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Zhang, Y. (author)Freight transport faces a threefold challenge of limited resources, increasing demand for efficient goods movement, and the pressing need to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets in ever shorter timelines. To address these challenges, the industry requires urgent innovation and the adoption of new technologies and logistics systems to...doctoral thesis 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author), Avallone, F. (author), Watson, S.J. (author)In this paper, the feasibility of using far-field acoustic measurements as a non-contact monitoring technique for wind turbine blade leading edge erosion is assessed. For this purpose, a DU96 W180 airfoil with several eroded leading edge configurations of different severities is experimentally investigated. The eroded leading edges are designed...journal article 2023
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Chen, Y. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)Formulation of quaternary blended system containing ordinary Portland cement or clinker, slag, limestone and calcined clay (LC2) appeared to be a viable approach to developing low-clinker cements without severely sacrificing mechanical performance at later ages. This paper investigates the effect of two material parameters, i.e., LC2-to-slag...journal article 2023
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Liang, M. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Cheng, H. (author), He, S. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study aims to experimentally investigate the autogenous deformation and the stress evolution in restrained high-volume ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) concrete. The Temperature Stress Testing Machine (TSTM) and Autogenous Deformation Testing Machine (ADTM) were used to study the macro-scale autogenous deformation and stress...journal article 2023
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Cui, Z. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This paper presented integrated electromigration (EM) studies through experiment, theory, and simulation. First, extensive EM tests were performed using Blech and standard wafer-level electromigration acceleration test (SWEAT)-like structures, which were fabricated on four-inch wafers. Second, a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation-based...journal article 2023
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Cui, Z. (author), Fan, X. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Fan, J. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This paper presented a comprehensive experimental and simulation study for thermomigration (TM) accompanying electromigration (EM) at elevated current densities. Both Blech and standard wafer-level electromigration acceleration test (SWEAT)-like test structures, with aluminum (Al) as a carrier, were used for testing and analysis. In Part I of...journal article 2023
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Chen, Y. (author), Liang, M. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Li, Z. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)Autogenous shrinkage may be a critical issue concerning the use of limestone-calcined clay-cement (LC3) in high-performance concrete and 3D printable cementitious materials, which have relatively low water to binder (W/B) ratio. Adding an internal curing agent, i.e., superabsorbent polymer (SAP), could be a viable solution in this context....journal article 2023
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Mo, J. (author), LI, J. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Romijn, J. (author), May, Alexander (author), Erlbacher, Tobias (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Vollebregt, S. (author)In this work, a highly linear temperature sensor based on a silicon carbide (SiC) p-n diode is presented. Under a constant current biasing, the diode has an excellent linear response to the temperature (from room temperature to 600°C). The best linearity (coefficient of determination ${R}^{{2}}$ = 99.98%) is achieved when the current density...journal article 2023
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Chen, Y. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), He, S. (author), Liang, M. (author), Zhang, Yamei (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)Limestone-calcined clay-cement (LC3), as one of the most promising sustainable cements, has been under development over the past decade. However, many uncertainties remain regarding its rheological behaviors, such as the metakaolin content of calcined clay. This study aims to investigate the effect of increasing the content of fine-grained...journal article 2023
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Qu, Yiting (author), He, Xinlei (author), Pierson, Shannon (author), Backes, Michael (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Zannettou, S. (author)The dissemination of hateful memes online has adverse effects on social media platforms and the real world. Detecting hateful memes is challenging, one of the reasons being the evolutionary nature of memes; new hateful memes can emerge by fusing hateful connotations with other cultural ideas or symbols. In this paper, we propose a framework that...conference paper 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author), Mo, J. (author), Cui, Z. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The continuous downscaling of microelectronics has introduced many reliability issues on interconnect. Electromigration and dewetting are major reliability concerns in high-temperature micro- and nanoscale devices. In this paper, the local dewetting of copper thin film during the electromigration test was first found and investigated. When...conference paper 2023
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Liang, M. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), He, S. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study investigated the evolution process of high-volume slag cement (HVSC) paste from a chemo-mechanical standpoint. HVSC specimens with a 70 w.t. % slag replacement rate were studied at various ages. Evolution of phase assemblage, microstructure development, and micromechanical properties were analyzed using TGA/XRD/MIP/SEM-EDS and nano...journal article 2023
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Wan, Z. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Additively manufactured vascular networks have great potential for use in autonomous self-healing of cementitious composites as they potentially allow multiple healing events to take place. However, the existence of a vascular tube wall may impede with the healing efficiency if it does not rupture timely to release the healing agent. The...journal article 2023
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Chen, Y. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), He, S. (author), Liang, X. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)In 3D concrete printing, fast structuration is a prerequisite for ideal buildability. This paper aims to study the impact of inorganic additives, i.e., CaCl<sub>2</sub> and gypsum, on structural build-up and very early-age hydration of limestone-calcined clay-cement (LC3) pastes within the first 70–80 min. Results show that, increasing the...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author), Saravanakumar, Karthikeyan (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)For a better understanding of the hydrotalcite-like phase with SEM-EDS microanalysis, the present research paid special attention to the data acquisition and interpretation of this technique. A lower Mg/Al ratio was obtained when using a higher accelerating voltage, and a beam energy of 10 kV was more appropriate than 15 kV for investigation...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)This paper presents the influence of P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> incorporated in slag on the hydration characteristics of cement-slag system. It was found that the gradual addition of phosphorus oxide in slag did not change overall mineralogy of the hydration products. Except hydration retardation in the dormant stage, chemically bound water...journal article 2023
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Zhang, L. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), van Keulen, A. (author)High computational costs are encountered in topology optimization problems of geometrically nonlinear structures since intensive use has to be made of incremental-iterative finite element simulations. To alleviate this computational intensity, reduced-order models (ROMs) are explored in this paper. The proposed method targets ROM bases...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)To understand the influence of slag chemistry on the carbonation resistance of slag-rich cement, this paper explored the carbonation characteristics of blended cement systems with different Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> contents in slag through accelerated carbonation test. Irrespective of slag chemistry, three main CO<sub>2</sub> binding...journal article 2023
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Li, Xinhong (author), Ma, Jie (author), Han, Ziyue (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Yang, M. (author)This paper presents a game theory methodology for risk management of urban natural gas pipelines, which is a collaborative participation mechanism of the stakeholders, including government, pipeline companies, and the public. Firstly, the involvement proportion of stakeholders in risk management under rational conditions is estimated by the...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Y. (author)In order to compensate the limited availability of raw material resources and meet the growing demand for decreasing CO2 emissions during cement and concrete productions, a practical method is to decrease the clinker content in cement. This strategy mainly consists of substituting a part of the clinker with supplementary cementitious materials ...doctoral thesis 2022