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Axisymmetric necking of a circular electrodes-coated dielectric membrane (2023)
Journal Article
Fu. (2023). Axisymmetric necking of a circular electrodes-coated dielectric membrane. Mechanics of Materials, 104645 - 104645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2023.104645

We investigate the stability of a circular electrodes-coated dielectric membrane under the combined action of an electric field and all-round in-plane tension. It is known that such a membrane is susceptible to the limiting point instability (also kn... Read More about Axisymmetric necking of a circular electrodes-coated dielectric membrane.

A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness (2023)
Journal Article
Fu. (2023). A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 175, Article 105276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105276

We derive a one-dimensional (1d) model for the analysis of bulging or necking in an inflated hy?perelastic tube of finite wall thickness from the three-dimensional (3d) finite elasticity theory by
applying the dimension reduction methodology propose... Read More about A one-dimensional model for axisymmetric deformations of an inflated hyperelastic tube of finite wall thickness.

Decay Conditions for Antiplane Shear of a High-Contrast Multi-Layered Semi-Infinite Elastic Strip (2022)
Journal Article
Prikazchikova. (2022). Decay Conditions for Antiplane Shear of a High-Contrast Multi-Layered Semi-Infinite Elastic Strip. Symmetry, 14(8), https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14081697

The antiplane shear of a semi-infinite multi-layered elastic strip with traction free faces and edges subject to prescribed stress is studied. A high contrast is assumed in the stiffnesses of two types of homogeneous isotropic layers. Explicit condit... Read More about Decay Conditions for Antiplane Shear of a High-Contrast Multi-Layered Semi-Infinite Elastic Strip.

Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering. Information and Software Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2022.106840

Context: Other disciplines commonly employ secondary studies to address the needs of practitioners and policy-makers. Since being adopted by software engineering in 2004, many have been undertaken by researchers. Objective: To assess how the role of... Read More about Short communication: Evolution of secondary studies in software engineering.

Can edge waves be generated by wind? (2022)
Journal Article
Shrira, V. I., Sheremet, A., Troitskaya, Y. I., & Soustova, I. A. (2022). Can edge waves be generated by wind?. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 934, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.1141

Edge waves, the infragravity waves trapped by near-shore topography, are important in morphodynamics and flooding on mildly sloping beaches. Edge waves are usually generated by swell via triad interactions. Here, we examine the possibility that edge... Read More about Can edge waves be generated by wind?.

On Developing and Validating Dynamic Systems: Simulation Engineering. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). On Developing and Validating Dynamic Systems: Simulation Engineering. https://doi.org/10.5381/jot.2020.19.3.a6

Dynamic systems, where the behaviour is the dominant characteristic, pose engineering challenges that are often neglected in model-based software engineering. However, supporting simulation development from design models is important in demonstrating... Read More about On Developing and Validating Dynamic Systems: Simulation Engineering..

Coloured noise time series as appropriate models for environmental variation in artificial evolutionary systems (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Coloured noise time series as appropriate models for environmental variation in artificial evolutionary systems. Artificial Life, https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00284

Ecological, environmental and geophysical time series consistently exhibit the characteristics of coloured (1/f^ß ) noise. Here we briefly survey the literature on coloured noise, population persistence and related evolutionary dynamics, before intro... Read More about Coloured noise time series as appropriate models for environmental variation in artificial evolutionary systems.

Characterization and dynamical stability of fully nonlinear strain solitary waves in a fluid-filled hyperelastic membrane tube (2020)
Journal Article
Fu. (2020). Characterization and dynamical stability of fully nonlinear strain solitary waves in a fluid-filled hyperelastic membrane tube. Acta mechanica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-020-02754-z

We first characterize strain solitary waves propagating in a fluid-filled membrane tube when the fluid is stationary prior to wave propagation and the tube is also subjected to a finite stretch. We consider the parameter regime where all traveling wa... Read More about Characterization and dynamical stability of fully nonlinear strain solitary waves in a fluid-filled hyperelastic membrane tube.

Visualising the Invisible: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as Persuasive Technologies for Energy Feedback (2020)
Conference Proceeding
David Fredericks, A., Fan, Z., & Woolley, S. I. (2020). Visualising the Invisible: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as Persuasive Technologies for Energy Feedback. . https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartWorld-UIC-ATC-SCALCOM-IOP-SCI.2019.00225

In the last fifteen years, the outlook for engaging direct energy feedback as a method of effectively curtailing domestic energy consumption has grown more pessimistic. Continuing studies and reviews suggest the impact of such techniques on consumers... Read More about Visualising the Invisible: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as Persuasive Technologies for Energy Feedback.

A gyro-elastic device for cloaking of elastic waves in micro-structured materials (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Garau, M., Nieves, M., Carta, G., & Brun, M. (2019). A gyro-elastic device for cloaking of elastic waves in micro-structured materials. . https://doi.org/10.1109/MetaMaterials.2019.8900841

The design of a structured gyro-elastic system capable of being used as a cloaking device for a discrete medium is discussed. The efficiency of the gyro-elastic cloak, composed of springs connecting periodically placed masses, attached to gyroscopic... Read More about A gyro-elastic device for cloaking of elastic waves in micro-structured materials.

Effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a film/substrate bilayer (2019)
Journal Article
Cai, Z., & Fu, Y. (2019). Effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a film/substrate bilayer. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 11 -19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2019.05.001

We refine a previously proposed semi-analytical method, and use it to study the effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a uni-axially compressed film/substrate bilayer structur... Read More about Effects of pre-stretch, compressibility and material constitution on the period-doubling secondary bifurcation of a film/substrate bilayer.

An Ill-posed Cauchy Type Problem for an Elastic Strip (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). An Ill-posed Cauchy Type Problem for an Elastic Strip. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids,

This study deals with an incorrectly posed, plane elasticity, boundary value problem for a strip. The strip is loaded by a concentrated load of known intensity applied to one side and the displacements on this side are also known. The problem is ther... Read More about An Ill-posed Cauchy Type Problem for an Elastic Strip.

Layer formation and relaminarisation in plane Couette flow with spanwise stratification (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Layer formation and relaminarisation in plane Couette flow with spanwise stratification. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 97-118. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.192

In this paper we investigate the effect of stable stratification on plane Couette flow when gravity is oriented in the spanwise direction. When the flow is turbulent we observe near-wall layering and associated new mean flows in the form of large-sca... Read More about Layer formation and relaminarisation in plane Couette flow with spanwise stratification.

Design of a chiral elastic structure supporting interfacial waveforms (2018)
Journal Article
Nieves, M., Garau, M., Carta, G., Jones, I., Movchan, N., & Movchan, A. (2018). Design of a chiral elastic structure supporting interfacial waveforms. https://doi.org/10.1109/MetaMaterials.2018.8534138

An infinite heterogeneous elastic triangular lattice connected to a non-uniform array of gyroscopic spinners is considered. An algorithm is described for generating interfacial waves that propagate along the boundaries of subdomains containing inhomo... Read More about Design of a chiral elastic structure supporting interfacial waveforms.

An asymptotic strategy to couple homogenized elastic structures (2018)
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(2018). An asymptotic strategy to couple homogenized elastic structures. International Journal of Engineering Science, 26-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2018.04.006

A two-scale methodology to calculate the local stress-strain state (SSS) in structures composed of connected elements is proposed. The methodology is based on the assumption that the connecting unit has a size small in comparison to the objects being... Read More about An asymptotic strategy to couple homogenized elastic structures.

Dispersion of elastic waves in laminated glass (2017)
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Kaplunov, J., Prikazchikov, D., & Prikazchikova, L. (2017). Dispersion of elastic waves in laminated glass. Procedia Engineering, 199, 1489 -1494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.428

Elastic sandwich-type structures with high-contrast material and geometrical properties have numerous applications in modern engineering, including, in particular, laminated glass, photovoltaic panels, precipitator plates in gas filters, etc. Multi-p... Read More about Dispersion of elastic waves in laminated glass.

Effect of double-fibre reinforcement on localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical tube of arbitrary thickness (2017)
Journal Article
Fu, Y., & Wang, J. (2017). Effect of double-fibre reinforcement on localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical tube of arbitrary thickness. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-017-9899-5

We consider localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical hyperelastic tube of arbitrary thickness that is helically reinforced by two families of fibres. It is shown that localized bulging may become impossible, irrespective of the end conditions, wh... Read More about Effect of double-fibre reinforcement on localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical tube of arbitrary thickness.

Edge wrinkling in elastically supported pre-stressed incompressible isotropic plates (2016)
Journal Article
Destrade, M., Fu, Y., & Nobili, A. (2016). Edge wrinkling in elastically supported pre-stressed incompressible isotropic plates. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 20160410 -?. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0410

The equations governing the appearance of flexural static perturbations at the edge of a semi-infinite thin elastic isotropic plate, subjected to a state of homogeneous bi-axial pre-stress, are derived and solved. The plate is incompressible and supp... Read More about Edge wrinkling in elastically supported pre-stressed incompressible isotropic plates.

Requirements for commercial X-ray element-specific imaging technology (2011)
Journal Article
Austin, J. (2011). Requirements for commercial X-ray element-specific imaging technology. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring, 53(3), 127 - 131. https://doi.org/10.1784/insi.2011.53.3.127

Analysis of the composition of material samples nondestructively by means of standard X-ray tube imaging is extremely challenging due to the breadth of the bremsstrahlung spectrum, resulting from mono-energetic electrons striking a thick tungsten tar... Read More about Requirements for commercial X-ray element-specific imaging technology.