Browse research from the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics.
Submissions from 2020
An exact algorithm for small-cardinality constrained portfolio optimisation, David I. Graham and Matthew J. Craven
Aerodynamic Analysis of a Two-Bladed Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Using a Coupled Unsteady RANS and Actuator Line Model, Ruiwen Zhao, Angus C.W. Creech, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Vengatesan Venugopal, and Takafumi Nishino
Experimental study of dispersion and modulational instability of surface gravity waves on constant vorticity currents, James N. Steer, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Dimitris Stagonas, Eugeny Buldakov, and TSVD Bremer
Collaborative and Inclusive Process with the Autism Community: A Case Study in Colombia About Social Robot Design, AA Ramírez-Duque, LF Aycardi, A Villa, M Munera, T Bastos, T Belpaeme, A Frizera-Neto, and CA Cifuentes
Systematic Review Shows That Work Done by Storm Waves Can Be Misinterpreted as Tsunami-Related Because Commonly Used Hydrodynamic Equations Are Flawed, Rónadh Cox, Fabrice Ardhuin, Frédéric Dias, Ronan Autret, Nicole Beisiegel, Claire S. Earlie, James G. Herterich, Andrew Kennedy, Raphaël Paris, Alison Raby, Pál Schmitt, and Robert Weiss
The Novel Strategy for Increasing the Efficiency and Yield of the Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis by the Double Conjugate Salts Stress, D Wang, Wenqiao Meng, Yunna Lei, C Li, Jiaji Cheng, Wenjuan Qu, G Wang, Meng Zhang, and S Li
Analysis of Attention in Child–Robot Interaction Among Children Diagnosed with Cognitive Impairment, LI Ismail, FA Hanapiah, T Belpaeme, J Dambre, and F Wyffels
Modelling the effects of slip on dipole/wall collision problems using a lattice Boltzmann equation method, S Mohammed, T Reis, and D Graham
The biocompatibility of silver and nanohydroxyapatite coatings on titanium dental implants with human primary osteoblast cells, Ranj Nadhim Salaie, Alexandros Besinis, Huirong Le, Christopher Tredwin, and Richard D. Handy
Validation of a CFD-based numerical wave tank model for the power production assessment of the wavestar ocean wave energy converter, Christian Windt, Josh Davidson, Edward J. Ransley, Deborah Greaves, Morten Jakobsen, Morten Kramer, and John V. Ringwood
High Speed Friction Stir Welding of 5182-H111 Alloy: Temperature and Microstructural Insights into Deformation Mechanisms, D Bernard, DG Hattingh, WE Goosen, and MN James
Concept and performance of a novel wave energy converter: Variable Aperture Point-Absorber (VAPA), S Zheng, Y Zhang, and G Iglesias
Asymmetry in kinematic generalization between visual and passive lead-in movements are consistent with a forward model in the sensorimotor system, Ian S. Howard, S Franklin, and DW Franklin
Effects of the sound speed vertical profile on the evolution of hydroacoustic waves, S. Michele and E. Renzi
A Matrix-Based Evolutionary Algorithm for Cardinality-Constrained Portfolio Optimisation, M Craven and D Graham
High‐efficient multifunctional self‐heating nanocomposite‐based MWCNTs for energy applications, M Al‐Bahrani, J Graham‐Jones, Zoltan Gombos, A Al‐Ani, and Alistair Cree
Thomas Decomposition and Nonlinear Control Systems, M Lange-Hegermann and D Robertz
A History of Audio Effects, T Wilmering, D Moffat, A Milo, and MB Sandler
A simple method for correcting for the Will Rogers phenomenon with biometrical applications, M Stander and J Stander
Dynamic instability analysis of axially compressed castellated columns, Long yuan Li
Free energy of the self-interacting relativistic lattice Bose gas at finite density, Olmo Francesconi, Markus Holzmann, Biagio Lucini, and Antonio Rago
Self-Sensing Carbon Nanotube Composites Exposed to Glass Transition Temperature, Sung Hwan Jang and Long Yuan Li
Coherent quantum enhancement of pair production in the null domain, A Ilderton
The hadronic vacuum polarization of the muon fromfour-flavor lattice QCD, C DeTar, C Davies, E Gamiz, S Gottlieb, D Hatton, J Laiho, GP Lepage, Y Liu, C McNeile, T Primer, D Toussaint, Water RSV de, A Vaquero, S Yamamoto, AX El-Khadra, A Kronfeld, PB Mackenzie, ET Neil, J Simone, and de Water R Van
Wave power extraction from a tubular structure integrated oscillating water column, Siming Zheng, Guixun Zhu, David Simmonds, Deborah Greaves, and Gregorio Iglesias
Computational modelling and experimental tank testing of the multi float WaveSub under regular wave forcing, E. Faraggiana, C. Whitlam, J. Chapman, A. Hillis, J. Roesner, M. Hann, D. Greaves, Y. H. Yu, K. Ruehl, I. Masters, G. Foster, and G. Stockman
Alternate erosion and deposition in the Yangtze Estuary and the future change, Boyuan Zhu, Yitian Li, Yao Yue, Yunping Yang, Enhang Liang, Chuncai Zhang, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
A panorama of positivity. II: Fixed dimension, Alexander Belton, Dominique Guillot, Apoorva Khare, and Mihai Putinar
A Robust Blood-based Signature of Cerebrospinal Fluid Aβ42 Status, Chima S. Eke, Fatemah Sakr, E. Jammeh, Peng Zhao, and E. Ifeachor
Audio Interval Retrieval Using Convolutional Neural Networks, Ievgeniia Kuzminykh, Dan Shevchuk, Stavros Shiaeles, and Bogdan Ghita
Density of State Method for Complex Action Systems, Olmo Francesconi, Markus Holzmann, Biagio Lucini, and Antonio Rago
Distributed ledger technology for trust management optimisation in M2M, B Shala, U Trick, A Lehmann, B Ghita, and S Shiaeles
Global trends in water and sediment fluxes of the world’s large rivers, Li Li, Jinren Ni, Fang Chang, Yao Yue, Natalia Frolova, Dmitry Magritsky, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Philippe Ciais, Yichu Wang, Chunmiao Zheng, and Desmond E. Walling
Novel Joint-Drift-Free Scheme at Acceleration Level for Robotic Redundancy Resolution with Tracking Error Theoretically Eliminated, Long Jin, Zhengtai Xie, Mei Liu, C Ke, Chunxu Li, and Chenguang Yang
Power extraction by a water turbine in inviscid free surface flow with vertical shear, J Lin, A. G.L. Borthwick, B Lin, and S. Draper
Smart Security Audit: Reinforcement Learning with a Deep Neural Network Approximator, Konstantin Pozdniakov, Eduardo Alonso, Vladimir Stankovic, Kimberly Tam, and Kevin Jones
Towards Better Integration of Surrogate Models and Optimizers, T Chugh, A Rahat, V Volz, and M Zaefferer
Trusted, Decentralized and Blockchain-Based M2M Application Service Provision, B Shala, U Trick, A Lehmann, B Ghita, and S Shiaeles
Submissions from 2019
A review on the mechanical properties for thin film and block structure characterised by using nanoscratch test, Xianfeng Wang, Ping Xu, R Han, Jun Ren, Longyuan Li, N Han, Feng Xing, and Jihua Zhu
Distortional buckling of perforated cold-formed steel beams subject to uniformly distributed transverse loads, Nan ting Yu, Boksun Kim, Long yuan Li, Wei jian Hong, and Wei bin Yuan
Axion-like-particle decay in strong electromagnetic backgrounds, B. King, B. M. Dillon, K. A. Beyer, and G. Gregori
Exact results for scattering on ultrashort plane wave backgrounds, A Ilderton
Workability and compressive strength development of self-consolidating concrete incorporating rice husk ash and foundry sand waste – A preliminary experimental study, Gritsada Sua-iam, Natt Makul, Shanshan Cheng, and Prakasit Sokrai
One-photon pair annihilation in pulsed plane-wave backgrounds, S. Tang, A. Ilderton, and B. King
Are our teaching approaches suited to the current generation of engineering students?, J Davies and L Hodgkinson
QoE Management of Multimedia Streaming Services in Future Networks: A Tutorial and Survey, Alcardo Alex Barakabitze, Nabajeet Barman, Arslan Ahmad, Saman Zadtootaghaj, Lingfen Sun, Maria G. Martini, and Luigi Atzori
Computing general observables in lattice models with complex actions, O Francesconi, M Holzmann, B Lucini, A Rago, and J Rantaharju
Wave scattering by a floating porous elastic plate of arbitrary shape: a semi-analytical study, Siming Zheng, Michael H. Meylan, Lin Fan, Deborah Greaves, and Gregorio Iglesias
Resonance study of SU(2) model with 2 fundamental flavours of fermions., T Janowski, V Drach, and S Prelovsek
Situational Awareness: Examining Factors that Affect Cyber-Risks in the Maritime Sector, K Tam and KD Jones
The Study of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework (ZIF-8) Doped Polyvinyl Alcohol/Starch/Methyl Cellulose Blend Film, Shaoxiang Lee, Yunna Lei, D Wang, Chunxu Li, Jiaji Cheng, J Wang, Wenqiao Meng, and Meng Liu
Fatigue life prediction for rotary friction welded Ti-6Al-4V under variable amplitude fatigue loading, der Merwe HB van, MN James, DG Hattingh, and W Rall
Requirements for a Distributed NFV Orchestration in a WMN-Based Disaster Network, Gregor Frick, Auberlin Paguem Tchinda, Besfort Shala, Ulrich Trick, Armin Lehmann, and Bogdan Ghita
The conclusion from one million tonnes of experience in galvanizing steel – LMAC is not a primary instigator of cracking, C Leighfield and MN James
Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface from Fluorinated POSS Acrylate Copolymer via One-Step Breath Figure Method and Its Anti-Corrosion Property, Meng Liu, Xiaochen Zhang, Dong Wang, Jiaji Cheng, Xiujiang Pang, Wenjuan Qu, C Li, and S Li
Identifying Good Algorithm Parameters in Evolutionary Multi- and Many-Objective Optimisation: A Visualisation Approach, David J. Walker and Matthew J. Craven
Laboratory study of the wave-induced mean flow and set-down in unidirectional surface gravity wavepackets on finite water depth, R. Calvert, C. Whittaker, A. Raby, P. H. Taylor, A. G.L. Borthwick, and den Bremer T van
5G Network Slicing using SDN and NFV: A Survey of Taxonomy, Architectures and Future Challenges, AA Barakabitze, A Ahmad, A Hines, and R Mijumbi
Genetic algorithm-based multiple moving target reaching using a fleet of sailboats, J Wan, C Viel, U Vautier, and L Jaulin
Natural fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites manufactured by in-situ polymerisation infusion for marine applications: monomer selection, Y Qin, John Summerscales, R Cullen, Jasper Graham-Jones, Maozhou Meng, and Richard Pemberton
Cyber-SHIP: Developing Next Generation Maritime Cyber Research Capabilities, Kimberly Tam, Kevin Forshaw, and Kevin Jones
Is the letter cancellation task a suitable index of ego-depletion? Empirical and conceptual issues, Marina C. Wimmer, Lenard Dome, Peter J.B. Hancock, and Thomas Wennekers
Structure Design and Assessment of a Floating Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbines, Qi Ye, Shanshan Cheng, Boksun Kim, Keri Collins, and Gregorio Iglesias
Analytical and numerical simulations of an oscillating water column with humidity in the air chamber, E. Medina-Lopez, A. G.L. Borthwick, and A. Moñino
An analytical solution for chloride diffusion in concrete with considering binding effect, D Li, Xianfeng Wang, and L-Y Li
Bayesian operational modal analysis of offshore rock lighthouses: close modes, alignment, symmetry and uncertainty, James Mark William Brownjohn, Alison Raby, Siu Kui Au, Zuo Zhu, Xinrui Wang, Alessandro Antonini, Athanasios Pappas, and Dina D'Ayala
Insights into interactions between vanadium (V) bio-reduction and pentachlorophenol dechlorination in synthetic groundwater, Baogang Zhang, Yutong Cheng, Jiaxin Shi, Xuan Xing, Yuling Zhu, Nan Xu, Jianxin Xia, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Low velocity impact behavior of interlayer hybrid composite laminates with carbon/glass/basalt fibres, Dongdong Chen, Quantian Luo, Maozhou Meng, and Guangyong Sun
Mechanical properties and tribological behaviour of electroless Ni–P–Cu coatings on corrosion-resistant alloys under ultrahigh contact stress with sprayed nanoparticles, Maozhou Meng, Andrew Leech, and Huirong Le
Monopile-mounted wave energy converter for a hybrid wind-wave system, C. Perez-Collazo, R. Pemberton, D. Greaves, and G. Iglesias
One loop Volkov propagator in the Lorentz class of gauges, Martin Lavelle and David McMullan
Power extraction in regular and random waves from an OWC in hybrid wind-wave energy systems, S. Michele, E. Renzi, C. Perez-Collazo, D. Greaves, and G. Iglesias
Solving the mystery of vanishing rivers in China, Jinren Ni, Y Wang, Yao Yue, J Li, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Ximing Cai, An Xue, L Li, and G Wang
Towards Expendable Robot Teaming in Extreme Environments, M Gianni
A machine-learning approach to Detect users' suspicious behaviour through the Facebook wall, A Panagiotou, B Ghita, S Shiaeles, and K Bendiab
Hydrodynamic
AERATION EFFECTS ON WATER-STRUCTURE IMPACTS: PART 1. DROP PLATE IMPACTS, M Tri, C Mai, A. Raby, and D. M. Greaves
Ocean Energy Systems Wave Energy Modelling Task: Modelling, Verification and Validation of Wave Energy Converters, Fabian Wendt, Kim Nielsen, Yi Hsiang Yu, Harry Bingham, Claes Eskilsson, Morten Kramer, Aurélien Babarit, Tim Bunnik, Ronan Costello, Sarah Crowley, Benjamin Gendron, N/A Giorgi, N/A Giorgi, Samuel Girardin, Deborah Greaves, Pilar Heras, Johan Hoffman, Hafizul Islam, Ken Robert Jakobsen, Carl Erik Janson, Johan Jansson, N/A Kim, N/A Kim, N/A Kim, Adi Kurniawan, Massimiliano Leoni, Thomas Mathai, Bo Woo Nam, Sewan Park, Krishnakumar Rajagopalan, Edward Ransley, Robert Read, John V. Ringwood, José Miguel Rodrigues, Benjamin Rosenthal, André Roy, Kelley Ruehl, N/A Schofield, Wanan Sheng, Abolfazl Shiri, Sarah Thomas, Imanol Touzon, and Imai Yasutaka
Quality of Experience (QoE) in Cloud Gaming Architectures: A Review, AA Laghari, H He, KA Memon, RA Laghari, IA Halepoto, and A Khan
Teaching robots social autonomy from in situ human guidance, E Senft, S Lemaignan, PE Baxter, M Bartlett, and T Belpaeme
An Augmented Reality Based Human-Robot Interaction Interface Using Kalman Filter Sensor Fusion, Chunxu Li, Ashraf Fahmy, and Johann Sienz
Effect of temperature gradient on transient thermal creep of heated and stressed concrete in transient state tests, Kunjie Fan, D Li, L-Y Li, and J. Wu
A Cyber-Security Review of Emerging Technology in the Maritime Industry, K Tam and K Jones
WHTO: A methodology of calculating the energy extraction of wave energy convertors based on wave height reduction, Hongda Shi, Chenyu Zhao, Martyn Hann, Deborah Greaves, Zhi Han, and Feifei Cao
Absorption cross section in an intense plane wave background, A. Ilderton, B. King, and A. J. Macleod
Bandwidth Prediction Schemes for Defining Bitrate Levels in SDN-enabled Adaptive Streaming, Ali Edan Al-Issa, Abdelhak Bentaleb, Alcardo Alex Barakabitze, Thomas Zinner, and Bogdan Ghita
Enhancing Data Security in Cloud using Random Pattern Fragmentation and a Distributed NoSQL Database, Nelson L. Santos, Bogdan Ghita, and Giovanni L. Masala
Environmental Loading of Heritage Structures, Alison Raby, Alessandro Antonini, Dina D'Ayala, and James M.W. Brownjohn
Multi-directional focused wave group interactions with a plane beach, Frances M. Judge, Alison C. Hunt-Raby, Jana Orszaghova, Paul H. Taylor, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles grown in situ and anchored to titanium dioxide nanotubes on titanium implant against Staphylococcus aureus, Urvashi F. Gunputh, Huirong Le, Kiruthika Lawton, Alexandros Besinis, Christopher Tredwin, and Richard D. Handy
Experimental study of particle trajectories below deep-water surface gravity wave groups, Den Bremer T Van, C. Whittaker, R. Calvert, A. Raby, and P. H. Taylor
Experimental characterisation of fatigue crack growth based on the CTOD measured from crack tip displacement fields using DIC, JMV Olmo, FA Díaz, FV Antunes, and MN James
Wave power extraction from multiple oscillating water columns along a straight coast, Siming Zheng, Alessandro Antonini, Yongliang Zhang, Deborah Greaves, Jon Miles, and Gregorio Iglesias
Nonlinear wave interaction in coastal and open seas -- deterministic and stochastic theory, R Stuhlmeier, T Vrecica, and Y Toledo
Detection of Alzheimer’s protein biomarker Clusterin using Graphene transducers, S Awan
Design and Evaluation of an Alternative Wheelchair Control System for Dexterity Disabilities, Samuel Oliver and Asiya Khan
CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 2: Assessment of focused wave impacts on floating WECs using OpenFOAM, S Brown, E Ransley, and D Greaves
Letter of Intent for the LUXE Experiment, H Abramowicz, M Altarelli, R Aßmann, T Behnke, Y Benhammou, O Borysov, M Borysova, R Brinkmann, F Burkart, K Büßer, O Davidi, W Decking, N Elkina, H Harsh, A Hartin, I Hartl, B Heinemann, T Heinzl, N TalHod, M Hoffmann, A Ilderton, B King, A Levy, J List, AR Maier, E Negodin, G Perez, I Pomerantz, A Ringwald, C Rödel, M Saimpert, F Salgado, G Sarri, I Savoray, T Teter, M Wing, and M Zepf
The WETFEET project - A disruptive approach to wave energy, J Candido, A Sarmento, FE Gardner, LM Gato, M Fontana, and KM Collins
