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Design of an isokinetic knee dynamometer for evaluation of functional electrical stimulation strategies
(2019)Medical Engineering & PhysicsBackground The limitations of functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling directly affect the health benefits acquired from this technology and prevents its’ full potential to be realised. Experiments should be done on a test bed which can isolate and focus only on one muscle group, namely the quadriceps. The aim of this work was to design and develop an isokinetic robotic leg extension/flexion dynamometer which can mimic knee joint ...Journal Article -
Compression Field Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Based on Cracked Membrane Model
(2019)ACI Structural JournalCompression field approaches are well-established methods used to analyze the load-deformation behavior of reinforced concrete elements subjected to in-plane shear and normal forces. In this paper, the simplified Cracked Membrane Model, considering rotating, stress-free cracks, is extended to include the effect of fiber reinforcement. The key advantage of the proposed compression field approach is that it yields the most important factors ...Journal Article -
A coupled model for intragranular deformation and chemical diffusion
(2017)Earth and Planetary Science LettersJournal Article -
Scaling up capacity of stand-alone adsorption refrigeration tubes
(2019)Results in EngineeringOn the basis of a validated model, a parametric study is conducted to understand the effects of operating parameters on the coefficient of performance (COP) and specific cooling power (SCP) of a stand-alone adsorption refrigeration tube (ART). It is revealed that the SCP obtained based on the model with the transient pressure process (TPP) boundary condition is approximately 20% higher than that obtained without the TPP. A scaling up ...Journal Article -
Cadomian magmatism and metamorphism at the Ossa Morena/Central Iberian zone boundary, Iberian Massif, Central Portugal
(2017)LithosJournal Article -
Experimental setup for flow and sediment flux characterization at desanding facilities
(2017)Flow Measurement and InstrumentationJournal Article -
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(2016)InfozineJournal Article -
Honesty and transparency to taxpayers is the long-term fundament for stable university funding
(2016)InfozineJournal Article -
Measurement of isolated photon production in pp and PbPb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV
(2012)Physics Letters BIsolated photon production is measured in proton-proton and lead-lead collisions at nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energies of 2.76 TeV in the pseudorapidity range |η|<1.44 and transverse energies E T between 20 and 80 GeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The measured E T spectra are found to be in good agreement with next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD predictions. The ratio of PbPb to pp isolated photon E T-differential yields, ...Journal Article