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Zhang, Muchen (author), Li, Zelin (author), Hou, Shuya (author), Deng, Siyu (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author), Zhang, Bin (author)Domino effects are high-impact low-probability events that can have catastrophic consequences. To prevent and to reduce risks related to such events, safety barriers (SBs) are crucial. However, the initiation, propagation, and stopping processes of domino effects are characterized with complexity and uncertainties and hence they are...journal article 2024
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Wang, Jianyun (author), Zhang, Rui (author), Hou, Fuxing (author), Ye, G. (author)Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) technology has been successfully used to enhance the properties of recycled concrete aggregates. However, the complex source and varied physical and chemical properties of recycled aggregates may have influence on the modification efficiency since microbes are often sensitive to the...journal article 2024
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Qin, Guojin (author), Zhang, Zhenwei (author), Hou, Xiangqin (author), Lu, Hongfang (author), Huang, Y. (author), Wang, Yihuan (author)In this work, a 3D finite element (FE) based model was developed to assess the condition of an underground hydrogen transmission pipeline containing a corrosion defect under combined internal pressure and soil movement-induced axial compression. The use of mechanical properties of X100 pipeline steel under different hydrogen charging time...journal article 2023
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Hou, Z. (author)In this thesis, we explore how lens design and optimization techniques can adapt to the design (optimization) space in order to increase the lens design efficiency. We extensively discuss the Saddle Point Construction (SPC), a method that can systematically search for new solutions, as well as replace high-dimensional searches with a discrete...doctoral thesis 2023
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Hou, H. (author), Lai, Joseph H.K. (author), Wu, Hao (author), Wang, T. (author)This paper aims to investigate the theoretical and practical links between digital twin (DT) application in heritage facilities management (HFM) from a life cycle management perspective and to signpost the future development directions of DT in HFM.<br/><br/>This state-of-the-art review was conducted using a systematic literature review method....review 2023
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Sheng, Yue (author), Jin, Sheng (author), Comeau, M.J. (author), Hou, Zengqian (author), Zhang, Letian (author), Wei, Wenbo (author), Ye, Gaofeng (author)The Dinggye region, in the central part of the Himalayan orogenic belt, includes the southern part of the Xainza-Dinggye rift and the Mabja Gneiss Dome with leucogranite cores. Previous studies of gneiss domes in this region report the existence of channel flow processes or tectonic exhumation, in addition to partial melting of orogenic mid...journal article 2023
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Hou, Yueqi (author), Liang, Xiaolong (author), Lv, Maolong (author), Yang, Q. (author), Li, Y. (author)Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) maneuver strategy learning remains a challenge when using Reinforcement Learning (RL) in this sparse reward task. In this paper, we propose Subtask-Masked curriculum learning for RL (SUBMAS-RL), an efficient RL paradigm that implements curriculum learning and knowledge transfer for UAV maneuver scenarios...journal article 2023
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Pan, Tanbo (author), Zheng, Yonglai (author), Zhou, Y. (author), Luo, Wenbin (author), Xu, Xubing (author), Hou, Chenyu (author), Zhou, Yujue (author)This study presents a damage pattern recognition approach for corroded steel beams strengthened by CFRP anchorage system based on acoustic emission clustering analysis. The proposed method includes four steps: acoustic emission signal acquisition, feature extraction, clustering analysis, and damage pattern recognition. Four corroded beams...journal article 2023
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Hou, Biao (author), Yang, Song (author), Kuipers, F.A. (author), Jiao, Lei (author), Fu, Xiaoming (author)Recent years have witnessed video streaming grad- ually evolve into one of the most popular Internet applications. With the rapidly growing personalized demand for real-time video streaming services, maximizing their Quality of Experience (QoE) is a long-standing challenge. The emergence of the server- less computing paradigm has potential to...conference paper 2023
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Xu, Yanghui (author), Ou, Q. (author), Wang, Xintu (author), Hou, Feng (author), Li, Peng (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Liu, G. (author)The level of microplastics (MPs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has been well evaluated by the particle number, while the mass concentration of MPs and especially nanoplastics (NPs) remains unclear. In this study, pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine the mass concentrations of MPs and NPs with different...journal article 2023
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Hou, P. (author), Zha, Jiuping (author), Liu, Teng (author), Zhang, Baocheng (author)Precise point positioning-real-time kinematic (PPP-RTK), otherwise known as integer ambiguity resolution-enabled precise pointing positioning, has attracted much attention in recent years and has become state-of-the-art in the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) high-precision positioning community. This work reviews several PPP-RTK...journal article 2023
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Zhao, Yuan Yuan (author), Rozpedek, F.D. (author), Hou, Zhibo (author), Wu, Kang Da (author), Xiang, Guo Yong (author), Li, Chuan Feng (author), Guo, Guang Can (author)Quantum uncertainty is a well-known property of quantum mechanics that states the impossibility of predicting measurement outcomes of multiple incompatible observables simultaneously. In contrast, the uncertainty in the classical domain comes from the lack of information about the exact state of the system. One may naturally ask, whether the...journal article 2022
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Hou, Miaomiao (author), Hu, Xiaofeng (author), Cai, Jitao (author), Han, Xinge (author), Yuan, S. (author)Crime issues have been attracting widespread attention from citizens and managers of cities due to their unexpected and massive consequences. As an effective technique to prevent and control urban crimes, the data-driven spatial–temporal crime prediction can provide reasonable estimations associated with the crime hotspot. It thus contributes to...journal article 2022
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Hou, L. G. (author), Yu, H. (author), Wang, Y. W. (author), You, L. (author), He, Z. B. (author), Wu, C. M. (author), Eskin, D. G. (author), Katgerman, L. (author), Zhuang, L. Z. (author), Zhang, J. S. (author)The retrogression and re-aging (RRA) processes, aimed mainly at tailoring intergranular precipitates, could significantly improve the corrosion resistance (i.e., stress corrosion cracking resistance) without considerably decreasing the strength, which signifies that an efficient control of the size, distribution and evolution of intergranular...journal article 2022
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Wang, Yawen (author), Hou, Longgang (author), Su, Hui (author), Tian, Qingkun (author), Yu, Kangcai (author), Eskin, Dmitry (author), Katgerman, L. (author), Zhuang, Linzhong (author)The alloy design and homogenization processes are intimately associated with the microstructure, phase composition and performance for Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys. The microstructures and phase composition of a series of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys before and after the homogenization treatments were investigated along with thermodynamic calculation to...journal article 2022
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Fu, Rongjie (author), He, Wei (author), Dou, Jinzhuang (author), Villarreal, Oscar D. (author), Bedford, Ella (author), Wang, Helen (author), Hou, Connie (author), Zhang, Liang (author), Depken, S.M. (author)The specificity of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is largely determined by the sequences of guide RNA (gRNA) and the targeted DNA, yet the sequence-dependent rules underlying off-target effects are not fully understood. To systematically explore the sequence determinants governing CRISPR/Cas9 specificity, here we describe a dual-target system to...journal article 2022
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Hou, Naidan (author), Zhao, Renxi (author), Li, Jian (author), Wang, Xuan (author), Li, X. (author), Cui, Hao (author), Li, Yulong (author)Rain erosion may cause substantial damage to aircrafts during supersonic flight. Such event is investigated here via high-speed waterjet impact on composite laminates. An experimental setup is developed to produce waterjets with the speed up to 700m/s and a finite element model of the waterjet-composite impact event is established. The...journal article 2022
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Ning, Lingbin (author), Zhou, Min (author), Hou, Zhuopu (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author), Wang, Fei Yue (author), Dong, Hairong (author)This paper proposes a novel train trajectory optimization approach for high-speed railways. We restrict our attention to single train operation scenarios with different scheduled/rescheduled running times aiming at generating optimal train recommended trajectories in real time, which can ensure punctuality and energy efficiency of train...journal article 2022
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Zhu, Xiuxing (author), Xu, Yingpeng (author), Li, Xiaoyang (author), Hou, Rui (author), Ye, G. (author)The contact stress of flexible joint is an important factor affecting the safety of ultra-short-radius drilling tools. However, calculating the contact stress accurately is difficult, because the method for solving the multibody collision of the flexible joint is complex. A novel analytical method for the contact stress of ball cage flexible...journal article 2022
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Hou, Shuhan (author), Wang, Zhaokun (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Jiang, Jing (author), Gao, Chenshan (author), Liu, Yufei (author), Tang, Xiaosheng (author), Ye, H. (author)For the relevant properties of pristine and doped (Si, P, Se, Te, As) monolayer WS<sub>2</sub> before and after the adsorption of CO, CO<sub>2</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>, NO, NO<sub>2</sub> and O<sub>2</sub>, density functional theory (DFT) calculations are made. Calculation results reveal that the monolayer WS<sub>2</sub> doped with P and As atoms...journal article 2022