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The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Shen, J., Adkins, D., Yang, T., Tang, L., Zhao, X., …Luo, H. (2015). The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates. Energy Conversion and Management, 106, 964-986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.034

Most of the building renovation plans are usually decided in the early design stage. This delicate phase contains the greatest opportunity to achieve the high energy performance buildings after refurbishment. It is therefore important to provide the... Read More about The early design stage for building renovation with a novel loop-heat-pipe based solar thermal facade (LHP-STF) heat pump water heating system: Techno-economic analysis in three European climates.

CFD simulation of fish-like body moving in viscous liquid (2006)
Journal Article
Adkins, D., & Yan, Y. Y. (2006). CFD simulation of fish-like body moving in viscous liquid. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 3(3), 147-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1672-6529%2806%2960018-8

The study of fish-like bodies moving in liquid is an interesting and challenging research subject in the fields of biolocomotion and biomimetics. Typically the effect of tail oscillation on fluid flow around such a body is highly unsteady, generating... Read More about CFD simulation of fish-like body moving in viscous liquid.