Outputs (30)

A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The United Nations (UN) under its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers around the world. Although the deadline to achieve the UN SDGs is approaching faster... Read More about A balanced diet for construction workers to improve safety and productivity.

Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the construction industry, safety leadership has been widely recognised as an indispensable factor that affects organisational safety performance. However, in China specifically, research on safety leadership in the construction domain is not adeq... Read More about Promoting employee safety performance in the Chinese construction industry.

Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The change from a traditional utilization based society to a sustainable society is urgently needed because of the contamination of the natural environment, the depletion of the natural resources and the reduced capacity of the final waste disposal a... Read More about Developing a sustainable concrete using ceramic waste powder.

Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

It is expected that by 2030, 5 billion of the earth's population will live in cities. This growth in urbanisation results in significant challenges pertaining to environmental and social sustainability. Most of the cities are located near coastal are... Read More about Making future floating cities sustainable: A way forward.

Indirect adaptive fuzzy control of multivariable nonlinear systems class with unknown parameters (2020)
Book Chapter

Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: construction industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries is at the peak as the region is in the stage of developing its infrastructures. Apart from some positive sign of this boost, several other issues have also been dev... Read More about Applications of drones for safety inspection in the Gulf Cooperation Council construction.

Cyclical construction workforce shortage: An evaluation of the current shortage in Western North Carolina (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The inadequate supply of skilled construction craft workers is an issue that currently affects the performance of the construction industry. The performance of the construction industry has a significant influence on the growth of the national econom... Read More about Cyclical construction workforce shortage: An evaluation of the current shortage in Western North Carolina.

Application of the direct power control strategy in a shunt active filter by exploiting the solar photovoltaic energy as a continuous source (2020)
Journal Article

In order to follow the standard recommendations of the electrical energy quality (IEEE519) on the distribution network, the active filter have responded to these recommendations, which require that the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) must be less tha... Read More about Application of the direct power control strategy in a shunt active filter by exploiting the solar photovoltaic energy as a continuous source.

Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction (2020)
Journal Article

A persistent barrier to the adoption of offsite construction is the lack of information for assessing prefabrication alternatives and the choices of suppliers. This study integrates three aspects of offsite construction, including BIM, DFMA and big d... Read More about Big data for design options repository: Towards a DFMA approach for offsite construction.

Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report (2020)
Journal Article

Overview: The field of engineering is a major contributor to the economic stability and growth of the UK and other economies. Therefore, the efficient operation of engineering companies and firms is vital. However, design projects undertaken by large... Read More about Combining design thinking and systems engineering to improve customer outcomes - PhD study report.

Laser powder bed fusion of WC-reinforced Hastelloy-X composite: Microstructure and mechanical properties (2020)
Journal Article

Nickel-based superalloys such as Hastelloy X (HX) are widely used in gas turbine engines for their exceptional oxidation resistance and high-temperature strength. The addition of ceramic reinforcement further enhances these superalloys’ mechanical pe... Read More about Laser powder bed fusion of WC-reinforced Hastelloy-X composite: Microstructure and mechanical properties.

The effect of heat treatment of AlSi10Mg on the energy absorption performance of surface-based structures (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Additive Manufacturing of cellular lattice structures offers opportunities to fine-tune the mechanical response by altering geometric variables. It is known that heat treatment cycles provide an effective way of altering mechanical properties while r... Read More about The effect of heat treatment of AlSi10Mg on the energy absorption performance of surface-based structures.

Using FFF and topology optimisation to increase crushing strength in equestrian helmets (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

International standards ensure that equestrian helmets achieve high performance. Recently, one such standard (PAS 015) was revised to include a lateral deformation requirement, ensuring helmets can withstand the potential crushing forces associated w... Read More about Using FFF and topology optimisation to increase crushing strength in equestrian helmets.

An assessment of health profile and body pain among construction workers (2020)
Journal Article

Construction is one of the most hazardous and complex industries worldwide, which may result in the most fatal accidents and occupational illnesses. It is also regarded as a major industry not only in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries but also... Read More about An assessment of health profile and body pain among construction workers.

Development of design criteria for novel 3D-printed quadric-surfaced sludge digesters for wastewater infrastructure (2020)
Thesis

The quadric-surfaced sludge digester (QSD), also known as the egg-shaped sludge digester, has proven its advantages over traditional cylindrical digesters recently. A reduction in operational cost is the dominant factor. Its shell can be described as... Read More about Development of design criteria for novel 3D-printed quadric-surfaced sludge digesters for wastewater infrastructure.

Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Photovoltaic degradation rates play a vital role in visualizing and analyzing the performance of the PV modules over the long run. A site survey is conducted to calculate PV degradation rates. The results have shown that for the first three years sin... Read More about Measurement, modeling and simulation of photovoltaic degradation rates.

Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review (2020)
Journal Article

It is an established fact that a mature safety climate and a rich safety culture contribute to achieving a safe workplace. This paper aims to explore and to make explicit the existing safety climate assessment tools and dimensions and suggests the le... Read More about Safety climate factors in construction - A literature review.

A multi-objective mixed-integer linear model for sustainable fruit closed-loop supply chain network (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to present a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) optimization problem for a perishable agricultural product to achieve three pillars of sustainability, including minimizing total network costs and carbon dioxide emissions from di... Read More about A multi-objective mixed-integer linear model for sustainable fruit closed-loop supply chain network.

Nano reinforced cement paste composite with functionalized graphene and pristine graphene nanoplatelets (2020)
Journal Article

This study examines and compares the workability, hydration, mechanical, microstructure and transport properties of cement paste composites containing the three forms of graphene-based 2D nanomaterials synthesised from epigenetic graphite deposit, na... Read More about Nano reinforced cement paste composite with functionalized graphene and pristine graphene nanoplatelets.

Performance measurement for supply chains in the industry 4.0 era: A balanced scorecard approach (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical approach based on the balanced scorecard (BSC) with regard to performance measurement – PM in supply chains for the Industry 4.0 era. Design/methodology/approach: This paper combines the... Read More about Performance measurement for supply chains in the industry 4.0 era: A balanced scorecard approach.