Submissions from 2020
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
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
Influence of different curing conditions and water to cement ratio on properties of self-compacting concretes, Morteza Nematollahzade, Azim Tajadini, Iman Afshoon, and Farhad Aslani
A new discrete method for solution to consolidation problem of ground with vertical drains subjected to surcharge and vacuum loadings, Trong Nghia-Nguyen, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Dang Dinh Chung Nguyen, Le Gia Lam, Phuoc H-Dang, and Phu-Cuong Nguyen
Surface functionalization of biomedical Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy by liquid metal dealloying, Ilya Vladimirovich Okulov, Soo Hyun Joo, Artem Vladimirovich Okulov, Alexey Sergeevich Volegov, Bérengère Luthringer, Regine Willumeit-Römer, Lai-Chang Zhang, Lutz Mädler, Jürgen Eckert, and Hidemi Kato
Improving solar cooker performance using phase change materials: A comprehensive review, Adil A.M. Omara, Abuelnuor A.A. Abuelnuor, Hussein A. Mohammed, Daryoush Habibi, and Obai Younis
Phase change materials (PCMs) for improving solar still productivity: A review, Adil A. M. Omara, Abuelnuor A. A. Abuelnuor, Hussein A. Mohammed, and Mehdi Khiadani
Smart- and nano-hybrid chemical EOR flooding using Fe3O4/eggshell nanocomposites, Ali Omidi, Abbas Khaksar Manshad, Siyamak Moradi, Jagar A. Ali, S. Mohammad Sajadi, and Alireza Keshavarz
Biomass Stove for Pelletized Sawdust Fuel in Ghana, Fredrick Owusu, Francis Atta Kuranchie, Stephen Odonkor, Kwasi Frimpong, and Michael Muri
The interfacial properties of clay-coated quartz at reservoir conditions, Bin Pan, Changping Gong, Xiaopu Wang, Yajun Li, and Stefan Iglauer
Effect of total organic carbon (TOC) content on shale wettability at high pressure and high temperature conditions, Bin Pan, Yajun Li, Mingshan Zhang, Xiaopu Wang, and Stefan Iglauer
A review on clay wettability: From experimental investigations to molecular dynamics simulations, Bin Pan, Xia Yin, and Stefan Iglauer
Detection of leakage of MSW-landfill leachates through a liner defect: Experimental and analytical methods, Lopa Mudra S. Pandey and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Cyber-security constrained placement of FACTS devices in power networks from a novel topological perspective, Hossein Parastvand, Octavian Bass, Mohammad A. S. Masoum, Airlie Chapman, and Stefan Lachowicz
Robust placement and sizing of charging stations from a novel graph theoretic perspective, Hossein Parastvand, Octavian Bass, Mohammad A. S. Masoum, Airlie Chapman, and Stefan Lachowicz
Placement and sizing of EV charging stations according to centrality of the underlying network, Hossein Parastvand, Octavian Bass, Mohammed A.S. Masoum, Zeinab Moghaddam, Stefan Lachowicz, and Airlie Chapman
A graph automorphic approach for placement and sizing of charging stations in EV network considering traffic, Hossein Parastvand, Valeh Moghaddam, Octavian Bass, Mohammad A.S. Masoum, Airlie Chapman, and Stefan Lachowicz
Evaluation of benefits of open-graded friction courses with basic oxygen furnace steel-slag aggregates for hilly and high-rainfall regions in India, Santanu Pathak, Rajan Choudhary, Abhinay Kumar, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
A review of head injury and impact biomechanics in recreational skiing and snowboarding, D. A. Patton, Andrew S. McIntosh, B. E. Hagel, and T. Krosshaug
A reactive-sputter-deposited TiSiN nanocomposite coating for the protection of metallic bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Shuang Peng, Jiang Xu, Zhengyang Li, Shuyun Jiang, Paul Munroe, Zong-Han Xie, and Hong Lu
Improving firefighter tenability during entrapment and burnover: An analysis of vehicle protection systems, Greg Penney, Daryoush Habibi, and Marcus Cattani
RUIM – A fire safety engineering model for rural urban interface firefighter taskforce deployment, Greg Penney, Daryoush Habibi, and Marcus Cattani
Application of water treatment sludge as a low-cost and eco-friendly catalyst in the biodiesel production via fatty acids esterification: Process optimization, Wanison A.G. Pessoa Junior, Mitsuo L. Takeno, Francisco X. Nobre, Silma de S. Barros, Ingrity S.C. Sá, Edson P. Silva, Lizandro Manzato, Stefan Iglauer, and Flávio A. de Freitas
Experimental characterization of multi-full-culm bamboo to steel connections, Nischal P. N. Pradhan, Themelina S. Paraskeva, and Elias G. Dimitrakopoulos
Quasi-static reversed cyclic testing of multi-culm bamboo members with steel connectors, Nischal P. N. Pradhan, Themelina S. Paraskeva, and Elias G. Dimitrakopoulos
Reducing the impacts of electric vehicle charging on power distribution transformers, Pravakar Pradhan, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, Ganesh Kothapalli, and Mohammad A.S. Masoum
Active cell balancing control strategy for parallelly connected LiFePO4 batteries, Md Ohirul Qays, Yonis Buswig, Md Liton Hossain, Md Momtazur Rahman, and Ahmed Abu-Siada
Effect of Fe content upon the microstructures and mechanical properties of FexCoNiCu high entropy alloys, Huan Qiu, Heguo Zhu, Jifeng Zhang, and Zonghan Xie
Deformation and toughness behavior of β -type titanium alloys comprising C15-type Laves phase, C. D. Rabadia, Y. J. Liu, S. F. Jawed, L. Q. Wang, H. Sun, and L. C. Zhang
Representative elementary volume of rock using X-ray microcomputed tomography: A new statistical approach, Taufiq Rahman, Hamed Lamei Ramandi, Hamid Roshan, and Stefan Iglauer
Multivariate adaptive regression splines model for reinforced soil foundations, Muhammad Nouman Amjad Raja and Sanjay K. Shukla
Ultimate bearing capacity of strip footing resting on soil bed strengthened by wraparound geosynthetic reinforcement technique, Muhammad Nouman Amjad Raja and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Modeling the combined impact of climate change and sea-level rise on general circulation and residence time in a semi-enclosed sea, Mohammad Hassan Ranjbar, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, and Bahareh Kamranzad
Microstructure and properties of equiatomic Ti–Ni alloy fabricated by selective laser melting, D. C. Ren, H. B. Zhang, Y. J. Liu, S. J. Li, W. Jin, R. Yang, and L. C. Zhang
An investigation of factors associated with head impact exposure in professional male and female australian football players, Johnathan Reyes, Biswadev Mitra, Andrew McIntosh, Patrick Clifton, Michael Makdissi, Jack V.K. Nguyen, Peter Harcourt, Teresa S. Howard, Peter A. Cameron, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, and Catherine Willmott
The potential of head acceleration measurement to augment current best practice in concussion screening in professional Australian football players, Jonathan Reyes, Catherine Willmott, Andrew McIntosh, Teresa S. Howard, Patrick Clifton, Michael Makdissi, Peter Harcourt, Peter Cameron, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Jack V. K. Nguyen, and Biswadev Mitra
Hydrate equilibrium model for gas mixtures containing methane, nitrogen and carbon dioxide, Dhifaf Sadeq, Omar Al-Fatlawi, Stefan Iglauer, Maxim Lebedev, Callum Smith, and Ahmed Barifcani
Sustainable design of slopes under earthquake conditions, Pragyan Pradatta Sahoo and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Acoustic approach to determine Biot effective stress coefficient of sandstone using true triaxial cell (TTSC), H. Salemi, N. Nourifard, Stefan Iglauer, and M. Sarmadivaleh
Durability assessment of concrete containing surface pretreated coarse recycled concrete aggregates, Hossein Sasanipour and Farhad Aslani
Durability properties evaluation of self-compacting concrete prepared with waste fine and coarse recycled concrete aggregates, Hossein Sasanipour and Farhad Aslani
Lithium extraction from mechanically activated of petalite-Na2SO4 mixtures after isothermal heating, Nader Setoudeh, Ataollah Nosrati, and Nicholas J. Welham
Phase changes in mechanically activated spodumene-Na2SO4 mixtures after isothermal heating, Nader Setoudeh, Ataollah Nosrati, and Nicholas J. Welham
Extremely hard, α-Mn type high entropy alloy coatings, Chuhan Sha, Zhifeng Zhou, Zonghan Xie, and Paul Munroe
High entropy alloy FeMnNiCoCr coatings: Enhanced hardness and damage-tolerance through a dual-phase structure and nanotwins, Chuhan Sha, Zhifeng Zhou, Zonghan Xie, and Paul Munroe
Revisiting longshore sediment transport formulas, Saeed Shaeri, Amir Etemad-Shahidi, and Rodger Tomlinson
Performance improvement of thermal-driven membrane-based solar desalination systems using nanofluid in the feed stream, Abdellah Shafieian, Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Mehdi Khiadani, and Tushar Kanti Sen
A multipurpose desalination, cooling, and air-conditioning system powered by waste heat recovery from submarine diesel exhaust fumes and cooling water, Abdellah Shafieian and Mehdi Khiadani
Integration of heat pipe solar water heating systems with different residential households: An energy, environmental, and economic evaluation, Abdellah Shafieian and Mehdi Khiadani
A solar membrane-based wastewater treatment system for high-quality water production, Abdellah Shafieian, Mehdi Khiadani, and Muhammad Rizwan Azhar
Corrigendum to “Enhancing heat pipe solar water heating systems performance using a novel variable mass flow rate technique and different solar working fluids” [Sol. Energy 186 (2019) 191–203], Abdellah Shafieian, Junaid Jaffer Osman, Mehdi Khiadani, and Ataollah Nosrati
Comparative and performative investigation of various data-based and conventional theoretical methods for modelling heat pipe solar collectors, Abdellah Shafieian, Hossein Parastvand, and Mehdi Khiadani
Assessment of reference evapotranspiration across an arid urban environment having poor data monitoring system, Elham Shafieiyoun, Mahdi Gheysari, Mehdi Khiadani, Jahangir Abedi Koupai, Paria Shojaei, and Mohammad Moomkesh
Phase transformation-induced improvement in hardness and high-temperature wear resistance of plasma-sprayed and remelted NiCrBSi/WC coatings, Jin Sha, Liang-Yu Chen, Yi-Tong Liu, Zeng-Jian Yao, Sheng Lu, Ze-Xin Wang, Qian-Hao Zang, Shu-Hua Mao, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Environmental protection by using waste copper slag as a coarse aggregate in self-compacting concrete, Yasser Sharifi, Iman Afshoon, Saman Asad-Abadi, and Farhad Aslani
A review on groundwater contaminant transport and remediation, P. K. Sharma, Muskan Mayank, C. S. P. Ojha, and S. K. Shukla
Catalytic activity of extruded and annealed Au–Ag alloys for the electro-oxidation of CH3OH and HCOOH, Kechang Shen, Guihua Li, Qi Chen, Laichang Zhang, and Weimin Wang
Rational catalyst design for N2 reduction under ambient conditions: Strategies towards enhanced conversion efficiency, Lei Shi, Yu Yin, Shaobin Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Rigorous and reliable operations for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction, Lei Shi, Yu Yin, Shuaijun Wang, Xinyuan Xu, Hong Wu, Jinqiang Zhang, Shaobin Wang, and Hongqi Sun
Advances in sustainable construction materials and geotechnical engineering, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Sudhirkumar V. Barai, and Ankur Mehta
Influence of randomly distributed waste tire fibres on swelling behaviour of expansive soils, Tejaswani Shukla, Mohit Mistry, Chandresh Solanki, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and Shruti Shukla
Fuzzy-based model for predicting strength of geogrid-reinforced subgrade soil with optimal depth of geogrid reinforcement, Meenakshi Singh, Ashutosh Trivedi, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Influence of geosynthetic reinforcement on unpaved roads based on CBR, and static and dynamic cone penetration tests, Meenakshi Singh, Ashutosh Trivedi, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
LNAPL Recovery Endpoints: Lessons Learnt Through Modeling, Experiments, and Field Trials, Kaveh Sookhak Lari, John L. Rayner, Greg B. Davis, and Colin D. Johnston
Electromagnetic wave absorbing performance of 3D printed wave-shape copper solid cementitious element, Junbo Sun, Yimiao Huang, Farhad Aslani, and Guowei Ma
Properties of a double-layer EMW-absorbing structure containing a graded nano-sized absorbent combing extruded and sprayed 3D printing, Junbo Sun, Yimiao Huang, Farhad Aslani, and Guowei Ma
Experimental and CFD study of H2S oxidation by activated carbon prepared from cotton pulp black liquor, Yong Sun, Jun He, Yunshan Wang, Gang Yang, Guangzhi Sun, and Valérie Sage
Optimization of biohydrogen production using acid pretreated corn stover hydrolysate followed by nickel nanoparticle addition, Yong Sun, Yunshan Wang, Gang Yang, and Zhi Sun
A simple coupled ANNs-RSM approach in modeling product distribution of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using a microchannel reactor with Ru-promoted Co/Al2O3 catalyst, Yong Sun, Gang Yang, Mengxia Xu, Jian Xu, and Zhi Sun
A high-efficiency solar desalination evaporator composite of corn stalk, Mcnts and TiO2: Ultra-fast capillary water moisture transportation and porous bio-tissue multi-layer filtration, Zhuangzhi Sun, Wenzong Li, Wenlong Song, Laichang Zhang, and Zuankai Wang
Sol-gel derived ITO-based bi-layer and tri-layer thin film coatings for organic solar cells applications, Hatem Taha, Khalil Ibrahim, M. Mahbubur Rahman, David J. Henry, Chun-Yang Yin, Jean-Pierre Veder, Amun Amri, Xiaoli Zhao, and Zhong-Tao Jiang
Solidification effect on the microstructure and mechanism of laser-solid-forming-produced flame-resistant Ti–35V–15Cr alloy, Hua Tan, Tengteng Hu, Yongxia Wang, Fengying Zhang, Ying Qiu, Tong Liu, Wei Fan, and Lai-Chang Zhang
Author’s responses to the comment by Jean-Claude Bollinger and also corrigendum to our recent article published in Separation Science and Technology online March 4, 2019, Tina Co Nnie Tan and Tushar Kanti Sen
Biomass-derived functional porous carbons for adsorption and catalytic degradation of binary micropollutants in water, Wenjie Tian, Hongqi Sun, Xiaoguang Duan, Huayang Zhang, Yingxiang Ren, and Shaobin Wang
Porous carbons: Structure-oriented design and versatile applications, Wenjie Tian, Huayang Zhang, Xiaoguang Duan, Hongqi Sun, Guosheng Shao, and Shaobin Wang
Nanosecond pulsed fiber laser cleaning of natural marine micro-biofoulings from the surface of aluminum alloy, Ze Tian, Zhenglong Lei, Xi Chen, Yanbin Chen, Lai-Chang Zhang, Jiang Bi, and Jingwei Liang
An experimental study on micro-structural and geotechnical characteristics of expansive clay mixed with EPS granules, Nitin Tiwari, Neelima Satyam, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
A study on subsurface drainage of mountain roads in Bhutan, Dorji Tshering, Leki Dorji, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Deciphering deformation mechanisms of hierarchical dual-phase CrCoNi coatings, S. J. Tsianikas, Y. Chen, and Zonghan Xie
Mobile fog computing security: A user-oriented smart attack defense strategy based on DQL, Shanshan Tu, Muhammad Waqas, Yuan Meng, Sadaqat Ur Rehman, Iftekhar Ahmad, Anis Koubaa, Zahid Halim, Muhammad Hanif, Chin-Chen Chang, and Chengjie Shi
Design of a new arcan fixture for in-plane pure shear and combined normal/shear stress characterization of fiber reinforced polymer composites, I. Ud Din, P. Hao, S. Panier, K.A. Khan, Muhammad Aamir, G. Franz, and K. Akhtar
LaMnO3 perovskite activation of peroxymonosulfate for catalytic palm oil mill secondary effluent degradation, Panca S. Utama, Wahyu B. Widayantu, Muhammad R. Azhar, Hussein R. Abid, Wenchao Peng, Oki Muraza, and Edy Suptra
The effect of specimen geometry on the compressive and tensile strengths of self-compacting rubberised concrete containing waste rubber granules, Afsaneh Valizadeh, Fatemeh Hamidi, Farhad Aslani, and Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh
Application of a brain-inspired spiking neural network architecture to odor data classification, Anup Vanarse, Josafath Israel Espinosa-Ramos, Adam Osseiran, Alexander Rassau, and Nikola Kasabov
Invention of Indian Moon soil (lunar highland soil simulant) for Chandrayaan missions, I. Venugopal, Kasinathan Muthukkumaran, K. V. Sriram, S. Anbazhagan, T. Prabu, S. Arivazhagan, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Experimental investigation on the tensile strength behaviour of coconut fibre-reinforced cement concrete in Fiji and pacific region, Samuela Loaloa Vukicea, Swetha Thammadi, Sateesh Pisini, and Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Solid-phase extraction nuclear magnetic resonance (SPE-NMR): Prototype design, development, and automation, Lisabeth Wagner, Masoumeh Zargar, Christopher Kalli, Einar Orn Fridjonsson, Nicholas N.A. Ling, Eric F. May, John Zhen, and Michael L. L. Johns
Effect of water to cement ratio, fly ash, and slag on the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of mortar, Dimuthu Wanasinghe, Farhad Aslani, and Guowei Ma