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Li, Chenchen (author), Yang, Fan (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Fu, Chaoliang (author), Liu, Quan (author), Zhao, Hongduo (author), Lin, P. (author)To improve the energy harvesting efficiency of the piezoelectric device, a stack units-based structure was developed and verified. Factors such as stress distribution, load resistance, loads, and loading times influencing the piezoelectric properties were investigated using theoretical analysis and experimental tests. The results show that the...journal article 2021
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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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Li, Changzhen (author), Yu, Junyi (author), Xue, J. (author), Chen, Wei (author), Wang, Shoufeng (author), Yang, Kun (author)For a long time, the development of maritime communication has been restricted by the low data rate, high-latency and high cost of the current communication systems. The upgrade of new generation mobile communication technologies is attracting more and more attention to conduct a shore-based broadband mobile communication network with high...journal article 2021
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Yang, Y. (author), Zhou, Xin (author), Li, Quan (author), Ayas, C. (author)Residual stresses and distortions are major obstacles against the more widespread application of wire arc additive manufacturing. Since the steep temperature gradients due to a moving localised heat source are inevitable in this process, accurate prediction of the thermally induced residual stresses and distortions is of paramount importance....journal article 2021
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Li, Xinhong (author), Khan, Faisal (author), Yang, M. (author), Chen, C. (author), Chen, Guoming (author)Subsea gas release is an industrial hazard that can impose fire hazards on offshore facilities near the gas surfacing area. However, risk assessment of the fire caused by subsea gas release is challenged due to inadequate recognition of the knowledge of subsea gas release mechanism and resulting hazards. At present, minimal researches...journal article 2021
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Li, Xinhong (author), Zhang, Luyao (author), Zhang, Renren (author), Yang, M. (author), Li, Hua (author)University chemical laboratory is a high-risk place for teaching and scientific research due to the presence of various physical and chemical hazards. In recent years, university chemical laboratory accidents occur frequently. This urges the need to enhance university chemical lab safety. A semi-quantitative methodology comprising Matter...journal article 2021
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Yang, K. (author), Li, Mengran (author), Subramanian, S.S. (author), Blommaert, M.A. (author), Smith, W.A. (author), Burdyny, T.E. (author)Advancing reaction rates for electrochemical CO2 reduction in membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) have boosted the promise of the technology while exposing new shortcomings. Among these is the maximum utilization of CO2, which is capped at 50% (CO as targeted product) due to unwanted homogeneous reactions. Using bipolar membranes in an MEA ...journal article 2021
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Chen, Jiaqi (author), Dan, Hancheng (author), Ding, Yongjie (author), Gao, Y. (author), Guo, Meng (author), Guo, Shuaicheng (author), Han, Bingye (author), Hong, Bin (author), Hou, Yue (author), Hu, Chichun (author), Hu, Jing (author), Huyan, Ju (author), Jiang, Jiwang (author), Jiang, Wei (author), Li, Cheng (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Liu, Yu (author), Liu, Zhuangzhuang (author), Lu, Guoyang (author), Ouyang, Jian (author), Qu, Xin (author), Ren, Dongya (author), Wang, Chao (author), Wang, Chaohui (author), Wang, Dawei (author), Wang, Di (author), Wang, Hainian (author), Wang, Haopeng (author), Xiao, Yue (author), Xing, Chao (author), Xu, Huining (author), Yan, Yu (author), Yang, Xu (author), You, Lingyun (author), You, Zhanping (author), Yu, Bin (author), Yu, Huayang (author), Yu, Huanan (author), Zhang, Henglong (author), Zhang, Jizhe (author), Zhou, Changhong (author), Zhou, Changjun (author), Zhu, Xingyi (author)Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly supports the rapid development of the global social economy. New theories, new methods, new technologies and new materials related to pavement engineering are emerging....review 2021
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Xue, J. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Li, Jie (author), Yang, M. (author), Wu, Chaozhong (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)This paper presents a bibliometric overview of the publications in the principal international journal Process Safety and Environmental Protection (PSEP) from 1990 to 2020 retrieved in the Web of Science (WoS) database to explore the evolution in safety and environmental engineering design and practice, as well as experimental or theoretical...journal article 2021
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Zhu, Jingyu (author), Chen, Guoming (author), Khan, Faisal (author), Yang, M. (author), Li, Xinhong (author), Meng, Xiangkun (author), He, Rui (author)Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system is widely used in the deepwater drilling operation. Reliability assessment plays a critical role in the MPD system in the management of drilling operation risk and the prevention of blowouts. However, the reliability assessment of the MPD system is challenged due to its sequential operations and multiple...journal article 2021
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Zheng, Zhenqi (author), Xiao, Xiongwu (author), Zhong, Zhi Chao (author), Zang, Y. (author), Yang, Nan (author), Tu, Jianguang (author), Li, Deren (author)Digital Elevation Model (DEM)-based mountain vertex extraction is one of the most useful DEM applications, providing important information to properly characterize topographic features. Current vertex-extraction techniques have considerable limitations, such as yielding low-accuracy results and generating false mountain vertices. To overcome...journal article 2021
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Li, Xinhong (author), Zhang, Yi (author), Abbassi, Rouzbeh (author), Yang, M. (author), Zhang, Renren (author), Chen, Guoming (author)Urban gas pipelines usually have high structural vulnerability due to long service time. The locations across urban areas with high population density make the gas pipelines easily exposed to external activities. Recently, urban pipelines may also have been the target of terrorist attacks. Nevertheless, the intentional damage, i.e. terrorist...journal article 2021
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Liu, Yubo (author), Zhang, Chi (author), Tang, Qiuhong (author), Hosseini-Moghari, Seyed Mohammad (author), Haile, Gebremedhin Gebremeskel (author), Li, Laifang (author), Li, Wenhong (author), Yang, Kun (author), van der Ent, R.J. (author), Chen, Deliang (author)Rainfall is one of the most influential climatic factors on regional development and environment, and changes in rainfall intensity are of specific concern. In the Huaihe River Valley (HRV), heavy rainfall is a primary trigger of floods. However, the difference in the origin of moisture contributed to heavy rainfall and light rainfall is...journal article 2021
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Zinetullina, Altyngul (author), Yang, M. (author), Khakzad, Nima (author), Golman, Boris (author), Li, Xinhong (author)The emergent hazards of chemical process systems cannot be wholly identified and are highly uncertain due to the complicated technical-human-organizational interactions. Under uncertain and unpredictable circumstances, resilience becomes an essential property of a chemical process system that helps it better adapt to disruptions and restore...journal article 2021
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Li, Zhenghui (author), Le Kernec, Julien (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Romain, Olivier (author), Zhang, Lei (author), Yang, Shufan (author)In personnel recognition based on radar, significant research exists on statistical features extracted from the micro-Doppler signatures, whereas research considering other domains and information such as phase is less developed. This paper presents the use of deep learning methods to integrate both phase and magnitude features from range...conference paper 2021
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He, Nan (author), Yang, S. (author), Li, Fan (author), Trajanovski, S. (author), Kuipers, F.A. (author), Fu, Xiaoming (author)The efficacy of Network Function Virtualization (NFV) depends critically on (1) where the virtual network functions (VNFs) are placed and (2) how the traffic is routed. Unfortunately, these aspects are not easily optimized, especially under time-varying network states with different quality of service (QoS) requirements. Given the importance of...conference paper 2021
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Sokolovskij, R. (author), Zhang, Jian (author), Zheng, Hongze (author), Li, Wenmao (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Yang, Gaiying (author), Yu, H. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The present work reports on the hydrogen gas detection properties of Pt-AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) sensors with recessed gate structure. Devices with gate recess depths from 5 to 15 nm were fabricated using a precision cyclic etching method, examined with AFM, STEM and EDS, and tested towards H 2 response at high...journal article 2020
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Li, X. (author), He, Y. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Jing, X. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author), Yang, Y. (author)The performance of deep learning (DL) algorithms for radar-based human motion recognition (HMR) is hindered by the diversity and volume of the available training data. In this article, to tackle the issue of insufficient training data for HMR, we propose an instance-based transfer learning (ITL) method with limited radar micro-Doppler (MD)...journal article 2020
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Yang, Shangyu (author), Zhang, Renren (author), Wang, Jianjun (author), Li, Xinhong (author), Fan, Heng (author), Yang, M. (author)Ultra-deep oil and gas wells have become a new development trend in onshore oil and gas exploitation. However, Ultra-deep oil and gas wellbore casing is with high failure risk due to the harsh environment. It is essential to evaluate the reliability of wellbore casing. This paper assesses the operational reliability of wellbore casing using...journal article 2020
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Zhang, Hua (author), Yu, Li (author), Liu, Tao (author), Ni, Hongwei (author), Li, Y. (author), Chen, Z. (author), Yang, Y. (author)Decreasing the preheating temperature is an effective step to control the energy consumption in the hot rolling process. In order to obtain the lowest preheating temperature to prepare enough thickness of oxide scale in the hot rolling process, the oxidation resistance of commercial steel samples with different Al and Si contents were...journal article 2020