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Cai, Yuxin (author), Liu, Qing feng (author), Meng, Zhaozheng (author), Chen, Mengzhu (author), Li, Weihua (author), Šavija, B. (author)High-frequency vibration helps to improve the compactness of concrete, but also causes the settlement of coarse aggregates (CAs) and then affects the durability of hardened concrete. In this paper, a numerical study combining multi-phase CA settlement model and multi-component ionic transport model is performed to understand the influence of...journal article 2022
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Li, Z. (author), Lin, Yunlong (author), Cheng, Gong (author), Wang, X. (author), Liu, Qi (author), Gong, Jianwei (author), Lu, Chao (author)Precisely modeling interactions and accurately predicting trajectories of surrounding vehicles are essential to the decision-making and path-planning of intelligent vehicles. This paper proposes a novel framework based on ensemble learning to improve the performance of trajectory predictions in interactive scenarios. The framework is termed...conference paper 2022
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Xu, Yanghui (author), Ou, Q. (author), Li, Xiaoming (author), Wang, Xintu (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Liu, Gang (author)The transport and fate of nanoplastics (NPs) in aquatic environments are closely associated with their colloidal stability, which is affected by aging and natural organic matter (NOM) adsorption. This study systematically investigated the combined effects of photoaging and NOM (e.g. humic acids, HA; and a model protein, bovine serum albumin, BSA...journal article 2022
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Xu, Jingyi (author), Li, Z. (author), Gao, Li (author), Ma, Junyi (author), Liu, Qi (author), Zhao, Yanan (author)The deep reinforcement learning-based energy management strategies (EMS) have become a promising solution for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). When driving cycles are changed, the neural network will be retrained, which is a time-consuming and laborious task. A more efficient way of choosing EMS is to combine deep reinforcement learning (DRL)...conference paper 2022
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Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Fan, Jiajie (author), Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Xie, Bin (author), Ye, H. (author)The wide-bandgap semiconductors represented by GaN have a broad application prospect because of their high service temperature and high switch frequency. Quad-Flat-No-Lead (QFN) Package is currently one of the mainstream packaging methods due to its low cost and high efficiency. However, the low reliability of QFN used in GaN devices is still...conference paper 2022
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Wang, Le (author), Li, Shijie (author), Liu, Jialun (author), Wu, Qing (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author)Autonomous docking and undocking control is an important part of intelligent ship motion control. In this study, the adaptive-mutation beetle swarm prediction (AMBS-P) algorithm is used to propose a control approach for autonomous docking and undocking. Firstly, this paper introduces the principle of the AMBS-P algorithm, then the convergence...journal article 2022
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Li, Z. (author), Liang, X. (author), Liu, C. (author), Liang, M. (author), van Breugel, K. (author), Ye, G. (author)This study investigates the deformation of free and stress of restrained alkali-activated slag concrete (AASC), respectively, under semi-adiabatic condition. The concrete shows first thermal expansion, which is compensated soon by autogenous shrinkage. The subsequent cooling down of the concrete aggravates shrinkage and development of tensile...journal article 2022
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Yi, Jinming (author), Feng, Jianlin (author), Li, Yuanyuan (author), Bai, Tao (author), Chen, Anqi (author), Gao, Y. (author), Wu, Fan (author), Wu, Shaopeng (author), Liu, Quantao (author), Li, Chuangmin (author)To meet the needs of the road industry for maintenance operations, a new cement emulsified bitumen mixture (CEBM) with early-strength, self-compacting, and room-temperature construction characteristics was designed. The strength formation mechanism of CEBM was revealed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the surface free energy (SFE...journal article 2022
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Rao, Ziyuan (author), Dutta, B. (author), Körmann, F.H.W. (author), Lu, Wenjun (author), Zhou, Xuyang (author), Liu, Chang (author), da Silva, Alisson Kwiatkowski (author), Wiedwald, Ulf (author), Spasova, Marina (author), Farle, Michael (author), Ponge, Dirk (author), Gault, Baptiste (author), Neugebauer, Jörg (author), Raabe, Dierk (author), Li, Zhiming (author)Since its first emergence in 2004, the high-entropy alloy (HEA) concept has aimed at stabilizing single- or dual-phase multi-element solid solutions through high mixing entropy. Here, this strategy is changed and renders such massive solid solutions metastable, to trigger spinodal decomposition for improving the alloys’ magnetic properties....journal article 2021
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Luan, Pengqian (author), Liu, Yunting (author), Li, Yongxing (author), Chen, Ran (author), Huang, Chen (author), Gao, Jing (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Jiang, Yanjun (author)An aqueous chemoenzymatic cascade reaction combining Pd-catalyzed C-C formation and enzymatic C=C asymmetric hydrogenation (AH) was developed for enantioselective synthesis of tertiary α-aryl cycloketones in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities. The stereopreference of the enzyme in AH of α-aryl cyclohexenones was studied. An...journal article 2021
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Li, Xiaofeng (author), Liu, Hai (author), Zhou, Feng (author), Chen, Zhongchang (author), Giannakis, Iraklis (author), Slob, E.C. (author)This paper proposes a nondestructive evaluation method based on deep learning using combined ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electromagnetic induction (EMI) data for autonomic and accurate estimation of the cover thickness and diameter of reinforcement bars. A real-time object detection algorithm—You Only Look Once–version 3 (YOLO v3)—is...journal article 2021
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Chen, Jiaqi (author), Dan, Hancheng (author), Ding, Yongjie (author), Gao, Y. (author), Guo, Meng (author), Guo, Shuaicheng (author), Han, Bingye (author), Hong, Bin (author), Hou, Yue (author), Hu, Chichun (author), Hu, Jing (author), Huyan, Ju (author), Jiang, Jiwang (author), Jiang, Wei (author), Li, Cheng (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Liu, Yu (author), Liu, Zhuangzhuang (author), Lu, Guoyang (author), Ouyang, Jian (author), Qu, Xin (author), Ren, Dongya (author), Wang, Chao (author), Wang, Chaohui (author), Wang, Dawei (author), Wang, Di (author), Wang, Hainian (author), Wang, Haopeng (author), Xiao, Yue (author), Xing, Chao (author), Xu, Huining (author), Yan, Yu (author), Yang, Xu (author), You, Lingyun (author), You, Zhanping (author), Yu, Bin (author), Yu, Huayang (author), Yu, Huanan (author), Zhang, Henglong (author), Zhang, Jizhe (author), Zhou, Changhong (author), Zhou, Changjun (author), Zhu, Xingyi (author)Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly supports the rapid development of the global social economy. New theories, new methods, new technologies and new materials related to pavement engineering are emerging....review 2021
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Tajdari, Mahsa (author), Pawar, Aishwarya (author), Li, Hengyang (author), Tajdari, F. (author), Maqsood, Ayesha (author), Cleary, Emmett (author), Saha, Sourav (author), Zhang, Yongjie Jessica (author), Sarwark, John F. (author), Liu, Wing Kam (author)Scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the human spinal column, is characterized by a lateral deviation of the spine, accompanied by axial rotation of the vertebrae. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is the most common type, affecting children between ages 8 to 18 when bone growth is at its maximum rate. We propose a mechanistic machine...journal article 2021
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Liu, Y. (author), Ferrari, Riccardo M.G. (author), Wu, Ping (author), Jiang, X. (author), Li, Sunwei (author), van Wingerden, J.W. (author)Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) operate in the harsh marine environment with limited accessibility and maintainability. Not only failures are more likely to occur than in land-based turbines, but also corrective maintenance is more expensive. In the present study, a mixed model and signal-based Fault Diagnosis (FD) architecture is...journal article 2021
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Li, Chenchen (author), Yang, Fan (author), Liu, Pengfei (author), Fu, Chaoliang (author), Liu, Quan (author), Zhao, Hongduo (author), Lin, P. (author)To improve the energy harvesting efficiency of the piezoelectric device, a stack units-based structure was developed and verified. Factors such as stress distribution, load resistance, loads, and loading times influencing the piezoelectric properties were investigated using theoretical analysis and experimental tests. The results show that the...journal article 2021
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Liu, M. (author), Wang, C. (author), Zhao, C. (author), van der Maas, E.L. (author), Lin, Kui (author), Arszelewska, Violetta (author), Li, Baohua (author), Ganapathy, S. (author), Wagemaker, M. (author)A key challenge for solid-state-batteries development is to design electrode-electrolyte interfaces that combine (electro)chemical and mechanical stability with facile Li-ion transport. However, while the solid-electrolyte/electrode interfacial area should be maximized to facilitate the transport of high electrical currents on the one hand,...journal article 2021
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Li, Yuanli (author), Xiang, Pengcheng (author), You, Kairui (author), Guo, Jin (author), Liu, Z. (author), Ren, Hong (author)Mega infrastructure projects (MIPs) have become increasingly important to the realization of sustainable development in China. Sustainable development is a process of dynamic balance, and coordinating the triple bottom line (the environmental, social, and economic dimensions) will enable more sustainable development of MIPs. However, previous...journal article 2021
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Huang, Xinxing (author), Li, Yifan (author), Tian, Zhan (author), Ye, Qinghua (author), Ke, Q. (author), Fan, Dongli (author), Mao, Ganquan (author), Chen, Aifang (author), Liu, Junguo (author)Efficient and accurate streamflow predictions are important for urban water management. Data-driven models, especially neural network (NN) models can predict streamflow fast, while the results are uncertain in some complex river systems. Physically based models can reveal the underlying physics, but it is relatively slow and computationally...journal article 2021
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Lin, Yuze (author), Li, Tao (author), Liu, Ye (author), Bahrami, Behzad (author), Guo, Dengyang (author), Fang, Yanjun (author), Shao, Yuchuan (author), Wang, Qi (author), Savenije, T.J. (author)A long photoluminescence decay lifetime has been regarded as a generic indication of long charge carrier recombination lifetime in semiconductors such as metal halide perovskites (MHPs), which have shown tremendous success in solar cells. Here, we report that MHP polycrystalline films with extrinsic metal ions have a very long charge...journal article 2021
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Hong, H. (author), Ye, Li (author), Li, Ke (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Liu, Zewen (author)In this paper, we report a modified three step anisotropic wet etching (TSWE) method to fabricate solid-state silicon nanoslits. The slit-opening process is performed by <111> crystal plane etching. The etching rate of the <111> crystal plane is reasonably slow as it is only 1/45 of the <100> etching rate, thus allowing and...conference paper 2021