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Non-reacting Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Trapped Vortex Combustor (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DAKKA, S., Singh, K., Jefferson-Loveday, R., & Serhat, H. (2023). Non-reacting Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Trapped Vortex Combustor.

This paper will focus on suitability of trapped vortex combustor as a candidate for gas turbine combustor objective to minimize pressure drop across combustor and investigating aerodynamic performance. Non-reacting simulation of axisymmetric cavity t... Read More about Non-reacting Numerical Simulation of Axisymmetric Trapped Vortex Combustor.

A Contribution to Thermal Ageing Assessment of Glass Fiber Insulated Wire Based on Partial Discharges Activity (2022)
Journal Article
Naderiallaf, H., Giangrande, P., & Galea, M. (2022). A Contribution to Thermal Ageing Assessment of Glass Fiber Insulated Wire Based on Partial Discharges Activity. IEEE Access, 10, 41186-41200. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3167698

This paper aims to evaluate a Type-II insulated wire (i.e., Glass fibre insulated wire) as a function of thermal ageing time based on partial discharges (PD) activity. Partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV), partial discharge extinction voltage (... Read More about A Contribution to Thermal Ageing Assessment of Glass Fiber Insulated Wire Based on Partial Discharges Activity.

Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Recalde, A. A., Bozhko, S., & Atkin, J. (2020). Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft. In AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-3545

© 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. The synthesis of a power distribution architecture for More Electric Aircraft requires weight optimization in order to reduce energy consumption. The weight of... Read More about Optimal Weight Power System Design and Synthesis for More Electric Aircraft.

Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RECALDE, A., BOZHKO, S., & ATKIN, J. (2020). Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization. In 2020 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITEC48692.2020.9161584

The increased utilization of electrical energy in future aviation requires an efficient method to perform load flow for optimizing on-board operating conditions. Load flow models of electrical networks are complex to solve and requires iterative meth... Read More about Linear Power Flow Characterization of DC Power Distribution Systems for MEA Optimization.

Optimal Design and Synthesis of MEA Power System Architectures considering Reliability Specifications (2020)
Journal Article
Recalde, A. A., Atkin, J. A., & Bozhko, S. V. (2020). Optimal Design and Synthesis of MEA Power System Architectures considering Reliability Specifications. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 6(4), 1801-1818. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2020.3002875

IEEE Aircraft electrification requires novel designs to supply the growing demand for electric power on-board through efficient and reliable production and distribution of electrical energy. Moreover, the aircraft power system will be a key enabler f... Read More about Optimal Design and Synthesis of MEA Power System Architectures considering Reliability Specifications.

An efficient multiscale surrogate modelling framework for composite materials considering progressive damage based on artificial neural networks (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, S., Zou, X., Ilkhani, M., & Jones, A. (2020). An efficient multiscale surrogate modelling framework for composite materials considering progressive damage based on artificial neural networks. Composites Part B: Engineering, 194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108014

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Modelling of the progressive damage behaviour of large-scale composite structures presents a significant challenge in terms of computational cost. This is due to the detailed description in finite element (FE) models for the mater... Read More about An efficient multiscale surrogate modelling framework for composite materials considering progressive damage based on artificial neural networks.

A novel methodology to quantify shape complexity of composite aerospace parts (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chowdhury, M. T., & Turner, T. (2019). A novel methodology to quantify shape complexity of composite aerospace parts.

Composite materials are increasingly being used to produce aerospace parts due to their versatility when compared to metal counterparts. The design freedom afforded by composites and their manufacturing allow design engineers the possibility to creat... Read More about A novel methodology to quantify shape complexity of composite aerospace parts.

Optimal sensor configuration for ultrasonic guided-wave inspection based on value of information (2019)
Journal Article
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío, J., Chiachío, M., Chronopoulos, D., & Jones, A. (2020). Optimal sensor configuration for ultrasonic guided-wave inspection based on value of information. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 135, Article 106377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.106377

Condition-based maintenance critically relies on efficient and reliable structural health monitoring systems, where the number, position and type of sensors are determined according to rational and principled criteria. This paper proposes the use of... Read More about Optimal sensor configuration for ultrasonic guided-wave inspection based on value of information.

Uncertainty quantification in ultrasonic guided-waves based damage localization (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío, J., Chiachío, M., Chronopoulos, D., Jones, A., Essa, Y., & Martín De La Escalera, F. (2019). Uncertainty quantification in ultrasonic guided-waves based damage localization.

Bayesian methods for inverse problems offer higher robustness to noise and uncertainty than deterministic, yet accurate, inference methods. Both types of techniques typically focus on finding optimal model parameters that minimize an objective functi... Read More about Uncertainty quantification in ultrasonic guided-waves based damage localization.

Air-Cooling of a Hollow High-Speed Permanent Magnet Rotor (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Connor, P. H., La Rocca, A., Xu, Z., Degano, M., Eastwick, C. N., Pickering, S. J., & Gerada, C. (2019). Air-Cooling of a Hollow High-Speed Permanent Magnet Rotor. In 2019 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC) (1216-1221). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMDC.2019.8785089

This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics conjugate heat transfer analysis of internal and external cooling paths for a hollow high-speed permanent magnet rotor. Extracting magnet losses from high-speed permanent magnet rotors is challenging... Read More about Air-Cooling of a Hollow High-Speed Permanent Magnet Rotor.

A robust Bayesian methodology for damage localization in plate-like structures using ultrasonic guided-waves (2018)
Journal Article
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío, M., Chiachío, J., Chronopoulos, D., & Jones, A. (2019). A robust Bayesian methodology for damage localization in plate-like structures using ultrasonic guided-waves. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 122, 192-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2018.12.021

SHM methods for damage detection and localization in plate-like structures have typically relied on signal post-processing techniques applied to ultrasonic guided-waves. The time of flight is one of these signals features which has been extensively u... Read More about A robust Bayesian methodology for damage localization in plate-like structures using ultrasonic guided-waves.

A Bayesian time-of-flight estimation for ultrasonic damage detection (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío-Ruano, J., Chiachío-Ruano, M., Jones, A., Essa, Y., & Martín de la Escalera, F. (2018). A Bayesian time-of-flight estimation for ultrasonic damage detection.

SHM methods for damage detection and localisation in plate-like structures have typically relied on post-processing of ultrasonic guided waves (GWs) features. The time-of-flight is one of these features, which has been extensively used by the SHM com... Read More about A Bayesian time-of-flight estimation for ultrasonic damage detection.

A fast and efficient approach for simulating ultrasonic waves and their interaction with defects in periodic structures (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Malik, M. K., Chronopoulos, D., Tanner, G., Essa, Y., & De La Escalera, F. (2018, September). A fast and efficient approach for simulating ultrasonic waves and their interaction with defects in periodic structures. Paper presented at International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering (ISMA2018), Leuven, Belgium

An approach for simulating transient wave propagation in periodic waveguides is presented. Free and forced propagation of ultrasonic waves is modelled in one dimensional periodic structures. The interaction of ultra-sonic waves with structural inhomo... Read More about A fast and efficient approach for simulating ultrasonic waves and their interaction with defects in periodic structures.

Lamb wave-based damage indicator for plate-like structures (2018)
Journal Article
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío-Ruano, J., Chiachío-Ruano, M., Etxaniz, J., Aranguren, G., Jones, A., …Martin De La Escalera, F. (2018). Lamb wave-based damage indicator for plate-like structures. European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, 4(1),

Structural health monitoring based on ultrasonics typically involves complex data analysis. Ultrasound monitoring based on Lamb waves techniques are extensively used nowadays due to their efficiency in exploring large areas with relatively small atte... Read More about Lamb wave-based damage indicator for plate-like structures.

Challenges of Hybrid Laminar Flow Control (HLFC) in Aircraft Design and Manufacturing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martin De La Escalera, F., Essa, Y., Castello, M. Á., Pillai, U., Chiminelli, A., Lizaranzu, M., & Maimi, P. (2018, June). Challenges of Hybrid Laminar Flow Control (HLFC) in Aircraft Design and Manufacturing. Paper presented at ECCM18 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, Athens, Greece

The purpose of this paper is to describe barriers and efforts made in the design of an aircraft in terms of reducing pollution emission into the atmosphere throughout the structural optimization of the aircraft's airfoils. In particular, the present... Read More about Challenges of Hybrid Laminar Flow Control (HLFC) in Aircraft Design and Manufacturing.

Electrolyte multiplexing in electrochemical jet processing (2018)
Journal Article
Mitchell-Smith, J., Speidel, A., Bisterov, I., & Clare, A. T. (2018). Electrolyte multiplexing in electrochemical jet processing. Procedia CIRP, 68, 483-487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.12.088

Electrolyte design for electrochemical jet processing (EJP) techniques can directly affect form and finish of machined structures. A newly developed, industrially focused, EJP machining centre was designed to incorporate complete control of all rele... Read More about Electrolyte multiplexing in electrochemical jet processing.