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…
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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…
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) allows allocating one carrier to more than one user at the same time in one cell. It is a promising technology to provide high throughput due to carrier reuse within a cell. In this thesis, a novel interference cancellation (IC) technique is…
The study is concerned with generating recommendations for the development of e- learning strategy at the School of Engineering at Tripoli University in Libya. They are based on the identified barriers to the successful e-learning implementation in the institution after the quan…
Drilling through Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)/Titanium (Ti) stacks is important for mechanical assembly of aircraft, however, there are concerns over rapid tool failure and part damage, which lead to reduced productivity and hole quality. Limited research has shown tha…
Freeze-drying is an energy demanding operation involving dehydration through sublimation of ice crystals. It has important application in the production of high quality dried food such as instant coffee. Correlating the operating conditions with product attributes is essential t…
A review of previous sustainable transportation scenarios has revealed that each key change usually did not represent an aspirational urban mode of transportation that was interconnected through underlying systemic relationships. Development of a framework that facilitates a set…
Due to the dramatic rate of urbanisation worldwide, sustainability of global cities is called into question, and there is global agreement that making cities more sustainable is a key priority. Greater use of underground space is one such solution, hence wider adoption of Urban …
Two novel demountable shear connectors for precast steel-concrete composite bridges are presented. The connectors use high-strength steel bolts, which are fastened to the steel beam with the aid of a special locking configuration that prevents slip of bolts within their holes. M…
The increase in disasters in recent decades has impacted on humanity through large loss of life and negative long-term economic and environmental consequences. Disasters cannot always be prevented but their impacts can be mitigated through adapted disaster management strategies,…
The backbone of any power grid, the transmission and sub-transmission networks, should be flexible, robust, resilient and self-healing to cope with wide types of network adverse conditions and operations. Power electronic applications are making a major impact on the present and…
Our built environment is responsible for some of the most serious global and local en- vironmental change. The construction industry therefore faces pressure to increase the sustainability of its practices re ected in the development of stringent regulations and sustainability a…
In the last few decades, there has been an increasing interest in the field of sustainable urban planning and it is in constant evolution across the world. Cities in developing countries, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are experiencing rapid and in many cases unsustainab…
The thesis provides practical contributions via the m-Government Adoption Model and associated recommendations. The Researcher believes these will allow Oman's decision-makers to understand the reasons for the lack of e-Government success to date, and by implementing the m-Gover…
Growing energy demand and climate change due to increasing CO2 emissions are two major global issues. The development of Supergrids, which involves connecting national energy supply grids together via interconnections, has been proposed as a measure to overcome these challenges.…
This thesis looks directly into the controversial subject of the microwave field effect by the production of a versatile prototype isothermal microwave reactor for the investigation of enzymatic and microbiological reactions. The observed results from the prototype reactor and e…
When oil and gas pipelines cross rivers they are often buried in the ground beneath the floodplain and river bed. There is a risk that river will expose the pipe by lateral bank erosion, as well as bed erosion, and then there is a risk that the pipe will break. Pipe failure can …
British engineers have a lower status than practitioners of other British professions, engineers in other industrialized and developing societies, and than the Victorian Civil engineer. Explanations of this problem in terms of variables specific to British society and culture: a…
In the present thesis a linearized formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations is used to study two main subjects: the generation of near-wall streaks in turbulent boundary layers and the response of turbulent wall-bounded flows to streamwise-travelling waves of spanwise oscillat…