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Validation of the safety requirements of the landing gear using fault tree analysis (2022)
Journal Article

We analyze the functionality of the landing system of a regional aircraft in the extension and cruise flight modes and validate safety requirements through the fault tree analysis. The main landing gear system is captured in the electromechanical–flu... Read More about Validation of the safety requirements of the landing gear using fault tree analysis.

The driverless cars emulsion: Using participatory foresight and constructive conflict to address transport’s wicked problems (2022)
Journal Article

This paper introduces a novel methodology to the transport sector to foster dialogue between actors holding different perspectives on issues pertinent to the future of mobility that might be termed ‘wicked’. The case of driverless cars is considered.... Read More about The driverless cars emulsion: Using participatory foresight and constructive conflict to address transport’s wicked problems.

Safety assessment review of a dressing assistance robot (2021)
Journal Article

Hazard analysis methods such as HAZOP and STPA have proven to be effective methods for assurance of system safety for years. However, the dimensionality and human factors uncertainty of many assistive robotic applications challenges the capability of... Read More about Safety assessment review of a dressing assistance robot.

A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations (2020)
Journal Article

We derive a blow-up dichotomy for positive solutions of fractional semilinear heat equations on the whole space. That is, within a certain class of convex source terms, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition on the source for all positive... Read More about A blow-up dichotomy for semilinear fractional heat equations.

Defining strawberry shape uniformity using 3D imaging and genetic mapping (2020)
Journal Article

Strawberry shape uniformity is a complex trait, influenced by multiple genetic and environmental components. To complicate matters further, the phenotypic assessment of strawberry uniformity is confounded by the difficulty of quantifying geometric pa... Read More about Defining strawberry shape uniformity using 3D imaging and genetic mapping.

Walking as a service – Does it have legs? (2020)
Journal Article

Amidst the hype and prospects offered by technological innovation for shaping the future of mobility, it can be easy to overlook the humble and enduring place and potential of walking as a means of movement in our mobility system. Yet walking may alr... Read More about Walking as a service – Does it have legs?.

Circuit modelling by difference equation: Pedagogical advantages and perspectives (2020)
Journal Article

Circuit theory is a cornerstone course in electrical engineering and control majors in ordinary universities and colleges throughout the world. This course covers fundamental principles and analysis methods of basic circuits commonly employed in the... Read More about Circuit modelling by difference equation: Pedagogical advantages and perspectives.

Internet-delivered attentional bias modification training (iABMT) for the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a complex medical condition that can significantly impact quality of life. Patients with chronic pain demonstrate attentional biases towards pain-related information. The therapeutic benefits of modifying... Read More about Internet-delivered attentional bias modification training (iABMT) for the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, The Author(s). Since the 1960s, development of the transport system has been framed by the notion of forecasting future demand. Yet the past decade or more appears to signal some significant changes to the role of travel in society which are... Read More about Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm.

Validating a scale to measure engineers’ perceived self-efficacy for engineering education outreach (2019)
Journal Article

Education outreach in schools has been identified as a critical route to influence children's perceptions and capabilities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics careers. Evidence suggests that providing non-teaching professionals like... Read More about Validating a scale to measure engineers’ perceived self-efficacy for engineering education outreach.

The international leadership agenda for councils (2019)
Journal Article

Written at the invitation of the editor of Local Government Chronicle (LGC), this short article outlines three overlapping reasons why city and regional leaders are becoming increasingly active in international, place-to-place networking learning and... Read More about The international leadership agenda for councils.

Elastic response of cross-laminated engineered bamboo panels subjected to in-plane loading (2019)
Journal Article

© ICE Publishing: All rights reserved. Novel cross-laminated bamboo panels comprising three and five layers (G-XLam3 and G-XLam5) were tested in compression along the main (0°) and the transverse (90°) directions. Linear variable differential transfo... Read More about Elastic response of cross-laminated engineered bamboo panels subjected to in-plane loading.

Influence of Big Data in managing cyber assets (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Today, Big Data plays an imperative role in the creation, maintenance and loss of cyber assets of organisations. Research in connection to Big Data and cyber asset management is embryonic. Using evidence,... Read More about Influence of Big Data in managing cyber assets.

Sustainable Blue-Green Infrastructure: A social practice approach to understanding community preferences and stewardship (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) is an approach to urban flood resilience, recognised globally and in international literature, that capitalises on the benefits of working with urban green-spaces and naturalised water-flows. Literature reveals... Read More about Sustainable Blue-Green Infrastructure: A social practice approach to understanding community preferences and stewardship.

The Small Towns conundrum: What do we do about them? (2019)
Journal Article

Small Towns have long been seen as an important element in Europe’s urban structure, currently around 24.2% of the European population live in them. Despite this, we know relatively little about them and there is insufficient recognition of the role... Read More about The Small Towns conundrum: What do we do about them?.

BIM fork: Are smart contracts in construction more likely to prosper with or without BIM? (2019)
Journal Article

Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article... Read More about BIM fork: Are smart contracts in construction more likely to prosper with or without BIM?.

Assessment of the physical characteristics and stormwater effluent quality of permeable pavement systems containing recycled materials (2019)
Journal Article

This paper evaluates the physical characteristics of two recycled materials and the pollutant removal efficiencies of four 0.2 m2 tanked permeable pavement rigs in the laboratory, that contained either natural aggregates or these recycled materials i... Read More about Assessment of the physical characteristics and stormwater effluent quality of permeable pavement systems containing recycled materials.

Estimation of tool-tissue forces in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery using neural networks (2019)
Journal Article

A new algorithm is proposed to estimate the tool-tissue force interaction in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery which does not require the use of external force sensing. The proposed method utilizes the current of the motors of the surgical in... Read More about Estimation of tool-tissue forces in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery using neural networks.

Bi-objective optimization model for optimal placement of thyristor-controlled series compensator devices (2019)
Journal Article

Exposure to extreme weather conditions increases power systems’ vulnerability in front of high impact, low probability contingency occurrence. In the post-restructuring years, due to the increasing demand for energy, competition between electricity m... Read More about Bi-objective optimization model for optimal placement of thyristor-controlled series compensator devices.

An ontology-based i* goal-oriented referential integrity model in systems of systems context (2019)
Journal Article

System of Systems (SoS) results from the integration of a set of independent Constituent Systems (CS) that could be socio or technical, in order to offer unique functionalities. SoS is largely driven by stakeholders’ needs and goals taking into consi... Read More about An ontology-based i* goal-oriented referential integrity model in systems of systems context.