Hand movements reveal the temporal characteristics of visual attention Optimisation of potable water treatment could result in substantial cost savings for water companies and their customers. To address this issue, computational modelling of water treatment works using static a…
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The research analyses the behaviour of the flow in an open channel with self-formed banksides, with the purpose of exploring the ability of a numerical model to predict such geometries. The strategy consists in contrast a numerical model with physical model data. With respect to…
Compared with other biometric traits like fingerprint or iris, the most significant advantage of gait is that it can be used for remote human identification without cooperation from the subjects. The technology of gait recognition may play an important role in crime prevention, …
This thesis presents an extensive test programme for bolted connections using SuperStructural Pultruded Fibre Reinforced Polymer (PFRP) materials with an emphasis on characterising strengths for the pin-bearing failure mode and linking coupon results to bearing failure in lapshe…
In modern manufacturing industry, precision components are typically produced on Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machine tools which translate their accuracy onto machined parts. This accuracy is affected by a set of different motion errors caused by inherent imperfections i…
The sensors most commonly used for monitoring machine health are wired accelerometers because of their high performances and good stability. However, these transducers are usually large in size; require an external power source. Hence, there is a need for cheaper and reliable al…
Foreseen expansion and increasing complexity of power distribution networks will increase demand for accurate metering of electric energy flow. The current transformer (CT) is widely used in measurement systems and has direct effect on the overall accuracy of electric power meas…
Demand response (DR) is able to contribute to the secure and efficient operation of power systems. The implications of adopting the residential DR through smart appliances (SAs) were investigated from the perspective of three actors: customer, distribution network operator, and …
Task Planning is developed for an autonomous mobile robot in order to support the robot to accomplish tasks in various degrees of environmental complexity. This environment can be fixed or deterministic (as in a factory), dynamic (as in the human domestic household), or non-dete…
In this thesis an elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) solution method has been developed for helical Gears. Helical gears mesh with each other and develop contact areas under load that are approximately elliptical in shape. The contact ellipses have aspect ratios which are larg…
Among the steady progression of disasters worldwide lie the numerous instances of fatality where crowds gather. The scale of these is particularly high at the Hajj in Makkah, where there are exceptionally high numbers of pedestrians in a number of confined areas and, depending o…
This research demonstrates that rubber particle size affects concrete workability and water permeability to a greater extent than fresh density and strength. Concrete with rubber particles of larger size tends to have a higher workability and fresh density than that with smaller…
Granular materials display a host of fascinating behaviours both remarkably similar to and strikingly different from those exhibited by classical solids, liquids and gases. Due to the ubiquity of granular materials, and their far-reaching importance in multitudinous natural and …
The aim of this report is to present results related to the application of the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method for the study of various devices at terahertz frequencies. The FDTD method has emerged as one of the most widely used numerical analysis methods used for el…
The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) stress the need for Malaysian engineering graduates to be able to integrate sustainable development knowledge, skills and values in their professional practice. The 2012 Engineering Accreditati…
By 2003 the first Irish Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects had reached the operational stage. Media reports were emerging of significant differences in the effectiveness of these projects. This research set out to find a means by which effectiveness of PPPs could be incre…
This thesis describes the investigation and development of damage modelling for composites materials at their micro-scale (e.g. fibre, matrix). A damage model for elastic materials, based on a "local" damage approach, has been introduced to predict failure onset and simulate the…
Vacuum infusion technology, even though first reported more than 50 years ago, was not popular for mainstream fibre reinforced polymer composites manufacturing until recently. Its present-day popularity is due to the increasing emphasis on the manufacturing cost as well as envir…
The objective of the research was to accelerate the thaumasite form of sulfate attack (TSA) under laboratory conditions in order to identify its effects on skin friction at the soil/concrete interface. The experimental programme was organised into five series which investigated …