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Structural health monitoring of grouted connections for offshore wind turbines by means of acoustic emission: An experimental study by Tziavos, Nikolaos I., Hemida, H., Dirar, S., Papaelias, M., Metje, N., Baniotopoulos, C.

“…Grouted connections for offshore wind turbines are formed by attaching overlapping steel piles with an ultra-high strength cementitious grout. The structural…”
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A portable magneto-optical trap with prospects for atom interferometry in civil engineering by Hinton, A., Perea-Ortiz, M., Winch, J., Briggs, J., Freer, S., Moustoukas, D., Powell-Gill, S., Squire, C., Lamb, A., Rammeloo, C., Stray, B., Voulazeris, G., Zhu, L., Kaushik, A., Lien, Y.-H., Niggebaum, A., Rodgers, A., Stabrawa, A., Boddice, D., Plant, S. R., Tuckwell, G. W., Bongs, K., Metje, N., Holynski, M.

“…The high precision and scalable technology offered by atom interferometry has the opportunity to profoundly affect gravity surveys, enabling the detection of…”
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Condition assessment of the buried utility service infrastructure by Hao, T., Rogers, C.D.F., Metje, N., Chapman, D.N., Muggleton, J.M., Foo, K.Y., Wang, P., Pennock, S.R., Atkins, P.R., Swingler, S.G., Parker, J., Costello, S.B., Burrow, M.P.N., Anspach, J.H., Armitage, R.J., Cohn, A.G., Goddard, K., Lewin, P.L., Orlando, G., Redfern, M.A., Royal, A.C.D., Saul, A.J.

“…► We review the technologies for condition assessment of underground utilities. ► We concentrate on the assessment of water and sewage pipelines. ► We compare…”
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Radioisotopic battery and capacitor system for powering Wireless Sensor Networks by Walton, R., Anthony, C., Ward, M., Metje, N., Chapman, D.N.

“…•A power source for a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) was developed.•The power source was an indirect conversion radioisotopic battery & capacitor system.•The…”
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Underground asset location and condition assessment technologies by Costello, S.B., Chapman, D.N., Rogers, C.D.F., Metje, N.

“…Beneath the surface of cities worldwide lies an extensive and complex network of pipes and cables providing the essential utility services that underpin modern…”
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ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF BURIED PIPE USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) by Wahab, S. W., Chapman, D. N., Rogers, C. D. F., Foo, K. Y., Metje, N., Nawawi, S. W., Isa, M. N., Madun, A.

“…The invention of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology has facilitated the possibility of detecting buried utilities and has been used primarily in civil…”
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Pedestrian comfort using clothing values and body temperatures by Metje, N., Sterling, M., Baker, C.J.

“…Outdoor human comfort in an urban environment may be affected by a wide range of weather and human factors. The paper describes a research study investigating…”
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Factors affecting soil permittivity and proposals to obtain gravimetric water content from time domain reflectometry measurements by THRING, L. M, BODDICE, D, METJE, N, CURIONI, G, CHAPMAN, D. N, PRING, L

“…Time domain reflectometry (TDR) measures the apparent relative dielectric permittivity (ARDP) of a soil and is commonly used to determine the volumetric water…”
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Mapping the Underworld – State-of-the-art review by Metje, N., Atkins, P.R., Brennan, M.J., Chapman, D.N., Lim, H.M., Machell, J., Muggleton, J.M., Pennock, S., Ratcliffe, J., Redfern, M., Rogers, C.D.F., Saul, A.J., Shan, Q., Swingler, S., Thomas, A.M.

“…A major UK initiative, entitled Mapping the Underworld (MTU), is seeking to address the serious social, environmental and economic consequences arising from an…”
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Condition assessment of the surface and buried infrastructure – A proposal for integration by Rogers, C.D.F., Hao, T., Costello, S.B., Burrow, M.P.N., Metje, N., Chapman, D.N., Parker, J., Armitage, R.J., Anspach, J.H., Muggleton, J.M., Foo, K.Y., Wang, P., Pennock, S.R., Atkins, P.R., Swingler, S.G., Cohn, A.G., Goddard, K., Lewin, P.L., Orlando, G., Redfern, M.A., Royal, A.C.D., Saul, A.J.

“…The surface urban transport infrastructures, which are interpreted widely herein to encompass roads, cycle ways, pedestrian areas and railway foundations, are…”
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Real time condition monitoring of buried water pipes by Metje, N., Chapman, D.N., Walton, R., Sadeghioon, A.M., Ward, M.

“…► Identification of potential power sources which can be used in the underground infrastructure environment. ► Development of an initial radioisotopic…”
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Observing mathematics teaching in three different countries—lessons learnt? by Metje, N.

“…It has been reported that the students’ level of mathematics when entering university has changed in recent years. A surprising number of students struggle…”
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Stakeholder needs for ground penetrating radar utility location by Thomas, A.M., Rogers, C.D.F., Chapman, D.N., Metje, N., Castle, J.

“…In the UK alone there are millions of miles of underground utilities with often inaccurate, incomplete, or non-existent location records that cause significant…”
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An Optical Fiber Sensor System for Remote Displacement Monitoring of Structures — Prototype Tests in the Laboratory by Metje, N., Chapman, D.N., Rogers, C.D.F., Henderson, P., Beth, M.

“…This study describes a new optical fiber monitoring system to measure structural displacements. The underlying concept is based on a square fiberglass `Smart…”
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Electromagnetic properties of the ground: Part II – The properties of two selected fine-grained soils by Thomas, A.M., Chapman, D.N., Rogers, C.D.F., Metje, N.

“…In Part I of this paper it was established that electromagnetic signal velocities, for instance as used in ground penetrating radar use, are related to the…”
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Electromagnetic properties of the ground: Part I – Fine-grained soils at the Liquid Limit by Thomas, A.M., Chapman, D.N., Rogers, C.D.F., Metje, N.

“…Knowledge of the geotechnical properties of soils when engineering shallow underground spaces is of obvious importance, as it provides information, for…”
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Measurement and prediction of wave-generated suborbital ripples by Williams, J. J., Bell, P. S., Thorne, P. D., Metje, N., Coates, L. E.

“…Experiments in a large‐scale wave flume using regular and irregular waves with periods between 4 s and 6 s and heights between 0.2 m and 1.55 m have examined…”
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Sand suspension by vortex pairing by Williams, J. J., Metje, N., Coates, L. E., Atkins, P. R.

“…In studies of oscillatory flow above rippled beds, appreciable quantities of suspended sediment are reported up to 10 ripple heights,ηR, above the bed. The…”
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Broadband Apparent Permittivity Measurement in Dispersive Soils Using Quarter‐Wavelength Analysis by Thomas, A. M., Chapman, D. N., Rogers, C. D. F., Metje, N., Atkins, P. R., Lim, H. M.

“…Time‐domain reflectometry (TDR) has, since the early 1980s, become a widely used and robust method for measuring the electromagnetic properties of soils…”
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Seeing through the Ground : The Potential of Gravity Gradient as a Complementary Technology by Metje, Nicole, Chapman, David N., Rogers, Christopher D. F., Bongs, K.

“…In the UK there is a huge legacy of buried utility service pipelines and cables beneath our streets and new services, such as fibre optic cables, are being…”
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