• Experimental investigation of lubricant film thickness in an automotive final drive unit. 

  Fusco, Lucia (Cranfield UniversitySOE, 2013-11)

  Society has been aware of the environmental impact of vehicles for some time now, with governments trying to control and reduce this impact by introducing emissions standards to control pollutants as well as CO₂ emissions. ...
• An investigation into heat dissipation from a stationary commercial vehicle disc brake in parked conditions. 

  Stevens, Kevin (Cranfield UniversitySOE, 2013-11)

  Detailed understanding of heat dissipation from a stationary disc brake is of considerable importance for vehicle safety. This is essential for both park braking on inclines and for preventing brake fluid boiling in ...
• Development of a Port-Hamiltonian Model for use in oscillating water column control scheme investigations. 

  Farman, Judith (Cranfield UniversitySOE, 2014-12)

  With global energy demand estimated to rise considerably and global warming accepted by the majority of scientists, the pressure to reduce fossil fuel usage is increasing. To this end, the UK government has set a target ...
• A physics-based maintenance cost methodology for commercial aircraft engines 

  Stitt, Alice C. (Cranfield UniversitySOE, 2014-08)

  A need has been established in industry and academic publications to link an engine’s maintenance costs throughout its operational life to its design as well as its operations and operating conditions. The established ...
• Optimal time and handling methods for motorsport differentials. 

  Tremlett, Anthony (Cranfield UniversitySOE, 2014-12)

  In the motorsport environment, where traction at one wheel is often compromised due to high cornering accelerations, Limited Slip Differentials (LSD) offer significant improvements in traction and vehicle stability. LSDs ...
• Closed loop stepping motor application in prosthetics 

  Williams, K. F. (1969-09)

  In recent years much work has been done in many countries on the development of powered artificial limbs for use by adults and children with congenital deficiencies i.e. present at birth, and by amputees. The established ...
• Dynamics and control of flexible articulated space manipulators with large payloads 

  Wiedemann, Simon M. (2002-03)

  This thesis studies the dynamics and control of flexible articulated space manipulators with large payloads similar to the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System. For dynamic response analyses an exact analytical method ...
• Some Effects Of Transpiration On The Boundary Layer At The Leading Edge Of A Swept Wing 

  Smith, A. (2000-03)

  The effect of transpiration on the boundary layer near the leading edge of a swept wing has been investigated using a large swept cylinder model with a laser-drilled titanium leading edge to model the leading edge of a ...
• Analysis and prediction of the low speed flow over a highly swept wing 

  Shires, Andrew (2000-11)

  A combined experimental and theoretical study is described of the low speed flow over a highly swept and cambered wing that simulates the flow features of a transonic manoeuvre condition. The thesis is divided into two ...
• The application of relative navigation to civil air traffic management 

  Sangpetchsong, K (2000-08)

  This thesis addresses navigation and guidance which will be required for air traffic management in Future Air Navigation Systems (FANS) and Free Flight. In particular, the thesis covers the issues of data fusion and ...
• Flame radiation & smoke emissions in gas turbine combustors 

  Russell, D. T. (1969-09-19)

  The objective of this thesis was to investigate flame radiation and smoke emission phenomena in a combustor typical of those in use in aircraft gas turbine engines. One of the primary aspects of the investigation was ...
• Structural design for passenger safety 

  Roots, Mark R. (1996-05)

  This thesis covers the design and analysis of a roll cage structure for use on a sports racing car. The method used to design and verify the roll structure was novel as small automotive companies tend to use evolution ...
• Multiple and moving bodies: CFD research in an adaptive environment 

  Ren, Tingrong (2000-11)

  During this study a new solution adaptive scheme was developed which applied the structured Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) algorithm directly into a Chimera grid system. Two new Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) ...
• Buckling of corrugated core sandwich panels 

  Patel, N. G. (1969-09-19)

  A computer program is developed to determine the buckling stress and deflections of symmetric corrugated core sandwich panels. In the program freedom for lateral deflections at core to face-plate junction is allowed ...
• An Approach To Configuration Design Synthesis of Subsonic Transport Aircraft Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques 

  Pasaribu, H. M. (1991-12)

  This thesis outlines a computer system developed to tackle the configuration design synthesis of subsonic transport aircraft. The system provides an interactive design environment which combines the reasoning process of ...
• Performance and CFD analyses for a novel and existing thrust reverser designs. 

  Mahmood, Tashfeen (2014-04)

  The landing phase of any flight is the most important one with respect to safety. For a high bypass ratio turbofan engine, aircraft deceleration can be achieved by the use of thrust reversers, lift spoilers and brakes. The ...
• The design and analysis of a reconfigurable flight control system for advanced civil aircraft 

  Oliva, A. P. (1994-04)

  This work is concerned with the design of a pitch-rate-commandattitude-hold Command and Stability Augmentation System in order that the augmented aircraft meets the Gibson dropback criterion, the Gibson phase-rate criterion ...
• The application of computational techniques to the design of thermal ice protection systems 

  Leah, C. W. (1990-03)

  A bibliography citing 1350 references related to all aspects of aircraft icing is presented. An ice adhesion database has been compiled, and a survey of ice adhesion test rig designs is presented. An ice shear adhesion ...
• The interaction of an oscillating airfoil and/or flap with a separating flow 

  Lang, James D. (1975-01)

  At present little is known of the dynamics of a separating and reattaching flowfield. This unsteady flow topic relates to a wide range of aerodynamic problems such as dynamic stall and contfol-sürface-buzz. An experiment ...
• The effects of junction modifications on sharp-fin-induced glancing shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction 

  Koide, S. (1994-06)

  The effects of junction modifications on the glancing shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction generated by a sharp fin placed on the wall of a supersonic wind tunnel were examined experimentally at a Mach number ...

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