Outputs (204)

Energy Harvesting from Pavements (2014)
Book Chapter
Dawson, A., Mallick, R., Hernandez, A. G., & Dehdezi, P. K. (2014). Energy Harvesting from Pavements. In J. Gopalakrishnan, W. J. Steyn, & J. Harvey (Eds.), Climate change, energy, sustainability and pavements (481-517). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44719-2_18

Against a background of the immense solar radiation incident with available pavement surfaces, the opportunity for energy to be harvested from pavements is investigated. While the emphasis is on the harvesting of solar-derived heat energy, some atten... Read More about Energy Harvesting from Pavements.

Anticipating and Responding to Pavement Performance as Climate Changes (2014)
Book Chapter
Dawson, A. (2014). Anticipating and Responding to Pavement Performance as Climate Changes. In K. Gopalakrishnan, W. J. Steyn, & J. Harvey (Eds.), Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements (127-157). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44719-2_4

As climate changes, the performance of pavements can be expected to change too. More rainfall can be expected to lead to softer subgrades and less sup-port to the pavement structure with consequences for more rapid cracking and rut-ting. Even if the... Read More about Anticipating and Responding to Pavement Performance as Climate Changes.

The properties of large bubbles rising in very viscous liquids in vertical columns (2014)
Journal Article
Azzopardi, B. J., Pioli, L., & Abdulkareem, L. (2014). The properties of large bubbles rising in very viscous liquids in vertical columns. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2014.08.013

Very viscous liquids (>100 Pa s) are found in form of heavy oils and polymers in industry as well as in the natural environment (silicatic magma). Little is known of their behaviour as gas bubbles up through them in vertical columns. Using advanced t... Read More about The properties of large bubbles rising in very viscous liquids in vertical columns.

Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment (2014)
Journal Article
Balfe, N., Sharples, S., & Wilson, J. R. (2014). Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment. Applied Ergonomics, 47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2014.08.002

This paper describes an experiment that was undertaken to compare three levels of automation in rail signalling; a high level in which an automated agent set routes for trains using timetable information, a medium level in which trains were routed al... Read More about Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment.

Optimum community energy storage system for PV energy time-shift (2014)
Journal Article
Parra, D., Gillott, M., Norman, S. A., & Walker, G. S. (2015). Optimum community energy storage system for PV energy time-shift. Applied Energy, 137, 576-587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.08.060

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. A novel method has been designed to obtain the optimum community energy storage (CES) systems for end user applications. The method evaluates the optimum performance (including the round trip efficiency and annual discharge), lev... Read More about Optimum community energy storage system for PV energy time-shift.

Implementing Determinate Assembly for the Leading Edge Sub-Assembly of Aircraft Wing Manufacture (2014)
Journal Article
Irving, L., Ratchev, S., Popov, A., & Rafla, M. (2014). Implementing Determinate Assembly for the Leading Edge Sub-Assembly of Aircraft Wing Manufacture. SAE International Journal of Aerospace, 7(2), 246-254. https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-2252

Copyright © 2014 SAE International. The replacement for the current single-aisle aircraft will need to be manufactured at a rate significantly higher that of current production. One way that production rate can be increased is by reducing the process... Read More about Implementing Determinate Assembly for the Leading Edge Sub-Assembly of Aircraft Wing Manufacture.

The influence of surface hardness on the fretting wear of steel pairs: its role in debris retention in the contact (2014)
Journal Article
Lemm, J., Warmuth, A., Pearson, S., & Shipway, P. (2014). The influence of surface hardness on the fretting wear of steel pairs: its role in debris retention in the contact. Tribology International, 81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2014.09.003

The influence of specimen hardness (between 275 kgf mm−2 and 835 kgf mm−2) in an AISI Type O1 steel-on-steel fretting contact was examined. In equal-hardness pairs, a variation in the wear volume of around 20% across the range of hardnesses examined... Read More about The influence of surface hardness on the fretting wear of steel pairs: its role in debris retention in the contact.

Single pulse avalanche robustness and repetitive stress ageing of SiC power MOSFETs (2014)
Journal Article
Fayyaz, A., Yang, L., Riccio, M., Castellazzi, A., & Irace, A. (2014). Single pulse avalanche robustness and repetitive stress ageing of SiC power MOSFETs. Microelectronics Reliability, 54(9-10), 2185-2190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2014.07.078

This paper presents an extensive electro-thermal characterisation of latest generation silicon carbide (SiC) Power MOSFETs under unclamped inductive switching (UIS) conditions. Tests are carried out to thoroughly understand the single pulse avalanche... Read More about Single pulse avalanche robustness and repetitive stress ageing of SiC power MOSFETs.

The application of the Intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) InSAR method to the South Wales Coalfield, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Bateson, L., Cigna, F., Boon, D., & Sowter, A. (2015). The application of the Intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) InSAR method to the South Wales Coalfield, UK. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 34, 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.08.018

Satellite radar interferometry is a well-documented technique for the characterisation of ground motions over large spatial areas. However, the measurement density is often constrained by the land use, with best results obtained over urban and semi u... Read More about The application of the Intermittent SBAS (ISBAS) InSAR method to the South Wales Coalfield, UK.

Mapping ergonomics application to improve SMEs working condition in industrially developing countries: a critical review (2014)
Journal Article
Hermawati, S., Lawson, G., & Sutarto, A. P. (2014). Mapping ergonomics application to improve SMEs working condition in industrially developing countries: a critical review. Ergonomics, 57(12), https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2014.953213

In industrially developing countries (IDC), small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for the highest proprotion of employment. Unfortunately, the working conditions in SMEs are often very poor and expose employees to a potentially wide range of he... Read More about Mapping ergonomics application to improve SMEs working condition in industrially developing countries: a critical review.