Outputs (29)

Aeroelasticity of an aircraft wing with nonlinear energy sink (2024)
Journal Article
Wall, I., Amoozgar, M., & Popov, A. (2024). Aeroelasticity of an aircraft wing with nonlinear energy sink. Aerospace Science and Technology, 155(Part 2), Article 109684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2024.109684

In this paper, the effectiveness of nonlinear energy sinks on enhancing aeroelastic stability and post-instability response of aircraft wings is investigated. The wing has two degrees of freedom in bending and torsion, and is modelled using an extend... Read More about Aeroelasticity of an aircraft wing with nonlinear energy sink.

Enhanced offshore wind resource assessment using hybrid data fusion and numerical models (2024)
Journal Article
Elshafei, B., Popov, A., & Giddings, D. (2024). Enhanced offshore wind resource assessment using hybrid data fusion and numerical models. Energy, 310, Article 133208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.133208

Wind resource assessments are crucial for pre-construction planning of wind farms, especially offshore. This study proposes a novel hybrid model integrating Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (CEEMDAN) and Empirical Wa... Read More about Enhanced offshore wind resource assessment using hybrid data fusion and numerical models.

Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators (2024)
Journal Article
Popov, A. A., Gungordu, B., & Jabbal, M. (2024). Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 584, Article 118462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2024.118462

The axisymmetric vibration analysis of circular plates with piezoelectric layers and step changes in plate thickness is conducted. For the chosen configurations, it is necessary to solve a coupled system of differential equations for extensional and... Read More about Model refinements with experimental validation in piezoelectric plate actuators.

Structural–fluidic–acoustic computational modelling and experimental validation of piezoelectric synthetic jet actuators (2023)
Journal Article
Gungordu, B., Jabbal, M., & Popov, A. A. (2023). Structural–fluidic–acoustic computational modelling and experimental validation of piezoelectric synthetic jet actuators. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 104, Article 109215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2023.109215

In this study, coupled structural–fluidic–acoustic modelling of piezoelectric diaphragm driven synthetic jet actuators is conducted computationally for the first time. The aim is to demonstrate the importance of piezoelectric diaphragm structural mod... Read More about Structural–fluidic–acoustic computational modelling and experimental validation of piezoelectric synthetic jet actuators.

Enhancing Jet Velocity and Power Conversion Efficiency of Piezoelectric Synthetic Jet Actuators (2023)
Journal Article
Gungordu, B., Jabbal, M., & Popov, A. A. (2023). Enhancing Jet Velocity and Power Conversion Efficiency of Piezoelectric Synthetic Jet Actuators. AIAA Journal, 61(10), 4321–4331. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j062930

The present work discusses an experimental investigation into the effect of piezoceramic employed to drive a synthetic jet actuator into a quiescent flow. The electromechanical coupling ratio of polycrystalline piezoceramics, lead zirconate–titanate... Read More about Enhancing Jet Velocity and Power Conversion Efficiency of Piezoelectric Synthetic Jet Actuators.

Vibration Attenuation of Rotating Blades Using a Non-Linear Energy Sink (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wall, I. P., Amoozgar, M., & Popov, A. (2023, June). Vibration Attenuation of Rotating Blades Using a Non-Linear Energy Sink. Presented at AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum, San Diego, CA and Online

The global climate crisis is placing higher demands on the performance of wind turbines. One of the promising methods to enhance the wind turbine performance is to increase the rotor diameter by having larger blades. However, the blade length is alwa... Read More about Vibration Attenuation of Rotating Blades Using a Non-Linear Energy Sink.

A framework for manufacturing system reconfiguration and optimisation utilising digital twins and modular artificial intelligence (2023)
Journal Article
Mo, F., Rehman, H. U., Monetti, F. M., Chaplin, J. C., Sanderson, D., Popov, A., Maffei, A., & Ratchev, S. (2023). A framework for manufacturing system reconfiguration and optimisation utilising digital twins and modular artificial intelligence. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 82, Article 102524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2022.102524

Digital twins and artificial intelligence have shown promise for improving the robustness, responsiveness, and productivity of industrial systems. However, traditional digital twin approaches are often only employed to augment single, static systems... Read More about A framework for manufacturing system reconfiguration and optimisation utilising digital twins and modular artificial intelligence.

Offshore wind resource assessment based on scarce spatio-temporal measurements using matrix factorization (2022)
Journal Article
Elshafei, B., Peña, A., Popov, A., Giddings, D., Ren, J., Xu, D., & Mao, X. (2023). Offshore wind resource assessment based on scarce spatio-temporal measurements using matrix factorization. Renewable Energy, 202, 1215-1225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.12.006

In the pre-construction of wind farms, wind resource assessment is of paramount importance. Measurements by lidars are a source of high-fidelity data. However, they are expensive and sparse in space and time. Contrarily, Weather Research and Forecast... Read More about Offshore wind resource assessment based on scarce spatio-temporal measurements using matrix factorization.

Automating the Generation of MBD-Driven Assembly Work Instruction Documentation for Aircraft Components (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Papadaki, A. R., Bacharoudis, K., Bainbridge, D., Burbage, N., Turner, A., Sanderson, D., Popov, A. A., & Ratchev, S. M. (2022, June). Automating the Generation of MBD-Driven Assembly Work Instruction Documentation for Aircraft Components. Presented at International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM 2022), Detroit, USA

The classical approach to the creation of assembly work instructions for high value, complex products is time-consuming and prone to error. It requires a process engineer to write the work instructions step-by-step and manually insert specific techni... Read More about Automating the Generation of MBD-Driven Assembly Work Instruction Documentation for Aircraft Components.

An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bacharoudis, K., Wilson, H., Goodfellow-Jones, S., Popov, A., & Ratchev, S. An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink. Presented at 54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, 2021, Online

The ability to estimate costs and process times at the early stage of a design phase is of great importance to the product development process, enabling selection of the most suitable design and manufacturing concepts. Therefore, herein an efficient... Read More about An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink.