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Menenti, M. (author), Li, X. (author), Wang, J. (author), Vereecken, H. (author), Li, J. (author), Mancini, M. (author), Liu, Q. (author), Jia, L. (author), Li, J. (author), Kuenzer, C. (author), Huang, S. (author), Yesou, H. (author), Wen, J. (author), Kerr, Y. (author), Cheng, X. (author), Gourmelen, N. (author), Ke, C. (author), Ludwig, R. (author), Lin, H. (author), Eineder, M. (author), Ma, Y. (author), Su, Z.B. (author)Ten Dragon 3 projects deal with hydrologic and cryosphere processes, with a focus on the Himalayas and Qinghai – Tibet Plateau, but not limited to that. At the 1st Dragon 3 Progress Symposium in 2013 a significant potential for a better and deeper integration appeared very clearly and we worked out an overview of the ten projects identifying...conference paper 2015
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Wang, Ke (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, Yongsheng (author), Li, Jian (author), Huang, Quanyi (author)In China, storm surge disasters cause severe damages in coastal regions. One of the most critical tasks is to predict affected regions and their relative damage levels to support decision-making. This study develops a two-stage retrieval model to search the most similar past disaster case to complete prediction. Based on spatial attributes of...conference paper 2021
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Lee, Ying-Chieh (author), Ko, Chia-Ying (author), Lin, Y. (author), Wang, Chi-Yun (author), Huang, Chun-Wei (author), Seto, Karen C. (author)Eight East Asian countries are home to approximately one-quarter of the world’s urban population, and by 2050, the combined urban population of these countries is expected to increase to 1.29 billion from 881 million today. Thus a central challenge for East Asian cities is how to pursue more low-carbon urbanization pathways. One of the key...conference paper 2017
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Wang, S. (author), Zong, Qihang (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Ye, Huaiyu (author), French, P.J. (author)In recent years, flexible strain sensors based on metal cracks have garnered significant interest for their exceptional sensitivity. However, striking a balance between sensitivity and detection range remains a significant challenge, which often limits its wider application. Herein, we introduce an innovative laser transmission pyrolysis...conference paper 2024
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Wang, M. (author), Li, Honghai (author), GAO, Jian (author), Huang, Zichao (author), li, Bin (author), van Arem, B. (author)It is expected that automated vehicles will gradually penetrate on public roads, resulting in mixed traffic in the next decades. This can impact traffic flow operations, especially the roadway capacity and flow stability. It is of paramount<br/>importance to understand and predict the implications of automated driving systems on traffic flow at...conference paper 2017
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Su, J.F. (author), Wang, X.Y (author), Huang, Z. (author), Zhao, Y.H. (author), Yuan, X.Y. (author)Microencapsulated phase change materials (microPCMs) have been widely applied in solid matrix as thermal-storage or temperature-controlling functional composites. The thermal conductivity of these microPCMs/matrix composites is an important property need to be considered. In this study, a series of microPCMs have been fabricated using the in...journal article 2011
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Wang, T. (author), Leus, G. (author), Huang, L. (author)Sensor positioning is an important task of location-aware wireless sensor networks. In most sensor positioning systems, sensors and beacons need to emit ranging signals to each other. Sensor ranging energy should be low to prolong system lifetime, but sufficiently high to fulfill prescribed accuracy requirements. This motivates us to investigate...journal article 2009
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Zhou, Y. (author), Wenninger, J. (author), Yang, Z. (author), Yin, L. (author), Huang, J. (author), Hou, L. (author), Wang, X. (author), Zhang, D. (author), Uhlenbrook, S. (author)During the last decades, large-scale land use changes took place in the Hailiutu River catchment, a semi-arid area in northwest China. These changes had significant impacts on the water resources in the area. Insights into groundwater and surface water interactions and vegetation-water dependencies help to understand these impacts and formulate...journal article 2013
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Wang, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)The influence of sulfur on the chemical, rheological, and aging resistance of terminal blend rubberized bitumen (TBRB) was studied. TB hybrid bitumen (TBHB) was prepared from with different sulfur contents (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 wt%) and TBRB prepared with neat bitumen and crumb rubbers at 20% content. TBHB binders were aged by rolling thin film...journal article 2022
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Guo, Bingbing (author), Li, Z. (author), Fu, Qiang (author), Wang, Yan (author), Huang, Daguan (author), Niu, Ditao (author)Utilizing coral aggregate concrete (CAC) for construction on remote islands can significantly reduce construction cost and period, CO<sub>2</sub> emission, and consumption of non-renewable energy. The durability of reinforced CAC structures is critically influenced by their resistance to chloride attack. In this study, a reactive transport...journal article 2021
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Wang, S. (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)The chemical and rheological properties of terminal blend hybrid asphalt (TBHA) contributing to the consumption of waste tires before and after aging were studied. Styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer, sulphur, crumb rubber (CR), and neat asphalt were chosen to prepare the TBHA. The short-term aging (STA) and long-term aging (LTA) of TBHA...journal article 2022
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Zeng, Cheng (author), Huang, Jinsong (author), Wang, H. (author), Xie, Jiawei (author), Huang, Shan (author)Timely detection and identification of rail breaks are crucial for safety and reliability of railway networks. This paper proposes a new deep learning-based approach using the daily monitoring data from in-service trains. A time-series generative adversarial network (TimeGAN) is employed to mitigate the problem of data imbalance and preserve the...journal article 2022
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Wang, Z. (author), Huang, Ketong (author), Massobrio, R.M. (author), Bombelli, A. (author), Cats, O. (author)Network hierarchy describes the relative arrangement of network elements and reflects its fundamental structure. We propose a multi-dimensional topology-based method for quantifying and comparing the extent to which different Public Transport Networks (PTNs) exhibit a hierarchical structure. The proposed method considers the uneven distribution...journal article 2023
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Liu, Zhihui (author), Wang, Li (author), Kong, Fanlei (author), Huang, Xia (author), Tang, Zhi (author), He, Shi (author), Vink, P. (author)BACKGROUND: Many occupations require workers to stand for prolonged periods, which can cause discomfort, pain and even injures. Some supermarkets in life provide a foot pad for checkout staff to let them stand on it at work, thereby reducing standing fatigue caused by standing for a long time. The inclined platform is the same as the foot pad...journal article 2021
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Wang, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Lin, P. (author)The high viscosity and poor storage stability of crumb rubber-modified asphalt (CRMA) can be partially addressed by the appropriate degree of degradation of the crumb rubber modifier. However, the low-Temperature and fatigue characteristics of degraded crumb rubber-modified bitumen (DCRMB) in different aging states are not well understood. In...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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River, tide and morphology interaction in a macro-tidal estuary with active morphological evolutionsXie, Dongfeng (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Huang, Junbao (author), Zeng, Jian (author)Understanding tidal dynamics in estuaries is essential for tidal predictions and assessments of sediment transport and associated morphological changes. Most studies on river-tide interaction ignored the influences of morphological evolutions under natural conditions such as the seasonal and interannual variations of river discharge. This...journal article 2022
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Wang, Kai (author), Xu, Hao (author), Li, Jiayuan (author), Huang, Lianzhong (author), Ma, Ranqi (author), Jiang, X. (author), Yuan, Yupeng (author), Mwero, Ngome A. (author), Sun, Peiting (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Yan, Xinping (author)It is of significant importance to optimize the energy consumption of ships in order to improve economy and reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. However, the energy use of ships is affected by a series of navigational environmental parameters, which have certain spatial and temporal differences and variability. Therefore, the dynamic...journal article 2021
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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, Sheng (author), Huang, Weidong (author), Liu, X. (author), Lin, P. (author)Asphalt pavements are prone to aging in construction and during service, which can affect the properties of the asphalt. The aging behaviors of high content crumb rubber modified asphalt (HCRMA) were investigated in this paper. The binders were aged in the laboratory and the performances before and after aging were tested using the attenuated...journal article 2022