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Reggiani, G. (author), Salomons, A.M. (author), Sterk, M.A.H. (author), O'Hern, Steve (author), Daamen, W. (author), Yuan, Y. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Similarly to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, we theorize that cities have a pyramid of bicycle network needs that depends on their level of bicycle culture. As an increasing number of data sources emerge for bicycle data collection, transport authorities face the challenge of understanding how to use the data and which data sources are fit for...journal article 2022
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Wang, Jue (author), Yuan, Weiyi (author), Li, Z. (author), Zhu, Yingcan (author), Santos, Thebano (author), Fan, J. (author)This paper presents a convenient and efficient method to predict the mechanical solutions of a laminated Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) system subjected to combined thermo-mechanical load, based on a back propagation (BP) neural network which is trained by machine learning from a database established by analytical solutions. Firstly, the...journal article 2022
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Wang, Kai (author), Xue, Yu (author), Xu, Hao (author), Huang, Lianzhong (author), Ma, Ranqi (author), Zhang, Peng (author), Jiang, X. (author), Yuan, Yupeng (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Sun, Peiting (author)Wing-diesel engine-powered hybrid ships can effectively reduce fuel consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions by using wind energy as the auxiliary driving power. The energy optimization management of the hybrid system can further improve the ship's energy efficiency. To achieve this purpose, it is significant to establish an effective energy...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Chen, C. (author), Wu, Jiansong (author)Barriers are used in various forms to assure the safety of chemical plants. A deep understanding of the literature related to safety barriers is essential to tackle the challenges in improving their design and management. This paper first provides an overview of the history of the development of the safety barrier concept. Subsequently, this...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author)Safety and security barriers are implemented in various forms to protect chemical plants from undesired accidents and mitigate the disastrous consequences. However, the necessity and rationality of integrating safety and security barriers need to be investigated, and the difficulty in integrated management of safety and security barriers is...journal article 2022
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Cai, Jitao (author), Wu, Jiansong (author), Yuan, S. (author), Kong, Desheng (author), Zhang, Xiaole (author)Natural gas compartment accommodated in utility tunnels is beneficial in meeting the pressing demand of energy supply and sustainable urban environment. However, the leaking gas characterized by flammable and explosive can pose a huge threat to the safe operation of the utility tunnel. When an unexpected gas leakage accident happens in the...journal article 2022
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Yuan, Xiangyang (author), Cui, Endian (author), Liu, K. (author), Jiang, Ying (author), Yang, Xiaoyan (author), Tang, Jianfeng (author), Yang, Lu (author), Liao, Xiaoling (author), Zhao, Yanan (author)In this work, different lanthanides (Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>; Yb<sup>3+</sup>, Ho<sup>3+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup>) were doped into NaYF<sub>4</sub> via a high-temperature coprecipitation method, and followed by SiO<sub>2</sub> coating to improve the water dispersibility, resulting in NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>...journal article 2022
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Sang, Xianke (author), Tong, Feifei (author), Zeng, Zhigang (author), Wu, Minghu (author), Yuan, Bo (author), Sun, Zhoutong (author), Sheng, Xiang (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Zhang, W. (author)Propargylic alcohols and amines are versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. We demonstrate a straightforward enzymatic cascade to synthesize enantiomerically pure propargylic alcohols and amines from readily available racemic starting materials. In the first step, the peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita converted the racemic...journal article 2022
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Guo, R. (author), Yuan, Peng (author), Han, Xiying (author), He, Xuexia (author), Lu, Jiangbo (author), Li, Qi (author), Dang, Liqin (author), Sun, Jie (author), Liu, Zonghuai (author), Lei, Zhibin (author)The Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub>x</sub> film with metallic conductivity and high pseudo-capacitance holds profound promise in flexible high-rate supercapacitors. However, the restacking of Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub>x</sub> sheets hinders ion access to thick film electrodes. Herein, a mild yet green route has been developed to...journal article 2022
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Dou, X. (author), Min, Changjun (author), Zhang, Yuquan (author), Pereira, S.F. (author), Yuan, Xiaocong (author)Accurate determination of the physical parameters of nanostructures from optical far-field scattering is an important and challenging topic in the semiconductor industry. Here, we propose a novel metrology method to determine simultaneously the height and side-wall angle of a step-shaped silicon nanostructure. By employing an optical singular...journal article 2022
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Huang, R. (author), Zhao, Xuan (author), Yuan, Y. (author), Yu, Qiang (author), Daamen, W. (author)Numerous evacuation performance data for the utilization in evacuation modelling and simulations have been established for the conventional/widely studied scenarios, such as building evacuation scenarios. However, such data are typically scarce for a new scenario in literature — evacuation from high-deck coaches. This paper fulfills this gap...journal article 2022
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Yuan, T. (author), Song, Y. (author), Kraan, G.A. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author)Measuring the motions of human hand joints is often a challenge due to the high number of degrees-of-freedom. In this study, we proposed a hand tracking system utilizing action cameras and ArUco markers to continuously measure the rotation angles of hand joints during motion. Three methods were developed to estimate the joint rotation angles....journal article 2022
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Yang, Fuqiang (author), Guo, Yong (author), Lai, Yong (author), Hong, Yidu (author), Yuan, S. (author)This study aims to characterize the whole reaction process of (i) emulsion explosive matrix and sulfide ores, and (ii) ammonium nitrate and pyrite by the thermodynamics analysis method. A series of experiments were carried out at atmospheric pressure from 25 °C to 350 °C at four heating rates (3, 5, 10, and 15 K/min) and the Coats–Redfern method...journal article 2022
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Zhang, H. (author), Fu, Rui (author), Wang, Chang (author), Guo, Yingshi (author), Yuan, W. (author)Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication has provided a solution for the improvement of the traffic efficiency of smart city intersections. For example, turning maneuvers prediction at signalized intersections in a connected environment helps traffic command centers time traffic lights and dynamically predict traffic flow. However, the...journal article 2022
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Wang, Jue (author), Yuan, Weiyi (author), Li, Z. (author), Trofimov, Yuri (author), Lishik, Sergey (author), Fan, J. (author)Some atrial contractile assist devices applied on the heart surface can be regarded as a laminated Liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) plate under steady temperature loads and a contact mechanical force. An exact solution for the deformation of the laminated LCE plate under combined thermal and mechanical loads is derived by solving the three...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Cai, Jitao (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author), Chen, Chao (author), Wu, Jiansong (author)Toxic gas leakage represents a type of major process accident scenario threatening human life. Technical and non-technical safety barriers are employed to prevent toxic gas leakage accidents or mitigate the possible catastrophic consequences. Evacuation must be executed in severe toxic gas release scenarios. The performance assessment of...journal article 2022
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Bai, Y. (author), Wu, Jiansong (author), Yuan, S. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author), Cai, Jitao (author)As a kind of critical infrastructure of energy transportation, so-called ‘utility tunnels’ have been developed around the world. Hosting a natural gas pipeline inside the natural gas compartment of a utility tunnel facilitates its maintenance but also brings potential explosion concerns due to the confined space. Although some work focuses on...journal article 2022
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Lin, Chaoning (author), Li, Tongchun (author), Chen, Siyu (author), Yuan, Li (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Yorke-Smith, N. (author)Dam safety monitoring has become an important topic and is critical for evaluating a dam's safety status. This study focuses on identifying the mechanical properties of a concrete dam from long-term viscoelastic deformation monitoring data. A novel inversion framework is proposed in which a surrogate model, instead of the finite element model,...journal article 2022
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Hao, Xiaodi (author), Yu, W. (author), Yuan, Tugui (author), Wu, Yuanyuan (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)As a product of phosphorous recovery from anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS), vivianite has received increasing attention. However, key factors controlling vivianite formation have not yet been fully addressed. Thus, this study was initiated to ascertain key factors controlling vivianite formation. A simulation of...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Aubry, P.J. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)The ambiguity problem of targets in Doppler beam sharpening (DBS) with forward-looking radar is considered. While DBS is proposed earlier to improve the angular resolution of the radar while keeping the antenna aperture size limited, such a solution suffers from ambiguities in the case of targets positioned symmetrically with respect to the...journal article 2022