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Wang, Kai (author), Xu, Hao (author), Li, Jiayuan (author), Huang, Lianzhong (author), Ma, Ranqi (author), Jiang, X. (author), Yuan, Yupeng (author), Mwero, Ngome A. (author), Sun, Peiting (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Yan, Xinping (author)It is of significant importance to optimize the energy consumption of ships in order to improve economy and reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. However, the energy use of ships is affected by a series of navigational environmental parameters, which have certain spatial and temporal differences and variability. Therefore, the dynamic...journal article 2021
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Wang, H. (author), Cucu Laurenciu, N. (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author)Design and implementation of artificial neuromorphic systems able to provide brain akin computation and/or bio-compatible interfacing ability are crucial for understanding the human brain's complex functionality and unleashing brain-inspired computation's full potential. To this end, the realization of energy-efficient, low-area, and bio...journal article 2021
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Li, Jianguo (author), Wang, Bin (author), Jiang, Quan (author), He, Benguo (author), Zhang, Xue (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)In this paper, a meshfree method called adaptive CTM–RPIM is developed to model geotechnical problems with large deformation. The developed adaptive CTM–RPIM is a combination of the Cartesian transformation method (CTM), the radial point interpolation method (RPIM) and the alpha shape method. To reduce the requirement for meshes, the CTM is...journal article 2021
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Bian, Dong (author), Zhou, Xiaochen (author), Liu, Jianing (author), Li, Wenting (author), Shen, Danni (author), Zheng, Yufeng (author), Gu, Wenda (author), Jiang, Jingjun (author), Li, Mei (author), Chu, Xiao (author), Ma, Limin (author), Wang, Xiaolan (author), Zhang, Yu (author), Leeflang, M.A. (author), Zhou, J. (author)Biodegradable stents can provide scaffolding and anti-restenosis benefits in the short term and then gradually disappear over time to free the vessel, among which the Mg-based biodegradable metal stents have been prosperously developed. In the present study, a Mg-8.5Li (wt.%) alloy (RE- and Al-free) with high ductility (> 40%) was...journal article 2021
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Hu, Weifei (author), Chen, Weiyi (author), Wang, Xiaobo (author), Jiang, Zhiyu (author), Wang, Yeqing (author), Verma, Amrit Shankar (author), Teuwen, Julie J.E. (author)The rain-induced fatigue damage in the wind turbine blade coating has attracted increasing attention owing to significant repair and maintenance costs. The present paper develops an improved computational framework for analyzing the wind turbine blade coating fatigue induced by rain erosion. The paper first presents an extended stochastic...journal article 2021
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Zhang, Canlin (author), Dong, Hongjun (author), Yan, Zhengli (author), Yu, Meng (author), Wang, Ting (author), Xu, S. (author), Jiang, Zhenliang (author), Hu, Changbin (author)SBS-modified bitumen (SMB) is susceptible to aging, which seriously influences its service performance and life. In order to strengthen the anti-aging ability of SMB, triethoxyvinylsilane was designed to organically modify layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and was applied to modify SMB. The dispersibility and storage stability of LDHs in SMB...journal article 2021
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Wang, H. (author), Cucu Laurenciu, N. (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author)Designing and implementing artificial systems that can be interfaced with the human brain or that can provide computational ability akin to brain's processing information efficient style is crucial for understanding human brain fundamental operating principles and to unleashing the full potential of brain-inspired computing. As basic neural...conference paper 2020
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Wang, H. (author), Cucu Laurenciu, N. (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author)Designing and implementing artificial neuromorphic systems, which can provide biocompatible interfacing, or the human brain akin ability to efficiently process information, is paramount to the understanding of the human brain complex functionality. Energy-efficient, low-area, and biocompatible artificial neurons are key ubiquitous components of...conference paper 2020
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Jiang, Y. (author), Cucu Laurenciu, N. (author), Wang, H. (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author)As CMOS scaling is reaching its limits, high power density and leakage, low reliability, and increasing IC production costs are prompting for developing new materials, devices, architectures, and computation paradigms. Additionally, temperature variations have a significant impact on devices and circuits reliability and performance. Graphene...conference paper 2020
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Jiang, Junfeng (author), Chen, Qiushi (author), Xue, J. (author), Wang, Haobo (author), Chen, Zhijun (author)The representation and discrimination of various traffic states play an essential role in solving traffic accidents and congestion as the foundation of traffic state prediction. However, the existing representation of the traffic state usually only considers the road congestion layer and divides the traffic state into congested and unblocked....journal article 2020
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Wang, K. (author), Li, Jiayuan (author), Yan, Xinping (author), Huang, Lianzhong (author), Jiang, X. (author), Yuan, Yupeng (author), Ma, Ranqi (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)The optimization of ship energy consumption is attracting a great deal of attention, as societies seek to save energy and reduce emissions. Shipping companies are more concerned with the energy consumption of a ship fleet, as opposed to that of a single ship. Because the energy consumption of a fleet is influenced by multiple factors...journal article 2020
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Wang, K. (author), Li, Jiayuan (author), Huang, Lianzhong (author), Ma, Ranqi (author), Jiang, X. (author), Yuan, Yupeng (author), Mwero, Ngome A. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Sun, Peiting (author), Yan, Xinping (author)Energy saving and emission reduction have attracted a great deal of attention in the maritime industry. The optimization of a ship's energy efficiency can reduce energy consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions effectively. However, most of the available studies only focus on either the sailing speed or route optimization, and the interaction...journal article 2020
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Wang, He (author), Cucu Laurenciu, N. (author), Jiang, Y. (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author)To fully unleash the potential of graphene-based devices for neuromorphic computing, we propose a graphene synapse and a graphene neuron that form together a basic Spiking Neural Network (SNN) unit, which can potentially be utilized to implement complex SNNs. Specifically, the proposed synapse enables two fundamental synaptic functionalities,...journal article 2020
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Liao, B. B. (author), Wang, D. L. (author), Hamdi, M. (author), Zheng, J. Y. (author), Jiang, P. (author), Gu, C. H. (author), Hong, W. R. (author)This paper aims to characterize the damage mechanisms of 70 MPa Type IV hydrogen composite pressure vessels using the acoustic emission (AE) method. First, AE signals were captured during the 0–105 MPa and 0–158 MPa hydraulic tests of two vessels using multi-step loading method. Second, the AE feature parameters in time-domain and frequency...journal article 2019
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Jiang, Huifu (author), Hu, Jia (author), Park, Byungkyu Brian (author), Wang, M. (author), Zhou, Wei (author)This study evaluated the performance of an eco-approach control system at signalized intersections under a partially connected and automated vehicle (CAV) environment. This system has the first eco-approach controller able to function with the existence of surrounding human-driven traffic. A previous evaluation only confirmed its benefits....journal article 2019
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Jiang, Y. (author), Cucu Laurenciu, N. (author), Wang, H. (author), Cotofana, S.D. (author)As CMOS feature size is reaching atomic dimensions, unjustifiable static power, reliability, and economic implications are exacerbating, thereby prompting for conducting research on new materials, devices, and/or computation paradigms. Within this context, graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), owing to graphene's excellent electronic properties, may...journal article 2019
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Dadisman, Ryan (author), Shen, Jiazhou (author), Feng, Hao (author), Crow, Lowell (author), Jiang, Chenyang (author), Wang, Tianhao (author), Zhang, Yuxuan (author), Bilheux, Hassina (author), Parnell, S.R. (author)Several methods of polarized neutron scattering call for a zero magnetic field (ZF) region to reduce magnetic field integral aberrations while preserving the neutron polarization. Though the design for large angle neutron scattering has been presented in various places, the design characterization and tuning has not been discussed before. In...journal article 2019
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Hou, T. (author), Xu, J. (author), Elkhuizen, W.S. (author), Wang, C.C. (author), Jiang, Jiehui (author), Geraedts, Jo M.P. (author), Song, Y. (author)2D coil design limits the use of wireless power transfer (WPT) in many products with freeform outer shapes. In this paper, enabled by 3D printed electronics, we propose a systematic approach to design and fabricate 3D coils for WPT. Based on the circular spiral and rectangular spiral patterns, 3D receiver and transmitter coils can be...journal article 2019
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Jin, C.J. (author), Knoop, V.L. (author), Jiang, Rui (author), Wang, Wei (author), Wang, Hao (author)For traffic flow models, calibration and validation are essential. Cellular automaton (CA) models are a special class of models, describing the movement of vehicles in discretised space and time. However, the previous work on calibration and validation does not discuss CA models systematically. This study calibrates and validates a stochastic...journal article 2018
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Wang, K. (author), Jiang, X. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Yan, X. (author), Yuan, Y. (author)Offshore wind is a relatively new industry and it is generally more expensive to generate electricity than many alternative renewable sources. Operation & Maintenance (O&M) makes up a significant part of the overall cost of running Offshore Wind Turbines (OWT). Since the O&M associated responsibility is shared among turbine...conference paper 2018