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Reggiani, G. (author), Salomons, A.M. (author), Sterk, M.A.H. (author), O'Hern, Steve (author), Daamen, W. (author), Yuan, Y. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Similarly to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, we theorize that cities have a pyramid of bicycle network needs that depends on their level of bicycle culture. As an increasing number of data sources emerge for bicycle data collection, transport authorities face the challenge of understanding how to use the data and which data sources are fit for...journal article 2022
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Yang, M. (author), Chen, C. (author), Yuan, S. (author), Hermias, Jeffrel (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)We witness many severe accidents in different sectors worldwide every year, resulting in fatalities, injuries, environmental pollution, property loss, etc. Safety management aims to use interventions to prevent these undesired events and thus avoid different kinds of loss. Various interventions that have different safety performances and costs...report 2022
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Wang, Jue (author), Yuan, Weiyi (author), Li, Z. (author), Zhu, Yingcan (author), Santos, Thebano (author), Fan, J. (author)This paper presents a convenient and efficient method to predict the mechanical solutions of a laminated Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) system subjected to combined thermo-mechanical load, based on a back propagation (BP) neural network which is trained by machine learning from a database established by analytical solutions. Firstly, the...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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Yuan, S. (author), Yang, M. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Chen, C. (author), Wu, Jiansong (author)Barriers are used in various forms to assure the safety of chemical plants. A deep understanding of the literature related to safety barriers is essential to tackle the challenges in improving their design and management. This paper first provides an overview of the history of the development of the safety barrier concept. Subsequently, this...journal article 2022
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Chen, Xingyu (author), Lee, Yu Jen (author), Yuan, Tian (author), Lei, Zhongfang (author), Adachi, Yasuhisa (author), Zhang, Zhenya (author), Lin, Y. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author)A reasonable recovery of excess sludge may shift the waste into wealth. Recently an increasing attention has been paid to the recycling of extracellular biopolymers from conventional and advanced biological wastewater treatment systems such as flocculent activated sludge (AS), bacterial aerobic granular sludge (AGS), and algal-bacterial AGS...review 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Yang, M. (author)Safety and security barriers are implemented in various forms to protect chemical plants from undesired accidents and mitigate the disastrous consequences. However, the necessity and rationality of integrating safety and security barriers need to be investigated, and the difficulty in integrated management of safety and security barriers is...journal article 2022
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Cai, Jitao (author), Wu, Jiansong (author), Yuan, S. (author), Kong, Desheng (author), Zhang, Xiaole (author)Natural gas compartment accommodated in utility tunnels is beneficial in meeting the pressing demand of energy supply and sustainable urban environment. However, the leaking gas characterized by flammable and explosive can pose a huge threat to the safe operation of the utility tunnel. When an unexpected gas leakage accident happens in the...journal article 2022
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Yuan, Xiangyang (author), Cui, Endian (author), Liu, K. (author), Jiang, Ying (author), Yang, Xiaoyan (author), Tang, Jianfeng (author), Yang, Lu (author), Liao, Xiaoling (author), Zhao, Yanan (author)In this work, different lanthanides (Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>; Yb<sup>3+</sup>, Ho<sup>3+</sup>, Nd<sup>3+</sup>) were doped into NaYF<sub>4</sub> via a high-temperature coprecipitation method, and followed by SiO<sub>2</sub> coating to improve the water dispersibility, resulting in NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Tm<sup>3+</sup>, Er<sup>3+</sup>...journal article 2022
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Sang, Xianke (author), Tong, Feifei (author), Zeng, Zhigang (author), Wu, Minghu (author), Yuan, Bo (author), Sun, Zhoutong (author), Sheng, Xiang (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Zhang, W. (author)Propargylic alcohols and amines are versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. We demonstrate a straightforward enzymatic cascade to synthesize enantiomerically pure propargylic alcohols and amines from readily available racemic starting materials. In the first step, the peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita converted the racemic...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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Dou, X. (author), Min, Changjun (author), Zhang, Yuquan (author), Pereira, S.F. (author), Yuan, Xiaocong (author)Accurate determination of the physical parameters of nanostructures from optical far-field scattering is an important and challenging topic in the semiconductor industry. Here, we propose a novel metrology method to determine simultaneously the height and side-wall angle of a step-shaped silicon nanostructure. By employing an optical singular...journal article 2022
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Huang, R. (author), Zhao, Xuan (author), Yuan, Y. (author), Yu, Qiang (author), Daamen, W. (author)Numerous evacuation performance data for the utilization in evacuation modelling and simulations have been established for the conventional/widely studied scenarios, such as building evacuation scenarios. However, such data are typically scarce for a new scenario in literature — evacuation from high-deck coaches. This paper fulfills this gap...journal article 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)A method exploiting the movement of the vehicle to boost the cross-range resolution of automotive radar by forming a larger virtual array is proposed. Initial simulated results show that the proposed method with the traditional Digital beamforming (DBF) algorithm can separate targets that cannot be otherwise recognized by the traditional MIMO...conference paper 2022
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Liu, Qi (author), Li, Z. (author), Li, Xueyuan (author), Wu, Jingda (author), Yuan, Shihua (author)A reliable multi-agent decision-making system is highly demanded for safe and efficient operations of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). In order to represent the mutual effects between vehicles and model the dynamic traffic environments, this research proposes an integrated and open-source framework to realize different Graph...conference paper 2022
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Yuan, S. (author), Fioranelli, F. (author), Yarovoy, Alexander (author)A direction-finding approach for arrays with a limited number of antenna elements has been investigated. A method based on the harmonic analysis of the received signal has been proposed to solve it. The angle estimation accuracy has been improved by angle searching and peak detection. The proposed method is theoretically described and...conference paper 2022
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Yuan, Wucheng (author), Liu, Ke (author), Wang, S. (author), Tan, C. (author), Ye, H. (author)The limitation of Silicon based power MOSFET was broken by the super-junction (SJ) structure, which can provide lower specific on-resistance and higher breakdown voltage compared with the conventional power MOSFET structure. Multi-epitaxial and multi-ion-implant technology, as a mature manufacturing process of the SJ structure, has been widely...conference paper 2022
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Liu, Ke (author), Yuan, Wucheng (author), Wang, S. (author), Tan, C. (author), Ye, H. (author)In this paper, a novel bubble-shift super junction (SJ) MOSFET structure is proposed, and its main static electrical parameters and reverse recovery characteristics are simulated by TCAD software tool. By designing the P-pillar ion implantation windows with a certain offset, the bubble-shift SJ-MOSFET contains a curved pillar region in the upper...conference paper 2022
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Yuan, T. (author), Song, Y. (author), Kraan, G.A. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author)Measuring the motions of human hand joints is often a challenge due to the high number of degrees-of-freedom. In this study, we proposed a hand tracking system utilizing action cameras and ArUco markers to continuously measure the rotation angles of hand joints during motion. Three methods were developed to estimate the joint rotation angles....journal article 2022
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Yang, Fuqiang (author), Guo, Yong (author), Lai, Yong (author), Hong, Yidu (author), Yuan, S. (author)This study aims to characterize the whole reaction process of (i) emulsion explosive matrix and sulfide ores, and (ii) ammonium nitrate and pyrite by the thermodynamics analysis method. A series of experiments were carried out at atmospheric pressure from 25 °C to 350 °C at four heating rates (3, 5, 10, and 15 K/min) and the Coats–Redfern method...journal article 2022