Browse research from the School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics.
Submissions from 2020
Digital forensics cloud log unification: Implementing CADF in Apache CloudStack, Stavros Shiaeles, Nikolaos Dalezios, Nicholas Kolokotronis, and Bogdan Ghita
Distributed ledger technology for trust management optimisation in M2M, B Shala, U Trick, A Lehmann, B Ghita, and S Shiaeles
Dynamic flood topographies in the Terai region of Nepal, E. H. Dingle, M. J. Creed, H. D. Sinclair, D. Gautam, N. Gourmelen, A. G.L. Borthwick, and M. Attal
Erosion-deposition patterns and depo-center movements in branching channels at the near-estuary reach of the Yangtze River, Boyuan Zhu, Jinyun Deng, Jinwu Tang, Wenjun Yu, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yuanfang Chai, Zhaohua Sun, and Yitian Li
Flow and magnetic structures in a kinematic ABC-dynamo, Zhi Liang Lin, Tao Zhang, Chen Yang Huang, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Geometrical investigation of a U-shaped oscillating water column wave energy device, Rong quan Wang, De zhi Ning, Bao ming Guo, Thomas Vyzikas, and Deborah Greaves
Global trends in water and sediment fluxes of the world’s large rivers, Jinren Ni, Li Li, Fang Chang, Yao Yue, Natalia Frolova, Dmitry Magritsky, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Philippe Ciais, Yichu Wang, Chunmiao Zheng, and Desmond E. Walling
Guest editorial: Characterisation of crack tip fields-CCTF5, Michael Vormwald, Neil James, Youshi Hong, Luca Susmel, and Francesco Iacoviello
High Throughput WMN for the Communication in Disaster Scenario, Auberlin Paguem Tchinda, Gregor Frick, Ulrich Trick, Armin Lehmann, and Bogdan Ghita
Homogenization and polarization of the seasonal water discharge of global rivers in response to climatic and anthropogenic effects, Yao Yue, Yuanfang Chai, Lin Zhang, Chiyuan Miao, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Boyuan Zhu, Yitian Li, and A. J. Dolman
How can technology support ageing in place in healthy older adults? A systematic review, A Ollevier, G Aguiar, M Palomino, and IS Simpelaere
Hydrodynamic performance of a multi-Oscillating Water Column (OWC) platform, Siming Zheng, Alessandro Antonini, Yongliang Zhang, Jon Miles, Deborah Greaves, Z Guixun, and Gregorio Iglesias
Incompressible SPH simulation of flow past horizontal cylinder between plane wall and free surface, Ming Jyh Chern, Burniadi Moballa, and A. G.L. Borthwick
Intention Recognition of Elbow Joint based on sEMG Using Adaptive Fuzzy Neural Network, Zhongbo Sun, Y Liu, Chunxu Li, Zhaowei Teng, K Liu, and Gang Wang
Low cost and sustainable repair material made from alkali-activated high-calcium fly ash with calcium carbide residue, Tanakorn Phoo-ngernkham, Chattarika Phiangphimai, Darrakorn Intarabut, Sakonwan Hanjitsuwan, Nattapong Damrongwiriyanupap, Long yuan Li, and Prinya Chindaprasirt
Luxe: combining high energy and intensity to spark the vacuum, Beate Heinemann, Tom Heinzl, and Andreas Ringwald
Master-field simulations of O(a)-improved lattice QCD: Algorithms, stability and exactness, Martin Lüscher, Anthony Francis, Patrick Fritzsch, and Antonio Rago
Microstructure and porosity evolution of alkali activated slag at various heating temperatures, Ikmal Hakem Aziz, MMAB Abdullah, Salleh MAA Mohd, Sorachon Yoriya, Jitrin Chaiprapa, Catleya Rojviriya, and Long Yuan Li
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
Offshore conversion of wind power to gaseous fuels: Feasibility study in a depleted gas field, P. D. O'Kelly-Lynch, P. D. Gallagher, A. G.L. Borthwick, E. J. McKeogh, and P. G. Leahy
On the friction drag reduction mechanism of streamwise wall fluctuations, Tamás István Józsa, Elias Balaras, Maria Kashtalyan, Alistair George Liam Borthwick, and Viola I Maria
Perfluoroalkyl substances in the Yangtze River: Changing exposure and its implications after operation of the Three Gorges Dam, Nan Xu, Jinren Ni, J Li, Yue Gao, B Li, Rui An, Weiling Sun, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Performance Evaluation of Bluetooth in a Wireless Body Area Network for Practical Applications, Olaf Reich, E Hubner, Bogdan Ghita, Matthias Wagner, and J Schafer
Piston-Driven Numerical Wave Tank Based on WENO Solver of Well-Balanced Shallow Water Equations, Jin Hwan Hwang, Jaeyoung Jung, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Plain polystyrene microplastics reduce the toxic effects of ZnO particles on marine microalgae Dunaliella salina., D Gunasekaran, N Chandrasekaran, D Jenkins, and A Mukherjee
Possible Challenges and Appropriate Measures for a Resilient WMN-Based Disaster Network, Gregor Frick, Auberlin Paguem Tchinda, Ulrich Trick, Armin Lehmann, and Bogdan Ghita
Power extraction by a water turbine in inviscid free surface flow with vertical shear, A. G.L. Borthwick, J Lin, B Lin, and S. Draper
Preparation of supporting photocatalysts for water treatment using natural sunlight as an alternative driving energy, Puttaiah S Harikaranahalli, S Menon, Ravindra Y Shivamurthy, S Kumari, H Revanna, and D Jenkins
Propeller and vortex ring state for floating offshore wind turbines during surge, Ryan Kyle, Yeaw Chu Lee, and Wolf Gerrit Früh
Sale-based estimation of pharmaceutical concentrations and associated environmental risk in the Japanese wastewater system, Yingchao Lin, Kai He, Alistair G. Borthwick, Yuening Li, Jie Fu, Yongjie Wong, and Wen Liu
Smart Security Audit: Reinforcement Learning with a Deep Neural Network Approximator, Konstantin Pozdniakov, Eduardo Alonso, Vladimir Stankovic, Kimberly Tam, and Kevin Jones
The biocompatibility of silver and nanohydroxyapatite coatings on titanium dental implants with human primary osteoblast cells, Richard D. Handy, Ranj Nadhim Salaie, Alexandros Besinis, Huirong Le, and Christopher Tredwin
The effect of bed roughness uncertainty on tidal stream power estimates for the Pentland Firth, M. J. Kreitmair, T. A.A. Adcock, A. G.L. Borthwick, S. Draper, and den Bremer TS van
The role of natural Fe(II)-bearing minerals in chemoautotrophic chromium (VI) bio-reduction in groundwater, Baogang Zhang, Jianping Lu, Chao He, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
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, L Barolli, P Hellinckx, T Enokido, B Shala, U Trick, A Lehmann, B Ghita, and S Shiaeles
Using multiple data sources to detect manipulated electricity meter by an entropy-inspired metric, Denis Hock, Martin Kappes, and Bogdan Ghita
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
Vanadium contamination and associated health risk of farmland soil near smelters throughout China, Baogang Zhang, Yi'na Li, Ziqi Liu, Song Wang, Jun Yao, and Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Submissions from 2019
A review on the mechanical properties for thin film and block structure characterised by using nanoscratch test, Jun Ren, Xianfeng Wang, Ping Xu, R Han, Longyuan Li, N Han, Feng Xing, and Jihua Zhu
Distortional buckling of perforated cold-formed steel beams subject to uniformly distributed transverse loads, Wei bin Yuan, Nan ting Yu, Boksun Kim, Long yuan Li, and Wei jian Hong
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
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
An analytical solution for chloride diffusion in concrete with considering binding effect, Xianfeng Wang, D Li, and L-Y Li
Bayesian Multivariate Nonlinear State Space Copula Models, A Kreuzer, L Dalla Valle, and C Czado
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
Low velocity impact behavior of interlayer hybrid composite laminates with carbon/glass/basalt fibres, Guangyong Sun, Dongdong Chen, Quantian Luo, and Maozhou Meng
Monopile-mounted wave energy converter for a hybrid wind-wave system, C. Perez-Collazo, R. Pemberton, D. Greaves, and G. Iglesias
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
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, Kim Nielsen, Fabian Wendt, Yi Hsiang Yu, Harry Bingham, Claes Eskilsson, Morten Kramer, Aurélien Babarit, Tim Bunnik, Ronan Costello, Sarah Crowley, Benjamin Gendron, Giorgi, Samuel Girardin, Deborah Greaves, Pilar Heras, Johan Hoffman, Hafizul Islam, Ken Robert Jakobsen, Carl Erik Janson, Johan Jansson, Kim, Adi Kurniawan, Massimiliano Leoni, Thomas Mathai, Bo Woo Nam, Sewan Park, Krishnakumar Rajagopalan, Edward Ransley, Robert Read, John V. Ringwood, 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, Feifei Cao, Hongda Shi, Chenyu Zhao, Martyn Hann, Deborah Greaves, and Zhi Han
Absorption cross section in an intense plane wave background, A. Ilderton, B. King, and A. J. Macleod
Antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles grown in situ and anchored to titanium dioxide nanotubes on titanium implant against Staphylococcus aureus, Huirong Le, Urvashi F. Gunputh, Kiruthika Lawton, Alexandros Besinis, Christopher Tredwin, and Richard D. Handy
Prediction of Seabed Scour Induced by Full-Scale Darrieus-Type Tidal Current Turbine, Wei Haur Lam, Chong Sun, Ming Dai, and Gerard Hamill
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, Asiya Khan and Samuel Oliver
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
Composites Curriculum Development: tackling the skills gap in UK advanced composites, LR Pickard, K Potter, J Summerscales, J Graham-Jones, A Taylor, S Rusnáková, and M Wisnom
Developing a coupled turbine thrust methodology for floating tidal stream concepts: Verification under prescribed motion, S. A. Brown, E. J. Ransley, and D. M. Greaves
De-noising signals using wavelet transform in internet of underwater things, Asiya Khan, Yaxin Bi, Rahul Bhatia, Supriya Kapoor, Richard Pemberton, Abdul Momen, and Daniel Bristow
Pedestrian Recognition and Obstacle Avoidance for Autonomous Vehicles using Raspberry Pi, Asiya Khan, Charlie Day, Liam McEachen, Sanjay Sharma, and Giovanni Masala
The Feasibility of Using Behavioural Profiling Technique for Mitigating Insider Threats: Review, G Alotibi, N Clarke, F Li, and S Furnell
Dynamic Behaviors of FA‐GGBS‐HMNS Based Geopolymer Paste When Subjected to Impact Compressive Loadings, Aissa Bouaissi, Zhijun Dong, Xianfeng Wang, Yijiao Huang, Long yuan Li, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, and Shamala Ramasamy
Using Burstiness for Network Applications Classification, Bogdan Ghita, Hussein Oudah, Taimur Bakhshi, Abdulrahman Alruban, and David J. Walker