• Fracture toughness investigation of AL6082-T651 alloy under corrosive environmental conditions 

  Alqahtani, Ibrahim; Starr, Andrew; Khan, Muhammad (Trans Tech Publications, 2024-04-03)

  The crack initiation and propagation in an aluminium alloy in a corrosive environment are complex because of the loading parameters and material properties, which may result in a sudden failure in real-time applications. ...
• A review of digital twin technologies for enhanced sustainability in the construction industry 

  Zhang, Zichao; Wei, Zhuangkun; Court, Samuel; Yang, Lichao; Wang, Shuozhi; Thirunavukarasu, Arjun; Zhao, Yifan (MDPI, 2024-04-16)

  Carbon emissions present a pressing challenge to the traditional construction industry, urging a fundamental shift towards more sustainable practices and materials. Recent advances in sensors, data fusion techniques, and ...
• Future 6G communications powering vertical handover in non-terrestrial networks 

  Warrier, Anirudh; Aljaburi, Lamees; Whitworth, Huw; Al-Rubaye, Saba; Tsourdos, Antonios (IEEE, 2024-02-29)

  The integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) into future 6G networks will open new possibilities for applications ranging from surveillance to communication infrastructure maintenance, precision agriculture, and ...
• Reservoir computing for drone trajectory intent prediction: a physics informed approach 

  Perrusquía, Adolfo; Guo, Weisi (IEEE, 2024-04-04)

  The design of accurate trajectory prediction algorithms is crucial to implement adequate countermeasures against drones with anomalous performances. Wrong predictions may cause high-false-positives that compromise safety ...
• Effects of cornering conditions on the aerodynamic characteristics of a high-performance vehicle and its rear wing 

  Rijns, Steven; Teschner, Tom-Robin; Blackburn, Kim; Brighton, James (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2024-04-09)

  This study investigates the aerodynamic behavior of a high-performance vehicle and the interaction with its rear wing in straight-line and steady-state cornering conditions. Analyses are performed with Reynolds-averaged ...
• Improved hybrid model for obstacle detection and avoidance in robot operating system framework (rapidly exploring random tree and dynamic windows approach) 

  Adiuku, Ndidiamaka; Avdelidis, Nicolas P.; Tang, Gilbert; Plastropoulos, Angelos (MDPI, 2024-04-02)

  The integration of machine learning and robotics brings promising potential to tackle the application challenges of mobile robot navigation in industries. The real-world environment is highly dynamic and unpredictable, ...
• Quantifying climate risks to infrastructure systems: a comparative review of developments across infrastructure sectors 

  Verschuur, Jasper; Fernandez-Perez, Alberto; Muhlhofer, Evelyn; Nirandjan, Sadhana; Borgomeo, Edoardo; Becher, Olivia; Voskaki, Asimina; Oughton, Edward J.; Stankovski, Andrej; Greco, Salvatore F.; Koks, Elco E.; Pant, Raghav; Hall, Jim W. (PLoS, 2024-04-04)

  Infrastructure systems are particularly vulnerable to climate hazards, such as flooding, wildfires, cyclones and temperature fluctuations. Responding to these threats in a proportionate and targeted way requires quantitative ...
• Simulation framework development for helicopter mission analysis 

  Goulos, Ioannis; Mohseni, Martina; Pachidis, Vassilios; D’Ippolito, Roberto; Stevens, Jos (American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010-12-22)

  Helicopter mission performance analysis has always been an important topic for the helicopter industry. This topic is now raising even more interest as aspects related to emissions and noise gain more importance for ...
• Analysis of nozzle design used for the creation of advanced energy beam 

  Yu, Nan; Jourdain, Renaud; Gourma, Mustapha; Shore, Paul (American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE), 2014-11-14)

  A variety of scientific and industrial projects, such as segmented ground based telescopes, compact space based observers, short wavelength microlithography and high power laser systems, demand metre scale ultra-prec ...
• Towards the strategic adoption of Lean in aviation Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) industry: an empirical study into the industry’s Lean status 

  Ayeni, Peter; Ball, Peter D.; Baines, Tim (Emerald, 2016-02-01)

  Despite many Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organisations alluding their positive business performances to the adoption Lean initiatives, there is a paucity of direct literature that validates this assertion. Thus, ...
• Book review: España capital París 

  Suau-Sanchez, Pere (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 2012)
• Virtual machine resource allocation for service hosting on heterogeneous distributed platforms 

  Stillwell, Mark Lee; Vivien, Frédéric; Casanova, Henri (IEEE, 2012-08-16)

  We propose algorithms for allocating multiple resources to competing services running in virtual machines on heterogeneous distributed platforms. We develop a theoretical problem formulation and compare these algorithms ...
• A novel intensity limiting approach to Metal Artefact Reduction in 3D CT baggage imagery 

  Mouton, Andre; Megherbi, Najla; Flitton, Greg T.; Bizot, Suzanne; Breckon, Toby P. (IEEE, 2013-02-21)

  This paper introduces a novel technique for Metal Artefact Reduction (MAR) in the previously unconsidered context 3D CT baggage imagery. The output of a conventional sinogram completion-based MAR approach is refined by ...
• Breaking barriers: paving the path to sustainable fashion – insights for a greener apparel and textile sector 

  Vishwakarma, Amit; Mehrotra, Deepti; Agrahari, Ritu; Kharub, Manjeet; Gupta, Sumit; Jagtap, Sandeep (Emerald, 2024-04-02)

  Purpose The apparel and textile sector poses a significant environmental challenge due to its substantial contribution to pollution in the form of air, water and soil pollution. To combat these issues, the adoption of ...
• Control for motion sickness minimisation in autonomous vehicles. 

  Htike, Zaw Lin (Cranfield UniversitySATM, 2021-06)

  Automated vehicles are expected to push towards the evolution of transportation systems and exploit the use of vehicular technologies. This thesis investigates the fundamentals of motion planning for minimising motion ...
• Protection of magnesium alloys from corrosion using magnesium rich surfaces. 

  Wang, Yading (Cranfield UniversitySATM, 2021-06)

  Mg alloys have great potential in engineering applications for saving energy consumption due to the high strength to weight ratio. Mg alloys are also biocompatible and biodegradable with biomedical applications such as ...
• Advancing the digital frontier in agri-food supply chains 

  Jagtap, Sandeep; Raut, Rakesh; Dani, Samir (Wiley, 2024-03-31)

  In recent years, the agri-food industry has witnessed a transformative wave propelled by digital technologies, revolutionizing the way we perceive and manage the entire supply chain. This special issue delves into the ...
• Dynamic response of 3d-printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (abs) damaged structure under thermo-mechanical loads. 

  He, Feiyang (Cranfield UniversitySATM, 2021-09)

  Fused deposition modelling (FDM), as the most widely used additive manufacturing (AM) process, has great potential for various applications. The structures manufactured with the FDM technique has the potential to be used ...
• Experimental and numerical investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of high-performance vehicle configurations under yaw conditions 

  Rijns, Steven; Teschner, Tom-Robin; Blackburn, Kim; Ramos Proenca, Anderson; Brighton, James (AIP Publishing, 2024-04-05)

  This study investigates the impact of yaw conditions on the aerodynamic performance and flow field of three high-performance vehicle model configurations by means of wind tunnel testing and unsteady Reynolds-Averaged ...
• Mobile robot obstacle detection and avoidance with NAV-YOLO 

  Adiuku, Ndidiamaka; Avdelidis, Nicolas P.; Tang, Gilbert; Plastropoulos, Angelos; Diallo, Yanis (EJournal Publishing, 2024-03-22)

  Intelligent robotics is gaining significance in Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) hangar operations, where mobile robots navigate complex and dynamic environments for Aircraft visual inspection. Aircraft hangars are ...

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