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Smart rebar progress monitoring using 3D point cloud model
(2024)Expert Systems with ApplicationsCurrent rebar inspection practices in construction projects are manual in nature; hence, they are time-consuming. Rebar drawings are technical; therefore, the accuracy of inspection outcomes depends on the inspector's (supervisor or engineer) experience. In contrast, with the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution, the construction industry has also adopted a few technological solutions for rebar progress monitoring. However, most ...Journal Article -
Ensemble of surrogates in black-box-type engineering optimization: Recent advances and applications
(2024)Expert Systems with ApplicationsDue to its high efficiency, surrogate models have been extensively used in black -box -type engineering optimization problems. However, due to the nature of black -box functions, it is difficult to decide which surrogate model is the best for a given problem. In addition, it is difficult to accurately estimate the prediction accuracy of a surrogate on an expensive black -box function in advance. Because we cannot use many real expensive ...Review Article -
Morphologically reconfigurable magnetic micropillar arrays using acoustic streaming for particle capture and droplet manipulation
(2024)Sensors and Actuators B: ChemicalThe accurate and efficient manipulation of particles and droplets is crucial for the fields of disease diagnosis, target drug delivery, and sample purification, specific microstructure-based particle and droplet manipulation have been widely utilized in bioassays. However, current techniques are mainly based on the fixed microstructures, which is extremely difficult to achieve dynamic modulation by adjusting microstructure morphology and ...Journal Article -
Spectral decomposition of H¹(µ) and Poincaré inequality on a compact interval — Application to kernel quadrature
(2024)Journal of Approximation TheoryJournal Article -
Augmenting materials passports to support disassembly planning based on building information modelling standards
(2024)Journal of Building EngineeringSelective disassembly planning and materials passports are precursor technologies to support the retrieval of reusable building components efficiently. Selective disassembly relies on information about the recovery capacity of the components, while materials passports can be used to keep track of the disassembly information along the component's life cycles. However, the required information for selective disassembly is not represented ...Journal Article -
Phase-field simulation and machine learning of low-field magneto-elastocaloric effect in a multiferroic composite
(2024)International Journal of Mechanical SciencesAchieving appreciable elastocaloric effect under low external field is critical for solid-state cooling technology. Here, a non-isothermal Phase-Field Model (PFM) coupling martensitic transformation with mechanics, heat transfer and magnetostrictive behavior is proposed to simulate Magneto-elastoCaloric Effect (M-eCE) that is induced by magnetic field in a multiferroic composite (e.g., Magnetostrictive-Shape Memory Alloys (MEA-SMA) ...Journal Article -
Computational Design of 2D Lattice Structures Based on Crystallographic Symmetries
(2024)Journal of Mechanical DesignThe design representations of lattice structures are fundamental to the development of computational design approaches. Current applications of lattice structures are characterized by ever-growing demand on computational resources to solve difficult optimization problems or generate large datasets, opting for the development of efficient design representations which offer a high range of possible design variants, while at the same time ...Journal Article -
Multi-objective optimization of a negative stiffness vibration control system for offshore wind turbines
(2024)Ocean EngineeringA systematic multi-objective optimization approach is presented for designing vibration control systems for monopile Offshore Wind Turbines (OWT) under the combined actions of wind and wave. An extended configuration of the KDamper (EKD) is employed, with second-order tower phenomena and soil–structure interaction effects taken into account. A holistic approach is employed to design an optimal EKD by considering competing objectives and ...Journal Article -
Inteins: A Swiss army knife for synthetic biology
(2024)Biotechnology AdvancesInteins are proteins found in nature that execute protein splicing. Among them, split inteins stand out for their versatility and adaptability, presenting creative solutions for addressing intricate challenges in various biological applications. Their exquisite attributes, including compactness, reliability, orthogonality, low toxicity, and irreversibility, make them of interest to various fields including synthetic biology, biotechnology ...Review Article -
A Simple Approach to Simulate Logjams in Two-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Models
(2024)Journal of Hydraulic EngineeringNatural accumulations of wood, as well as engineered logjams, are relevant for river ecosystems. These structures, by interacting with the flow, can lead to significant backwater effects and morphological changes. Research on engineered logjams has so far mainly relied on physical modeling, which may impede the study of different flow conditions or logjam designs and configurations. Here, a simple approach for the simulation of logjams ...Journal Article