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Behaviour of new building products from recycled-mixed plastic wastes
Bajracharya, Rohan Muni, Manalo, Allan C., Karunasena, Warna and Lau, Kin-tak. 2015. "Behaviour of new building products from recycled-mixed plastic wastes." 12th Composites Australia and CRC-ACS Conference 2015: Game On! Winning with Composites. Gold Coast, Australia 21 - 23 Apr 2015

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Characterisation of recycled mixed plastic solid wastes: coupon and full-scale investigation
Bajracharya, Rohan Muni, Manalo, Allan C., Karunasena, Warna and Lau, Kin-tak. 2016. "Characterisation of recycled mixed plastic solid wastes: coupon and full-scale investigation." Waste Management. 48, pp. 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.11.017

Article

Natural fibers and their characterization
Azwa, Z. N., Yousif, B. F., Manalo, A. C. and Karunasena, W.. 2016. "Natural fibers and their characterization." Campilho, R. D. S. G. (ed.) Natural fiber composites. Boca Raton, FL, United States. CRC Press. pp. 35-64

Edited book (chapter)

Development of an integrated plant-based image sensing system for soil-water and nitrogen status estimation in cotton
McCarthy, Alison and Nguyen, Tai. 2015. Development of an integrated plant-based image sensing system for soil-water and nitrogen status estimation in cotton. Toowoomba, Australia. University of Southern Queensland.

Project report

Composite railway sleepers: new developments and opportunities
Ferdous, Wahid, Aravinthan, Thiru, Manalo, Allan and Van Erp, Gerard. 2015. "Composite railway sleepers: new developments and opportunities." 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference: Operational Excellence (IHHA 2015). Perth, Australia 21 - 24 Jun 2015 United States.

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Structural performance of heavy duty composite railway sleeper
Ferdous, Wahid, Manalo, Allan, Aravinthan, Thiru and Van Erp, Gerard. 2015. "Structural performance of heavy duty composite railway sleeper." 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference: Operational Excellence (IHHA 2015). Perth, Australia 21 - 24 Jun 2015

Poster

Image analysis and artificial intelligence based approach for soil-water and nitrogen status estimation
McCarthy, Alison, Nguyen, Tai and Raine, Steven. 2015. "Image analysis and artificial intelligence based approach for soil-water and nitrogen status estimation." 2nd Australian Cotton Research Conference 2015: Science Securing Cotton's Future. Toowoomba, Australia 08 - 10 Sep 2015 Australia.

Presentation

Stable integrated RBF calculation using preconditioning and high-order compact approximation for second-order PDEs
Tien, C. M. T., Mai-Duy, N., Ngo-Cong, D., Tran, C. D. and Tran-Cong, T.. 2015. "Stable integrated RBF calculation using preconditioning and high-order compact approximation for second-order PDEs." Witt, Peter (ed.) Eleventh International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Minerals and Process Industries 2015. Melbourne, Victoria 07 - 09 Dec 2015 Australia.

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Analysis of retrofitted corroded steel pipes using internally bonded FRP composite repair systems
Sirimanna, C. S., Banerjee, S., Karunasena, W., Manalo, A. C. and McGarva, L.. 2015. "Analysis of retrofitted corroded steel pipes using internally bonded FRP composite repair systems." Australian Journal of Structural Engineering. 16 (3), pp. 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13287982.2015.1092681

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Mechanical properties of hybrid lignocellulosic fiber-filled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) biocomposites
Chevali, Venkata S., Nerenz, Brent A., Ulven, Chad A. and Kandare, Everson. 2015. "Mechanical properties of hybrid lignocellulosic fiber-filled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) biocomposites." Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering. 54 (4), pp. 375-382. https://doi.org/10.1080/03602559.2014.961078

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High-order fully coupled scheme based on compact integrated RBF approximation for viscous flows in regular and irregular domains
Tien, C. M. T., Thai-Quang, N., Mai-Duy, N., Tran, C.-D. and Tran-Cong, T.. 2015. "High-order fully coupled scheme based on compact integrated RBF approximation for viscous flows in regular and irregular domains." CMES Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences. 105 (4), pp. 301-340. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2015.105.301

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Behaviour of hollow pultruded GFRP square beams with different shear span-to-depth ratios
Muttashar, Majid, Karunasena, Warna, Manalo, Allan and Lokuge, Weena. 2016. "Behaviour of hollow pultruded GFRP square beams with different shear span-to-depth ratios." Journal of Composite Materials. 50 (21), pp. 2925-2940. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998315614993

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A high-order coupled compact integrated RBF approximation based domain decomposition algorithm for second-order differential problems
Tien, C. M. T., Pham-Sy, N., Mai-Duy, N., Tran, C.-D. and Tran-Cong, T.. 2015. "A high-order coupled compact integrated RBF approximation based domain decomposition algorithm for second-order differential problems." CMES Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences. 104 (4), pp. 251-304. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2015.104.251

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Nonlinear Optimisation Using Production Functions to Estimate Economic Benefit of Conjunctive Water Use for Multicrop Production
An-Vo, D.-A., Mushtaq, S., Nguyen-Ky, T., Bundschuh, J., Tran-Cong, T., Maraseni, T. N. and Reardon-Smith, K.. 2015. "Nonlinear Optimisation Using Production Functions to Estimate Economic Benefit of Conjunctive Water Use for Multicrop Production." Water Resources Management. 29 (7), pp. 2153-2170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-015-0933-y

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Post-fire mechanical properties of sandwich composite structures
Anjang, A., Chevali, V. S., Lattimer, B. Y., Case, S. W., Feih, S. and Mouritz, A. P.. 2015. "Post-fire mechanical properties of sandwich composite structures." Composite Structures. 132, pp. 1019-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.07.009

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Structural behaviour of pultruded fibre composites guardrail system under horizontal loading
Manalo, Allan and Pac, Mac. 2018. "Structural behaviour of pultruded fibre composites guardrail system under horizontal loading." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L: Journal of Materials, Design and Applications. 232 (4), pp. 273-286. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464420715622650

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Formation of defects in the graphite oxidization process: a positron study
Gong, Wei, He, Dongning, Tao, Jinlong, Zhao, Pengfei, Kong, Lingxue, Luo, Yongyue, Peng, Zheng and Wang, Hao. 2015. "Formation of defects in the graphite oxidization process: a positron study." RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences. 5 (108), pp. 88908-88914. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra14660g

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In situ synthesis of natural rubber latex-supported gold nanoparticles for flexible SERS substrates
Tao, Jinglong, He, Dongning, Tang, Bin, Kong, Lingxue, Luo, Yongyue, Zhao, Pengfei, Gong, Wei and Peng, Zheng. 2015. "In situ synthesis of natural rubber latex-supported gold nanoparticles for flexible SERS substrates." RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences. 5 (61), pp. 49168-49174. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra05681k

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Epitaxial growth of multi-structure SnO2 by chemical vapor deposition
He, Dong-Ning, Hodgson, Peter and Gao, Wei-Min. 2015. "Epitaxial growth of multi-structure SnO2 by chemical vapor deposition." Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters). 28 (7), pp. 946-950. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-015-0284-y

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Mechanism of a green graphene oxide reduction with reusable potassium carbonate
He, Dongning, Peng, Zheng, Gong, Wei, Luo, Yongyue, Zhao, Pengfei and Kong, Lingxue. 2015. "Mechanism of a green graphene oxide reduction with reusable potassium carbonate." RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences. 5 (16), pp. 11966-11972. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra14511a

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Effects of alkali treatment and elevated temperature on the mechanical properties of bamboo fibre-polyester composites
Manalo, Allan C., Wani, Evans, Zulkarnain, Noor Azwa, Karunasena, Warna and Lau, Kin-tak. 2015. "Effects of alkali treatment and elevated temperature on the mechanical properties of bamboo fibre-polyester composites." Composites Part B: Engineering. 80 (1), pp. 73-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.05.033

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Effect of pressboard ageing on power transformer mechanical vibration characteristics
Naranpanawe, W. M. L. B., Bandara, K. M. K. S., Saha, T.K., Ekanayake, C. and Annamalai, Pratheep Kumar. 2016. "Effect of pressboard ageing on power transformer mechanical vibration characteristics." 2015 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC 2015). Brisbane, Australia 15 - 18 Nov 2015 Australia. https://doi.org/10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380951

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Dip-and-Drag Lateral Force Spectroscopy for Measuring Adhesive Forces between Nanofibers
Dolan, Grace K., Yakubov, Gleb E., Greene, George W., Amiralian, NasimNasim, Annamalai, Pratheep K., Martin, Darren J. and Stokes, Jason R.. 2016. "Dip-and-Drag Lateral Force Spectroscopy for Measuring Adhesive Forces between Nanofibers." Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. 32 (50), pp. 13340-13348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03467

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Understanding the Ageing Aspects of Natural Ester Based Insulation liquid in Power Transformer
Badana, Kapila, Ekanayake, Chandima, Saha, Tapan Kumar and Annamalai, Pratheep Kumar. 2016. "Understanding the Ageing Aspects of Natural Ester Based Insulation liquid in Power Transformer." IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 23 (1), pp. 246-257. https://doi.org/10.1109/Tdei.2015.004744

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Systematic production of high quality and low cost cellulose nanofibres and their potential applications
Amiralian, Nasim, Annamalai, Pratheep and Martin, Darren J.. 2016. "Systematic production of high quality and low cost cellulose nanofibres and their potential applications." TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials 2016. Grenoble, France 13 - 16 Jun 2016 France.

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Scalable processing of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites toughened with nanocellulose
Amin, Khairatun Najwa Mohd, Amiralian, Nasim, Annamalai, Pratheep K., Edwards, Grant, Chaleat, Celine and Martin, Darren J.. 2016. "Scalable processing of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites toughened with nanocellulose." Chemical Engineering Journal. 302, pp. 406-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.067

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Cleaner and scalable processing of cellulose nanocrystal reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites
Mohd Amin, Khairatun Najwa, Amin, Mohd, Annamalai, Pratheep Kumar, Edwards, Grant A.B., Chaleat, Celine and Martin, Darren J.. 2016. "Cleaner and scalable processing of cellulose nanocrystal reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites." TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials 2016. Grenoble, France 13 - 16 Jun 2016 France.

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Polymers from Biomass: Characterization, Modification, Degradation, and Applications
Adsul, Mukund, Tuli, Deepak K., Annamalai, Pratheep K., Depan, Dilip and Shankar, Shiv. 2016. "Polymers from Biomass: Characterization, Modification, Degradation, and Applications." International Journal of Polymer Science. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1857297

Editorial

Iodine in commercial edible iodized salts and assessment of iodine exposure in Sri Lanka
Vithanage, Meththika, Herath, Indika, Achinthya, S. S., Bandara, Tharanga, Weerasundara, Lakshika, Mayakaduwa, S.S., Jayawardhana, Yohan and Kumarathilaka, Prasanna. 2016. "Iodine in commercial edible iodized salts and assessment of iodine exposure in Sri Lanka." Archives of Public Health. 74 (1), pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-016-0133-0

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Evaluation of the flexural strength and serviceability of geopolymer concrete beams reinforced with glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars
Maranan, G., Manalo, A. C., Benmokrane, B., Karunasena, W. and Mendis, P.. 2015. "Evaluation of the flexural strength and serviceability of geopolymer concrete beams reinforced with glass-fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars." Engineering Structures. 101, pp. 529-541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.08.003

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Composite railway sleepers – recent developments, challenges and future prospects
Ferdous, Wahid, Manalo, Allan, Van Erp, Gerard, Aravinthan, Thiru, Kaewunruen, Sakdirat and Remennikov, Alex. 2015. "Composite railway sleepers – recent developments, challenges and future prospects." Composite Structures. 134, pp. 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.08.058

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Pullout behaviour of GFRP bars with anchor head in geopolymer concrete
Maranan, G.B., Manalo, A.C., Karunasena, W. and Benmokrane, B.. 2015. "Pullout behaviour of GFRP bars with anchor head in geopolymer concrete." Composite Structures. 132, pp. 1113-1121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.07.021

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Probability density functions of SCFs in internally ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures subjected to axial loading
Ahmadi, Hamid, Mohammadi, A. and Yeganeh, Ali. 2015. "Probability density functions of SCFs in internally ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures subjected to axial loading." Thin-Walled Structures. 94, pp. 485-499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2015.05.012

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Degree of bending (DoB) in tubular K-joints of offshore structures subjected to in-plane bending (IPB) loads: Study of geometrical effects and parametric formulation
Ahmadi, Hamid, Lotfollahi-Yaghin, Mohammad Ali and Asoodeh, Shadi. 2015. "Degree of bending (DoB) in tubular K-joints of offshore structures subjected to in-plane bending (IPB) loads: Study of geometrical effects and parametric formulation." Ocean Engineering. 102, pp. 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2015.04.050

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Stress concentration due to in-plane bending (IPB) loads in ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures: Parametric study and design formulation
Ahmadi, Hamid and Lotfollahi-Yaghin, Mohammad Ali. 2015. "Stress concentration due to in-plane bending (IPB) loads in ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of offshore structures: Parametric study and design formulation." Applied Ocean Research. 51, pp. 54-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2015.02.009

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Stress concentration factors induced by out-of-plane bending loads in ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of jacket structures
Ahmadi, Hamid and Zavvar, Esmaeil. 2015. "Stress concentration factors induced by out-of-plane bending loads in ring-stiffened tubular KT-joints of jacket structures." Thin-Walled Structures. 91, pp. 82-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2015.02.011

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Real-time control approaches for site-specific irrigation and fertigation optimisation
McCarthy, Alison, Nguyen, Tai and Raine, Steven. 2014. "Real-time control approaches for site-specific irrigation and fertigation optimisation." Keppell, Mike and Reushle, Shirley (ed.) 2nd Digital Rural Futures Conference 2014. Toowoomba, Australia 25 - 27 Jun 2014

Presentation

Recent developments on FRP bars as internal reinforcement in concrete structures
Manalo, Allan, Benmokrane, Brahim, Park, Ki-Tae and Lutze, Darren. 2014. "Recent developments on FRP bars as internal reinforcement in concrete structures." Concrete in Australia. 40 (2), pp. 46-56.

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Monitoring the depth of anaesthesia using Hurst exponent and Bayesian methods
Nguyen-Ky, Tai, Wen, Peng and Li, Yan. 2014. "Monitoring the depth of anaesthesia using Hurst exponent and Bayesian methods." IET Signal Processing. 8 (9), pp. 907-917. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-spr.2013.0113

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Geopolymer concrete-filled pultruded composite beams: concrete mix design and application
Ferdous, Wahid, Manalo, Allan, Khennane, Amar and Kayali, Obada. 2015. "Geopolymer concrete-filled pultruded composite beams: concrete mix design and application." Cement and Concrete Composites. 58, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2014.12.012

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