• Designing nanoindentation simulation studies by appropriate indenter choices: Case study on single crystal tungsten 

  Goel, Saurav; Cross, Graham; Stukowski, Alexander; Gamsjäger, Ernst; Beake, Ben; Agrawal, Anupam (Elsevier, 2018-06-22)

  Atomic simulations are widely used to study the mechanics of small contacts for many contact loading processes such as nanometric cutting, nanoindentation, polishing, grinding and nanoimpact. A common assumption in most ...
• Development of design methodology for a small solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle 

  Rajendran, Parvathy; Smith, Howard (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2018-03-27)

  Existing mathematical design models for small solar-powered electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) only focus on mass, performance, and aerodynamic analyses. Presently, UAV designs have low endurance. The current study ...
• Molecular dynamics simulation of the elliptical vibration assisted machining (EVAM) of pure iron 

  Goel, Saurav; Duarte Martinez, Fabian; Zare Chavoshi, Saeed (SAGE, 2018-05-23)

  It is well known that diamond wears out rapidly (within several metres of cutting length) when machining low carbon ferrous alloys and pure iron. The past few years have seen a growing interest in the field of elliptical ...
• 4 Developing a framework to improve leadership performance in healthcare organisations: the case of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

  Algarni, Namshan; McLaughlin, Patrick; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (BMJ, 2018-10-31)

  In order to improve leadership performance and enhance effective leadership in the healthcare sector organisations in general and the KSA in particular, this study proposes a theoretical framework to address the way in ...
• The design principles of flight deck automation and the occurrence of active failures in aviation 

  Brennan, Martin; Li, Wen-Chin (Aviation Safety Council, Taiwan, 2017-04)

  The evolution of advanced technology systems in aviation has seen radically increased capabilities of aircraft, and equally radical changes in how aircraft are flown. Relieving flight crews of much of the manual workloads ...
• Analysis and experiment of a bio-inspired flyable micro flapping wing rotor 

  Guo, S; Li, H; Zhou, C; Zhang, Y. L.; He, Y; Wu, J. H. (Elsevier, 2018-06-06)

  Inspired by insect flapping wings, a novel flapping wing rotor (FWR) has been developed for micro aerial vehicle (MAV) application. The FWR combines flapping with rotary kinematics of motions to achieve high agility and ...
• An energy-efficient path planning algorithm for unmanned surface vehicles 

  Niu, Hanlin; Lu, Yu; Savvaris, Al; Tsourdos, Antonios (Elsevier, 2018-05-25)

  The sea current state affects the energy consumption of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) significantly and the path planning approach plays an important role in determining how long the USV can travel. To improve the ...
• Aero engine compressor cooling by water injection - Part 1: Evaporative compressor model 

  Block Novelo, David Alejandro; Igie, Uyioghosa (Elsevier, 2018-06-10)

  The need for more fuel-efficient jet engines has led to a rise in compressor pressure ratio and turbine inlet temperature respectively. The latter has been possible with advancements in turbine blade technology. Nevertheless, ...
• Aero engine compressor cooling by water injection - Part 2: Performance and emission reductions 

  Block Novelo, David Alejandro; Igie, Uyioghosa (Elsevier, 2018-05-28)

  Take-off and climb up to 3000 ft are the flight segments in which the aero-engine experiences the highest operating temperatures, which are known to be accompanied by a high production rate of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx). This ...
• Influence of high fidelity structural models on the predicted mass of aircraft wing using design optimization 

  Dababneh, Odeh; Kipouros, Timoleon (Elsevier, 2018-05-26)

  This paper explores the necessary and appropriate level of detail that is required to describe the structural geometry of aircraft wings accurately enough to predict the mass of the main load-carrying wing structure to an ...
• Design for circular behaviour: Considering users in a circular economy 

  Wastling, Thomas; Charnley, Fiona; Moreno, Mariale (MDPI, 2018-05-25)

  In a linear economy, a product is manufactured and sold to a customer. Then, little concern is given to what the user actually does with it when they have it. However, in a circular economy where the aim is to circulate ...
• Microstructure-sensitive estimation of small fatigue crack growth in bridge steel welds 

  Yuan, Hao; Zhang, Wei; Castelluccio, Gustavo M.; Kim, Jeongho; Liu, Yongming (Elsevier, 2018-03-15)

  A probabilistic finite element model is implemented to estimate microstructurally small fatigue crack growth in bridge steel welds. Simulations are based on a microstructure-sensitive crystal plasticity model to quantify ...
• Determination of the strain-energy release rate of a composite laminate under high-rate tensile deformation in fibre direction 

  Hoffmann, Justus; Cui, Hao; Petrinic, Nik (Elsevier, 2018-05-19)

  In order to successfully model design-critical impact loading events on laminated composite structures, the rate-dependency of the composite material has to be correctly reflected. In this context, the rate-dependency of ...
• Energy and material efficiency metrics in foundries 

  Pagone, Emanuele; Salonitis, Konstantinos; Jolly, Mark (Elsevier, 2018-03-07)

  Most of the current foundry processes are based on well-developed and established practices typical of mature technologies. Contemporary economic, environmental and societal developments have concurrently changed at an ...
• Product-service system business models for circular supply chains 

  Yang, Miying; Smart, Palie; Kumar, Mukesh; Jolly, Mark; Evans, Steve (Taylor and Francis, 2018-05-21)

  Shifting supply chain architectures from ‘linear’ to ‘circular’ structures is imperative as businesses strive towards a circular economy ideal. Such a transformation requires innovation in the business models with impacts ...
• A hardware-in-the-loop test rig for development of electric vehicle battery identification and state estimation algorithms 

  Fotouhi, Abbas; Propp, Karsten; Samaranayake, Lilantha; Auger, Daniel; Longo, Stefano (Inderscience, 2018-03-01)

  This paper describes a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test rig for the test and development of electric vehicle battery parameterisation and state-estimation algorithms in the presence of realistic real-world duty cycles. The ...
• Thickness effects on fibre-bridged fatigue delamination growth in composites 

  Yao, Liaojun; Cui, Hao; Alderliesten, R. C.; Sun, Yi; Guo, Licheng (Elsevier, 2018-04-16)

  This paper provides an investigation on thickness effects on fibre-bridged fatigue delamination growth (FDG) in composite laminates. A modified Paris relation was employed to interpret experimental fatigue data. The results ...
• A non-contact laser speckle sensor for the measurement of robotic tool speed 

  Charrett, Thomas O. H.; Bandari, Yashwanth K.; Michel, Florent; Ding, Jialuo; Williams, Stewart W.; Tatam, Ralph P. (Elsevier, 2018-04-23)

  A non-contact speckle correlation sensor for the measurement of robotic tool speed is described that is capable of measuring the in-plane relative velocities between a robot end-effector and the workplace or other surface. ...
• Incipient plasticity in tungsten during nanoindentation: Dependence on surface roughness, probe radius and crystal orientation 

  Beake, Ben D.; Goel, Saurav (Elsevier, 2018-04-04)

  The influence of crystallographic orientation, contact size and surface roughness effects on incipient plasticity in tungsten were investigated by nanoindentation with indenters with a range of end radius (150, 350, 720 ...
• Improving a two-equation eddy-viscosity turbulence model to predict the aerodynamic performance of thick wind turbine airfoils 

  Bangga, Galih; Kusumadewi, Tri; Hutomo, Go; Sabila, Ahmad; Syawitri, Taurista; Setiadi, Herlambang; Faisal, Muhamad; Wiranegara, Raditya; Hendranata, Yongki; Lastomo, Dwi; Putra, Louis; Kristiadi, Stefanus (IOP, 2018-04-30)

  Numerical simulations for relatively thick airfoils are carried out in the present studies. An attempt to improve the accuracy of the numerical predictions is done by adjusting the turbulent viscosity of the eddy-viscosity ...

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