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Ji, Y. (author), Li, Ni (author), Cheng, Zhanming (author), Fu, Xiaoqian (author), Sun, Xiaoguang (author), Chowwanonthapunya, Thee (author), Zhang, Dawei (author), Ren, Jingli (author), Dey, P. (author), Dong, Chaofang (author)Corrosion jeopardizes the materials longevity and engineering safety, hence the corrosion rate needs to be forecasted so as to better guide materials selection. Although field exposure experiments are dependable, the prohibitive cost and their time-consuming nature make it difficult to obtain large dataset for machine learning. Here, we...journal article 2022
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Chen, Yiming (author), Sun, Xu (author), Xu, Liang (author), Ma, Sencai (author), Li, Jun (author), Pang, Y. (author), Cheng, Gang (author)The most common failures of belt conveyors are runout, coal piles and longitudinal tears. The detection methods for longitudinal tearing are currently not particularly effective. A key study area for minimizing longitudinal belt tears with the advancement of machine learning is how to use machine vision technology to detect foreign items on...journal article 2022
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Mao, Pengcheng (author), Fan, Huilin (author), Liu, Chang (author), Lan, Gongxu (author), Huang, Wei (author), Li, Zhipeng (author), Amin Hassan, H.M. (author), Zheng, Runguo (author), Wang, Zhiyuan (author), Sun, Hongyu (author), Liu, Yanguo (author)Thanks to the low cost and earth's abundant potassium resources, potassium ion batteries (PIBs) have attracted much interest as alternative energy storage devices. However, there is still a great challenge to develop suitable anode materials for PIBs with high specific capacity, fast charge/discharge and stable ion storage. Nowadays,...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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Ren, Jie (author), Sun, Hongfang (author), Li, Qun (author), Li, Z. (author), Zhang, Xiaogang (author), Wang, Yanshuai (author), Li, Linfei (author), Xing, Feng (author)In this research, the effects of natural seawater (SW) on the properties of alkali-activated slag/fly ash (AASF) are studied. AASF prepared with deionized water is set as the reference mixture. The results showed that the use of natural SW resulted in a prolonged setting time and lower heat release, but no obvious impact on the flowability of...journal article 2022
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Wang, Te (author), Li, Zongkun (author), Ge, W. (author), Zhang, Yadong (author), Jiao, Yutie (author), Zhang, Hua (author), Sun, Heqiang (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)Risk assessment of cascade reservoir dams is not only the key to ensure the safety of the basin, but also the objective requirement of dam risk management. Based on the development status of cascade reservoirs in China, the complexity of dam risk management of cascade reservoirs compared with a single reservoir was analyzed. By reviewing the...journal article 2022
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Ying, Shen (author), Sun, Hanrui (author), Li, Chengpeng (author), Zhang, Wenting (author), Wang, Meng (author), Zhan, Yong (author), Zhang, Yu (author), Chen, Xueye (author)Many immigrants from rural areas pour into urban areas, especially in China, and urban development faces the challenges to provide sufficient space for citizens’ acommodation, works and social contacts. So 3D development and use of land and city space become the reality with various complex buildings and constructions with modern architecture...conference paper 2021
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Yang, Jingbin (author), Sun, Zhenping (author), Yanliang, Ji (author), Li, Biyun (author), Pang, Min (author)As an internal curing material, superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) can effectively reduce the risk of volume shrinkage of cement-based materials. By preparing the cement paste mixed with SAPs, the amount of pre-absorbed water and the water-cement ratio of paste on the water absorption-release behavior in the fresh cement paste were studied by using...conference paper 2021
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Pang, Min (author), Sun, Zhenping (author), Ji, Yanliang (author), Yang, Jingbin (author), Wang, Peiming (author), Xu, Yaling (author), Li, Huanhuan (author), Liu, Jiaying (author), Li, Fei (author)Characteristics of fly ash(FA) blended mortars (50%, 70% and 90%) at different curing ages (28 days and 180 days) under ammonium chloride solution(ACS) leaching were investigated. Mass loss under leaching, initial CaO content, Ca(OH)2 content(CH), content of chemical bonded water, and hydration degree of blended pastes were tested by XRF and DSC...conference paper 2021
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Lv, Miao (author), Li, Dongyi (author), Zhang, Zhaohan (author), Logan, Bruce E. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Sun, Muchen (author), Chen, Fan (author), Feng, Yujie (author)Magnetic seeding coagulation (MSC) process has been used to accelerate flocs sedimentation with an applied magnetic field, offering large handling capacity and low energy consumption. The interactions of three typical Al species, aluminum chloride (AlCl<sub>3</sub>), Al<sub>13</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>24</sub><sup>7+</sup> polymer (Al<sub...journal article 2021
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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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Ren, Jie (author), Sun, Hongfang (author), Li, Qun (author), Li, Z. (author), Ling, Li (author), Zhang, Xiaogang (author), Wang, Yanshuai (author), Xing, Feng (author)One-part alkali-activated slag (AAS) binders are more promising in large-scale constructions because one-part mixing procedure is safer and easier to handle compared to normal two-part method. Thus, this study aims at investigating different properties of one-part AAS binders and control samples prepared using the two-part method. Experimental...journal article 2021
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Gao, Weilun (author), Li, Dongxue (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Nardin, William (author), Shao, Dongdong (author), Sun, Tao (author), University, Beijing (author), Cui, Baoshan (author)River longitudinal profile, a key morphological characteristic of the river channel, is subject to river mouth progradation. Given the increasing influence of human activities and climate change on this critical downstream control, understanding its effects on the evolution of the longitudinal profile is imperative. A general theoretical...journal article 2020
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Sun, Y. (author), Kang, Xuanwu (author), Zheng, Yingkui (author), Wei, Ke (author), Li, Pengfei (author), Wang, Wenbo (author), Liu, Xinyu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The optimization of mesa etch for a quasi-vertical gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky barrier diode (SBD) by inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching was comprehensively investigated in this work, including selection of the etching mask, ICP power, radio frequency (RF) power, ratio of mixed gas, flow rate, and chamber pressure, etc. In particular...journal article 2020
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Sun, J. (author), Zhang, Shuo (author), Zhan, Teng (author), Liu, Zewen (author), Wang, Junxi (author), Yi, Xiaoyan (author), Li, Jinmin (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)A high responsivity and controllable recovery ultraviolet (UV) photodetector based on a tungsten oxide (WO<sub>3</sub>) gate AlGaN/GaN heterostructure with an integrated micro-heater is reported for the first time. The WO<sub>3</sub>nanolayer was deposited by physical vapor deposition (PVD) for deep UV absorption and the micro-heater was...journal article 2020
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Li, M. (author), Wang, Mian (author), Kang, Jichuan (author), Sun, Liping (author), Jin, Peng (author)Operation and maintenance (O&M) costs account for a large proportion of the total costs for offshore wind energy. Performing a reasonable maintenance strategy is an effective approach to reduce O&M costs and gain more profits. In this paper, an opportunistic maintenance strategy for offshore wind turbine systems considering...journal article 2020
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Li, Huajian (author), Sun, Deyi (author), Wang, Zhen (author), Huang, Fali (author), Yi, Zhonglai (author), Yang, Zhengxian (author), Zhang, Y. (author)Pumping is the most common technique used to transport fresh concrete in construction sites. The large-scale use of concrete all over the world makes the pumping increasingly important. A wide variety of additives and admixtures are incorporated into modern concrete in order for sustainable development. The performance of modern concrete is...journal article 2020
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Wang, K. (author), Li, Jiayuan (author), Huang, Lianzhong (author), Ma, Ranqi (author), Jiang, X. (author), Yuan, Yupeng (author), Mwero, Ngome A. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Sun, Peiting (author), Yan, Xinping (author)Energy saving and emission reduction have attracted a great deal of attention in the maritime industry. The optimization of a ship's energy efficiency can reduce energy consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions effectively. However, most of the available studies only focus on either the sailing speed or route optimization, and the interaction...journal article 2020
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Ge, W. (author), Jiao, Yutie (author), Sun, Heqiang (author), Li, Zongkun (author), Zhang, Hexiang (author), Zheng, Yan (author), Guo, Xinyan (author), Zhang, Zhaosheng (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)Dam breach has catastrophic consequences for human lives and economy. In previous studies, empirical models are often, to a limited extent, due to the inadequacy of historical dam breach events. Physical models, which focus on simulating human behavior during floods, are not suitable for fast analysis of a large number of dams due to the...journal article 2019
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Dong, Xichao (author), Hu, Jiaqi (author), Hu, Cheng (author), Li, Y. (author), Sun, Shiyu (author)The sub-satellite track of geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEO SAR) presents the figure "8" or "O", which causes the great changes of platform motion direction and the different projection of anisotropic irregularities along the line-of-sight (LOS) direction. Due to the almost equal angle velocity to that of Earth, the GEO SAR has...journal article 2019