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Gan, Yidong (author), Liang, M. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), van Breugel, K. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study employs a lattice fracture model to simulate static and fatigue fracture behaviour of Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ) at microscale and mortar at mesoscale. The heterogeneous microstructure of ITZ and mesostructure of mortar are explicitly considered in the models. The initial step involves calibrating and validating the...journal article 2024
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Shan, Lu (author), Gan, Y.Y. (author), Yan, Xiang (author), Wang, Shuping (author), Yin, Yue (author), Wu, Xiaofan (author)Background: Unequal access to primary healthcare (PHC) has become a critical issue in global health inequalities, requiring governments to implement policies tailored to communities’ needs and abilities. However, the place-based facility dimension of PHCs is oversimplified in current healthcare literature, and formulating the equity-oriented...journal article 2024
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Long, Lingege (author), Li, Qingxiang (author), Gan, Zhenkun (author), Mu, Jun (author), Overend, M. (author), Zhang, Dayu (author)The building sector has gained significant attention due to its remarkably high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In China's rural areas, stone is a popular building material, but there are unprecedented demands to improve the life-cycle performance of stone buildings. It is essential to preserve the original architectural...journal article 2023
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Xiao, Hong (author), Zhang, Zhihai (author), Zhu, Yajie (author), Gan, Tiancheng (author), Wang, Haoyu (author)Before the operation of newly constructed railways, tamping and stabilizing machines should be used to improve the quality of ballast beds. With the expansion of the railway network and increase of speeds and axle loads, higher quality and efficiency for tamping and stabilizing operation are required. However, previous studies did not involve...journal article 2023
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Liang, M. (author), He, S. (author), Gan, Yidong (author), Zhang, Hongzhi (author), Chang, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This paper employs computer vision techniques to predict the micromechanical properties (i.e., elastic modulus and hardness) of cement paste based on an input of Backscattered Electron (BSE) images. A dataset comprising 40,000 nanoindentation tests and 40,000 BSE micrographs was built by express nanoindentation test and Scanning Electron...journal article 2023
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Gan, Y. (author), Mirzaei, B. (author), Silva, J. R.G. (author), Cherednichenko, S. (author), Van Der Tak, F. (author), Gao, J.R. (author)We have studied THz heterodyne detection in sub-micrometer MgB2 hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers based on superconducting MgB2 films of ∼ 5 nm (HEB-A), corresponding to a critical temperature (Tc) of 33.9 K, and ∼ 7 nm (HEB-B), corresponding to a T c of 38.4 K. We have measured a double sideband (DSB) receiver noise temperature of 2590 K...journal article 2023
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Gan, Y. (author)Ageing is an inherent feature of cementitious materials. Ageing of material leads to gradual loss of the function of a concrete structure with increasing likelihood of failure. As one of the typical ageing phenomena, fatigue of concrete, has recently received considerable research attention. The phenomenon of concrete fatigue is complicated as...doctoral thesis 2022
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Zhang, Y. (author), Liang, M. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)Slag rim mainly consists of secondary precipitations such as C–S–H gel phase and hydrotalcite-like phase, which originate from the hydration of slag. In this paper, the micro-mechanical properties of slag rim were characterized by nanoindentation in combination with SEM. It was found that, compared to the C–S–H gel phase, slag rim showed about a...journal article 2022
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Liang, M. (author), Chang, Z. (author), He, S. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Early-age stress (EAS) is an important index for evaluating the early-age cracking risk of concrete. This paper encompasses a thermo-chemo-mechanical (TCM) model and active ensemble learning (AEL) for predicting the EAS evolution. The TCM model provides the data for the AEL model. First, based on Fourier's law, Arrhenius’ equation, and rate...journal article 2022
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Gan, Y. (author), Zhang, Hongzhi (author), Liang, M. (author), Zhang, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), van Breugel, K. (author), Šavija, B. (author)In this study, the flexural strength and fatigue properties of interfacial transition zone (ITZ) were experimentally investigated at the micrometre length scale. The hardened cement paste cantilevers (150 × 150 × 750 μm<sup>3</sup>) attached to a quartzite aggregate surface were prepared and tested under the monotonic and cyclic load using a...journal article 2022
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Gan, Y.Y. (author), Wang, Shuping (author), Wu, Xiaofan (author), Yan, Lina (author)In Australia，28% of the population live in remote and rural areas，where they face many health service utilization challenges due to geographical conditions，and generally have lower health status than those living in coastal metropolitan areas. To address the challenges of accessing health services in remote and rural areas，the Australian...journal article 2022
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Zhang, Y. (author), Liang, M. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)This paper reports the carbonation characteristics of a cement-slag system exposed to accelerated carbonation testing, and its improved carbonation resistance with the increasing MgO content in blast furnace slag, in which hydrotalcite-like phase plays a key role. Our research showed that the hydrotalcite-like phase started to carbonate upon...journal article 2022
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Mirzaei, B. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Silva, J. (author), Gao, J.R. (author)We will report a full demonstration of the Fourier phase grating used as 4.7 THz local oscillator (LO) multiplexer for Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO). The design, modeling, tolerance analysis, and experimental characterization of the angular and intensity distributions among 2 × 4 output beams and the...conference paper 2022
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Gan, Naifeng (author), Sun, S.Z. (author), Zhang, Zhaosheng (author), Xu, Shiqi (author), Liu, Peng (author), Qin, Z. (author)The overdischarge can significantly degrade a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery's lifetime. Therefore, it is important to detect the overdischarge and prevent severe damage of the Li-ion battery. Depending on the battery technology, there is a minimum voltage (cutoff voltage) that the battery is allowed to be discharged in common practice. Once the...journal article 2022
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Gan, Y. (author), Mirzaei, B. (author), Silva, J. R.G. (author), Laauwen, W. (author), Van Der Tak, F. F.S. (author), Gao, J.R. (author)We present an analysis of the bandwidth of an asymmetric 8-beam Fourier grating as the beam multiplexer for a 4.7 THz local oscillator used in a heterodyne receiver. We take the grating designed for NASA GUSTO balloon observatory as an example to address the bandwidth question although it does not need to operate over a wide frequency range....journal article 2022
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Liang, M. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Wan, Z. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study aims to provide an efficient and accurate machine learning (ML) approach for predicting the creep behavior of concrete. Three ensemble machine learning (EML) models are selected in this study: Random Forest (RF), Extreme Gradient Boosting Machine (XGBoost) and Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LGBM). Firstly, the creep data in...journal article 2022
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Chen, Y. (author), He, S. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author), Veer, F.A. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)This paper aims to provide a systematical review of the available printing strategies, sustainable cementitious materials and characterization methods for extrusion-based 3D concrete printing (3DCP). The printing strategies, consisting of printing setup, process, and material requirements, were summarized initially. In the material aspect,...journal article 2022
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Liang, M. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Wan, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study aims to provide an efficient alternative for predicting creep modulus of cement paste based on Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN). First, a microscale lattice model for short-term creep is adopted to build a database that contains 18,920 samples. Then, 3 DCNNs with different consecutive convolutional layers are built to learn...journal article 2022
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Xu, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Wan, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Tailoring lattice structures is a commonly used method to develop lattice materials with desired mechanical properties. However, for cementitious lattice materials, besides the macroscopic lattice structure, the multi-phase microstructure of cement paste may have substantial impact on the mechanical responses. Therefore, this work proposes a...journal article 2022
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Forouzi Feshalami, Behzad (author), He, Shuisheng (author), Scarano, F. (author), Gan, Lian (author), Morton, Chris (author)Experimental studies dealing with the wake of isolated stationary bluff bodies are reviewed. After briefly recalling the pioneering works in this domain, the paper focuses on recent research conducted with the latest experimental methods and techniques. The review encompasses a range of topics, including the effects of bluff body geometry ...review 2022