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Zhu, Z. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Min, Changjun (author), Adam, A.J.L. (author), Urbach, Paul (author), Yuan, Xiaocong (author)Optical tweezers have proved to be a powerful tool with a wide range of applications. The gradient force plays a vital role in the stable optical trapping of nano-objects. The scalar method is convenient and effective for analyzing the gradient force in traditional optical trapping. However, when the third-order nonlinear effect of the nano...journal article 2024
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Gu, Lipeng (author), Yan, Xuefeng (author), Nan, L. (author), Zhu, Dingkun (author), Chen, Honghua (author), Wang, Weiming (author), Wei, Mingqiang (author)The conventional wisdom in point cloud analysis predominantly explores 3D geometries. It is often achieved through the introduction of intricate learnable geometric extractors in the encoder or by deepening networks with repeated blocks. However, these methods contain a significant number of learnable parameters, resulting in substantial...journal article 2024
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Lv, Leyang (author), Zhang, Xiangyu (author), Šavija, B. (author), Zhang, Mingzhong (author), Han, Kaihang (author), Zhang, Honghzhi (author), Pei, Chun (author), Zhu, Jihua (author), Xing, Feng (author)Self-healing concrete using encapsulated healing agent has shown great potential in enhancing concrete durability. However, the capsules are expensive to make and can lower the mechanical properties of concrete. In this study, a new type of manufactured aggregate that employs waste-derived fly ash cenosphere as a carrier of healing agent (SH...journal article 2024
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Tao, W. (author), Zhu, Man (author), Chen, Shengyong (author), Cheng, Xu (author), Wen, Yuanqiao (author), Zhang, Weidong (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Pang, Y. (author)Vessels sailing in a single platoon could reduce resistance from the perspective of the whole platoon and the individual vessel, and contribute to improving energy benefits. Moreover, transportation energy costs and traffic efficiency are essential indicators for measuring waterborne transportation systems. We attempt to minimize...journal article 2023
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Zhu, S. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author), Fioranelli, F. (author)The problem of instantaneous ego-motion estimation with mm-wave automotive radar is studied. DeepEgo, a deep learning-based method, is proposed for achieving robust and accurate ego-motion estimation. A hybrid approach that uses neural networks to extract complex features from input point clouds and applies weighted least squares (WLS) for...journal article 2023
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van Bergeijk, H.D. (author), Zhu, P. (author), Zhu, Yin (author), Li, Y. (author)本文介绍了荷兰建筑史学家赫尔曼·凡·贝赫艾克和其博士生团队对荷兰著名建筑师赫尔曼·赫茨伯格的专访。此次采访是为了准备 2022 年赫茨伯格 90 岁生日的庆祝活动。讨论的重点包括时间和手绘、结构主义、设计的延续性、建筑教育以及赫茨伯格目前关注的领域。在采访中，凡·贝赫艾克和他的团队成员就手绘在设计过程中的重要性、赫茨伯格对结构主义建筑运动的看法以及设计中延续性与时间概念的关系提出了引人思考的问题。此外，讨论还涉及赫茨伯格在建筑教育方面的经验和想法，以及他对该领域目前的兴趣。这次专访提供了对赫茨伯格在建筑基本方面看法宝贵见解，并深入了解了他对于设计标志性建筑的理念。<br/><br/>This article presents an interview with renowned...journal article 2023
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Guo, Z. (author), Qiu, Jingping (author), Jiang, Haiqiang (author), Zhu, Qiang (author), Wang Kwek, Jin (author), Ke, Lin (author), Qu, Zhengyao (author)The fresh superfine-tailings cemented paste backfill (SCPB) exhibits strong thixotropy, but quantification of the resulting transient flow (non-steady state) and time-dependent yield stress is lacking. In this study, a simple qualitative model was developed to describe the transient flow and time-dependent yield stress of SCPB. The effect of...journal article 2023
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Liu, M. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Borisov, E. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author)Electrochemical tests and surface analysis measurements were performed to study the corrosion behavior in a 0.9 wt.% NaCl solution at 37 °C of three NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated by laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF). The passive film characteristics and corrosion resistance of L-PBF NiTi showed different features as a function of their...journal article 2023
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Yan, Z. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Borisov, Evgenii (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Scott, S.P. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Jovanova, J. (author), Popovich, V. (author)In energy absorption applications, architectured metallic materials generally suffer from unrecoverable deformation as a result of local yield damage or inelastic buckling. Nitinol (NiTi) offers recoverable deformation and energy dissipation due to its unique superelasticity, which can change the way we design and additively manufacture...journal article 2023
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Chen, E. (author), Zhu, Yan (author), Liang, K. (author), Yin, Hongjian (author)The increasing popularity of remote Cloud File Sharing (CFS) has become a major concern for privacy breach of sensitive data. Aiming at this concern, we present a new resource sharing framework by integrating enterprise-side Attribute-Based Access Control/eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (ABAC/XACML) model, client-side Ciphertext...journal article 2023
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Yuan, S. (author), Zhu, S. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)The problem of estimating the 3D ego-motion velocity using multi-channel FMCW radar sensors has been studied. For the first time, the problem of ego-motion estimation is treated using radar raw signals. A robust algorithm using multi-channel FMCW radar sensors to instantly determine the complete 3D motion state of the ego-vehicle (i.e.,...journal article 2023
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Liao, D.L. (author), Cheng, L. (author), Correia, J.H.G. (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Zhu, Shun Peng (author), Winkes, Jasper (author), Creusen, Koen (author), Berto, Filippo (author)Hole patterns are common in engineering design for connections and/or assembly purposes. Geometrical discontinuities can cause stress concentration in localized areas, making them more prone to fatigue crack initiation and influencing the fatigue life of the overall unit. In the past, much effort has been exerted on fatigue modelling of holed...journal article 2023
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Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Liu, K. (author), Riemslag, A.C. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Borisov, Evgenii (author), Yao, Xiyu (author), Popovich, Anatoly (author), Huizenga, R.M. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Popovich, V. (author)Superelastic metallic materials possessing large recoverable strains are widely used in automotive, aerospace and energy conversion industries. Superelastic materials working at high temperatures and with a wide temperature range are increasingly required for demanding applications. Until recently, high-temperature superelasticity has only...journal article 2023
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Zhu, Z. (author), Zhang, Yu Quan (author), Adam, A.J.L. (author), Min, Changjun (author), Urbach, Paul (author), Yuan, Xiaocong (author)Stable optical trapping of gold nanoparticles is essential and desirable because of its wide applications in nanotechnology. While several factors have been proposed to affect optical trapping stability, the sample's volume fraction during optical trapping has often been neglected. To address this, by utilizing the effective medium theory, we...journal article 2023
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Liu, M. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Borisov, E. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author)Electrochemical tests and surface analysis were applied to study the corrosion behavior and passive film characteristics of three-dimensional-printed NiTi shape memory alloys fabricated by laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF) in artificial saliva at 37 °C. The passivity of L-PBF NiTi shows to be influenced by the process parameters and resulting...journal article 2023
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Zhu, Yifan (author), Lu, Huimin (author), Wang, Jianping (author), Yu, Tongjun (author), Li, Z.Z.L. (author), Tian, Yucheng (author)In order to improve the light extraction of AlGaN-based short wavelength ultraviolet light emitting diodes (DUC-LEDs), a type of microstructure with high aspect ratio is introduced and optimized on the AlN substrate surface. And, particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to inverse design of the surface microstructure to maximize...journal article 2023
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Song, Dongdong (author), Yang, Xiaobao (author), Yang, Y. (author), Cui, Pengfei (author), Zhu, Guangyu (author)Truck-involved crashes, especially truck-car crashes, are associated with serious and even fatal injuries, thus necessitating an in-depth analysis. Prior research focused solely on examining the injury severity of truck drivers or developed separate performance models for truck and car drivers. However, the severity of injuries to both...journal article 2023
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Huang, Y. (author), Yu, Suihuai (author), Chu, Jianjie (author), Su, Zhaojing (author), Zhu, Yaokang (author), Wang, Hanyu (author), Wang, Mengcheng (author), Fan, Hao (author)Design knowledge is critical to creating ideas in the conceptual design stage of product development for innovation. Fragmentary design data, massive multidisciplinary knowledge call for the development of a novel knowledge acquisition approach for conceptual product design. This study proposes a Design Knowledge Graph-aided (DKG-aided)...journal article 2023
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Yang, Jinxin (author), Wu, Zhifeng (author), Menenti, M. (author), Wong, Man Sing (author), Xie, Yanhua (author), Zhu, Rui (author), Abbas, Sawaid (author), Xu, Yong (author)Urban morphology affects the sensible heat flux and net radiation exchange which can alter urban heat mitigation plans. This study first parameterized the geometric effects on the net radiation, and then calculated the net radiation and sensible heat flux in the urban landscape of Hong Kong. Considering that the sensible heat flux is the main...journal article 2023
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Bai, Wei (author), Xu, X. (author), Liu, Yaolan (author), Liang, Yunxiao (author), Shen, Yijie (author), Han, Zhenyu (author), Sheng, Zhendong (author), Chen, Rong (author), Zhu, Minhao (author)Systematic experimental investigations were conducted to study the microstructures and impact toughness of each heat affected zone (HAZ) formed during rail flash-butt welding. A high-strength carbide-free bainitic rail steel was subjected to different thermal simulation cycles to separately reproduce each HAZ subzone by tailoring the peak...journal article 2023