• Model-based enterprise framework for aerospace manufacturing engineering 

  Shehab, Essam; Schuler, Margaux; Bamforth, Philip; Goher, Kamran (IOS, 2019-10-12)

  In the context of aerospace digital transformation, gaining and maintaining competitive advantage has led aerospace manufacturers to change how product definition is communicated. Model-Based Definition (MBD) and Enterprise ...
• Advanced constraints management strategy for real-time optimization of gas turbine engine transient performance 

  Theoklis, Nikolaidis; Jafari, Soheil; Li, Zhuo (MDPI, 2019-12-06)

  Motivated by the growing technology of control and data processing as well as the increasingly complex designs of the new generation of gas turbine engines, a fully automatic control strategy that is capable of dealing ...
• Challenges of model-based definition for high-value manufacturing 

  Goher, Kamran; Shehab, Essam; Al-Ashaab, Ahmed (IOS, 2019-09-12)

  Manufacturing Industry is moving towards adoption of 3D models as the ultimate authoritative source for complete product definition replacing 2D drawings, which is called “Model-Based Definition”. Starting its journey from ...
• A computationally efficient model predictive control scheme for space debris rendezvous 

  Larsén, Alexander Korsfeldt; Chen, Yutao; Bruschetta, Mattia; Carli, Ruggero; Cenedese, Angelo; Varagnolo, Damiano; Felicetti, Leonard (Elsevier, 2019-11-25)

  We propose a non-linear model predictive scheme for planning fuel efficient maneuvers of small spacecrafts that shall rendezvous space debris. The paper addresses the specific issues of potential limited on-board ...
• Analysis and advanced characterization of municipal solid waste vermicompost maturity for a green environment 

  Srivastava, Vaibhav; Goel, Gaurav; Thakur, Vijay Kumar; Singh, Rajeev Pratap; Ferreira de Araujo, Ademir Sergio; Singh, Pooja (Elsevier, 2019-12-03)

  Rapid demographic expansion along with increasing urbanization has aggravated the problem of solid waste management. Therefore, scientists are seeking waste management methods that are eco-friendly, cost effective and ...
• Experimental investigation of productivity, specific energy consumption, and hole quality in single-pulse, percussion, and trepanning drilling of IN 718 superalloy 

  Sarfraz, Shoaib; Shehab, Essam; Salonitis, Konstantinos; Suder, Wojciech (MDPI, 2019-12-04)

  Laser drilling is a high-speed process that is used to produce high aspect ratio holes of various sizes for critical applications, such as cooling holes in aero-engine and gas turbine components. Hole quality is always a ...
• Sailing with solar and planetary radiation pressure 

  De Iuliis, Alessia; Ciampa, Francesco; Felicetti, Leonard; Ceriotti, Matteo (Elsevier, 2019-12-05)

  Literature on solar sailing has thus far mostly considered solar radiation pressure (SRP) as the only contribution to sail force. However, considering a sail in a planetary mission scenario, a new contribution can be added. ...
• Effect of impact damage on fatigue performance of structures reinforced with GLARE bonded crack retarders 

  Syed, Abdul Khadar; Fitzpatrick, Michael E.; James E. Moffatt; Doucet, Jeremy; Durazo-Cardenas, Isidro (Elsevier, 2015-06-19)

  Fibre-Metal Laminates (FML) such as GLARE are of interest as bonded crack retarders (BCR) to improve the fatigue performance of aircraft structures. The degradation of the performance of the crack retarder in service if ...
• Interactive uncertainty allocation and trade-off for early-stage design of complex systems 

  Molina-Cristóbal, Arturo; Chen, Xin; Guenov, Marin D.; Riaz, Atif; van Heerden, Albert S. J. (AIAA, 2019-11-20)

  A common probabilistic approach to perform uncertainty allocation is to assign acceptable variability in the sources of uncertainty, such that prespecified probabilities of meeting performance constraints are satisfied. ...
• Trajectory optimization for multitarget tracking using joint probabilistic data association filte 

  He, Shaoming; Shin, Hyo-Sang; Tsourdos, Antonios (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019-10-17)
• The spatial resolution enhancement for a thermogram enabled by controlled sub-pixel movements 

  Du, Weixiang; Addepalli, Sri; Zhao, Yifan (IEEE, 2019-08-05)

  The measurement accuracy and reliability of thermography is largely limited by a relatively low spatial resolution of the thermal imager. Using a high-end camera to achieve high spatial resolution can be costly or infeasible ...
• Sand casting of sheet lead: Numerical simulation of metal flow and solidification 

  Prabhakar, Arun; Papanikolaou, Michail; Salonitis, Konstantinos; Jolly, Mark R. (Springer, 2019-11-20)

  Sandcast lead sheets are characterised by their superior aesthetic performance and mottled surface. Lead sheet casting is widely used in the construction industry for roofing and flashing applications, while the roots of ...
• Modelling geared turbofan and open rotor engine performance for year-2050 long-range and short-range aircraft 

  Mastropierro, Francesco Saverio; Sebastiampillai, Joshua; Jacob, Florian; Rolt, Andrew (ASME, 2019-10-04)

  The paper provides design and performance data for two envisaged year-2050 engines: a geared high bypass turbofan for intercontinental missions and a contra-rotating pusher open rotor targeting short to medium range aircraft. ...
• Imaging of nonlinear and dynamic functional brain connectivity based on EEG recordings with the application on the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease 

  Zhao, Yifan; Zhao, Yitian; Durongbhan, Pholpat; Chen, Liangyu; Liu, Jiang; Billings, S. A.; Zis, Panagiotis; Unwin, Zoe C.; De Marco, Matteo; Venneri, Annalena; Blackburn, Daniel J.; Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios G. (IEEE, 2019-11-14)

  Since age is the most significant risk factor for the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it is important to understand the effect of normal ageing on brain network characteristics before we can accurately diagnose ...
• Automotive recall risk: Impact of buyer-supplier relationship on supply chain social sustainability 

  Nassar, Shereen; Kandil, Tarek; Er Kara, Merve; Ghadge, Abhijeet (Emerald, 2019-10-04)
• Evaluation of leakage through labyrinth seals with analytical models 

  Szymański, Artur; Dykas, Sławomir (Centre of Informatics, Tri-City Academic Supercomputer and networK, 2019-01-03)

  Secondary flows in turbo machinery highly affect the overall efficiency and rotor stability. A prime example of such a phenomenon are leakage flows. Despite their complexity,they can often be estimated with simple ...
• Effects of propulsion system operation on military aircraft survivability 

  Antonakis, Aristeidis; Nikolaidis, Theoklis; Pilidis, Pericles (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2019-07-03)

  The recent advances in infrared (IR) weapon technology have dramatically altered the rules of air combat, leading to a consistent departure from “traditional” energy-maneuverability philosophy in aircraft design, prioritizing ...
• Optimal Sunshade Configurations for Space-Based Geoengineering near the Sun-Earth L1 Point 

  Sánchez, Joan-Pau; McInnes, Colin R. (PLoS ONE, 2015-08-26)

  Within the context of anthropogenic climate change, but also considering the Earth’s natural climate variability, this paper explores the speculative possibility of large-scale active control of the Earth’s radiative ...
• Aero engine compressor fouling effects for short- and long-haul missions 

  Igie, Uyioghosa; Goiricelaya, Mike; Nalianda, Devaiah (Sage, 2015-10-06)

  The impact of compressor fouling on civil aero engines unlike the industrial stationary application has not been widely investigated or available in open literature. There are questions about the impact of fouling for ...
• Defining the complementarities between antibodies and haptens to refine our understanding and aid the prediction of a successful binding interaction 

  Al Qaraghuli, Mohammed M.; Palliyil, Soumya; Broadbent, Gillian; Cullen, David C.; Charlton, Keith A.; Porter, Andrew J. (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2015-10-24)

  Background: Low molecular weight haptens (<1000 Da) cannot be recognized by the immune system unless conjugated to larger carrier molecules. Antibodies to these exceptionally small antigens can still be generated with ...

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