Comparative experimental study of the mechanical and fracture properties of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone
Journal Article
Marinelli, A., & Stewart, M. R. (2019)
Comparative experimental study of the mechanical and fracture properties of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (Fracture and Structural Integrity), 13(50), 438-450. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.37
An experimental investigation of the mechanical and fracture characteristics of Portland limestone and Corsehill sandstone is undertaken, aiming at enhancing understanding of ...
Assessing the relationship between the human response to vibration in the vibrotactile threshold shift with HAV exposure determined on the subject
Conference Proceeding
Anderson, L., Taylor, M., Maeda, S., & McLaughlin, J. (2018)
Assessing the relationship between the human response to vibration in the vibrotactile threshold shift with HAV exposure determined on the subject. In The 26th Japan Conference on Human Response to Vibration Proceedings. , (86-100
Existing risk assessment methodologies are based on fixed tool vibration magnitude emission data (such as tool declaration data or a point in time (typically annually) tool me...
End effect on determining shear modulus of timber beams in torsion tests
Journal Article
Gharavi, N., Zhang, H., Xie, Y., & He, T. (2018)
End effect on determining shear modulus of timber beams in torsion tests. Construction and Building Materials, 164, 442-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.12.191
The end effect plays an important role in determining where the rotation measuring gauges should be located in a torsion test. A thorough review on the impact of end effect in...
The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials
Conference Proceeding
Xie, Y. H., Yang, Z. X., & Barreto, D. (2017)
The Influence of Particles’ Aspect Ratio on the Shear Behaviour of Granular Materials. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods. , (253-264). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1926-5_29
The mechanical response of granular material depends both on the material properties (e.g. stiffness, anisotropy, permeability, etc.) and particle geometry (shape, roughness, ...
Weather impact on containership routing in closed seas: A chance-constraint optimization approach
Journal Article
Kepaptsoglou, K., Fountas, G., & Karlaftis, M. G. (2015)
Weather impact on containership routing in closed seas: A chance-constraint optimization approach. Transportation Research Part C : Emerging Technologies, 55, 139-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2015.01.027
Weather conditions have a strong effect on the operation of vessels and unavoidably influence total time at sea and associated transportation costs. The velocity and direction...
Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues.
Conference Proceeding
Smith, C. F. & Webster, W. (2006)
Interactive digital television and electronic public services: emergent issues
Gaining Public Support for Congestion Charging: Lessons from Referendum in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Journal Article
Gaunt, M., Rye, T., & Ison, S. (2006)
Gaining Public Support for Congestion Charging: Lessons from Referendum in Edinburgh, Scotland. Transportation research record, 1960, 87-93. https://doi.org/10.3141/1960-11
Until February 25, 2005, the City of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, had advanced plans for a congestion charging scheme. However, these plans were abandoned because of...
Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen.
Book
Webster, W., & Smith, C. F. (2005)
Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen. In V. Bekkers, H. van Duivenboden, & M. Thaens (Eds.), Information and Communication Technology and Public Innovation: assessing the ICT-driven modernization of public administration, 121-137. IOS Press
This chapter presents a case study of the use of interactive digital television (iDTV) to deliver electronic public services in the UK. It reviews a number of innovative iDTV ...
A minimal jerk prosthesis control system.
Conference Proceeding
Hill, S. S., Binnie, D. & Gow, D. J. (2005)
A minimal jerk prosthesis control system. In Proceedings of the MEC’05 conference, UNB; 2005ISBN 1-55131-100-3
The impact of cultural aspects on the design process
Conference Proceeding
Felgen, L., Grieb, J., Lindemann, U., Pulm, U., Chakrabati, A., & Vijaykumar, G. (2004)
The impact of cultural aspects on the design process. In D. Marjanović (Ed.), DS 32: Proceedings of DESIGN 2004, the 8th International Design Conference. , (1475-1480
Due to increasing globalisation, the development of products is no longer restricted to one place, it is more and more characterised by distributed design teams, who work in d...