Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection
Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Miranda-Manzanares, M., & Barreto, D. (2022)
Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (2674-2683
A Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) system is proposed in this study based on the use of Rubber-Soil mixtures (RSm) to facilitate the benefits of dynamic soil-foundation st...
A New Multiple Slot Antenna System for Sub 6 GHz Smartphones
Conference Proceeding
Parchin, N. O., Amar, A. S., Darwish, M., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Almslmany, A., & El-Hennawy, H. (2022)
A New Multiple Slot Antenna System for Sub 6 GHz Smartphones. In 2022 International Telecommunications Conference (ITC-Egypt). https://doi.org/10.1109/itc-egypt55520.2022.9855691
This work presents a sub-6 GHz multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array with sufficient characteristics for mobile phone applications. At the four corners of the mo...
Gain Enhancement of Diversity Slot Antenna Using FSS with Metamaterial Unit Cells for UWB Systems
Conference Proceeding
Parchin, N. O., Ullah, A., Santos, H. M. D., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022)
Gain Enhancement of Diversity Slot Antenna Using FSS with Metamaterial Unit Cells for UWB Systems. In 2022 IEEE Wireless Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/wams54719.2022.9847736
This study represents the design of a dual-port/diversity antenna with enhanced gain property ultra-wideband (UWB) systems. It contains a small-size open-ended slot resonator ...
A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth
Journal Article
Mousa, F. M., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., Ali, N. T., Gharbia, I., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. (2022)
A Compact Wideband Circularly Polarized Planar Monopole Antenna with Axial Ratio Bandwidth Entirely Encompassing the Antenna Bandwidth. IEEE Access, 10, 81828-81835. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3196610
The antenna presented in this study is a compact wideband monopole with wideband circular polarization that can be used across the whole antenna bandwidth. A rectangular C-sha...
Towards Predictive Design: Tracking a CNC Fixture Design Process to Identify the Requirements
Conference Proceeding
Vasantha, G., Purves, D., Corney, J., Canavan, M., Quigley, J., & Sherlock, A. (in press)
Towards Predictive Design: Tracking a CNC Fixture Design Process to Identify the Requirements. In International Conference on Manufacturing Research ICMR 2022
Training novice production engineers to design manufacturing fixtures is a time-consuming process involving significant input from experienced experts. Motivated by the vision...
Single-Element and MIMO Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas with Negligible Back Radiation for 5G Mid-Band Handsets
Journal Article
Alnahwi, F. M., Al-Yasir, Y. I. A., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2022)
Single-Element and MIMO Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas with Negligible Back Radiation for 5G Mid-Band Handsets. Sensors, 22(8), Article 3067. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22083067
In this paper, single-element and MIMO microstrip antenna with two pairs of unequal slits is proposed as a circularly polarized antenna with negligible back radiation for 5G m...
Design as a Marked Point Process
Journal Article
Quigley, J., Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Purves, D., & Sherlock, A. (2022)
Design as a Marked Point Process. Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052844
Although AI systems which support composition using predictive text are well established there are no analogous technologies for mechanical design. Motivated by the vision of ...
Housing Construction On Peatland: Phase 1 Report
Report
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Medero, G., Cook, D., & Barreto, D. (2021)
Housing Construction On Peatland: Phase 1 Report. Edinburgh: Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
The economic development and social resilience of communities in rural Scotland is being hampered by a shortage of affordable housing. Nationally, about 23,000 new homes per y...
A New Optimization Algorithm Based on the Fungi Kingdom Expansion Behavior for Antenna Applications
Journal Article
Alnahwi, F. M., Yasir, I. A., Sattar, D., Ali, R. S., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2021)
A New Optimization Algorithm Based on the Fungi Kingdom Expansion Behavior for Antenna Applications. Electronics, 10(17), Article 2057. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10172057
This paper presents a new optimization algorithm based on the behavior of the fungi kingdom expansion (FKE) to optimize the radiation pattern of the array antenna. The immobil...
An Investigation of the Effects of Drill Operator Posture on Vibration Exposure and Temporary Threshold Shift of Vibrotactile Perception Threshold
Journal Article
Taylor, M., Maeda, S., & Miyashita, K. (2021)
An Investigation of the Effects of Drill Operator Posture on Vibration Exposure and Temporary Threshold Shift of Vibrotactile Perception Threshold. Vibration, 4(2), 395-405. https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration4020025
The present study involved performing an experiment to clarify whether vibration measurement values on the tool handle, in accordance with ISO 5349-1, can assess risk from wor...