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Frangopol, Dan M. (author), Yang, David Y. (author), Lantsoght, E.O.L. (author), Steenbergen, Raphaël D.J.M. (author)This chapter reviews concepts related to the uncertainties associated with structures and how the results of load tests can be used to reduce these uncertainties. When an existing bridge is subjected to a load test, it is known that the capacity of the cross section is at least equal to the largest load effect that was successfully resisted. As...book chapter 2019
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Schrama, F.N.H. (author), Beunder, Elisabeth M. (author), Visser, H. (author), Boom, R. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Yang, Y. (author)During the magnesium-lime co-injection process for hot metal desulphurisation, graphite can precipitate as a result of carbon oversaturation. The formed graphite is known to form a layer between the slag and the hot metal. This potentially blocks the sulphides, that are formed during the desulphurisation process, to reach the slag phase thus...conference paper 2019
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Wen, Ying (author), Yang, Yaodong (author), Luo, Rui (author), Wang, Jun (author), Pan, W. (author)Humans are capable of attributing latent mental contents such as beliefs, or intentions to others. The social skill is critical in everyday life to reason about the potential consequences of their behaviors so as to plan ahead. It is known that humans use this reasoning ability recursively, i.e. considering what others believe about their own...poster 2019
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Yang, Y. (author)Metals are important engineering materials, and are produced from non-renewable natural resources. This chapter starts with the criticality and scarcity issue of metals and metal resources. Then various available extraction and refining technologies and processes are introduced for primary production and recycling of metals. The principles of...book chapter 2019
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Yang, Z. (author), Li, Z. (author)Recent finite element (FE) simulations have revealed the generation and propagation of waves in rail surfaces induced by wheel-rail frictional rolling. These waves have rarely been addressed in the literature. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of these waves, aiming to give new insights into the contact mechanics, a research area in...journal article 2019
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Yang, Han Ping (author), Jang, Chau Shin (author), van der Kooij, H. (author)An electromagnetic spring-based variable stiffness actuator is a new concept with the potential to change stiffness faster than mechanical springs can; however, its nonlinear elastic property is a challenge in actuator design. In this paper, the torque response of a custom-made electromagnetic spring was studied using a ramping force test and...conference paper 2019
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Yang, K. (author), Kas, R. (author), Smith, W.A. (author)Over the past decade, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction has become a thriving area of research with the aim of converting electricity to renewable chemicals and fuels. Recent advances through catalyst development have significantly improved selectivity and activity. However, drawing potential dependent structure-activity relationships...journal article 2019
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Ma, Jiaming (author), Wei, Yinping (author), Gan, Lin (author), Wang, C. (author), Xia, Heyi (author), Lv, Wei (author), Li, Jia (author), Li, Baohua (author), Yang, Quan Hong (author), Kang, Feiyu (author), He, Yan Bing (author)It is a huge challenge for high-tap-density electrodes to achieve high volumetric energy density but without compromising the ionic transportation. Herein, we prepared compact Li<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub> (LTO) microspheres consisting of densely packed primary nanoparticles. The real space distribution of lithium ions inside the...journal article 2019
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Gavel, D.J. (author), Adema, A.T. (author), van der Stel, Jan (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Boom, R. (author), Yang, Y. (author)The melting and dripping behaviour of an iron ore pellet bed mixed with nut coke are investigated through a series of quenching, melting and dripping experiments. In the melting bed of iron ore pellets, nut coke acts as a frame to maintain the passage for the gas flow. The iron carburisation level of the pellet shell is found to control the...journal article 2019
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Schrama, F.N.H. (author), Beunder, Elisabeth M. (author), Visser, H. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Boom, R. (author), Yang, Y. (author)Carbon may precipitate during the hot metal desulfurization (HMD) process as a result of carbon oversaturation because of temperature decrease. The precipitated carbon flakes form a layer between hot metal and slag. It is postulated that this carbon layer hampers desulfurization with magnesium by preventing MgS particles from reaching the...journal article 2019
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Yang, M. (author), Lopez Dekker, F.J. (author), Dheenathayalan, P. (author), Liao, Mingsheng (author), Hanssen, R.F. (author)To correctly interpret the estimated displacements in InSAR point clouds, especially in the built environment, these need to be linked to real-world structures. This requires the accurate and precise 3D positioning of each point. Artificial ground control points (GCPs), such as corner reflectors, serve this purpose, but since they require...journal article 2019
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Han, C. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Zhao, Y. (author), Yang, G. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Tijssen, M. (author), Bento Montes, A.R. (author), Isabella, O. (author), Zeman, M. (author)Broadband transparent conductive oxide layers with high electron mobility (μ<sub>e</sub>) are essential to further enhance crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell performances. Although metallic cation-doped In<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> thin films with high μ<sub>e</sub> (>60 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>-1</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>) have been extensively...journal article 2019
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Liu, Yi (author), Yang, W. (author)The Chinese central government has recognized that village-government networks are promising for the sustainable development of rural villages. Though many local governments tend to deploy various hands-on or hand-off governance tools to influence the sustainable development of village-governance networks, the number of villages successfully...journal article 2019
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Limodio, G. (author), Yang, G. (author), Ge, H. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), de Groot, Y. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Isabella, O. (author), Zeman, M. (author)In this work we develop a rear emitter silicon solar cell integrating carrier-selective passivating contacts (CSPCs) with different thermal budget in the same device. The solar cell consists of a B-doped poly-Si/SiO<sub>x</sub> hole collector and an i/n hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) stack acting as electron collector placed on the...journal article 2019
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Yang, Z. (author), Deng, X. (author), Li, Z. (author)The modeling of dynamic frictional rolling contact is crucial for accurately predicting behavior and deterioration of structures under dynamic interactions such as wheel/rail, tire/road, bearings and gears. However, reliable modeling of dynamic frictional rolling contact is challenging, because it requires a careful treatment of friction and...journal article 2019
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Ren, M. (author), Wang, Shuzhong (author), Yang, Chuang (author), Xu, Haitao (author), Guo, Yang (author), Roekaerts, D.J.E.M. (author)This work reports an experimental study on supercritical water oxidation of quinoline. Moderate preheat temperature (420 °C–510 °C) and initial concentration (1 wt%–10 wt%) are selected to address the possibility of utilizing the heat released during the reaction, in order to realize high conversion rate at relatively low preheat temperature....journal article 2019
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Yang, Z. (author), Li, Z. (author)Complex frictional rolling contact and high-frequency wheel dynamic behavior make modeling squeal greatly challenging. The falling-friction effect and wheel mode-coupling behavior are believed to be the two main mechanisms that generate unstable wheel vibration and the resulting squeal noise. To rigorously consider both mechanisms in one...journal article 2019
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Chen, X (author), Yang, Y. (author), Evangeliou, P. (author), Van Der Ham, H. (author)As the bridge stock in The Netherlands and Europe is ageing, various methods to analyse the capacity of existing bridges are being studied. Proof load testing is one of the method to test the capacity of bridges by applying loads on the existing concrete bridges with small spans. Because of the fact that neither the actual traffic load nor the...conference paper 2019
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Yang, M. (author), Lopez Dekker, F.J. (author), Dheenathayalan, P. (author), Biljecki, Filip (author), Liao, Mingsheng (author), Hanssen, R.F. (author)Persistent scatterers (PSs) are coherent measurement points obtained from time series of satellite radar images, which are used to detect and estimate millimeter-scale displacements of the terrain or man-made structures. However, associating these measurement points with specific physical objects is not straightforward, which hampers the...journal article 2019
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Manzaneque Garcia, T. (author), Lu, Ruochen (author), Yang, Yansong (author), Gong, Songbin (author)This paper demonstrates low-loss acoustic delay lines (ADLs) based on shear-horizontal waves in thin-film LiNbO <sub>3</sub> for the first time. Due to its high electromechanical coupling, the shear-horizontal mode is suited for producing devices with large bandwidths. Here, we show that shear-horizontal waves in LiNbO <sub>3</sub> thin...journal article 2019