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Phosphate glass fibre polymer composites have the potential to be utilised as degradable orthopaedic implant devices with modifications to the glass fibre composition allowing for materials with tailorable mechanical properties and degradation rates. Accordingly such materials c…
Fibre optic sensors have demonstrated a broad range of commercial potential due to their intrinsic characteristics such as low loss, very small size, light weight and immunity to electromagnetic interference. Representing one type of optical fibre sensors, long period gratings (…
The main topic of this work is detection of solid particles suspended in conductive medium and development of methodologies for determining cholesterol levels in human blood non-invasively by electrical impedance technique. The main part of this research is focused on the develo…
A novel non-separable non-stationary stochastic model for the representation and simulation of pulse-like earthquake ground motions (PLGMs), capable to accurately represent peak elastic and inelastic structural responses, is proposed in this work. Further, the model is employed …
Trade marks are valuable intangible intellectual property (IP) assets with potentially high reputational value that can be protected. Similarity between trade marks may potentially lead to infringement. That similarity is normally assessed based on the visual, conceptual and pho…
A challenge for clinicians when presented with a significant head injury in a young child and a postulated fall height is to determine the plausibility of such an injury. Previous authors have aimed to determine the head injuries that can result from a low height fall, however d…
Offshore wind power is a key element in EU policies to reduce the greenhouse effect and secure energy sources. In order to accomplish the EU’s target of a 20% share of energy from renewable sources by 2020, some of the planned projects have to be placed far away from the shoreli…
This thesis presents a numerical, analytical and experimental investigation of inter-seasonal heat transfer processes in soils. Particular attention is given to the energy balance at the soil surface and its impact on the performance of thermal energy storage devices in shallow …
Dementia is a syndrome caused by a chronic or progressive disease of the brain, which affects memory, orientation, thinking, calculation, learning ability and language. Until recently, early diagnosis of dementia was not a high priority, since the related diseases were considere…
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…
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…
Many studies propose new advanced railway subsystems, such as Driver Advisory System (DAS), Automatic Door Operation (ADO) and Traffic Management System (TMS), designed to improve the overall performance of current railway systems. Real time train positioning information is one …
Devastating cases of slope failure have been reported in many parts of the world; many of which are in tropical countries where the natural and man-made slopes are mostly made up of red tropical residual soils. Most of the failures occurred following heavy rainfall or during flo…
Enhanced geothermal system (EGS) reservoirs are artificial deep reservoirs designed to exploit geothermal power accumulated within hot dry rocks in order to generate electricity. EGS reservoirs have large potential to be exploited as a renewable source of energy. However, curren…
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a life-threatening issue and the situation is deteriorating each year resulting in an increasing number of deaths. The resistance of drugs developed by microbes is a natural process but this can be sped up easily due to unhygienic environments, …
There is a drive in industry to reliably detect surface breaking sub-millimetre defects in low electrical conductivity materials, such as stainless steel, titanium, and titanium aluminide using eddy-current testing. The sensitivity of the eddy current method to these materials i…