Browse research from the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics.
Submissions from 2016
Moisture effects on the bending fatigue of laminated composites, Maozhou Meng, M, Huirong Le, H, Stephen Grove, S, N/A Rizvi, and MJ
A copula-based approach for the estimation of wave height records through spatial correlation, R. Jane, Valle L Dalla, D. Simmonds, and A. Raby
Modelling the Eddystone Lighthouse response to wave loading, Quang Trinh, Alison Raby, Davide Banfi, Mauro Corrado, Bernardino Chiaia, Yaqub Rafiq, and Federico Cali
Practical powerful wavelet packet tests for second-order stationarity, Alessandro Cardinali and Guy P. Nason
Designing aluminium friction stir welded joints against multiaxial fatigue, L Susmel, DG Hattingh, MN James, E Maggiolini, and R Tovo
Geometric parameters for a 2D-Numerical Wave Tank, P-H Musiedlak, D Greaves, E Ransley, G Iglesias, M Hann, and B Child
IP prefix hijack detection using BGP connectivity monitoring, Hussain Alshamrani and Bogdan Ghita
Adaptive tuning functions arise from visual observation of past movement, Ian S. Howard and David W. Franklin
Lateral transport of soil carbon and land−atmosphere CO 2 flux induced by water erosion in China, Yao Yue, Jinren Ni, Philippe Ciais, Shilong Piao, T Wang, Mengtian Huang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Tianhong Li, Y Wang, Adrian Chappell, and Oost K Van
Towards Many-objective Optimisation with Hyper-heuristics: Identifying Good Heuristics with Indicators, David J. Walker and Ed Keedwell
Wave power absorption by a submerged balloon fixed to the sea bed, Adi Kurniawan and Deborah Greaves
An efficient algorithm for numerical computations of continuous densities of states, K. Langfeld, B. Lucini, R. Pellegrini, and A. Rago
On Internet Traffic Classification: A Two-Phased Machine Learning Approach, Taimur Bakhshi and Bogdan Ghita
Discovery of Novel Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease from Blood, Jintao Long, Genhua Pan, Emmanuel Ifeachor, Robert Belshaw, and Xinzhong Li
DroidScribe: Classifying Android Malware Based on Runtime Behavior, Santanu Kumar Dash, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Salahuddin Khan, Kimberly Tam, Mansour Ahmadi, Johannes Kinder, and Lorenzo Cavallaro
Guest editorial: characterisation of crack tip fields, L Susmel, MN James, Y Hong, and F Iacoviello
Ranking of fibre-reinforced composite plate surface finish quality by wavelet texture analysis, S. Palmer, W. Hall, and J. Summerscales
A Floating Ocean Energy Conversion Device and Numerical Study on Buoy Shape and Performance, Ruiyin Song, Meiqin Zhang, Xiaohua Qian, Xiancheng Wang, Yong Ming Dai, and Junhua Chen
Irregular wave runup statistics on plane beaches: application of a Boussinesq-type model incorporating a generating-absorbing sponge layer and second-order wave generation, Colm J. Fitzgerald, Paul H. Taylor, Jana Orszaghova, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Colin Whittaker, and Alison C. Raby
Graphical One-Time Password (GOTPass): A usability evaluation, H Alsaiari, M Papadaki, P Haskell-Dowland, and SM Furnell
Axial compression buckling of castellated columns at elevated temperatures, Long Yuan Li
Evaluation of turbulence closure models under spilling and plunging breakers in the surf zone, S. A. Brown, D. M. Greaves, V. Magar, and D. C. Conley
The average shape of large waves in the coastal zone, A. C. Raby, C. N. Whittaker, C. J. Fitzgerald, and P. H. Taylor
The Virtual Source Approach to Non-Linear Potential Flow Simulations, DI Graham, K Langfeld, D Greaves, A Mehmood, and T Reis
Crack initiation and propagation paths in small diameter FSW 6082-T6 aluminium tubes under fatigue loading, R Tovo, L Susmel, MN James, DG Hattingh, and E Maggiolini
RANS-VOF Modelling of Floating Tidal Stream Systems, EJ Ransley, SA Brown, DM Greaves, S Hindley, P Weston, E Guerrini, and R Starzmann
Large volumes and spectroscopy of walking theories, Debbio L. Del, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica, and A. Rago
Marine Renewable Energy Seascape, Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Socially contingent humanoid robot head behaviour results in increased charity donations, P Wills, P Baxter, J Kennedy, E Senft, and T Belpaeme
Social robot tutoring for child second language learning, J Kennedy, P Baxter, E Senft, and T Belpaeme
SU(2) gauge theory with two fundamental flavors: A minimal template for model building, Rudy Arthur, Vincent Drach, Martin Hansen, Ari Hietanen, Claudio Pica, and Francesco Sannino
Crack path and fracture analysis in FSW of small diameter 6082-T6 aluminium tubes under tension-torsion loading, E Maggiolini, R Tovo, L Susmel, MN James, and DG Hattingh
Environmental Impact Assessment: Gathering experiences from wave energy test centres in Europe, Deborah Greaves, Daniel Conley, Davide Magagna, Eduardo Aires, Leitão J Chambel, Matthew Witt, Clare B. Embling, Brendan J. Godley, Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Jean Baptiste Saulnier, Teresa Simas, AM O’Hagan, J O’Callaghan, Brian Holmes, Jan Sundberg, Yago Torre-Enciso, and Dorleta Marina
Assessment of crack tip plastic zone size and shape and its influence on crack tip shielding, J. M. Vasco-Olmo, M. N. James, C. J. Christopher, E. A. Patterson, and F. A. Díaz
The turbulent wake of a monopile foundation, C. Rogan, J. Miles, D. Simmonds, and G. Iglesias
Finite-element analysis of a piled embankment with reinforcement and subsoil, Y Zhuang and EA Ellis
Coupled RANS-VOF Modelling of Floating Tidal Stream Concepts, EJ Ransley, SA Brown, DM Greaves, S Hindley, P Weston, E Guerrini, and R Starzmann
Asymptotic residual stresses in butt-welded joints under fatigue loading, P Ferro, F Berto, and MN James
How Long Can Pope Francis Expect to Live, J Stander, Valle L Dalla, and Borja M Cortina
Analysis of high velocity free surface flow interaction with a bridge pier in a trapezoidal channel using CFD, AA Abo, RJ Muhammad, A Raby, A Kyte, and DM Greaves
A parallel evolutionary approach to solving systems of equations in polycyclic groups, Matthew J. Craven and Daniel Robertz
Bayesian operational modal analysis of offshore rock lighthouses for SHM, JMW Brownjohn, SK Au, X Wang, Z Zhu, A Raby, and A Antonini
BSMBench: A Flexible and Scalable HPC Benchmark from Beyond the Standard Model Physics, E Bennett, B Lucini, Debbi L Del, K Jordan, A Patella, C Pica, and A Rago
Classical and quantum particle dynamics in univariate background fields, T Heinzl, A Ilderton, and B King
Embodied Language Learning and Cognitive Bootstrapping: Methods and Design Principles, C Lyon, CL Nehaniv, J Saunders, T Belpaeme, A Bisio, K Fischer, F Förster, H Lehmann, G Metta, V Mohan, A Morse, S Nolfi, F Nori, K Rohlfing, A Sciutti, J Tani, E Tuci, B Wrede, A Zeschel, and A Cangelosi
Identifying Users by Network Traffic Metadata, G Alotibi, N Clarke, F Li, and S Furnell
Leveraging Biometrics for Insider Misuse Identification, A Alruban, N Clarke, F Li, and S Furnell
MORI: An Innovative Mobile Applications Data Risk Assessment Model, S Alotaibi, S Furnell, and N Clarke
Pure and aerated water entry of a flat plate, Z. H. Ma, D. M. Causon, L. Qian, C. G. Mingham, T. Mai, D. Greaves, and A. Raby
Vacuum birefringence in high-energy laser-electron collisions, B King and N Elkina
Watershed-Scale Environmental Risk Assessment of Accidental Water Pollution: The Case of Laoguan River, China, R. Z. Liu, K Zhang, ZJ Zhang, and A. G.L. Borthwick
Submissions from 2015
The Online Dissemination of Nature–Health Concepts: Lessons from Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Relating to “Nature-Deficit Disorder”, M Palomino, T Taylor, A Göker, J Isaacs, and S Warber
Renormalization constants of the lattice energy momentum tensor using the gradient flow, F Capponi, Debbio L Del, A Patella, and A Rago
Implications of the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami on sea defence design, Alison Raby, Joshua Macabuag, Antonios Pomonis, Sean Wilkinson, and Tiziana Rossetto
Numerical simulation and experimental verification of heating performance of an integrally water-heated tool, Rzgar Abdalrahman, Stephen Grove, Adam Kyte, and Md Jahir Rizvi
Toward enhanced data exchange capabilities for the oneM2M service platform, Markus Glaab, Woldemar Fuhrmann, Joachim Wietzke, and Bogdan Ghita
Transport conductivity of graphene at RF and microwave frequencies, S. A. Awan, A. Lombardo, A. Colli, G. Privitera, T. S. Kulmala, J. M. Kivioja, M. Koshino, and A. C. Ferrari
Multi-scale modelling of moisture diffusion coupled with stress distribution in CFRP laminated composites, M. Meng, M. J. Rizvi, H. R. Le, and S. M. Grove
Continuous and transparent multimodal authentication: reviewing the state of the art, Abdulwahid Al Abdulwahid, Nathan Clarke, Ingo Stengel, Steven Furnell, and Christoph Reich
Providing a Robot with Learning Abilities Improves its Perception by Users, E Senft, P Baxter, J Kennedy, S Lemaignan, and T Belpaeme
A forensic acquisition and analysis system for IaaS, Saad Alqahtany, Nathan Clarke, Steven Furnell, and Christoph Reich
Approximating the Ising model on fractal lattices of dimension less than two, Alessandro Codello, Vincent Drach, and Ari Hietanen
Creating the cognitive form of phonological units: The speech sound correspondence problem in infancy could be solved by mirrored vocal interactions rather than by imitation, Piers Messum and Ian S. Howard
Editorial, MN James
Enhanced cross-limb transfer of force field learning for dynamics that are identical in extrinsic and joint-based coordinates for both limbs, IS Howard, TJ Carroll, Rugy A de, JN Ingram, and DM Wolpert
ICEAF-IV Engineering Against Failure, F Berto and NM James
People Interpret Robotic Non-linguistic Utterances Categorically, R Read and T Belpaeme
Area-Throughput Trade-Offs for SHA-1 and SHA-256 Hash Functions’ Pipelined Designs, Harris E. Michail, George S. Athanasiou, Vasileios I. Kelefouras, George Theodoridis, Thanos Stouraitis, and Costas E. Goutis
Damage assessment and refurbishment of steam turbine blade/rotor attachment holes, DG Hattingh, MN James, M Newby, R Scheepers, and P Doubell
Graphene electrode modified with electrochemically reduced graphene oxide for label-free DNA detection, Bing Li, Genhua Pan, Neil D. Avent, Roy B. Lowry, Tracey E. Madgett, and Paul L. Waines
On learning time delays between the spikes from different input neurons in a biophysical model of a pyramidal neuron, Achilleas Koutsou, Guido Bugmann, and Chris Christodoulou
Why Robots Should Be Social: Enhancing Machine Learning through Social Human-Robot Interaction, Greeff J. de and T Belpaeme
Wave energy in Europe: Views on experiences and progress to date, AM O’Hagan, C. Huertas, J O’Callaghan, and D. Greaves
Continuous user authentication using multi-modal biometrics, Hataichanok Saevanee, Nathan Clarke, Steven Furnell, and Valerio Biscione
Mechanics and Materials in the Design of a Buckling Diaphragm Wave Energy Converter, H. R. Le, K. M. Collins, D. M. Greaves, and N. W. Bellamy
Effects of hygrothermal stress on the failure of CFRP composites, M. Meng, M. J. Rizvi, S. M. Grove, and H. R. Le
Flap gate farm: From Venice lagoon defense to resonating wave energy production. Part 2: Synchronous response to incident waves in open sea, S. Michele, P. Sammarco, M d’Errico, E. Renzi, A. Abdolali, G. Bellotti, and F. Dias
Multi-criterion water quality analysis of the Danube River in Serbia: A visualisation approach, David Walker, Dejana Jakovljević, Dragan Savić, and Milan Radovanović
The effects of unequal compressive/tensile moduli of composites, M. Meng, H. R. Le, M. J. Rizvi, and S. M. Grove
Tsallis entropy as a biomarker for detection of Alzheimer's disease, Ali H. Al-Nuaimi, Emmanuel Jammeh, Lingfen Sun, and Emmanuel Ifeachor
The density of states approach for the simulation of finite density quantum field theories, K. Langfeld, B. Lucini, A. Rago, R. Pellegrini, and L. Bongiovanni
Wave loads on a point-absorbing wave energy device in extreme waves, M Goteman, J Engstrom, Mikael Eriksson, Mats Leijon, Martyn Hann, Edward Ransley, and Deborah Greaves
Process optimisation of non-cyanide Ag-PTFE metal matrix composite plating for threaded connections, R Sieh, HR Le, and A Cree
Neural Tuning Functions Underlie Both Generalization and Interference, Ian S. Howard and David W. Franklin
Wave Loads on a Point-Absorbing Wave Energy Device in Extreme Waves, M Göteman, J Engström, M Eriksson, M Leijon, M Hann, EJ Ransley, and DM Greaves
RANS-VOF Modelling of Wave Energy Converters, EJ Ransley, M Göteman, J Engström, M Jakobsen, M Eriksson, M Leijon, M Kramer, M Hann, and DM Greaves
An interval Kalman filter-based fuzzy multi-sensor fusion approach for fault-tolerant heading estimation of an autonomous surface vehicle, Amit Motwani, Wenwen Liu, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, and Richard Bucknall
Improving the Performance Against Force Variation of EMG Controlled Multifunctional Upper-Limb Prostheses for Transradial Amputees, Ali H. Al-Timemy, Rami N. Khushaba, Guido Bugmann, and Javier Escudero
First moment of the flavour octet nucleon parton distribution function using lattice QCD, Constantia Alexandrou, Martha Constantinou, Simon Dinter, Vincent Drach, Kyriakos Hadjiyiannakou, Karl Jansen, Giannis Koutsou, and Alejandro Vaquero
Lattice calculation of parton distributions, Constantia Alexandrou, Krzysztof Cichy, Vincent Drach, Elena Garcia-Ramos, Kyriakos Hadjiyiannakou, Karl Jansen, Fernanda Steffens, and Christian Wiese
Composite (Goldstone) Higgs Dynamics on the Lattice: Spectrum of SU(2) Gauge Theory with two Fundamental Fermions, A Hietanen, R Arthur, V Drach, M Hansen, R Lewis, C Pica, and F Sannino
Results on the disconnected contributions for hadron structure, Avilés-Casco A. Vaquero, C Alexandrou, M Constantinou, V Drach, K Hadjiyiannakou, K Jansen, and G Koutsou
Scattering lengths in SU(2) Gauge Theory with two Fundamental Fermions, V Drach, R Arthur, A Hietanen, C Pica, F Sannino, A Hietanen, C Pica, and M Hansen
Numerical simulation of a patent technology for sealing of deep-sea oil wells using nonlinear finite element method, Gasser F. Abdelal, Antony Robotham, and Paul Carragher
Neural network fault diagnosis of a trolling motor based on feature reduction techniques for an unmanned surface vehicle, Wathiq Abed, Sanjay Sharma, and Robert Sutton
Boundary and interface CFTs from the conformal bootstrap, Ferdinando Gliozzi, Pedro Liendo, Marco Meineri, and Antonio Rago
On the application of a hybrid ellipsoidal-rectangular interval arithmetic algorithm to interval Kalman filtering for state estimation of uncertain systems, Amit Motwani, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, and Philip Culverhouse
Review of nanomaterials in dentistry: interactions with the oral microenvironment, clinical applications, hazards, and benefits., Alexandros Besinis, Peralta T De, Christopher J. Tredwin, and Richard D. Handy
Shielding technique for deposition of Au electrical contacts on graphene by sputtering, Bing Li, Genhua Pan, Nawfal Y. Jamil, Taan L Al, Shakil Awan, and Neil Avent
A Robust Bearing Fault Detection and Diagnosis Technique for Brushless DC Motors Under Non-stationary Operating Conditions, Wathiq Abed, Sanjay Sharma, Robert Sutton, and Amit Motwani