• Improved depth recovery in consumer depth cameras via disparity space fusion within cross-spectral stereo 

  Payen de La Garanderie, Gregoire; Breckon, Toby P. (British Machine Vision Association, 2014-09-01)

  We address the issue of improving depth coverage in consumer depth cameras based on the combined use of cross-spectral stereo and near infrared structured light sensing. Specifically we show that fusion of disparity over ...
• Fast model predictive control and its application to energy management of hybrid electric vehicles 

  Fekri, Sajjad; Assadian, Francis (Intechopen, 2011-06-24)

  Modern day automotive engineers are required, among other objectives, to maximize fuel economy and to sustain a reasonably responsive car (i.e. maintain driveability) while still meeting increasingly stringent emission ...
• A two-step optimisation method for dynamic weapon target assignment problem 

  Leboucher, Cédric; Shin, Hyo-Sang; Siarry, Patrick; Chelouah, Rachid; Le Ménec, Stéphane; Tsourdos, Antonios (Intechopen, 2013-01-30)

  The weapon target assignment (WTA) problem has been designed to match the Command & Control (C2) requirement in military context, of which the goal is to find an allocation plan enabling to treat a specific scenario in ...
• Defect source location of a natural defect on a high speedrolling element bearing with Acoustic Emission 

  Eftekharnejad, Babak; Addali, Abdulmajid; Mba, David (PHM Society, 2011-09-25)

  The application of Acoustic Emission (AE) technology for machine health monitoring is gaining ground as powerful tool for health diagnosis of rolling element bearings. The successful application of AE to life prognosis of ...
• On perspective errors in endoscopic PIV 

  Reeves, Mark; Lawson, Nicholas J. (Elsevier, 2004-07-23)

  Results are presented from a single and dual lens endoscopic PIV imaging system with a view to application of PIV where optical access is restricted such as internal flows. The dual lens PIV images were processed using ...
• Identification and quality assessment of beverages using a long period grating fibre-optic sensor modified with a mesoporous thin film 

  Korposh, Sergiy; Selyanchyn, Roman; James, Stephen; Tatam, Ralph; Lee, Seung-Woo (Elsevier, 2014-07-23)

  In this study, an optical fibre long period grating (LPG) sensor functionalised with a mesoporous thin film was employed for the identification and quality assessment of beverages. The principle of the discrimination of ...
• FLAVIIR, An innovative university/industry research program for collaborative research and demonstration of UAV technologies 

  Fielding, J. P.; Smith, Howard (ICAS, 2006-09-08)

  A major research programme into advanced technologies for Uninhabited Airborne Vehicles (UAVs) in June 2004. The £6.5M, five-year project represents a major investment in aerospace technology for BAE SYSTEMS and their ...
• An empirical comparison of real-time dense stereo approaches for use in the automotive environment 

  Mroz, Filip; Breckon, Toby P. (Springer, 2012-08-16)

  In this work we evaluate the use of several real-time dense stereo algorithms as a passive 3D sensing technology for potential use as part of a driver assistance system or autonomous vehicle guidance. A key limitation in ...
• The environmental case for the high-speed train in the UK: examining the London–Manchester route 

  Miyoshi, Chikage; Givoni, Moshe (Taylor and Francis, 2013-07-26)

  This article investigates the potential for environmental benefit from the introduction of the High Speed Train (HST) on the London–Manchester route in the UK, focusing on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The lifecycle ...
• System design for geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar missions 

  Hobbs, Stephen; Mitchell, C.; Forte, B.; Holley, R.; Snapir, Boris; Whittaker, P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014-06-12)

  Geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEO SAR) has been studied for several decades but has not yet been implemented. This paper provides an overview of mission design, describing significant constraints (atmosphere, ...
• Electronic tuning of misaligned coils in wireless power transfer systems 

  Aldhaher, Samer; Luk, Patrick Chi-Kwong; Whidborne, James F. (IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics, 2014-11-01)

  The misalignment and displacement of inductively coupled coils in a wireless power transfer system (WPT) can degrade the power efficiency and limit the amount of power that can be transferred. Coil misalignment leads the ...
• A production system variable connectance model 

  Burbidge, John L. (Cranfield Institute of technology, 1984-02)
• Effect of laser processing parameters on the formation of intermetallic compounds in Fe-Al dissimilar welding 

  Meco, Sonia; Ganguly, Supriyo; Williams, Stewart W.; McPherson, Norman (Springer Intrnational, 2014-09-01)

  Fusion welding of steel to aluminum is difficult due to formation of different types of Fe-Al intermetallics (IMs). In this work, 2mm-thick steel was joined to 6mm aluminum in overlap configuration using a 8kW CW fiber ...
• Impact of crystallisation processes on depth profile formation in sol-gel PbZr0·52Ti0·48O3 thin films 

  Aulika, I.; Mergen, S.; Bencan, A.; Zhang, Qi; Dejneka, A.; Kosec, M.; Kundzins, K.; Demarchi, D.; Civera, P. (Maney Publishing, 2013-01-31)

  This study revealed the influence of crystallisation processes on the homogeneity of the sol-gel PbZr0·52Ti 0·48O3 thin films, allowing identification and further optimisation of thin film performance. Crystallisation ...
• Dielectric and tunability properties of the Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)1-xZrxO3 ceramics 

  Peng, Biaolin; Fan, Huiqing; Li, Q; Zhang, Qi (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2013-02-05)

  Pure perovskite Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.8(Sc1/2Nb1/2)0.2O3 ceramics was prepared via a modified “columbite-type” method. The 1:1 B-site ordered structure of Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3 was detected by XRD and TEM. The dielectric relaxor ...
• A comparison of polymer film and glass collectors for concentrating solar power 

  Sansom, Christopher L.; Comley, Paul; Bhattacharyya, Debabrata; Macerol, Nastja (Elsevier, 2014-06-02)

  This paper describes work to compare the optical properties and surface texture of glass and polymer film collectors. We also present the results of experiments designed to simulate collector cleaning processes (both contact ...
• Long period grating based toluene sensor for use with water contamination 

  Partridge, Matthew; Wong, Rebecca; James, Stephen W.; Davis, Frank; Higson, Seamus P. J.; Tatam, Ralph P. (Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam., 2014-11-01)

  A demonstration of the use of a calix[4]resorcinarene coated optical fibre long period grating sensor for the detection of toluene in water is presented. Monitoring water quality both for domestic use and around industrial ...
• Formaldehyde sensor using non-dispersive UV spectroscopy at 340nm 

  Davenport, John; Hodgkinson, Jane; Saffell, John R.; Tatam, Ralph P. (International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999, 2014-05-22)

  Formaldehyde is a volatile organic compound that exists as a gas at room temperature. It is hazardous to human health causing irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, headaches, limited pulmonary function and is a potential ...
• The effect of volatilisation of refractory metal oxides on the cyclic oxidation of Ni-base superalloys 

  Brewster, Gyaneshwara; Edmonds, I. M.; Gray, Simon (Springer Science Business Media, 2014-04-01)

  The role of refractory metals on the bare oxidation behaviour of a range of compositionally complex single crystal Ni-base superalloys has been investigated using a range of techniques. It has been shown that this series ...
• Direct replacement of antibodies with molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanoparticles in ELISA - development of a novel assay for vancomycin 

  Chianella, Iva; Guerreiro, Antonio R.; Moczko, Ewa; Caygill, J. S.; Piletska, Elena V.; Perez De Vargas Sansalvador, Isabel M.; Whitcombe, Michael J.; Piletsky, Sergey A. (ACS American Chemical Society, 2013-09-03)

  A simple and straightforward technique for coating microplate wells with molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) to develop ELISA type assays is presented here for the first time. NanoMIPs were synthesized ...

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