Submissions from 2020
Evaluation of the efficacy of using engineered cementitious composites in RC beam-column joints, Ayoub Dehghani, Ali Reza Mozafari, and Farhad Aslani
Sequential damage study induced in fiber reinforced composites by shear and tensile stress using a newly developed Arcan fixture, Israr Ud Din, Shanshan Tu, Pei Hao, Stéphane Panier, Kamran Ahmed Khan, Rehan Umer, Syed Z. H. Shah, Gérald Franz, and Muhammad Aamir
Effect of cell height and infill density on the performance of geocell-reinforced beds of Brahmaputra River sand, Chirajyoti Doley, Utpal Kumar Das, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
A review of experimental and analytical studies on masonry infilled-frames subjected to lateral loads, Sonam Dorji, Hossein Derakhshan, Tatheer Zahra, David P. Thambiratnam, and Alireza Mohyeddin Kermani
Seismic design of masonry-infilled frames: A review of codified approaches, Sonam Dorji, Hossein Derakhshan, Tatheer Zahra, David V. Thambiratnam, and Alireza Mohyeddin
A hybrid multi-criteria decision making method for site selection of subsurface dams in semi-arid region of Iran, Amal Dortaj, Soroush Maghsoudy, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani, and Zabihollah Eskandari
Locating suitable sites for construction of subsurface dams in semiarid region of Iran: Using modified ELECTRE III, Amal Dortaj, Soroush Maghsoudy, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani, and Zabihollah Eskandari
Synergy of carbocatalytic and heat activation of persulfate for evolution of reactive radicals toward metal-free oxidation, Xiaoguang Duan, Stacey Indrawirawan, Jian Kang, Wenjie Tian, Huayang Zhang, Xuezhi Duan, Xinggui Zhou, Hongqi Sun, and Shaobin Wang
Optimal sizing of Battery Energy Storage Systems for dynamic frequency control in an islanded microgrid: A case study of Flinders Island, Australia, Kutaiba S. El-Bidairi, Hung Duc Nguyen, Thair S. Mahmoud, S. D. G. Jayasinghe, and Josep M. Guerrero
Superior performance of FeVO4@CeO2 uniform core-shell nanostructures in heterogeneous Fenton-sonophotocatalytic degradation of 4-nitrophenol, Gh. Eshaq, Shaobin Wang, Hongqi Sun, and Mika Sillanpaa
Core/shell FeVO4@BiOCl heterojunction as a durable heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the efficient sonophotocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol, Gh. Eshaq, Shaobin Wang, Hongqi Sun, and Mika Sillanpää
Experimental investigation of Alfalfa natural surfactant and synergistic effects of Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO4 2− ions for EOR applications: Interfacial tension optimization, wettability alteration and imbibition studies, Mohammad Eslahati, Parviz Mehrabianfar, Ali Akbar Isari, Hossein Bahraminejad, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, and Alireza Keshavarz
On the stability of rock armored rubble mound structures, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, Meysam Bali, and Marcel R.A. van Gent
Effect of salinity on air dissolution, size distribution of microbubbles, and hydrodynamics of a dissolved air flotation (DAF) system, Vahid Reza Fanaie and Mehdi Khiadani
Numerical reactive flow transport simulation on core samples during acid fracturing in carbonaceous shale, Mohsen Farrokhrouz, Abbas Taheri, and Alireza Keshavarz
A study into the effects of spray and jet characteristics on flash evaporation system, Farshid Fathinia
Influence of total organic content on CO2-water-sandstone wettability and CO2 geo-storage capacity, Cut Aja Fauziah, Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi, Stefan Iglauer, and Ahmed Barifcani
Effect of clay minerals heterogeneity on wettability measurements: Implications for CO2 storage, Cut Aja Fauziah, Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi, Stefan Iglauer, and Ahmed Barifcani
Carbon dioxide wettability of South West Hub sandstone, Western Australia: Implications for carbon geo-storage, Cut Aja Fauziah, Ahmed Z. Al-Yaseri, Nilesh Kumar Jha, Christopher Lagat, Hamid Roshan, Ahmed Barifcani, and Stefan Iglauer
Effects of butanol blending and fumigation with Jatropha biodiesel on combustion, performance, and emissions of diesel engine, Syed Ehtisham Gillani, Muhammad Ikhlaq, M. U. Khan, D. Awan, and A. Hamza
Large eddy simulation of turbidity currents in a narrow channel with different obstacle configurations, Danial Goodarzi, Kaveh Sookhak Lari, Ehsan Khavasi, and Soroush Abolfathi
Thermal effects on the hydraulic performance of sedimentation ponds, Danial Goodarzi, Kaveh Sookhak Lari, and Farshid Mossaiby
Static flexural behaviour of concrete-filled spiral-welded mild-steel tubes, Yasoja Gunawardena and Farhad Aslani
Static flexural behaviour of concrete-filled spiral-welded stainless-steel tubes, Yasoja Gunawardena and Farhad Aslani
Corrosion behavior of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy in NaCl solution and its dependence on heat treatment, Xin-Hui Gu, Jun-Xi Zhang, Xiao-Lei Fan, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Superelastic response of low-modulus porous beta-type Ti-35Nb-2Ta-3Zr alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion, Noman Hafeez, Jia Liu, Liqiang Wang, Daixiu Wei, Yujin Tan, Weijie Lu, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Effect of environment-friendly non-ionic surfactant on interfacial tension reduction and wettability alteration; Implications for enhanced oil recovery, Omid Mosalman Haghighi, Ghasem Zargar, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Muhammad Ali, Mohammad Ali Takassi, Jagar A. Ali, and Alireza Keshavarz
A progressive weighted average weight optimisation ensemble technique for fruit and vegetable classification, Khurram Hameed, Douglas Chai, and Alexander Rassau
A sample weight and adaboost CNN-based coarse to fine classification of fruit and vegetables at a supermarket self-checkout, Khurram Hameed, Douglas Chai, and Alexander Rassau
Constitutive relationships for CNF-reinforced engineered cementitious composites and CNF-reinforced lightweight engineered cementitious composites at ambient and elevated temperatures, Fatemeh Hamidi and Farhad Aslani
Compressive and tensile strength fracture models for heavyweight geopolymer concrete, Fatemeh Hamidi, Farhad Aslani, and Afsaneh Valizadeh
Transient electrohydrodynamic convective flow and heat transfer of MWCNT - Dielectric nanofluid in a heated enclosure, Walid Hassen, Lioua Kolsi, Hussein A. Mohammed, Kaouther Ghachem, Mohsen Sheikholeslami, and Mohammed A. Almeshaal
Hybrid nanocellulose-copper (II) oxide as engine oil additives for tribological behavior improvement, Sakinah Hisham, Kumaran Kadirgama, Hussein A. Mohammed, Amit Kumar, Devarajan Ramasamy, Mahendran Samykano, and Saidur Rahman
Seismic behavior of reinforced engineered cementitious composite members and reinforced concrete/engineered cementitious composite members: A review, Lijun Hou, Ran Xu, Da Chen, Shilang Xu, and Farhad Aslani
Fundamental advances in biomass autothermal/oxidative pyrolysis: A review, Yong Huang, Bin Li, Dongjing Liu, Xing Xie, Hong Zhang, Hongqi Sun, Xun Hu, and Shu Zhang
Volatile-char interactions during biomass pyrolysis: Contribution of amino group on graphitized carbon nanotube to xylose evolution based on experimental and theoretical studies, Yong Huang, Shasha Liu, Yishuang Wu, Xun Zhu, Zhixiang Xu, Bin Li, Xun Hu, Hongqi Sun, Jianbin Zhou, and Shu Zhang
Volatile–char interactions during biomass pyrolysis: Cleavage of C–C bond in a β–5 lignin model dimer by amino-modified graphitized carbon nanotube, Yong Huang, Shasha Liu, Jie Zhang, Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan, Xun Hu, Hongqi Sun, Xun Zhu, Jianbin Zhou, Shu Zhang, and Hong Zhang
Energy-efficient systems for smart sensor communications, Zahir M. Hussain
Vortex fluidic mediated synthesis of polysulfone, Aghil Igder, Scott Pye, Ahmed Hussein Mohammed Al-Antaki, Alireza Keshavarz, Colin L. Raston, and Ata Nosrati
H2 and CO2 adsorption data on sub-bituminous coal, Stefan Iglauer, Hussein Abid, Ahmed Al-Yaseri, and Alireza Keshavarz
Hydrogen wettability of sandstone reservoirs, Stefan Iglauer, Muhammad Ali, and Alireza Keshavarz
Basalt-CO2-brine wettability at storage conditions in basaltic formations, Stefan Iglauer, Ahmed Zarzor Al-Yaseri, and Domenik Wolff-Boenisch
Nozzle exit conditions and the heat transfer in non-swirling and weakly swirling turbulent impinging jets, Muhammad Ikhlaq, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, and Mehdi Khiadani
Molecular insights in the temperature effect on adsorption of cationic surfactants at liquid/liquid interfaces, Anastasia A. Ivanova, Alexey N. Cheremisin, Ahmed Barifcani, Stefan Iglauer, and Chi Phan
Effect of nanoparticles on viscosity and interfacial tension of aqueous surfactant solutions at high salinity and high temperature, Anastasia A. Ivanova, Chi Phan, Ahmed Barifcani, Stefan Iglauer, and Alexey N. Cheremisin
Strengthening mechanism and corrosion resistance of beta-type Ti-Nb-Zr-Mn alloys, S. F. Jawed, C. D. Rabadia, Y. J. Liu, L. Q. Wang, P. Qin, Y. H. Li, X. H. Zhang, and L. C. Zhang
Design, microstructure and properties of metastable beta-type biomedical titanium alloys, Syed Faraz Jawed
Tailoring deformation and superelastic behaviors of beta-type Ti-Nb-Mn-Sn alloys, Syed F. Jawed, Y. J. Liu, Jin Cheng Wang, Chirag Rabadia, L. Q. Wang, Y. H. Li, X. H. Zhang, and Laichang Zhang
Pore scale investigation of low salinity surfactant nanofluid injection into oil saturated sandstone via X-ray micro-tomography, Nilesh Kumar Jha, Maxim Lebedev, Stefan Iglauer, Muhammad Ali, Hamid Roshan, Ahmed Barifcani, Jitendra S. Sangwai, and Mohammad Sarmadivaleh
In situ wettability investigation of aging of sandstone surface in alkane via x-ray microtomography, Nilesh Kumar Jha, Maxim Lebedev, Stefan Iglauer, Jitendra S. Sangwai, and Mohammad Sarmadivaleh
Synergistic function of iron and cobalt in metallic glasses for highly improving persulfate activation in water treatment, J. L. Jiang, Z. Jia, Q. He, Q. Wang, F. Lyu, L. C. Zhang, S. X. Liang, J. J. Kruzic, and J. Lu
Role of boron in enhancing electron delocalization to improve catalytic activity of Fe-based metallic glasses for persulfate-based advanced oxidation, Zhe Jia, Jia-Li Jiang, Ligang Sun, Lai-Chang Zhang, Qing Wang, Shun-Xing Liang, Peng Qin, Dong-Feng Li, Jian Lu, and Jamie J. Kruzic
A novel multinary intermetallic as an active electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution, Zhe Jia, Tao Yang, Ligang Sun, Yilu Zhao, Wanpeng Li, Junhua Luan, Fucong Lyu, Lai-Chang Zhang, Jaimie J. Kruzic, Ji-Jung Kai, Jacob C. Huang, Jian Lu, and Chain Tsuan Liu
Integrating reservoir characterisation, diagnostic fracture injection testing, hydraulic fracturing and post-frac well production data to define pressure dependent permeability behavior in coal, Raymond L. Johnson, Zhenjiang You, Ayrton Ribeiro, Saswata Mukherjee, Vanessa S. de Santiago, and Christopher Leonardi
Scratch and wear resistance of hydrophobic CeO2-x coatings synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering, Mohammad Sharear Kabir, Zhifeng Zhou, Zonghan Xie, and Paul Munroe
Catalytic degradation of antibiotics by metal-free catalysis over nitrogen-doped graphene, Jian Kang, Li Zhou, Xiaoguang Duan, Hongqi Sun, and Shaobin Wang
Insights into the antimicrobial mechanism of Ag and I incorporated ZnO nanoparticle derivatives under visible light, Afshin Karami, Zonghan Xie, Jiabin Zhang, Mohammad Sharear Kabir, Paul Munroe, Stephen Kidd, and Hu Zhang
A novel approach in gas well performance monitoring and forecasting using modified decline curve analysis, Balpreet Kaur, Bashirul Haq, Iftekhar Ahmed, Daryoush Habibi, Viet Phung, Dhafer Al Shehri, Benedict Ikem Amaechi, King Fahd, Jahangir Kabir, and Abul Jamaluddin
A secure and energy-aware approach for cognitive radio communications, Haitham Khaled, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, and Quoc Viet Phung
A preliminary investigation of maintenance contributions to commercial air transport accidents, Fatima Najeeb Khan, Ayiei Ayiei, John Murray, Glenn Baxter, and Graham Wild
Load-settlement response and bearing capacity of a surface footing located over a conduit buried within a soil slope, Muhammad Umer Arif Khan and Sanjay K. Shukla
PD-L1 expression on circulating tumor cells may be predictive of response to Pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma: Results from a pilot study, Muhammad K. Khattak, Anna L. Reid, James Freeman, Michelle Pereira, Ashleigh McEvoy, Johnny Lo, Markus Frank, Tarek Meniawy, Ali Didan, Isaac Spencer, Benhur Amanuel, Michael Millward, Mel Ziman, and Elin Gray
Direct observation of two-phase flow in deformable fractures of shales: A Utica shale example, Behayeen Khodadadi, Mohammed Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui, Muhammad Asad Pirzada, Furqan Le-Hussain, Stefan Iglauer, and Hamid Roshan
3D Magneto-buoyancy-thermocapillary convection of CNT-water nanofluid in the presence of a magnetic field, Lioua Kolsi, Salem Algarni, Hussain A. Mohammed, Walid Hassen, Emtinene Lajnef, Walid Aich, and Mohammed Almeshaal
Behaviour of strip footing resting on pretensioned geogrid-reinforced ferrochrome slag subgrade, Atul Kumar, Anil Kumar Choudhary, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Impact of anionic surfactant on stability, viscoelastic moduli, and oil recovery of silica nanofluid in saline environment, Ravi Shankar Kumar, Krishna Raghav Chaturvedi, Stefan Iglauer, Japan Trivedi, and Tushar Sharma
Land scarcity as a site selection challenge for the management of municipal solid wastes in Accra, Ghana, Francis Atta Kuranchie, Francis Attiogbe, Joseph Tettey Quarshie, and Richard Agbo Kwabena Ntibrey
Lateral spreading within a limit equilibrium framework: Newmark's sliding blocks with degrading yield accelerations, Ben A. Leshchinsky, H. Benjamin Mason, Michael J. Olsen, Daniel T. Gillins, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and Pragyan Pradatta Sahoo
Selective laser melting manufactured porous Fe-based metallic glass matrix composite with remarkable catalytic activity and reusability, Shun-Xing Liang, Xueqing Wang, Wenchang Zhang, Yu-Jing Liu, Weimin Wang, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Understanding of the oxidation behavior of benzyl alcohol by peroxymonosulfate via carbon nanotubes activation, Jiaquan Li, Mengting Li, Hongqi Sun, Zhimin Ao, Shaobin Wang, and Shaomin Liu
Heterogeneous activation of peroxymonosulfate by hierarchically porous cobalt/iron bimetallic oxide nanosheets for degradation of phenol solutions, Lei Li, Hong Wu, Haijun Chen, Jinqiang Zhang, Xinyuan Xu, Shuaijun Wang, Shaobin Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Leak location based on PDS-VMD of leakage-induced vibration signal under low SNR in water-supply pipelines, Shuaiyong Li, Chuanqiang Xia, Zhenhua Cheng, Weipei Mao, Ying Liu, and Daryoush Habibi
The allocation and reuse scheme of physical cell identifications based on maximum degree first coloring algorithm, Meng Liu, Shanshan Tu, Chuangbai Xiao, Muhammad Waqas, Sadaqat ur Rehman, Muhammad Aamir, and Chin-Chen Chang
Nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres-modified graphitic carbon nitride with outstanding photocatalytic activity, Qiaoran Liu, Hao Tian, Zhenghua Dai, Hongqi Sun, Jian Liu, Zhimin Ao, Shaobin Wang, Chen Han, and Shaomin Liu
Strengthening mechanism and micropillar analysis of high-strength NiTi–Nb eutectic-type alloy prepared by laser powder bed fusion, Shifeng Liu, Song Han, Ling Zhang, Liang-Yu Chen, Liqiang Wang, Liang Zhang, Yujin Tang, Jia Liu, Huiping Tang, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Superelastic behavior of in-situ eutectic-reaction manufactured high strength 3D porous NiTi-Nb scaffold, Shifeng Liu, Jingbo Liu, Liqiang Wang, Robin Lok-Wang Ma, Yinsheng Zhong, Weijie Lu, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Heteromorphic Ni foam@Ni(OH)2/MnO2 as a self-standing electrode for electro-Fenton reactions, Wenjing Liu, Zhiyuan Wu, Pei Dong, Feifei Lin, Meng Zang, Shuai Qiao, Yingying Gu, Jinqiang Zhang, Shuaijun Wang, and Chaocheng Zhao
A comprehensive review of acoustic methods for locating underground pipelines, Ying Liu, Daryoush Habibi, Douglas Chai, Xiuming Wang, Hao Chen, Yan Gao, and Shuaiyong Li
A review of biohydrogen productions from lignocellulosic precursor via dark fermentation: Perspective on hydrolysate composition and electron‐equivalent balance, Yiyang Liu, Jingluo Min, Xingyu Feng, Yue He, Jinze Liu, Yixiao Wang, Jun He, Hainam Do, Valerie Sage, Gang Yang, and Yong Sun
Enhanced fatigue characteristics of a topology-optimized porous titanium structure produced by selective laser melting, Y. J. Liu, D. C. Ren, S. J. Li, H. Wang, L. C. Zhang, and T. B. Sercombe
Synergy of NiO quantum dots and temperature on enhanced photocatalytic and thermophoto hydrogen evolution, Xiaojie Li, Huayang Zhang, Yazi Liu, Xiaoguang Duan, Xinyuan Xu, Shaomin Liu, Hongqi Sun, and Shaobin Wang
Fast rejuvenation in bulk metallic glass induced by ultrasonic vibration precompression, Yan Lou, Xiao Liu, Xiaole Yang, Yang Ge, Dandan Zhao, Hao Wang, Lai-Chang Zhang, and Zhiyuan Liu
Vortex fluidic-mediated fabrication of fast gelated silica hydrogels with embedded laccase nanoflowers for real-time biosensing under flow, Xuan Luo, Ahmed Hussein Mohammed Al-Antaki, Aghil Igder, Keith A. Stubbs, Peng Su, Wei Zhang, Gregory A. Weiss, and Colin L. Raston
Review on electromagnetic wave absorbing capacity improvement of cementitious material, Guowei Ma, Junbo Sun, Farhad Aslani, Yimiao Huang, and Fengyu Jiao
Effect of cryogenic liquid nitrogen on the morphological and petrophysical characteristics of tight gas sandstone rocks from Kirthar Fold Belt, Indus Basin, Pakistan, Aftab Ahmed Mahesar, Muhammad Ali, Abdul Majeed Shar, Khalil Rehman Memon, Udit Surya Mohanty, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Abdul Haque Tunio, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
Morphological and petro physical estimation of Eocene tight carbonate formation cracking by cryogenic liquid nitrogen; a case study of Lower Indus basin, Pakistan, Aftab Ahmed Mahesar, Abdul Majeed Shar, Muhammad Ali, Abdul Haque Tunio, Muhammad Aslam Uqailli, Udit Surya Mohanty, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
An efficient and robust exfoliated bentonite/Ag3PO4/AgBr plasmonic photocatalyst for degradation of parabens, Jianchao Ma, Shurong Yang, Huixian Shi, Jin Pang, Xiaopeng Zhang, Yuxing Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Green synthesise of CuO@Fe3O4@Xantan nanocomposites and its application in enhanced oil recovery by considering IFT and wettability behaviours, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Jagar A. Ali, Irfan Imani, S. Mohammad Sajadi, Nabil A. Tayeb Ubaid, and Alireza Keshavarz
MHD heat transfer in W-shaped inclined cavity containing a porous medium saturated with Ag/Al2O3 hybrid nanofluid in the presence of uniform heat generation/absorption, Mohamed Dhia Massoudi, Mohamed Bechir Ben Hamida, Hussein A. Mohammed, and Mohammed A. Almeshaal
Influence of cryogenic liquid nitrogen on petro-physical characteristics of Mancos shale: An experimental investigation, Khalil Rehman Memon, Aftab Ahmed Mahesar, Muhammad Ali, Abdul Haque Tunio, Udit Surya Mohanty, Hamed Akhondzadeh, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Stefan Iglauer, and Alireza Keshavarz
Study of fibre-clay interface behaviour and reinforcing mechanism, Mohit K. Mistry, Shruti J. Shukla, Chandresh H. Solanki, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Effect of thread profile on tensile performance of screw anchors in non-cracked concrete, Alireza Mohyeddin, Emad Gad, Shadi Aria, and Jessey Lee
Adverse effect of too-small edge distances on tensile capacity of screw anchors, Alireza Mohyeddin, Emad Gad, Jessey Lee, Mehdi Hafsia, and Mohammad Saremi
The integration of pumped hydro storage systems into PV microgrids in rural areas, Navid Mousavi
A novel photovoltaic-pumped hydro storage microgrid applicable to rural areas, Navid Mousavi, Ganesh Kothapalli, Daryoush Habibi, Choton Das, and Ali Baniasadi
Modelling, design, and experimental validation of a grid-connected farmhouse comprising a photovoltaic and a pumped hydro storage system, Navid Mousavi, Ganesh Kothapalli, Daryoush Habibi, Choton K. Das, and Ali Baniasadi
A real-time energy management strategy for pumped hydro storage systems in farmhouses, Navid Mousavi, Ganesh Kothapalli, Daryoush Habibi, Stefan W. Lachowicz, and Valeh Moghaddam
Comparative study of green and synthetic polymers for enhanced oil recovery, Nasiru Salahu Muhammed, Md. Bashirul Haq, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Mohammad Mizanur Rahaman, Alireza Keshavarz, and S. M. Zakir Hossain
Comparative study on the behaviour of granular pile anchors and helical pile anchors in expansive soils subjected to swelling, M. Muthukumar and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Synthesis, characterization, and assessment of a CeO2@Nanoclay nanocomposite for enhanced oil recovery, Mohammad Javad Nazarahari, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Siyamak Moradi, Ali Shafiei, Jagar Abdulazez Ali, S. Mohammad Sajadi, and Alireza Keshavarz