• Effect of carbon fiber winding layer on torsional characteristics of filament wound composite shafts 

  Tariq, Mateen; Nisar, Salman; Shah, Aqueel; Mairaj, Tariq; Akbar, Sohaib; Khan, Muhammad Ali; Khan, Sohaib Zia (Springer Verlag, 2018-03-21)

  Composite materials are promising candidates as structural materials and substituting metals in extensive applications. Shafts are used in aerospace and automotive structures and hence replacing conventional shafts with ...
• Towards software performance monitoring: an approach for the aerospace industry 

  González Muñoz, Raúl; Shehab, Essam; Weinitzke, Martin; Bence, Rachel; Fowler, Chris; Baguley, Paul (Elsevier, 2015-10-27)

  Software applications are becoming one of the most valuable assets for companies, providing critical capabilities and functionalities to perform a wide range of operations in the industry. This paper aims to provide a view ...
• Railway track component condition monitoring using optical fibre Bragg grating sensors 

  Buggy, Stephen J.; James, Stephen W.; Staines, Stephen; Carroll, R.; Kitson, P.; Farrington, D.; Drewett, L.; Jaiswal, J.; Tatam, Ralph P. (2016-03-22)

  The use of optical fibre Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors to monitor the condition of safety critical rail components is investigated. Fishplates, switchblades and stretcher bars on the Stagecoach Supertram tramway in ...
• Dual-channel OCT for velocity measurement in microfluidic channels. 

  Rigas, Evangelos; Hallam, Jonathan M.; Ford, Helen D.; Charrett, Tom O. H.; Tatam, Ralph P. (OSA, 2018-09-28)

  A dual-beam Optical Coherence Tomography system has been developed, using a bespoke dual optical fibre, to simultaneously image microfluidic channel structures and measure high velocity flows (presently 250μm/s) from a ...
• Identifying information asymmetry challenges in the defence sector 

  Sceral, Mario; Erkoyuncu, John Ahmet; Shehab, Essam (Elsevier, 2018-02-08)

  Nowadays austerity policy and reduced funding promote the Defence Sector (DS) interested in improving interactions across the supply network to achieve more outcomes with less expense. The quality of the information link ...
• Modelling of a three-shaft high-bypass-ratio engine performance and emission prediction using hydrogen fuel 

  Wan Yahya, M. Z.; Azami, M. H.; Savill, Mark; Li, Yi-Guang; Khan, S.A; Warimani, Mahammad Salman (BEIE&SP, 2019-05-25)

  The price of oil has seen an unprecedented increase and the resulting demand for oil, especially from the transportation industries. The pollution emits from the vehicle has affected human health and environmental problems ...
• Numerical FEA parametric analysis of CAI behaviour of CFRP stiffened panels 

  Gaitanelis, Dimitrios G.; Giannopoulos, Ioannis K.; Theotokoglou, Efstathios E. (Elsevier, 2019-06-10)

  This paper examined the effect of numerical modelling parameters on the accuracy and computational efficiency of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) stiffened panels under Compression After Impact (CAI). Pristine and ...
• Identification of in-flight wingtip folding effects on the roll characteristics of a flexible aircraft 

  Dussart, Gaétan; Yusuf, Sezsy; Lone, Mudassir (MDPI, 2019-05-30)

  Wingtip folding is a means by which an aircraft’s wingspan can be extended, allowing designers to take advantage of the associated reduction in induced drag. This type of device can provide other benefits if used in flight, ...
• In-flight wingtip folding: inspiration from the XB-70 Valkyrie 

  Dussart, Gaétan; Lone, Mudassir; O'Rourke, Ciaran; Wilson, Thomas (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2019-05-16)

  Wingip folding can be used to extend aircraft wingspan, allowing designers to take advantage of reduced induced drag whilst respecting ground operational limitations. Such devices can also be used in-flight for a variety ...
• Lean implementation in small and medium enterprises: Literature review 

  Alkhoraif, Abdullah; Rashid, Hamad; McLaughlin, Patrick (Elsevier, 2018-12-07)

  There have been many literature reviews carried out on Lean implementation (LI) in larger organisations with specific focus on the automobile industry. Lean implementation among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has not ...
• Benchmarking of several material constitutive models for tribology, wear, and other mechanical deformation simulations of Ti6Al4V 

  Liu, Cen; Goel, Saurav; Llavori, Iñigo; Stolf, Pietro; Giusca, Claudiu L.; Zabala, Alaitz; Kohlscheen, Joern; Paiva, Jose Mario; Endrino, Jose L.; Veldhuis, Stephen C.; Fox Rabinovich, German S. (Elsevier, 2019-05-12)

  Use of an alpha-beta (multiphase HCP-BCC) titanium alloy, Ti6Al4V, is ubiquitous in a wide range of engineering applications. The previous decade of finite element analysis research on various titanium alloys for numerous ...
• A vision of re-distributed manufacturing for the UK’s consumer goods industry 

  Bessière, D.; Charnley, Fiona; Tiwari, A.; Moreno, Mariale (Taylor and Francis, 2019-05-15)

  The linear production of consumer goods is characterised by mass manufacture, multinational enterprises and globally dispersed supply chains. Redistributed manufacture (RDM) is an emerging topic, which seeks to enable a ...
• Enhanced bondline thickness analysis for non-rigid airframe structural assemblies 

  Mato, Pablo Coladas; Webb, Philip; Xu, Yigeng; Graham, Daniel; Portsmore, Andrew; Preston, Edward (2019-05-13)

  Adhesive bonding is a proven alternative to mechanical fasteners for structural assembly, offering lighter and thus more fuel efficient aircraft and cost-effective manufacturing processes. The effective application of ...
• Low-velocity impact behaviour of woven laminate plates with fire retardant resin 

  Grasso, Marzio; Xu, Yigeng; Ramji, Amit; Zhou, Gang; Chrysanthou, Andreas; Haritos, George; Chen, Yong (Elsevier, 2019-04-27)

  The understanding of the damage mechanisms for woven laminate plates under low-velocity impact is challenging as the damage mechanisms at the interface of adjacent layers are dominated by the fibre architecture. This work ...
• Synthesis and characterization of new class of geopolymer hybrid composite materials from industrial wastes 

  Thakur, Anil Kumar; Pappu, Asokan; Thakur, Vijay Kumar (Elsevier, 2019-05-09)

  Geopolymer belongs to a new class of emerging materials for a number of applications owing to the advantages such as low cost; higher compressive strength; improved fire & acid resistance as well as reduced greenhouse gas ...
• Laser stabilization of GMAW additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V components 

  Pardal, Goncalo; Martina, Filomeno; Williams, Stewart (Elsevier, 2019-04-26)

  GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) of titanium is not currently used in industry due to the high levels of spatter generation, the wandering of the welding arc and the consequent waviness of the weld bead. This paper reports on ...
• Electric vehicle battery management algorithm development using a HIL simulator incorporating three-phase machines and power electronics 

  Fotouhi, Abbas; Propp, Karsten; Samaranayake, Lilantha (2016-09-09)

  This paper describes a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test rig for the test and development of electric vehicle battery management and state-estimation algorithms in the presence of realistic real-world duty cycles. The rig ...
• A dementia classification framework using frequency and time-frequency features based on EEG signals 

  Durongbhan, Pholpat; Zhao, Yifan; Chen, Liangyu; Zis, Panagiotis; De Marco, Matteo; Unwin, Zoe C.; Venneri, Annalena; He, Xiongxiong; Li, Sheng; Zhao, Yitian; Blackburn, Daniel J.; Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios G. (IEEE, 2019-04-04)

  Alzheimer’s disease (AD) accounts for 60%–70% of all dementia cases, and clinical diagnosis at its early stage is extremely difficult. As several new drugs aiming to modify disease progression or alleviate symptoms are ...
• A modular path planning solution for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing 

  Michel, Florent; Lockett, Helen; Ding, Jialuo; Martina, Filomeno; Marinelli, Gianrocco; Williams, Stewart (Elsevier, 2019-05-11)

  Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) has proven its capability to build medium to large metallic parts thanks to its high-rate deposition and its potentially unlimited build volume. Moreover, the low-cost equipment and ...
• Performance and analysis of feature tracking approaches in laser speckle instrumentation 

  Charrett, Thomas; Tatam, Ralph (MDPI, 2019-05-24)

  This paper investigates the application of feature tracking algorithms as an alternative data processing method for laser speckle instrumentation. The approach is capable of determining both the speckle pattern translation ...

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