Engineering thesis and dissertation collection
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Modelling the relative risk of large fires across the informal settlements of Cape Town
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019)Home to an estimated 1 billion people globally, informal settlements are urban environments that are subject to a high risk of extensive fire spread. Their dense layouts and light, combustible building materials often ... -
Highway bridges in fire: characterisation of fire loading and structural behaviour
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-02-02)In bridge design, extreme hazards have been considered as design loads for years, including wind, earthquake, snow, and floods; but fire hazard is not usually considered in the design process. However, severe fire accidents ... -
Investigating the micromechanics of granular soils subjected to cyclic loading using discrete element method
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-18)he soil experiences millions of load cycle from nature, i.e., earthquake or many geo-engineering structures are subjected to cyclic loading during normal operation, e.g., renewable offshore wind turbines are likely to ... -
Model-based reconstruction of accelerated quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-18)Quantitative MRI refers to the determination of quantitative parameters (T1,T2,diffusion, perfusion etc.) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The ’parameter maps’ are estimated from a set of acquired MR images using a ... -
Sedimentation dynamics in Waste Stabilization Ponds and implications for helminth eggs removal
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-09)Helminthic infections pose significant worldwide public health challenges, and standard therapy includes mass drug administration (for de-worming) and three monthly vaccinations. However, research suggests that improved ... -
Flow velocity mapping in a circular experimental wave/current basin with small scale underwater acoustic tomography method
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-29)Several researches normally use the rectangle tank for ocean device testing in laboratory trails. Rectangle experimental tanks, however, can only generate normalized flow in one or some fixed directions with limited ... -
Human neutrophil elastase phenotyping: classifying neutrophils by function with novel imaging agents
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-27)This thesis describes approaches taken to classify the functionally diverse neutrophil by its different functions in a live-cell imaging tool. Human neutrophil elastase (HNE) cleaves over 30 substrates, its release is ... -
Data-driven operations and maintenance for offshore wind farms: tools and methodologies
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-21)Offshore wind assets have reached multi-GW scale and additional capacity is being installed and developed. To achieve demanding cost of energy targets, awarded by competitive auctions, the operations and maintenance (O&M) ... -
Shaping drops with magnetic fields
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-01-23)The control of small volumes of fluids (or drops) is important for a wide range of applications, including lab-on-chip devices, where drops are transported and merged for sensing and chemical mixing; liquid lenses, where ... -
Advanced sparse sampling techniques for accelerating structural and quantitative MRI
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-16)Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become a routine clinical procedure for the screening, diagnosis and treatment monitoring of various clinical conditions. Although MRI has highly desirable properties such as being ... -
Structural behaviour of cross-laminated timber elements in fires
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-26)Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a comparatively novel engineered material consisting of timber boards that are arranged in layers of alternating directions and bonded with adhesives. It is increasingly the material of ... -
Study of MIMO techniques for optical wireless communications
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)With its huge spectral resource, optical wireless communication (OWC) has emerged as a promising complementary technology to the radio frequency (RF) communication systems. OWC provides data communications for a variety ... -
Acoustic tomography imaging for atmospheric temperature and wind velocity field reconstruction
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-06)Owing to its non-invasive nature, fast imaging speed, low equipment cost, scalability for a variety of measurement ranges, and ability to simultaneously monitor both temperature and wind velocity fields, acoustic tomography ... -
Practical implementation of multiple-input multiple-output visible light communication systems
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-12-06)Wireless data transmission occurs everywhere and the global data traffic is growing rapidly. Current radio frequency (RF) spectrum resource is becoming saturated and our current RF based wireless communication system ... -
Production and optimisation of molten salt compatible micro- and nanoelectrodes for enhanced electroanalysis in LiCl-KCl Eutectic
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)The unique properties of molten salts have made their utilisation in a variety of industrial processes indispensable. Many of these benefits make them an attractive option for the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. In ... -
Numerical modelling of superconducting power cables with second generation high temperature superconductors
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)The advancements made in the manufacturing technology have made the second-generation high-temperature superconducting (2G HTS) applications increasingly appealing for the power transmission industry. The 2G HTS materials, ... -
Modelling power systems in a long-term power shortage
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)This thesis proposes and analyses decision support models for power systems operating in chronic power shortage conditions. Mostly these power systems exist in Sub-Saharan Africa, but other countries, for example Pakistan, ... -
Coupled hybrid modelling for fire engineering
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)Due to time and cost constraints, fire engineers typically curtail the domain of analysis when carrying out quantitative assessments using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based fire modelling. This could embody ... -
Development of a solar powered refrigeration system: Stirling-cycle based
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)Solar refrigeration has been tirelessly studied since the 1970s. Yet, no renewable technology has been superior to the conventional grid powered technology for household applications. However, Photovoltaic (PV) powered ... -
Transforming acoustic hologram with CMOS Active Matrix Drivers
(The University of Edinburgh, 2019-11-28)Acoustic holograms facilitate biocompatible, contactless 3-D manipulations of nanometer to micron-scale particles and particle groups. This has the potential to permit many biomedical applications, notably including ...
