We present an extension of the existing continuum theory for sound wave propagation in dilute gases in ‘‘narrow’’ two-dimensional channels to arbitrary Knudsen numbers; the theory provides predictions for the wavelength and attenuation coefficient as a function of the oscillation frequency. A channel is considered narrow in the context of wave propagation when its height is much smaller than th...

Shock Wave Propagation in Cementitious Materials at Micro/Meso Scales Report Title Shock wave response of heterogeneous materials like cement and concrete is greatly influenced by the constituents and their statistical distributions. The microstructure of cement is complex due to the presence of unhydrated water, nano/micro pores, and other hydrated and unhydrated products, such as the C-S-H ge...

Whilst large scale noise-mapping techniques have been applied extensively in practice, as required by the EU Directive on environmental noise, they are often not applicable for microscale urban areas such as a street or a square. This talk will discuss a series of simulation techniques as well as related acoustic theories for accurately calculating the sound field for micro-scale urban areas. T...

Smart grid envisions the potential to manage diverse energy resources and enable a future self-dispatch and selfhealing grid. This would first require the micro-grid visibility of node behavior (i.e. electrical parameters). In this paper we propose a novel approach to construct a stochastic model that makes global inference on every node at the micro-grid level. The micro-grid system can be mod...

We demonstrate intra- and inter-board level optical interconnects using polymer waveguides and waveguide couplers consisting of both 45 degree total internal reflection (TIR) mirrors and inkjet-printed micro-lenses. Surface normal couplers consisting of 50 µm × 50 µm waveguides with embedded 45 degree mirrors are fabricated using a nickel mold imprint. Micro-lenses, 70 µm in diameter, are inkje...

We investigated the feasibility of the coexistence of CDMATDD micro cells under a CDMA-FDD macro cell network with both sharing the same frequency band. A dynamic channel allocation (DCA) algorithm decides on the basis of mutual interference which FDD band is to use for the micro cell TDD channel. On the assumption of giving the macro cell higher priority we investigated the lower bound probabi...

Indoor path loss models are playing an important role in the design and planning of the 4 generation of the mobile networks. Moreover, it is an important component of system level simulators used to evaluate and test the network performance before it has been established. Many propagation models were proposed for this purpose. Most of these models are for macro and micro cellular networks. Smal...