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  • High-Resolution Computational Modelling of Multi-Material Flow 
    Shapiro, Evgeniy; Drikakis, Dimitris (Elsevier, 2005-06-14)
    The paper concerns the development of high-resolution methods for variable density flows and the implementation in multi-species flow studies in microfluidics.The high resolution discretisation is obtained by numerically ...
  • Higher-order CFD and Interface Tracking Methods on Highly-Parallel MPI and GPU systems 
    Appleyard, J.; Drikakis, Dimitris (2011-07-01)
    A computational investigation of the effects on parallel performance of higher-order accurate schemes was carried out on two different computational systems: a traditional CPU based MPI cluster and a system of four Graphics ...
  • Horizontal band-saw 
    Foot, R. M.; Boardman, G. E. T.; Dailey, B. R.; Baller, E. G. A.; Noble, C. F. (College of Aeronautics, 1964-05)
    The effect of various parameters on the performance of the band saw when cutting mild steel-with a 10 t.p.i. raker-set blade were established over a limited range. These are discussed fully in the ‘conclusions'. With ...
  • How the consumer confidence index could increase air travel demand forecast accuracy? 
    Teyssier, Narjesse (Cranfield University, 2012-09)
    Because of the complex nature of the air transportation industry with continuous changes in the environment, the past records of air traffic forecasters, either using trend extrapolation or causal models or even more ...
  • How to apply mnemonic-methods for improving pilots in-flight decision-making 
    Li, Wen-Chin; Harris, Don; Yu, Chung-San (2007-06-05)
    Two ADM mnemonic-based methods, SHOR (Wohl, 1981) and DESIDE (Murray, 1997), have been demonstrated to significantly improve military pilots’ in-flight decision-making performance in six different tactical situations (Li ...
  • Human error prevention: using the human error template to analyze errors in a large transport aircraft for human factors considerations 
    Li, Wen-Chin; Harris, Don; Stanton, Neville A.; Hsu, Yueh-Ling; Chang, Danny; Wang, Thomas; Young, Hong-Tsu (2009-10-01)
    Flight crews make positive contributions to the safety of aviation operations. Pilots have to assess continuously changing situations, evaluate potential risks and make quick decisions. However, even well trained and ...
  • Human Factors Effects in Helicopter Maintenance: Proactive Monitoring and Controlling Techniques 
    Rashid, Hamadalneel Suliman Jumaa (Cranfield University, 2010)
    Aviation maintenance errors account for between 13% and 23% of the global aviation incidents and accidents initiators, which require a wider global use of aviation maintenance safety improvement activities. The current ...
  • Human factors problems in the design of vibration isolation systems: a contribution to the evaluation problem of passenger car suspension systems 
    Fox, J. G.; Whitehead, G. D. (College of Aeronautics, 1968-02)
    1.0 Introduction In Appendix 1 of this report general procedures for the design and evaluation of vibration isolation, systems. are reviewed. It is shown that in general., a: vibration isolation system is adequate only ...
  • Human factors specification for a machine tool scale reader 
    Easterby, R. S. (College of Aeronautics, 1964-05)
    The length measuring devices on many machine tools must usually cover a large range while maintaining high accuracy for small incremental movements. Many machines use the operator as part of the measuring system, where ...
  • A hybrid boundary for the prediction of intake wave dynamics in IC engines 
    Harrison, M. F.; Perez Arenas, R. (Elsevier, 2004-02)
    This paper concerns the calculation of wave dynamics in the intake systems of naturally aspirated internal combustion (I.C.) engines. In particular it presents a method for improving the boundary conditions required to ...
  • Hybrid methods for function generation 
    Paul, R. J. A. (College of Aeronautics, 1961-11)
    A method of function generation is discussed based on the use of hybrid digital analogue techniques. A brief description of a quantizer is given together with some experimental results. The purpose of this unit is to ...
  • Hybrid molecular and continuum fluid dynamics models for micro and nanofluidic flows 
    Asproulis, N. (Cranfield University, 2009-12)
    From molecules to living organisms and from atoms to planets a variety of physical phe- nomena operate at different temporal and spatial scales. Understanding the nature of those phenomena is crucial for advancing new ...
  • Hydraulic optimisation of service reservoirs to maintain water quality in distribution systems 
    O'Neill, S. (Cranfield University, 2001-10)
    Water supply utilities worldwide are under pressure to meet stringent water quality and supply demands Service reservoirs (SRs) or treated water storage reservoirs have been built for the dual function of maintaining ...
  • Hydraulic test rig 
    Healey, M. (College of Aeronautics, 1964-08)
    Hydraulic Test Rig The rig comprises a grinding wheel head spindle driven by a motor and carrying an inertia load made up of detachable steel discs. On the opposite end of• the shaft to the motor is mounted a radial ...
  • Hydrogen aircraft concepts and ground support 
    Sefain, Michael J. (Cranfield University, 2005-11)
    As worldwide petroleum supplies diminish and prices escalate, the aviation industry will be forced to consider relying on energy resources other than kerosene for its aviation fuel needs. Additionally, there is growing ...
  • Hypersonic control effectiveness 
    Kumar, D. (Cranfield University, 1995-01)
    The present study analyses the effects of a number of geometric parameters on the performance of a trailing edge control flap on a hypersonic body. The tests were conducted in a gun tunnel at Mach 8.2 and Mach 12.3. The ...
  • Hypersonic flow control using magneto-hydrodynamics 
    Bennett, J. S. (Cranfield University, 2008-01)
    The focus of the present work is on the use of magneto hydrodynamics as a flow control device for supersonic and hypersonic vehicles. A three dimensional parabolized Navier Stokes solver was developed to take ...
  • Hypersonic interference aerothermodynamics 
    Estruch-Samper, David (2009-10)
    When a vehicle travels at hypersonic speeds during launch, cruise or atmospheric re-entry it is subject to extremely high surface flow temperatures. As well as on the vehicle forebody, extreme heating can take place close ...
  • Hypersonic interference heating in the vicinity of surface protuberances 
    Estruch-Samper, David; MacManus, David G.; Stollery, J. L.; Lawson, Nicholas J.; Garry, Kevin P. (Springer Science Business Media, 2010-09-30)
    The understanding of the behaviour of the flow around surface protuberances in hypersonic vehicles is developed and an engineering approach to predict the location and magnitude of the highest heat transfer rates in their ...
  • Idealisation error control for aerospace virtual structural testing 
    Hetey, Laszlo (Cranfield University, 2009-03)
    This thesis addresses idealisation error control for the nonlinear finite element method. The focus is on accurate failure prediction of mid-size aerospace structures. The objective is the development of technologies that ...

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