machines measured using a CFD-DEM method (2020)
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Chen, L., Liu, K., Yao, Y., Yao, J., Su, Z., & Luo, G. (2020). Flow analysis in right-angled pipes with different geometric shapes and parameters for sludge discharge in slime shield machines measured using a CFD-DEM method. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 21(5), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2020.1809554

Mud and gravel deposition often occurs in circulation systems of pumps. In this paper, a liquid-solid coupling method combining CFD and DEM is proposed to study two-phase flow behavior of water, The flow characteristics of water-clay mud and the moti... Read More about Flow analysis in right-angled pipes with different geometric shapes and parameters for sludge discharge in slime shield machines measured using a CFD-DEM method.

Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique (2020)
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Rao, P., Painter, J., Appleby-Thomas, G., Critchley, R., Wood, D., Roberts, A., & Hazael, R. (2020). Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 146, Article 103714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103714

Expansion and fragmentation of metallic cylinders is an important area of study both for designing munitions and mitigation techniques against fragments as well as in the failure of pressurised pipes in industry. Most of the reported studies on fragm... Read More about Fragmentation studies by non-explosive cylinder expansion technique.

Recent advances in robot-assisted echography: Combining perception, control and cognition (2020)
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Lu, Z., Li, M., Annamalai, A., & Yang, C. (2020). Recent advances in robot-assisted echography: Combining perception, control and cognition. Cognitive Computation and Systems, 2(3), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1049/ccs.2020.0015

Echography imaging is an important technique frequently used in medical diagnostics due to low-cost, non-ionising characteristics, and pragmatic convenience. Due to the shortage of skilful technicians and injuries of physicians sustained from diagnos... Read More about Recent advances in robot-assisted echography: Combining perception, control and cognition.

An incremental learning framework to enhance teaching by demonstration based on multimodal sensor fusion (2020)
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Li, J., Zhong, J., Yang, J., & Yang, C. (2020). An incremental learning framework to enhance teaching by demonstration based on multimodal sensor fusion. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 14(55), https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2020.00055

Though a robot can reproduce the demonstration trajectory from a human demonstrator by teleoperation, there is a certain error between the reproduced trajectory and the desired trajectory. To minimize this error, we propose a multimodal incremental l... Read More about An incremental learning framework to enhance teaching by demonstration based on multimodal sensor fusion.

An approach to object-level stiffness regulation of hand-arm systems subject to under-actuation constraints (2020)
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Ruiz Garate, V., & Ajoudani, A. (2020). An approach to object-level stiffness regulation of hand-arm systems subject to under-actuation constraints. Autonomous Robots, 44(8), 1505-1517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-020-09942-9

When using a tool with a robotic hand-arm system, the stiffness at the grasped object plays a key role in the interaction with the environment, allowing the successful execution of the task. However, the rapidly increasing use of under-actuated hands... Read More about An approach to object-level stiffness regulation of hand-arm systems subject to under-actuation constraints.

Improving the power performance of urine-fed microbial fuel cells using PEDOT-PSS modified anodes (2020)
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Salar-Garcia, M. J., Montilla, F., Quijada, C., Morallon, E., & Ieropoulos, I. (2020). Improving the power performance of urine-fed microbial fuel cells using PEDOT-PSS modified anodes. Applied Energy, 278, Article 115528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115528

© 2020 The Authors The need for improving the energy harvesting from Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) has boosted the design of new materials in order to increase the power performance of this technology and facilitate its practical application. According... Read More about Improving the power performance of urine-fed microbial fuel cells using PEDOT-PSS modified anodes.

Illicit drug contamination of the Bristol Pound local currency (2020)
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Bowdler, P., Gale, E., Bryant, F., Codd, S., Hudd, S., Longden, R., …Honeychurch, K. C. (2020). Illicit drug contamination of the Bristol Pound local currency. Forensic Science International, 316, Article 110469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110469

Reports have shown the prevalence of the contamination of banknotes with a number of different drugs. These studies have focused on investigating drug contamination levels on currency which is either nationally or even international distributed. To p... Read More about Illicit drug contamination of the Bristol Pound local currency.

Bias compensation-based parameter and state estimation for a class of time-delay non-linear state-space models (2020)
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Gu, Y., Zhu, Q., & Nouri, H. (2020). Bias compensation-based parameter and state estimation for a class of time-delay non-linear state-space models. IET Control Theory and Applications, 14(15), 2176-2185. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cta.2020.0104

This study presents, based on bias compensation, an integrated parameter and state estimation algorithm for a class of time-delay non-linear systems which are described by canonical observable state-space model. In technical development, the state-sp... Read More about Bias compensation-based parameter and state estimation for a class of time-delay non-linear state-space models.

Scaling up self-stratifying supercapacitive microbial fuel cell (2020)
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Walter, X. A., Santoro, C., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2020). Scaling up self-stratifying supercapacitive microbial fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(46), 25240-25248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.06.070

Self-stratifying microbial fuel cells with three different electrodes sizes and volumes were operated in supercapacitive mode. As the electrodes size increased, the equivalent series resistance decreased, and the overall power was enhanced (small: ES... Read More about Scaling up self-stratifying supercapacitive microbial fuel cell.

Developing 3D-printable cathode electrode for monolithically printed microbial fuel cells (MFCs) (2020)
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Theodosiou, P., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2020). Developing 3D-printable cathode electrode for monolithically printed microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Molecules, 25(16), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25163635

© 2020 by the authors. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) employ microbial electroactive species to convert chemical energy stored in organic matter, into electricity. The properties of MFCs have made the technology attractive for bioenergy production. Howe... Read More about Developing 3D-printable cathode electrode for monolithically printed microbial fuel cells (MFCs).

A new design for friction stir spot joining of Al alloys and carbon fibre reinforced composites (2020)
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Bolouri, A., Fotouhi, M., & Moseley, W. (2020). A new design for friction stir spot joining of Al alloys and carbon fibre reinforced composites. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 29, 4913-4921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-020-04998-1

Friction stir spot welding (FSSW) has been recently developed to join dissimilar materials. However, the traditional requirement for a rotating tool consists of a pin and shoulder in FSSW leads to a complex joining process and unpredictable defects.... Read More about A new design for friction stir spot joining of Al alloys and carbon fibre reinforced composites.

From the lab to the field: Self-stratifying microbial fuel cells stacks directly powering lights (2020)
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Walter, X. A., You, J., Winfield, J., Bajarunas, U., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. A. (2020). From the lab to the field: Self-stratifying microbial fuel cells stacks directly powering lights. Applied Energy, 277, Article 115514. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115514

The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology relies on energy storage and harvesting circuitry to deliver stable power outputs. This increases costs, and for wider deployment into society, these should be kept minimal. The present study reports how a MFC... Read More about From the lab to the field: Self-stratifying microbial fuel cells stacks directly powering lights.

Analyzing kinetic signaling data for G-protein-coupled receptors (2020)
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Hoare, S. R. J., Tewson, P. H., Quinn, A. M., Hughes, T. E., & Bridge, L. J. (2020). Analyzing kinetic signaling data for G-protein-coupled receptors. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 12263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67844-3

In classical pharmacology, bioassay data are fit to general equations (e.g. the dose response equation) to determine empirical drug parameters (e.g. EC50 and Emax), which are then used to calculate chemical parameters such as affinity and efficacy. H... Read More about Analyzing kinetic signaling data for G-protein-coupled receptors.

Ballistic protective properties of material representative of English civil war buff-coats and clothing (2020)
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May, B., Critchley, R., Carr, D., Peare, A., & Dowen, K. (2020). Ballistic protective properties of material representative of English civil war buff-coats and clothing. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 134, 1949–1956. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02378-x

One type of clothing system used in the English Civil War, more common amongst cavalrymen than infantrymen, was the linen shirt, wool waistcoat and buff-coat. Ballistic testing was conducted to estimate the velocity at which 50% of 12-bore lead spher... Read More about Ballistic protective properties of material representative of English civil war buff-coats and clothing.

Integrated supply–demand energy management for optimal design of off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems for residential electrification in arid climates (2020)
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Mokhtara, C., Negrou, B., Bouferrouk, A., Yao, Y., Settou, N., & Ramadan, M. (2020). Integrated supply–demand energy management for optimal design of off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems for residential electrification in arid climates. Energy Conversion and Management, 221, Article 113192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113192

The growing research interest in hybrid renewable energy systems (HRESs) has been regarded as a natural and yet critical response to address the challenge of rural electrification. Based on a Bibliometric analysis performed by authors, it was conclud... Read More about Integrated supply–demand energy management for optimal design of off-grid hybrid renewable energy systems for residential electrification in arid climates.

Algorithms for U-model-based dynamic inversion (UM-dynamic inversion) for continuous time control systems (2020)
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Li, R., Zhu, Q., Kiely, J., & Zhang, W. (2020). Algorithms for U-model-based dynamic inversion (UM-dynamic inversion) for continuous time control systems. Complexity, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/3640210

To setup a universal proper user toolbox from previous individual research publications, this study generalises the algorithms for the U-model dynamic inversion based on the realisation of U-model from polynomial and state-space described continuous-... Read More about Algorithms for U-model-based dynamic inversion (UM-dynamic inversion) for continuous time control systems.

Disturbance observer enhanced variable gain controller for robot teleoperation with motion capture using wearable armbands (2020)
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Huang, D., Yang, C., Ju, Z., & Dai, S. (2020). Disturbance observer enhanced variable gain controller for robot teleoperation with motion capture using wearable armbands. Autonomous Robots, 44(7), 1217-1231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-020-09928-7

Disturbance observer (DOB) based controller performs well in estimating and compensating for perturbation when the external or internal unknown disturbance is slowly time varying. However, to some extent, robot manipulators usually work in complex en... Read More about Disturbance observer enhanced variable gain controller for robot teleoperation with motion capture using wearable armbands.

In situ characterization of trans-laminar fracture toughness using X-ray Computed Tomography (2020)
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Sun, X., Takeda, S., Wisnom, M. R., & Xu, X. (2020). In situ characterization of trans-laminar fracture toughness using X-ray Computed Tomography. Composites Communications, 21, Article 100408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2020.100408

The change in the critical strain energy release rate as damage evolves, known as the R-curve, is of crucial importance to the understanding of fracture behaviour. The examination of damage evolution ahead of the crack tip in order to determine accur... Read More about In situ characterization of trans-laminar fracture toughness using X-ray Computed Tomography.