Search Results - "Overend, Mauro"

Single-nanowire spectrometers by Yang, Zongyin, Albrow-Owen, Tom, Cui, Hanxiao, Alexander-Webber, Jack, Gu, Fuxing, Wang, Xiaomu, Wu, Tien-Chun, Zhuge, Minghua, Williams, Calum, Wang, Pan, Zayats, Anatoly V, Cai, Weiwei, Dai, Lun, Hofmann, Stephan, Overend, Mauro, Tong, Limin, Yang, Qing, Sun, Zhipei, Hasan, Tawfique

“…Spectrometers with ever-smaller footprints are sought after for a wide range of applications in which minimized size and weight are paramount, including…”
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Closed cavity façade, an innovative energy saving façade by Michael, Michalis, Overend, Mauro

“…In its simplest form, a Closed Cavity Façade (CCF) consists of a double or triple glazing unit (DGU or TGU) on the inner layer and single glazing on the outer…”
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Adhesively-bonded GFRP-glass sandwich components for structurally efficient glazing applications by Pascual, Carlos, Montali, Jacopo, Overend, Mauro

“…Composite sandwich structures made of thick glass face sheets adhesively-bonded to glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) core profiles have the potential to…”
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A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades by Michael, Michalis, Favoino, Fabio, Jin, Qian, Luna-Navarro, Alessandra, Overend, Mauro

“…High-performance glazing technologies are essential for achieving the occupant comfort and building energy efficiency required in contemporary and future…”
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Investigations on the Cold Bending Behaviour of a Double Glazing Unit with a Rigid Edge-Spacer Frame by Van Driel, Tim, Noteboom, Chris, Overend, Mauro

“…Free-form façades with bent glass are becoming increasingly popular. As bending glass provides it with a better resistance to out-of-plane loads, it can result…”
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Design, Engineering and Experimental Testing of Tubular Glass Columns by Veenstra, Rozemarijn, Noteboom, Chris, Oikonomopoulou, Faidra, Overend, Mauro

“…This research revolves around the design, fabrication and testing of tubular glass columns, with particular focus on their redundancy and fire-safety…”
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Empirical validation of co-simulation models for adaptive building envelopes by Borkowski, Esther, Luna-Navarro, Alessandra, Michael, Michalis, Overend, Mauro, Rovas, Dimitrios, Raslan, Rokia

“…The thermal performance of adaptive building envelopes can be evaluated using building performance simulation tools. Simulation capabilities and accuracy in…”
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Slim Skins: Towards a New Glazed Façade System by Foolen de Oliveira, Barbara, Veenstra, Arjen, Meizoso Aguilar, Maria, Overend, Mauro

“…From early 20th century architects have envisioned transparent buildings such as Mies van der Rohe’s “skin and bones” concept and his 1921 proposal for the…”
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A review of heat transfer characteristics of switchable insulation technologies for thermally adaptive building envelopes by Cui, Hanxiao, Overend, Mauro

“…•Switchable insulation is an effective means of regulating heat through envelopes.•Current research on switchable insulation is fragmented across multiple…”
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A transparent ultraviolet triggered amorphous selenium p-n junction by Saito, Ichitaro, Miyazaki, Wataru, Onishi, Masanori, Kudo, Yuki, Masuzawa, Tomoaki, Yamada, Takatoshi, Koh, Angel, Chua, Daniel, Soga, Kenichi, Overend, Mauro, Aono, Masami, Amaratunga, Gehan A. J., Okano, Ken

“…This paper will introduce a semitransparent amorphous selenium (a-Se) film exhibiting photovoltaic effects under ultraviolet light created through a simple and…”
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Thermo-mechanical Investigation of Novel GFRP-glass Sandwich Facade Components by Chiara Bedon, Carlos Pascual Agullo, Alessandra Luna-Navarro, Mauro Overend, Fabio Favoino

“…Modern building envelopes are typically high-technological systems that need to meet strict requirements regarding architectural intent, structural capacity,…”
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Towards facades as Make-To-Order products – the role of Knowledge-Based-Engineering to support design by Jacopo Montali, Mauro Overend, P. Michael Pelken, Sauchelli Michele

“…Building façades are Engineer-To-Order (ETO) products and, as such, they show unique features on a project-by-project basis. The partitioning of design tasks…”
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Reclamation potential in the built environment: A method and metric for assessing environmental benefits beyond first use by Hartwell, Rebecca, Overend, Mauro

“…Direct reuse and recycling of materials can significantly reduce the net environmental impact of the global construction sector. The feasibility of reuse and…”
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Weibull parameter estimation and goodness-of-fit for glass strength data by Datsiou, Kyriaki Corinna, Overend, Mauro

“…•A 2-parameter Weibull distribution can successfully describe glass strength data.•Manual and computational methods were tested for estimating the Weibull…”
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Circular economy of façades: Real-world challenges and opportunities by Hartwell, Rebecca, Macmillan, Sebastian, Overend, Mauro

“…Reuse and high-value recycling have a pivotal role to play in reducing waste and minimising carbon emissions in the built environment. Design strategies for…”
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The optimal thermo-optical properties and energy saving potential of adaptive glazing technologies by Favoino, Fabio, Overend, Mauro, Jin, Qian

“…The development of dynamic building envelope technologies, which adapt to changing outdoor and indoor environments, is considered a crucial step towards the…”
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Buckling of sandwich struts with a particular application in composite multi-layer glazing by Pascual, Carlos, Overend, Mauro

“…•Allen’s and Southwell’s theories of buckling are extended to multi-layered struts.•Novel and simple expressions of deflections and critical loads are…”
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Nondestructive Safety Evaluation of Thermally Tempered Glass by Zaccaria, Marco, Overend, Mauro

“…AbstractThermally tempered glass fails into small and blunt pieces upon fracture, and therefore is the product of choice when a degree of safety is required…”
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A BPMN-based process map for the design and construction of façades by Eleanor Voss, Qian Jin, Mauro Overend

“…Corresponding author: Eleanor Voss, Glass and Façade Technology Research Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street,…”
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Design, construction and validation of MATELab: A novel outdoor chamber for investigating occupant-facade interaction by Luna-Navarro, Alessandra, Overend, Mauro

“…Testing of novel facade technologies with human volunteers is essential for improving occupant interaction with novel dynamic facade systems and to increase…”
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