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Platform Development of BIM-Based Fire Safety Management System Considering the Construction Site

Yang, Yapin (author), Sun, Ying (author), Chen, Mingsi (author), Zhou, Yuekuan (author), Wang, Ran (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)

Fire at a construction site usually results in serious accidents. Therefore, fire management at the construction site is critical to decreasing possible accidents. However, conventional fire safety management can be problematic in many aspects, such as visualization, multi-stage alarm systems, and dynamic escape route optimization. To solve...

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A Looseness Detection Method for Railway Catenary Fasteners based on Reinforcement Learning Refined Localization

Zhong, Junping (author), Liu, Zhigang (author), Wang, H. (author), Liu, Wenqiang (author), Yang, Cheng (author), Han, Zhiwei (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author)

Brace sleeve (BS) fasteners, i.e., nut and bolt, are small components but play essential roles in fixing BS and cantilever in railway catenary system. They are commonly inspected by onboard cameras using computer vision to ensure the safety of railway operation. However, most BS fasteners cannot be directly localized because they are too...

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Improve the long-term property of heat-cured mortars blended with fly ash by internal curing

Liu, C. (author), Yang, Lu (author), Li, Z. (author), Nie, Shuai (author), Hu, Chuanlin (author), Wang, Fazhou (author)

Due to the satisfactory property and high productivity, heat-cured concretes have been widely used in engineering practice. However, heat curing process also brings some drawbacks that are detrimental to the long-term property of this material. To address this issue, lightweight fine aggregate (LWFA) was employed to provide internal curing ...

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Understanding the interaction of nucleotides with UVC light: an insight from quantum chemical calculation-based findings

Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

Short-wave ultraviolet (also called UVC) irradiation is a well-adopted method of viral inactivation due to its ability to damage genetic material. A fundamental problem with the UVC inactivation method is that its mechanism of action on viruses is still unknown at the molecular level. To address this problem, herein we investigate the...

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Integrating the flow regime and water quality effects into a niche-based metacommunity dynamics model for river ecosystems

Wang, Yibo (author), Liu, Pan (author), Solomatine, D.P. (author), Li, Liping (author), Wu, Chen (author), Han, Dongyang (author), Zhang, Xiaojing (author), Yang, Zhikai (author), Yang, Sheng (author)

Aquatic community dynamics are closely dominated by flow regime and water quality conditions, which are increasingly threatened by dam regulation, water diversion, and nutrition pollution. However, further understanding of the ecological impacts of flow regime and water quality conditions on aquatic multi-population dynamics has rarely been...

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The Mechanical Properties and Elastic Anisotropy of η’-Cu6Sn5 and Cu3Sn Intermetallic Compounds

Ding, Chao (author), Wang, Jian (author), Liu, Tianhan (author), Qin, Hongbo (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

Full intermetallic compound (IMC) solder joints present fascinating advantages in high-temperature applications. In this study, the mechanical properties and elastic anisotropy of η’-Cu6Sn5 and Cu3Sn intermetallic compounds were investigated using first-principles calculations. The values of single-crystal elastic constants, the elastic (E),...

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Release of phosphorus through pretreatment of waste activated sludge differs essentially from that of carbon and nitrogen resources: Comparative analysis across four wastewater treatment facilities

Deng, Shaoyu (author), Liu, J. (author), Yang, Xiaofan (author), Sun, Dezhi (author), Wang, Aijie (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Cheng, Xiang (author)

The accumulation of phosphorus in activated sludge in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) provides potential for phosphorus recovery from sewage. This study delves into the potential for releasing phosphorus from waste activated sludge through two distinct treatment methods—thermal hydrolysis and pH adjustment. The investigation was conducted...

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Federated Learning With Heterogeneity-Aware Probabilistic Synchronous Parallel on Edge

Zhao, Jianxin (author), Han, Rui (author), Yang, Yongkai (author), Catterall, Benjamin (author), Liu, Chi Harold (author), Chen, Lydia Y. (author), Mortier, Richard (author), Crowcroft, Jon (author), Wang, Liang (author)

With the massive amount of data generated from mobile devices and the increase of computing power of edge devices, the paradigm of Federated Learning has attracted great momentum. In federated learning, distributed and heterogeneous nodes collaborate to learn model parameters. However, while providing benefits such as privacy by design and...

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Combined CNN and RNN Neural Networks for GPR Detection of Railway Subgrade Diseases

Liu, Huan (author), Wang, Shilei (author), Jing, Guoqing (author), Yu, Ziye (author), Yang, Jin (author), Zhang, Yong (author), Guo, Y. (author)

Vehicle-mounted ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been used to non-destructively inspect and evaluate railway subgrade conditions. However, existing GPR data processing and interpretation methods mostly rely on time-consuming manual interpretation, and limited studies have applied machine learning methods. GPR data are complex, high...

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Keyword Search Shareable Encryption for Fast and Secure Data Replication

Wang, Wei (author), Liu, Dongli (author), Xu, Peng (author), Yang, Laurence Tianruo (author), Liang, K. (author)

It has become a trend for clients to outsource their encrypted databases to remote servers and then leverage the Searchable Encryption technique to perform secure data retrieval. However, the method has yet to be considered a crucial need for replication on searchable encrypted data. It calls for challenging works on Dynamic Searchable...

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Performance Comparison between Data Centers with Different Airflow Management Technologies

Li, Xueqiang (author), Zhang, Zhongyao (author), Wang, Qihui (author), Yang, Xiaohu (author), Hooman, K. (author), Liu, Shengchun (author)

Air cooling systems are widely used in current data centers owing to their low capital costs and high reliability. To satisfy the increasing rack power density, the optimal air-cooling technology and an economic analysis should be carefully discussed. Therefore, this study discusses four airflow management technologies: Case 1: raised floor...

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Laser-Induced Graphene Formation on Chitosan Derivatives toward Ecofriendly Electronics

Huang, Qian Ming (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Wang, S. (author), Liu, X. (author), Tan, C. (author), Luo, Anxin (author), Xu, Siyuan (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author)

Laser-induced graphene (LIG) has aroused a wide range of research interests ranging from micro-nano energy devices to the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, the non-degradability of most-used synthetic polymer carbon sources poses a serious threat to the environment. In this work, ecofriendly chitosan-based derivatives, including...

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Rapid Fabrication of High-Performance Flexible Pressure Sensors Using Laser Pyrolysis Direct Writing

Wang, S. (author), Zong, Qihang (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Tan, C. (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), French, P.J. (author), Ye, H. (author)

The fabrication of flexible pressure sensors with low cost, high scalability, and easy fabrication is an essential driving force in developing flexible electronics, especially for high-performance sensors that require precise surface microstructures. However, optimizing complex fabrication processes and expensive microfabrication methods...

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Effect of epoxy resin addition on properties and corrosion behavior of sintered joints in power modules serviced offshore

Wang, Xinyue (author), Yang, Zhoudong (author), Wang, Boya (author), Chen, Wei (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Zhang, Jing (author), Fan, J. (author), Liu, P. (author)

Power modules applied in offshore applications are facing risks of corrosion failures on die-attach materials due to high humidity and H₂S exposure. To investigate such corrosion behavior for sintered die-attach materials, we conducted a study with four groups of samples fabricated using copper and silver metal particles under...

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Plastic particles affect N₂O release via altering core microbial metabolisms in constructed wetlands

Yang, X. (author), Chen, Yi (author), Liu, Tao (author), Zhang, Lu (author), Wang, Hui (author), Chen, Mengli (author), He, Qiang (author), Liu, G. (author), Ju, Feng (author)

Constructed wetlands (CWs) have been proven to effectively immobilize plastic particles. However, little is known about the differences in the impact of varying sized plastic particles on nitrous oxide (N₂O) release, as well as the intervention mechanisms in CWs. Here, we built a lab-scale wetland model and introduced plastic...

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Hydrogenated Boron Phosphide THz-Metamaterial-Based Biosensor for Diagnosing COVID-19: A DFT Coupled FEM Study

Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)

Recent reports focus on the hydrogenation engineering of monolayer boron phosphide and simultaneously explore its promising applications in nanoelectronics. Coupling density functional theory and finite element method, we investigate the bowtie triangle ring microstructure composed of boron phosphide with hydrogenation based on structural and...

journal article 2022

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Assessment of ballast layer under multiple field conditions in China

Guo, Y. (author), Wang, Shilei (author), Jing, Guoqing (author), Yang, Fei (author), Liu, Guixian (author), Qiang, Weile (author), Wang, Yan (author)

Ballast layer condition should be more regularly and accurately inspected to ensure safe train operation; however, traditional inspection methods cannot sufficiently fulfil this task. This paper presents a method of ground penetrating radar (GPR) application to reflect ballast layer fouling levels under diverse field conditions (annual gross...

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Ensemble EMD-based automatic extraction of the catenary structure wavelength from the pantograph-catenary contact corce

Liu, Zhigang (author), Wang, H. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Yang, S. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Zhang, J. (author)

This paper explores the use of pantograph-catenary contact force (PCCF) for monitoring of the current collection quality and detection of anomalies in the interaction between pantograph and catenary. The concept of catenary structure wavelength (CSW) is proposed as the dominant component of PCCF. It describes the signal components caused by the...

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Production and immobilization of lipase PCL and its application in synthesis of α‐linolenic acid‐rich diacylglycerol

Liu, Nan (author), Liu, D. (author), Wang, Weifei (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Xu, Long (author), Ma, Yunjian (author), Yang, Bo (author), Bai, Weidong (author), Sun, Xiaotao (author), Wang, Yonghua (author)

α‐Linolenic acid‐rich diacylglycerol has been demonstrated with promising health promotion functions. This study examined the production, immobilization of lipase PCL, and its application in the synthesis of diacylglycerol by esterification of α‐linolenic acid with glycerol. The resin ECR8806 was selected as an effective support for the...

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Accelerated healing in asphalt concrete via laboratory microwave heating

Wang, H. (author), Yang, Jun (author), Lu, Guoyang (author), Liu, X. (author)

Self-healing of asphalt concrete (AC) is highly dependent on temperature, and its healing capacity increases with elevated temperatures. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of microwave heating on promotion of self-healing in AC. With this purpose, two types of AC specimens (neat AC without additives and conductive...

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