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Investigating the Performance of Conventional and Hydrophobic Surface Heat Sink in Managing Thermal Challenges of High Heat Generating Components
Babar, Hamza; Wu, Hongwei; Zhang, Wenbin (2023-12-01)In the pursuit of optimizing heat dissipation and improving performance in electronic devices, liquid-cooled heat sinks have garnered significant interest due to their potential to improve heat transfer efficiency. Presented ... -
Investigation into microdefects and corrosion resistance of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy using electrical discharge coating process
Mansor, A. F.; Azmi, A. I.; Ismail, Sikiru O. (2024-04-02)Nickel-titanium shape memory alloy is a novel material with outstanding properties suitable for biomedical applications such as implantation devices. Unfortunately, the high composition of nickel in this alloy can be harmful ... -
Investigation into Single Scattering Properties of Airborne Saharan Dust Particles
McCall, D.; Ulanowski, Z.; Hesse, E.; Stopford, C.; Kandler, K.; Kaye, Paul H. (2008)The phase functions of single mineral dust particles levitated in an electrodynamic balance have been measured. Normalized phase functions and the asymmetry parameter could be determined because nearly the full range of ... -
Investigation of Heat of Biomass Pyrolysis and Secondary Reactions by Simultaneous Thermogravimetry and Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Chen, Q; Yang, R; Zhao, B; Li, Y; Wang, S; Wu, Hongwei; Zhuo, Y; Chen, C (2014-10-15)The heat of pyrolysis reactions is of great importance not only for its impact on biomass pyrolysis process but as a fundamental parameter for modelling biomass thermochemical conversion. Previously frequently-used technique ... -
An investigation of the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of Ti(Si,Al)
Chrysanthou, A.; Opoku, E.K.; Han, L. (2005-05-01)The self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SPS) of TiSi and T Si,AL) powders was investigated. Elemental powders of titanium, silicon and aluminum were used for the synthesis. The sample powders were investigated by ... -
Investigation of wear behavior in self-lubricating ABS polymer composites reinforced with glass fiber/ABS and glass fiber/carbon fiber/ABS hybrid
Dhandapani, A.; Krishnasamy, S.; Nagarajan, R.; Selvaraj, A. D. A.; Thiagamani, S. M. K.; Muthukumar, C.; Mohammad , F.; Al-Lohedan, H. A.; Ismail, S. O. (2023-03-13)A new hybrid fabrication technique was introduced to manufacture composite laminates made of glass fiber, carbon fiber, and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as the matrix. The fabrication process utilized two different ... -
Investigation on Temperature Control Based on Cooled Mine Compressed Air for Mine Refuge Chamber with High-temperature Surrounding Rock
Zhang, Zujing; Guo, Weishuang; Gao, Xiangkui; Wu, Hongwei; Mao, Ruiyong (2023-05-01)Acceptable temperature is very important for mine refuge chamber (MRC) to ensure the safety of occupants. A novel temperature control scheme combining cold source storage with mine compressed air (MCA) was proposed for ... -
Investigation on temperature control performance of an underground confined space under ventilation
Jin, Ting; Zhang, Zujing; Ge, Liang; Liang, Xing; Wu, Hongwei; Zhou, Jiri; Mao, Ruiyong (2024-04-23)The control of thermal environment in underground structures has always been a subject of great concern. In this paper, the influence of initial surrounding rock temperature (ISRT), ventilation temperature (VT) and ventilation ... -
Investigation on the Impact of Protrusion Parameter on the Efficiency of Converting Additional Windage Loss for Ingress Alleviation in Rotor-Stator System
Liu, D; Tao, Z; Luo, X; Kang, W; Wu, Hongwei; Yu, X (2016-06-28)This paper presents a detailed investigation on the impact of protrusion parameter including both radial position and amount on the efficiency of cavity with protrusion converting additional windage loss for ingress ... -
The Ionization and Dynamics of the Makani Galactic Wind
Rupke, David S. N.; Coil, Alison L.; Perrotta, Serena; Davis, Julie D.; Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.; Geach, James E.; Hickox, Ryan C.; Moustakas, John; Petter, Grayson C.; Rudnick, Gregory H.; Sell, Paul H.; Tremonti, Christy A.; Whalen, Kelly E. (2023-04-18)The Makani galaxy hosts the poster child of a galactic wind on scales of the circumgalactic medium. It consists of a two-episode wind in which the slow, outer wind originated 400 Myr ago (Episode I; R I = 20 − 50 kpc) and ... -
Is it who you are or what you do? Insights for Mobility as a Service from research on a car club
Catulli, Dr. Maurizio; Potter, Stephen; Cook, Matthew (2020-12-05)The concept of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is for a personalised, one-stop travel management platform digitally unifying trip purchase and delivery across all transport modes. MaaS has potential to reduce the environmental ... -
Kinematics, Structure, and Mass Outflow Rates of Extreme Starburst Galactic Outflows
Perrotta, Serena; Coil, Alison L.; Rupke, David S. N.; Tremonti, Christy A.; Davis, Julie D.; Diamond-Stanic, Aleksandar M.; Geach, James E.; Hickox, Ryan C.; Moustakas, John; Rudnick, Gregory H.; Sell, Paul H.; Swiggum, Cameren N.; Whalen, Kelly E. (2023-05-19)We present results on the properties of extreme gas outflows in massive (M * ∼ 1011 M ⊙), compact, starburst (star formation rate, SFR∼ 200 M ⊙ yr−1) galaxies at z = 0.4–0.7 with very high star formation surface densities ... -
Kinetic dissociation of nickel titanate and nickel tungstate in oxygen potential gradients
Azubike, D.C.; Chrysanthou, A.; Terry, B.S. (1994-06-01)Nickel titanate (NiTiO) and nickel tungstate (NiWO) were exposed to oxygen potential gradients at 1400 and 1100° C, and they were found to dissociate into their constituent oxides, namely, NiO and TiO, and WO and NiO, ... -
Lagrangian Approach for Simulating Supercooled Large Droplets’ Impingement Effect
Wang, C; Chang, S; Wu, Hongwei (2015-03-01)In this paper, a droplet tracking method and a splashing model have been developed to calculate the droplet collection efficiency in a supercooled-large-droplets regime using the Lagrangian computational method. In the ... -
Lagrangian modelling of plume chemistry for secondary pollutants in large industrial plumes
Middleton, D.R.; Jones, A.R.; Redington, A.L.; Thomson, D.J.; Sokhi, R.S.; Luhana, L.; Fisher, B. (2008)Industrial sources of nitrogen oxides range from boilers and metal furnaces to fossil fuel power stations. Current UK regulatory practice for these plumes adopts a fixed proportion of nitrogen dioxide, as a simple and ... -
Land Tenure and Food Security in South India
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Elangovan, Arthanari; Parimalavelli, Ramanathan (2023-09-30)Tenure security with land titles is considered important for agricultural productivity and growth. In this view, formal titles enable land to be used as collateral, facilitate access to credit markets and increase productivity ... -
Large amplitude periodic outbursts and long period variables in the VVV VIRAC2-$β$ database
Guo, Zhen; Lucas, P. W.; Smith, L. C.; Clarke, C.; Peña, C. Contreras; Bayo, A.; Briceño, C.; Elias, J.; Kurtev, R. G.; Borissova, J.; Alonso-García, J.; Minniti, D.; Catelan, M.; Nikzat, F.; Morris, C.; Miller, N. (2022-03-21)The VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey obtained near-infrared photometry toward the Galactic bulge and the southern disc plane for a decade (2010 - 2019). We designed a modified Lomb-Scargle method to search ... -
Large deformation behavior of functionally graded porous curved beams in thermal environment
Nikrad, Seyed; Kanellopoulos, Antonios; Bodaghi, Mahdi; Chen, Zengtao; Pourasghar, Aminallah (2021-02-11)The in-plane thermoelastic response of curved beams made of porous materials with different types of functionally graded (FG) porosity is studied in this research contribution. Nonlinear governing equations are derived ... -
Lattice design and 3D-printing of PEEK with Ca10(OH)(PO4)3 and in-vitro bio-composite for bone implant
Oladapo, B. I.; Ismail, S. O.; Oluwole, B.; Omigbodun, F. T.; Olawumi, M. A.; Muhammad, M. A. (2020-12-15)The addition of biomaterials such as Calcium hydroxyapatite (cHAp) and incorporation of porosity into poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) are effective ways to improve bone-implant interfaces and osseointegration of PEEK ... -
Learning sustainable urbanism lessons from ‘other’ New Towns in the UK: : Contributing to design for health and wellbeing in the postwar British New Towns (and beyond)
Parham, Susan; Hardy, Matthew; Sadoux, Stéphane (2022-04-07)The following presentation to a Sorbonne New Towns Study Day held in April 2022, explores the contribution of New Towns to health, housing and wellbeing, arguing it is useful to widen out scope of what can be defined as a ...