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Liu, Zhiping (author), Li, Z. (author), Huang, Chuanhai (author), Jiang, X. (author)In this paper, we implement the combined method of drilling stop hole and FRP reinforcement to repair cracked steel plates subjected to cyclic tension. The crack initiation and growth are experimentally investigated. The stress distribution at the stop hole and the residual fatigue life are evaluated by the FEM. The effects on prolonging...journal article 2021
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Classification of airborne laser scanning point cloud using point-based convolutional neural networkZhu, Jianfeng (author), Sui, Lichun (author), Zang, Y. (author), Zheng, He (author), Jiang, Wei (author), Zhong, Mianqing (author), Ma, Fei (author)In various applications of airborne laser scanning (ALS), the classification of the point cloud is a basic and key step. It requires assigning category labels to each point, such as ground, building or vegetation. Convolutional neural networks have achieved great success in image classification and semantic segmentation, but they cannot be...journal article 2021
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Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Caboni, Marco (author), Verhoef, Hans (author), van der Mijle Meijer, Harald (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author)Rain-induced leading-edge erosion of wind turbine blades is associated with high repair and maintenance costs. For efficient operation and maintenance, erosion models are required that provide estimates of blade coating lifetime at a real scale. In this study, a statistical rainfall model is established that describes probabilistic...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Canlin (author), Dong, Hongjun (author), Yan, Zhengli (author), Yu, Meng (author), Wang, Ting (author), Xu, S. (author), Jiang, Zhenliang (author), Hu, Changbin (author)SBS-modified bitumen (SMB) is susceptible to aging, which seriously influences its service performance and life. In order to strengthen the anti-aging ability of SMB, triethoxyvinylsilane was designed to organically modify layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and was applied to modify SMB. The dispersibility and storage stability of LDHs in SMB...journal article 2021
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Ghorbanpour, S. (author), Sahu, Saswat (author), Deshmukh, Kaustubh (author), Borisov, Evgenii (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Reinton, T.E. (author), Morete Barbosa Bertolo, V. (author), Jiang, Quanxin (author), Popovich, Anatolii (author), Shamshurin, Aleksey (author), Knezevic, Marko (author), Popovich, V. (author)In this paper, the effect of microstructural anisotropy on the fatigue crack growth behaviour of the functionally graded Inconel 718 fabricated through laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is investigated. Different manufacturing parameters, including low and high laser powers, were used to produce a variety of non-graded (NG) and functionally...journal article 2021
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Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Hu, Weifei (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author)The issue of leading edge erosion (LEE) of wind turbine blades (WTBs) is a complex problem that reduces the aerodynamic efficiency of blades, and affects the overall cost of energy. Several research efforts are being made at the moment to counter erosion of WTBs such as-testing of advanced coating materials together with development of high...journal article 2020
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Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Gao, Zhen (author), Vedvik, Nils Petter (author)Single-blade installation is a conventional method for installing blades on monopile-type offshore wind turbines. A jack-up crane vessel is commonly used, and individual blades are lifted to the tower top height and mated with the hub. The relative motions between the hub and blade root during the mating phase, partly due to wind-induced...journal article 2020
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Ren, Wuwei (author), Jiang, Jingjing (author), Di Costanzo Mata, Aldo (author), Kalyanov, Alexander (author), Ripoll, Jorge (author), Lindner, S.A. (author), Charbon-Iwasaki-Charbon, E. (author), Zhang, C. (author), Rudin, Markus (author), Wolf, Martin (author)Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) emerges as a powerful non-invasive imaging tool with the ability to resolve fluorescence signals from sources located deep in living tissues. Yet, the accuracy of FMT reconstruction depends on the deviation of the assumed optical properties from the actual values. In this work, we improved the accuracy...journal article 2020
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Sokolovskij, R. (author), Zhang, Jian (author), Zheng, Hongze (author), Li, Wenmao (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Yang, Gaiying (author), Yu, H. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The present work reports on the hydrogen gas detection properties of Pt-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) sensors with recessed gate structure. Devices with gate recess depths from 5 to 15 nm were fabricated using a precision cyclic etching method, examined with AFM, STEM and EDS, and tested towards H 2 response at high...journal article 2020
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Jiang, N. (author), Shang, R. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)High-silica zeolites can be used for adsorption of organic compounds (OCs) from water. The adsorption efficacy could vary with the properties of OCs, as well as the porous and surface features of high-silica zeolites. In this study, the adsorption of triclosan, trichlorophenol (TCP) and phenol by ten high-silica zeolites were investigated. The...journal article 2020
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Fan, J. (author), Wu, Jie (author), Jiang, Changzhen (author), Zhang, H. (author), Ibrahim, M.S. (author), Deng, Liang (author)To make the light-emitting diode (LED) more compact and effective, the flip chip solder joint is recommended in LED chip-scale packaging (CSP) with critical functions in mechanical support, heat dissipation, and electrical conductivity. However, the generation of voids always challenges the mechanical strength, thermal stability, and...journal article 2020
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Liang, Jianbin (author), Jiang, James W. (author), Callegaro, Alan Dorneles (author), Bilgin, Berker (author), Dong, J. (author), Reeves, Debbie (author), Emadi, Ali (author)This study presents a numerical modelling approach for the prediction of vibration and acoustic noise for a 24/16 traction switched reluctance machine (SRM). The numerical modelling includes the simulation of electromagnetic force in JMAG, the calculation of natural frequencies and the simulation of vibration and acoustic noise in ACTRAN....journal article 2020
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Jiang, N. (author), Erdös, M. (author), Moultos, O. (author), Shang, R. (author), Vlugt, T.J.H. (author), Heijman, Sebastiaan (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)The adsorption of organic micropollutants (OMPs) on high-silica zeolites is characterized by adsorption isotherms with various shapes. The occurrence of an S-shaped adsorption isotherm indicates the lack of adsorption affinity for OMPs at low, environmentally relevant equilibrium concentrations. In this study, S-shaped isotherms were observed...journal article 2020
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Li, X. (author), Jiang, X. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author)As offshore hydrocarbon production moves towards ultra-deep water, flexible risers have to withstand the huge hydro-static pressure without collapse. They are designed with strong collapse capacities, allowing them to operate under the condition where their annuli are flooded by the seawater. However, initial imperfections can weaken the...journal article 2020
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Li, Z. (author), Jiang, X. (author), Hopman, J. (author), Zhu, Ling (author), Liu, Zhiping (author)In this paper, we analyse the surface crack growth in the Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforced steel plates subjected to tension by means of the finite element (FE) method. Following the experimental study, a three-dimensional FE model is developed to evaluate the Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) of the surface crack, and the crack growth...journal article 2020
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Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Castro, Saullo G.P. (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author)The leading edge of a fiber composite wind turbine blade (WTB) is prone to erosion damages due to repeated rain droplet impact during its service life. Such damages are critical to the blade's aerodynamic as well as structural performance, ultimately resulting in substantial repair costs. An effective design of a coating material for WTB is...journal article 2020
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Li, Z. (author), Jiang, X. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author), Zhu, Ling (author), Liu, Z. (author), Tang, Weiguo (author)Surface cracked steel plates reinforced with single-side Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) subjected to cyclic tension are experimental studied. The main purpose is to analyze the effect of FRP reinforcement on the crack growth. The failure modes and their effects are analyzed as well. Given the single-side reinforcement, reinforcing the cracked...journal article 2020
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Jiang, Nengdong (author), Zhang, Hongzhi (author), Chang, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Ge, Zhi (author), Šavija, B. (author)A combination of laboratory experiments and numerical simulations at multiple length scales can provide in-depth understanding of fracture behaviour of hydrated cement paste (HCP). To that end, the current work presents a numerical study on compressive failure of hydrated cement paste (HCP) at the micro-scale. Virtual specimens consisting of...journal article 2020
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Jiang, Shijie (author), Zheng, Yi (author), Solomatine, D.P. (author)Modeling dynamic geophysical phenomena is at the core of Earth and environmental studies. The geoscientific community relying mainly on physical representations may want to consider much deeper adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) instruments in the context of AI's global success and emergence of big Earth data. A new perspective of using...journal article 2020
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Li, Z. (author), Jiang, X. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author), Zhu, Ling (author), Liu, Zhiping (author)In this paper, we experimentally studied the external surface crack growth in steel pipes reinforced with Composite System Repaired (CRS). CRS reinforced surface cracked API 5L X65 pipes were tested, containing three initial notch sizes and four reinforcement schemes. During the tests, the crack growth results, as well as the strain on the...journal article 2020