Submissions from 2019
The potential of integrating vehicular emissions policy into Ghana’s transport policy for sustainable urban mobility, Prosper Naah Angnunavuri, Francis Atta Kuranchie, Francis Attiogbe, and Esi Nana Nerquaye-Tetteh
Editorial: Environmental catalysis and the corresponding catalytic mechanism, Zhimin Ao, Hongqi Sun, and Andres Fullana
Numerical investigation of wraparound geotextile reinforcement technique for strengthening foundation soil, Shadi Aria, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and Alireza Mohyeddin
Tensile behaviour of geotextile reinforcement within the sandy soil supporting a strip footing, S. Aria, Sanjay K. Shukla, and Alireza Mohyeddin
Wettability of rock/CO2/brine and rock/oil/CO2-enriched-brine systems: Critical parametric analysis and future outlook, Muhammad Arif, Sidqi A. Abu-Khamsin, and Stefan Iglauer
Evaluation of incorporating plastic wastes into asphalt materials for road construction in Ghana, Patricia Nana Ama Asare, Francis Atta Kuranchie, and Eric Antwi Ofosu
Properties of ambient-cured normal and heavyweight geopolymer concrete exposed to high temperatures, Farhad Aslani and Zohaib Asif
Behaviour of concrete filled glass fibre-reinforced polymer tubes under static and flexural fatigue loading, Farhad Aslani, Yasoja Gunawardena, and Ayoub Dehghani
Fire performance of heavyweight self-compacting concrete and heavyweight high strength concrete, Farhad Aslani, Fatemeh Hamidi, and Qilong Ma
Experimental analysis of fiber-reinforced recycled aggregate self-compacting concrete using waste recycled concrete aggregates, polypropylene, and steel fibers, Farhad Aslani, Lijun Hou, Shami Nejadi, Junbo Sun, and Samer Abbasi
Properties of high-performance self-compacting rubberized concrete exposed to high temperatures, Farhad Aslani and Maryam Khan
The effect of NiTi shape memory alloy, polypropylene and steel fibres on the fresh and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete, Farhad Aslani, Yinong Liu, and Yu Wang
Fiber-reinforced lightweight self-compacting concrete incorporating scoria aggregates at elevated temperatures, Farhad Aslani, Junbo Sun, Daniel Bromley, and Guowei Ma
Mechanical behavior of fiber-reinforced self-compacting rubberized concrete exposed to elevated temperatures, Farhad Aslani, Junbo Sun, and Guanqi Huang
Fabrication and characterization of an engineered cementitious composite with enhanced fire resistance performance, Farhad Aslani and Lining Wang
The effect of carbon nanofibers on fresh and mechanical properties of lightweight engineered cementitious composite using hollow glass microspheres, Farhad Aslani, Lining Wang, and Meizhiwen Zheng
Finite-element analysis of strains in seepage barriers of the earth dam, Shivakumar S. Athani, Chandresh H. Solanki, Goudappa R. Dodagoudar, and Sanjay K. Shukla
The effect of spraying temperature on the corrosion and wear behavior of HVOF thermal sprayed WC-Co coatings, M. Jalali Azizpour and Majid Tolouei-Rad
Evaluation of residual stress in HVOF stellite-6 coatings using non-contact drilling, M. Jalali Azizpour and Majid Tolouei-Rad
Security aware content caching for next generation communication networks, Muhammad I. Aziz Zahed, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, Quoc V. Phung, Lin Zhang, and Anju Mathew
Experimental and numerical analyses of geosynthetic-reinforced soil slopes, Emmanuel Baah-Frempong
Effectiveness of reinforcing a low-height sandy slope with geosynthetic reinforcement for landscape development, Emmanuel Baah-Frempong and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Natural fracture characterization and wellbore stability analysis of a highly fractured southwestern Iranian oilfield, Masoud Bagdeli, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Seyed Reza Shadizadeh, Jagar A. Ali, Raoof Gholamid, Alireza Keshavarz, and Stefan Iglauer
Removal of nitrate from contaminated groundwater by floating alginate beads, Fatemeh Bahrami
CuO/TiO2/PAM as a novel introduced hybrid agent for water - oil interfacial tension and wettability optimization in chemical enhanced oil recovery, Hossein Bahraminejad, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Masoud Riazi, Jagar A. Ali, S. Mohammad Sajadi, and Alireza Keshavarz
Enhanced humidity sensing of functionalized reduced graphene oxide with 4-chloro-3-sulfophenylazo groups, Yuan Bai, Chao-Zhi Zhang, Bin Chen, and Hongqi Sun
Engineering Mechanics: Adoption of project-based learning supported by computer-aided online adaptive assessments–overcoming fundamental issues with a fundamental subject, Cheslav Balash, Steven Richardson, Ferdinando Guzzomi, and Alex Rassau
A cost-effective thermal and electrical energy storage management strategy for smart buildings, Ali Baniasadi, Daryoush Habibi, Waleed Al-Saedi, and Mohammad A. S. Masoum
PV self-consumption enhancement with optimal residential thermal energy management, Ali Baniasadi, Daryoush Habibi, Waleed Al-Saedi, and Mohammad A. S. Masoum
Optimal real-time residential thermal energy management for peak-load shifting with experimental verification, Ali Baniasadi, Daryoush Habibi, Octavian Bass, and Mohammad A.S. Masoum
A strategic routing analysis for agro sensor communications in mobile ad hoc networks, Sampad Banik, Md Munjure Mowla, and Iftekhar Ahmad
Experimental investigation of vertical and batter pile groups subjected to dynamic loads, M. Bharathi, R. N. Dubey, and Sanjay K. Shukla
Adsorptive removal of aqueous phase copper (Cu2+) and nickel (Ni2+) metal ions by synthesized biochar–biopolymeric hybrid adsorbents and process optimization by response surface methodology (RSM), Subrata Biswas, Bhim Charan Meikap, and Tushar Kanti Sen
Learning to grasp in unstructured environments with deep convolutional neural networks using a Baxter Research Robot, Shehan Caldera
Sol-gel synthesis of porous Na 3 Fe 2 (PO 4 ) 3 with enhanced sodium-ion storage capability, Yongjie Cao, Yao Liu, Tong Chen, Xiuping Xia, Lai-Chang Zhang, Junxi Zhang, and Yongyao Xia
K-doped Na3Fe2(PO4)3 cathode materials with high-stable structure for sodium-ion stored energy battery, Yongjie Cao, Yao Liu, Deqiang Zhao, Junxi Zhang, Xiuping Xia, Tong Chen, Lai-chang Zhang, Peng Qin, and Yongyao Xia
Extraction, segmentation and recognition of vehicle’s license plate numbers, Douglas Chai and Yangfan Zuo
Design and analysis of single-bit ternary Matched Filter, Abeer Chang, Tayab Din Memon, Zahir Hussain, Imtiaz Hussain Kalwar, and Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry
Automatic remelting and enhanced mechanical performance of a plasma sprayed NiCrBSi coating, Liang-Yu Chen, Haiyang Wang, Cuihua Zhao, Sheng Lu, Ze-Xin Wang, Jin Sha, Shujin Chen, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Phase interaction induced texture in a plasma sprayed-remelted NiCrBSi coating during solidification: An electron backscatter diffraction study, Liang-Yu Chen, Tianxiang Xu, Haiyang Wang, Peng Sang, Sheng Lu, Ze-Xin Wang, Shujin Chen, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Simulation and experimental measurements of internal magnetic field gradients and NMR transverse relaxation times (T2) in sandstone rocks, Paul R.J. Connolly, Weichao Yan, Daniel Zhang, Mohamed Mahmoud, Michael Verrall, Maxim Lebedev, Sefan Iglauer, Peter J. Metaxas, Eric F. May, and Michael L. Johns
Alternating voltage induced oscillation on electrochemical behavior and pitting corrosion in duplex stainless steel 2205, Nianwei Dai, Jun Wu, Lai-Chang Zhang, Yangting Sun, Yuanyuan Liu, Yuanyuan Yang, Yiming Jiang, and Jin Li
Pitting and etching behaviors occurring in duplex stainless steel 2205 in the presence of alternating voltage interference, Nianwei Dai, Jun Wu, Lai-chang Zhang, Liqiang Yin, Yuanyuan Yang, Yiming Jiang, and Jin Li
Effects of battery technology and load scalability on stand-alone PV/ICE hybrid micro-grid system performance, Barun K. Das, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, and Matthew Woolridge
Performance analysis of a PV/Diesel hybrid system for a remote area in Bangladesh: Effects of dispatch strategies, batteries, and generator selection, Barun K. Das and Forhad Zaman
Smart management strategies of utility-scale energy storage systems in power networks, Choton Kanti Das
An optimal allocation and sizing strategy of distributed energy storage systems to improve performance of distribution networks, Choton K. Das, Octavian Bass, Thair S. Mahmoud, Ganesh Kothapalli, Mohammad A. S. Masoum, and Navid Mousavi
Optimal allocation of distributed energy storage systems to improve performance and power quality of distribution networks, Choton K. Das, Octavian Bass, Thair S. Mahmoud, Ganesh Kothapalli, Navid Mousavi, Daryoush Habibi, and Mohammad A.S. Masoum
A review on defects in steel offshore structures and developed strengthening techniques, Ayoub Dehghani and Farhad Aslani
Fatigue performance and design of concrete-filled steel tubular joints: A critical review, Ayoub Dehghani and Farhad Aslani
An experimental study on the durability and strength of SCC incorporating FA, GGBS and MS, Sahar Deilami, Farhad Aslani, and Mohamed Elchalakani
A new time-decoupled framework for PEVs charging and scheduling in industrial Microgrids, Sayed Yaser Derakhshandeh, Ali Ghiasian, and Mohammad A. S. Masoum
FEM implementation of the coupled elastoplastic/damage model: Failure prediction of Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) composites, Ud Din, P. Hao, Muhammad Aamir, G. Franz, and S. Panier
Low-valence ion addition induced more compact passive films on nickel-copper nano-coatings, Quangquan Do, Hongze An, Guozhe Meng, Weihua Li, Laichang Zhang, Yangqiu Wang, Bin Liu, Junyi Wang, and Fuhui Wang
Permeability characteristics of fibre-reinforced Perth sandy soil, Amal Dortaj
Assessment of vetiver grass root reinforcement in strengthening the soil, Donal Nixon D’Souza, A. K. Choudhary, P. Basak, and S.K. Shukla
Interfacial-engineered cobalt@carbon hybrids for synergistically boosted evolution of sulfate radicals toward green oxidation, Xiaoguang Duan, Jian Kang, Wenjie Tian, Huayang Zhang, Shih-Hsin Ho, Yi-An Zhu, Zhimin Ao, Hongqi Sun, and Shaobin Wang
Origins of boron catalysis in peroxymonosulfate activation and advanced oxidation, Xiaoguang Duan, Wenlang Li, Zhimin Ao, Jian Kang, Wenjie Tian, Huayang Zhang, Shih-Hsin Ho, Hongqi Sun, and Shaobin Wang
sp2/sp3 framework from diamond nanocrystals: A key bridge of carbonaceous structure to carbocatalysis, Xiaoguang Duan, Wenjie Tian, Huayang Zhang, Hongqi Sun, Zhimin Ao, Zongping Shao, and Shaobin Wang
Noninvasive diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome via bowel sound features: Proof of concept, Xuhao Du, Gary Allwood, K. Mary Webberley, Andrisha-Jade Inderjeeth, Adam Osseiran, and Barry James Marshall
Nano-magnetite decorated carbon fibre for enhanced interfacial shear strength, Seyed Mousa Fakhrhoseini, Quanxiang Li, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, and Minoo Naebe
Effect of salinity and temperature on air dissolution in an unpacked air saturator of a dissolved air flotation system, Vahid Reza Fanaie, Mehdi Khiadani, and Guangzhi Sun
Effects of internal geometry on hydrodynamics of dissolved air flotation (DAF) tank: An experimental study using particle image velocimetry (PIV), Vahid Reza Fanai, Mehdi Khiadani, and Thomas Ayres
Optimal scheduling in a microgrid with a tidal generation, N. Faridnia, D. Habibi, S. Lachowicz, and A. Kavousifard
Evaporation rates and temperature distributions in fine droplet flash evaporation sprays, Farshid Fathinia, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, and Mehdi Khiadani
Experimental and mathematical investigations of spray angle and droplet sizes of a flash evaporation desalination system, Farshid Fathinia, Mehdi Khiadani, and Yasir Al-Abdeli
Performance improvement of spray flash evaporation desalination systems using multiple nozzle arrangement, Farshid Fathinia, Mehdi Khiadani, Yasir M. Al-Abdeli, and Abdellah Shafieian
Carbon dioxide/brine, nitrogen/brine, and oil/brine wettability of montmorillonite, illite, and kaolinite at elevated pressure and temperature, Cut A. Fauziah, Ahmed Z. Al-Yaser, R. Beloborodov, Mohammed A. Q. Siddiqui, M. Lebedev, D. Parsons, H. Roshan, A. Barifcani, and S. Iglauer
Wettability measurements of mixed clay minerals at elevated temperature and pressure: Implications for CO2 geo-storage, Cut Aja Fauziah, Emad A. Al-Khdheeawi, Ahmed Barifcani, and Stefan Iglauer
Parametric design exploration of fin-and-oval tube compact heat exchangers performance with a new type of corrugated fin patterns, Ahmadali Gholami, Hussein A. Mohammed, Mazlan A. Wahid, and Mehdi Khiadani
A machine learning case study with limited data for prediction of carbon fiber mechanical properties, Gelayol Golkarnarenji, Minoo Naebe, Khashayar Badii, Abbas S. Milani, Reza N. Jazar, and Hamid Khayyam
Microstructure evolution and electrochemical properties of TiO 2 /Ti-35Nb-2Ta-3Zr micro/nano-composites fabricated by friction stir processing, Hao Gu, Zihao Ding, Zhi Yang, Weiqiang Yu, Wenjie Zhang, Weijie Lu, Lai-Chang Zhang, Kuaishe Wang, Liqiang Wang, and Yuan-fei Fu
Behaviour and design of concrete-filled spiral-welded stainless-steel tube short columns under concentric and eccentric axial compression loading, Yasoja Gunawardena and Farhad Aslani
Concrete-filled spiral-welded stainless-steel tube long columns underconcentric and eccentric axial compression loading, Yasoja Gunawardena and Farhad Aslani
Behaviour and design of concrete-filled mild-steel spiral welded tube long columns under eccentric axial compression loading, Yasoja Gunawardena, Farhad Aslani, and Brian Uy
Review of strength behaviour of circular concrete filled steel tubes under monotonic pure bending, Yasoja K. R. Gunawardena, Farhad Aslani, Brian Uy, Won-Hee Kang, and Stephen Hicks
Electronic structure, mechanical and physical properties of Ag alloyed α - Nb5Si3: First-principles calculations, Bo Guo, Jiang Xu, Xiao lin Lu, Shuyun Jiang, Paul Munroe, and Zong-Han Xie
Elucidating the surface geometric design of hydrophobic Australian Eucalyptus leaves: experimental and modeling studies, Hua Guo, Zonghan Xie, Jeremy Shaw, Kingsley Dixon, Zhong-Tao Jiang, Chun-Yang Yin, and Xuemei Liu
Development of design charts for the dynamic active thrust from c–ϕ soil backfills, Ashish Gupta, Vinay Kumar Chandaluri, Vishwas A. Sawant, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
An experimental study on the flow characteristics during the leakage of high pressure CO 2 pipelines, Shuaiwei Gu, Yuxing Li, Lin Teng, Cailin Wang, Qihui Hu, Datong Zhang, Xiao Ye, Jinghan Wang, and Stefan Iglauer
Abnormal corrosion behavior of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy induced by heat treatment at 300 °C, Xinhui Gu, Junxi Zhang, Xiaolei Fan, Nianwei Dai, Yi Xiao, and Laichang Zhang
Mechanical behavior and phase transformation of β-type Ti-35Nb-2Ta-3Zr alloy fabricated by 3D-Printing, Noman Hafeez, Shifeng Liu, Eryi Lu, Liqiang Wang, Rui Liu, Weijie lu, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Additive manufacturing of cementitious composites: Materials, methods, potentials, and challenges, Fatemeh Hamidi and Farhad Aslani
Tio2-based photocatalytic cementitious composites: Materials, properties, influential parameters, and assessment techniques, Fatemeh Hamidi and Farhad Aslani
Efficient removal of organic pollutants by ceramic hollow fibre supported composite catalyst, Ning Han, Zhengxin Yao, Heng Ye, Chi Zha, Ping Liang, Hongqi Sun, Shaobin Wang, and Shaomin Liu
Design and synthesis of a new mannitol stearate ester-based aluminum alkoxide as a novel tri-functional additive for poly(vinyl chloride) and its synergistic effect with zinc stearate, Wenyuan Han, Manqi Zhang, Degang Li, Tianbao Dong, Bing Ai, Jianping Dou, and Hongqi Sun
Non-ionic copolymer microgels as high-performance draw materials for forward osmosis desalination, Yusak Hartanto, Masoumeh Zargar, Xiaolin Cui, Bo Jin, and Sheng Dai
A Statistical analysis of channel modeling for 5G mmWave communications, Rifat Hasan, Md Munjure Mowla, Md Abdur Rashid, Md Kamal Hosain, and Iftekhar Ahmad
Treatment of lead contaminated water using lupin straw: Adsorption mechanism, isotherms and kinetics studies, Hanie Hashtroudi
Safety aspects of riding with children: Descriptive analysis of adult riders’ self-report, J. Hatfield, R. G. Poulos, S. M. Murphy, L. K. Flack, C. Rissel, R. Grzebieta, and Andrew S. McIntosh
Construction of Schottky-type Ag-loaded fiber-like carbon nitride photocatalysts for tetracycline elimination and hydrogen evolution, Fengting He, Shuaijun Wang, Hongfei Zhao, Yixuan Wang, Jinqiang Zhang, Qingyun Yan, Pei Dong, Zhaoxin Tai, Lin Chen, Yongqiang Wang, and Chaocheng Zhao
Hydrogen bond interactions within OH-CQDs/fiber-like carbon nitride for enhanced photodegradation and hydrogen evolution, Fengting He, Yixuan Wang, Jinqiang Zhang, Shuaijun Wang, Hongfei Zhao, Pei Dong, Feifei Lin, Zhaoxin Tai, Shuai Qiao, Lin Chen, Yongqiang Wang, and Chaocheng Zhao
Bond-slip behaviour of corroded reinforcement and ultra-high toughness cementitious composite in flexural members, Lijun Hou, Shang Guo, Bingxuan Zhou, Da Chen, and Farhad Aslani
Flexural behaviour of corroded reinforced concrete beams repaired with ultra-high toughness cementitious composite, Lijun Hou, Jin Wang, Ting Huang, Chun Shen, Farhad Aslani, and Da Chen
Bond behavior of reinforcement embedded in steel fiber reinforced concrete under chloride attack, Lijun Hou, Ziyao Ye, Bingxuan Zhou, Chun Shen, Farhad Aslani, and Da Chen
Corrosion behavior and flexural performance of reinforced concrete/ultrahigh toughness cementitious composite (RC/UHTCC) beams under sustained loading and shrinkage cracking, Lijun Hou, Bingxuan Zhou, Shang Guo, Farhad Aslani, and Da Chen
Pyrolysis of palm kernel shell with internal recycling of heavy oil, Yong Huang, Yaxuan Gao, Hao Zhou, Hongqi Sun, Jianbin Zhou, and Shu Zhang
Capillary pressure characteristics of CO2-brine-sandstone systems [dataset], Sefan Iglauer, Halidi Abdoulghafour, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh, Martin Ferno, and Lars Petter Hauge
Residual trapping of CO2 in an oil-filled, oil-wet sandstone core: Results of three-phase pore-scale imaging, Stefan Iglauer, Adriana Paluszny, Taufiq Rahman, Yihuai Zhang, Wolfgang Wülling, and Maxim Lebedev
Transient heat transfer characteristics of swirling and non-swirling turbulent impinging jets, Muhammad Ikhlaq, Yasir Al-Abdeli, and Mehdi Khiadani