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Wang, Yihui (author), Zhu, Songwei (author), Li, Shukai (author), Yang, Lixing (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)In practice, the operation of high-speed trains is often affected by adverse weather conditions or equipment failures, which result in delays and even cancellations of train services. In this article, a novel two-layer hierarchical model predictive control (MPC) model is proposed for on-line high-speed railway delay management and train...journal article 2022
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Wang, K. (author), Yang, Yongsheng (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Huang, Quanyi (author)Typhoon storm surge disasters have garnered much attention because of their catastrophic damages. We investigated spatiotemporal patterns of typhoon storm surge disasters based on their tropical cyclone track clusters to support disaster mitigation in China. We aggregated 172 typhoon storm surge disasters in the entire cluster. Then, we used...journal article 2021
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Wang, Houzhi (author), Wu, You (author), Yang, Jun (author), Wang, H. (author)Cracks are one of the main problems that plague road workers. A correct understanding of the internal crack propagation mechanism of asphalt pavement will help road workers evaluate the road’s working status more comprehensively and make more reasonable decisions in design, construction, and maintenance work. This paper established a three...journal article 2021
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Ding, Chao (author), Wang, Jian (author), Liu, Tianhan (author), Qin, Hongbo (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Full intermetallic compound (IMC) solder joints present fascinating advantages in high-temperature applications. In this study, the mechanical properties and elastic anisotropy of η’-Cu6Sn5 and Cu3Sn intermetallic compounds were investigated using first-principles calculations. The values of single-crystal elastic constants, the elastic (E),...journal article 2021
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Zhong, Junping (author), Liu, Zhigang (author), Wang, H. (author), Liu, Wenqiang (author), Yang, Cheng (author), Han, Zhiwei (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author)Brace sleeve (BS) fasteners, i.e., nut and bolt, are small components but play essential roles in fixing BS and cantilever in railway catenary system. They are commonly inspected by onboard cameras using computer vision to ensure the safety of railway operation. However, most BS fasteners cannot be directly localized because they are too...journal article 2021
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Yang, Z. (author), Zhang, P. (author), Wang, L. (author)With dynamic behaviour different from that of traditional discretely supported tracks, continuously supported embedded rail systems (ERSs) have been increasingly used in railway bridges, level crossings, trams, and high-speed lines. However, studies on ERSs have been limited, and none of them have addressed the wheel-rail impact-induced dynamic...journal article 2021
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Accretion-erosion conversion in the subaqueous Yangtze Delta in response to fluvial sediment declineLuan, Hua Long (author), Ding, Ping Xing (author), Yang, Shi Lun (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)Identifying the pattern of delta morphological change under decreasing sediment flux due to dam construction is essential for sustainable management in such densely populated coastal areas. In this study, we investigated the morphological processes of the Yangtze mouth bar and prodelta based on bathymetric data on a decadal-interannual scale ...journal article 2021
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Hu, Jie (author), Wang, Q. (author), Yang, Kun (author)Full-spectrum ranging from sub-6 GHz to THz and visible light will be exploited in 6G in order to reach unprecedented key-performance-indica-tors. However, an extraordinary amount of energy will be consumed by network infrastructure, while functions of massively deployed Internet of Everything (IoE) devices are limited by embedded batteries....journal article 2021
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Sun, Hao (author), Wang, Haiqing (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)The explosion load is a significant escalation factor possibly influencing the potential occurrence of domino accidents in chemical plants. It is not economical to install explosion isolation systems (e.g., extinguishing barrier) for all equipment or process units across a chemical plant. Although shutting down all equipment or process unit...journal article 2021
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Sun, Hao (author), Wang, Haiqing (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)The performance assessment of safety barriers is essential to find vulnerable elements in a safety barrier system. Traditional performance assessment approaches mainly focus on using several static indicators for quantifying the performance of safety barriers. However, with the increasing complexity of the system, emerging hazards are highly...journal article 2021
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Wang, Q. (author), Mitchell, Raja Louisa (author), Hofman, Roberta (author), Yu, Jianwei (author), Yang, Min (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author), Zietzschmann, F.E. (author)Low molecular weight (LMW) dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the predominant competitor for adsorption sites against organic micropollutants (OMPs) in activated carbon adsorption. However, top-down approaches using highly complex mixtures of real water DOM do not allow to concisely examine the impacts of specific LMW DOM molecular properties...journal article 2021
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Li, Changzhen (author), Yu, Junyi (author), Xue, J. (author), Chen, Wei (author), Wang, Shoufeng (author), Yang, Kun (author)For a long time, the development of maritime communication has been restricted by the low data rate, high-latency and high cost of the current communication systems. The upgrade of new generation mobile communication technologies is attracting more and more attention to conduct a shore-based broadband mobile communication network with high...journal article 2021
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Sun, Hao (author), Wang, Haiqing (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)To quantify the pandemic specific impact with respect to the risk related to the chemical industry, a novel risk analysis method is proposed. The method includes three parts. Firstly, the two types of “window of opportunity” (WO) theory is proposed to divide an accident life cycle into two parts. Then, a qualitative risk analysis is conducted...journal article 2020
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Tao, Y. (author), Ersahin, M.E. (author), Ghasimi, S.M.D. (author), Ozgun, H. (author), Wang, H. (author), Zhang, X. (author), Guo, Miao (author), Yang, Yunfeng (author), Stuckey, David C. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author)Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been commercially operated worldwide in full scale as a resource recovery technology underpinning a circular economy. However, problems such as a long start-up time, or system instability, have been reported in response to operational shocks. These issues are usually linked to the dynamics of the functional...journal article 2020
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Rao, J. W. (author), Wang, Y. P. (author), Yang, Y. (author), Yu, T. (author), Gui, Y. S. (author), Fan, X. (author), Xue, D. S. (author), Hu, C. M. (author)We systematically study the indirect interaction between a magnon mode and a cavity photon mode mediated by traveling photons of a waveguide. From a general Hamiltonian, we derive the effective coupling strength between two separated modes, and obtain the theoretical expression of the system's transmission. Accordingly, we design an...journal article 2020
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Yang, Jun (author), Thomas, Arun Geo (author), Singh, Satish (author), Baldi, S. (author), Wang, X. (author)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have multi-domain applications, fixed-wing UAVs being a widely used class. Despite the ongoing research on the topics of guidance and formation control of fixed-wing UAVs, little progress is known on implementation of semi-physical validation platforms (software-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop) for such...journal article 2020
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Wang, Q. (author), Zietzschmann, F.E. (author), Yu, Jianwei (author), Hofman, Roberta (author), An, Wei (author), Yang, Min (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Though the ozone-activated carbon process has been widely applied for drinking water purification, little is known about how ozone-modified natural organic matter (NOM) competes with micropollutants in activated carbon adsorption. In this study, three natural waters and one synthetic water (standard humics solution) with highly heterogeneous...journal article 2020
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Tan, Xuyan (author), Chen, Weizhong (author), Wang, L. (author), Yang, Jianping (author)Shield tunneling is one of the most important technologies for building of underground engineering. Many grouting holes were prefabricated for the requirement of backfill grouting, which is easy to induce local damages and potential disasters, such as leakage and cracking. Accordingly, an integrated workflow for damage detection and stability...journal article 2020
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Shi, Jiachen (author), Cong, Lin (author), Yang, Fan (author), Wang, T. (author), Tan, Le (author), Yu, Meng (author)Polyurethane-bound porous mixture (PPM) is a new type of pavement material that has shown some potential for overcoming common asphalt mixtures mechanical failures. However, little research has been done on its skid resistance performance. This work presents a comparative study of the skid resistance development between PPM and asphalt...journal article 2020
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Yang, Shangyu (author), Zhang, Renren (author), Wang, Jianjun (author), Li, Xinhong (author), Fan, Heng (author), Yang, M. (author)Ultra-deep oil and gas wells have become a new development trend in onshore oil and gas exploitation. However, Ultra-deep oil and gas wellbore casing is with high failure risk due to the harsh environment. It is essential to evaluate the reliability of wellbore casing. This paper assesses the operational reliability of wellbore casing using...journal article 2020