• The impact of national macro-environment exogenous variables on airport efficiency 

  Chaouk, Mohammed; Pagliari, Romano; Moxon, Richard (Elsevier, 2019-10-28)

  Our paper tests the extent to which airport efficiency is affected by national macro-environmental factors. The literature on airport performance measurement is extensive but has tended to focus mainly on estimating the ...
• Workpiece positioning sensor (wPOS): A three-degree-of-freedom relative end-effector positioning sensor for robotic manufacturing 

  Charrett, Thomas O. H.; Kissinger, Thomas; Tatam, Ralph P. (Elsevier, 2019-03-13)

  This paper reports on the development of a new, non-contact, cost-effective and widely-applicable optical sensor for the measurement of the three degrees of translational freedom of a robotic end-effector. The workpiece ...
• Electric vehicle fleet management using ant colony optimisation 

  Muriel, Javier Biera; Fotouhi, Abbas (IGI Global, 2019-12-03)

  This research is focused on implementation of the ant colony optimisation (ACO) technique to solve an advanced version of the vehicle routing problem (VRP), called the fleet management system (FMS). An optimum solution of ...
• Low-order models for the calculation of compressor sub-idle characteristics 

  Righi, Mauro; Ferrer-Vidal, Luis E.; Allegretti, Alessandro; Pachidis, Vassilios (ISABE, 2019-09-27)

  This paper focuses on the development of low-order models for the generation of compressor sub-idle characteristics via numerical simulation of an axial-flow compressor at sub-idle conditions. A through-flow code using ...
• An assessment on the unsteady flow distortion generated by an S-duct intake 

  Migliorini, Matteo; Zachos, Pavlos; MacManus, David (AIAA, 2019-08-16)

  Closer integration between the fuselage and the propulsion system is expected for futureaircraft toreducefuel consumption, emissions, weight and drag. The use of embedded or partially embedded propulsion systems may require ...
• Blended wing body with boundary layer ingestion conceptual design in a multidisciplinary design analysis optimization environment 

  Gao, Ziang; Smith, Howard (AIAA, 2020-01-05)

  This paper introduces the GENUS multidisciplinary concept level aircraft design and analysis environment developed by Cranfield University in recent years and it has been applied to the conceptual design of blended wing ...
• Olfactory-based augmented reality support for industrial maintenance 

  Erkoyuncu, John Ahmet; Khan, Samir (IEEE, 2020-01-29)

  Augmented reality (AR) applications have opened innovative ways for performance improvement in the IoT industry. It can enhance user perception of the real-world by providing valuable information about an industrial ...
• Simulation of an aircraft environmental control system 

  Jennions, Ian; Ali, Fakhre; Miguez, Manuel Esperon; Escobar, Ignacio Camacho (Elsevier, 2020-01-09)

  The environmental control system of a civil aircraft is a major driver of maintenance. Legacy systems, such as those on the Boeing 737, are particularly at risk, as they are not instrumented for health management. These ...
• Delamination migration in CFRP laminates under mode I loading 

  Ramji, Amit; Xu, Yigeng; Yasaee, Mehdi; Grasso, Marzio; Webb, Philip (Elsevier, 2020-02-10)

  This paper focuses on the effect of interfacial fibre orientation and interleaved veil on the delamination migration of carbon fibre reinforced polymer laminates under Mode I loading. Double cantilever beam specimens with ...
• A case study of vibration fault diagnosis applied at Rolls-Royce T-56 turboprop engine 

  Skliros, Christos (Taylor & Francis, 2020-01-22)

  Gas turbine engines include a plethora of rotating modules, and each module consists of numerous components. A component’s mechanical fault can result in excessive engine vibrations. Identification of the root cause of a ...
• Evolutionary game theory based multi-objective optimization for control allocation of over-actuated system 

  Park, On; Shin, Hyo-Sang; Tsourdos, Antonios (Elsevier, 2019-11-25)

  This research presents multi-objective optimization for control allocation problem based on the Evolutionary Game Theory to solve distribution of redundant control input on the over actuated system in real-time. Optimizing ...
• Electrocatalysts for electrooxidation of direct alcohol fuel cell: Chemistry and applications 

  Siwal, Samarjeet S.; Thakur, Sourbh; Zhang, Qibo B.; Thakur, Vijay Kumar (Elsevier, 2019-09-11)

  In the present scenario, civilization wholly depends on energy generation and storage for better technological progress and extension in several scientific applications. Owing to limited conventional energy sources and ...
• Greedy based proactive spectrum handoff scheme for cognitive radio systems 

  Xu, Zhengjia; Ivan, Petrunin; Li, Teng; Tsourdos, Antonios (IEEE, 2019-11-21)

  The aeronautical spectrum becomes increasingly congested due to raising number of non-stationary users, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With the growing demand to spectrum capacity, cognitive radio technology is ...
• Drag estimation on wedge-shaped protuberances in high-speed flows 

  Kshitij, Abhinav; Prince, Simon A.; Stollery, John L. (AIAA, 2020-01-05)

  A semi-empirical method is developed to estimate drag on wedge-shaped projections in hypersonic flow. Force balance measurements from gun tunnel tests directly measure total drag on blunt wedges, where the boundary layer ...
• Automatically weighted high-resolution mapping of multi-criteria decision analysis for sustainable manufacturing systems 

  Pagone, Emanuele; Salonitis, Konstantinos; Jolly, Mark (Elsevier, 2020-02-01)

  A common feature of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to evaluate sustainable manufacturing is the participation (to various extents) of Decision Makers (DMs) or experts (e.g. to define the importance, or “weight”, ...
• Understandings of classical and incremental backstepping controllers with model uncertainties 

  Jeon, Byoung-Ju; Seo, Min-Guk; Shin, Hyo-Sang; Tsourdos, Antonios (IEEE, 2019-11-11)

  This paper suggests closed-loop analysis results for both classical and incremental backstepping controllers considering model uncertainties. First, transfer functions with each control algorithm under the model uncertainties, ...
• A new hybrid prognostic methodology 

  Eker, Omer F.; Camci, Fatih; Jennions, Ian K. (Prognostics and Health Management Society, 2019-03-08)

  Methodologies for prognostics usually centre on physics-based or data-driven approaches. Both have advantages and disadvantages, but accurate prediction relies on extensive data being available. For industrial applications ...
• Factors influence employee engagement leveraging by organisational culture (pilot study in Libyan banking sector) 

  McLaughlin, Patrick; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed; Rashid, Hamad (Scientific Journals International (SJI), 2017-02-28)

  The concept of organizational culture has been a subject of growing interest among many scholars owing to its impact in promoting engagement and organisational performance. Yet it still lacks sufficient application in the ...
• Wire + arc additive manufacture of new and multiple materials 

  Xu, Xiangfang (2018-08)

  Wire + Arc Additive Manufacture (WAAM) features high deposition rates, short lead times and low equipment investment. WAAM is especially suitable for producing large-scale parts made from highly demanding and expensive ...
• Energy-optimal waypoint-following guidance considering autopilot dynamics 

  He, Shaoming; Shin, Hyo-Sang; Tsourdos, Antonios; Lee, Chang-Hun (IEEE, 2019-11-28)

  This paper addresses the problem of energy-optimal waypoint-following guidance for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with the consideration of a general autopilot dynamics model. The proposed guidance law is derived as a solution ...

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