Outputs (207)

On the Precipitation Hardening of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg (2015)
Journal Article
Tuck, C., Aboulkhair, N. T., Tuck, C., Ashcroft, I., Maskery, I., & Everitt, N. M. (2015). On the Precipitation Hardening of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(8), 3337-3341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2980-7

Precipitation hardening of selective laser melted AlSi10Mg was investigated in terms of solution heat treatment and aging duration. The influence on the microstructure and hardness was established, as was the effect on the size and density of Si part... Read More about On the Precipitation Hardening of Selective Laser Melted AlSi10Mg.

Modelling wind turbine degradation and maintenance (2015)
Journal Article
Le, B., & Andrews, J. (2016). Modelling wind turbine degradation and maintenance. Wind Energy, 19(4), 571-591. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1851

degradation, inspection and maintenance processes. The model was developed based on the Petri net method that effectively captures the stochastic nature of the dynamic processes through the use of appropriate statistical distributions. The versatilit... Read More about Modelling wind turbine degradation and maintenance.

Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports (2015)
Journal Article
Perrat, B., Smith, M. J., Mason, B. S., Rhodes, J. M., & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. L. (2015). Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 229(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/1754337115581111

Ultra-Wide Band radio positioning systems are maturing very quickly and now represent a good candidate for indoor positioning. The aim of this study was to undertake a quality assessment on the use of a commercial Ultra-Wide Band positioning system f... Read More about Quality assessment of an Ultra-Wide Band positioning system for indoor wheelchair court sports.

Energy Saving in Five-Axis Machine Tools Using Synchronous and Contouring Control and Verification by Machining Experiment (2015)
Journal Article
Uchiyama, N., Ogawa, Y., El Khalick M., A., & Sano, S. (2015). Energy Saving in Five-Axis Machine Tools Using Synchronous and Contouring Control and Verification by Machining Experiment. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 62(9), 5608-5618. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2015.2437354

This paper deals with a controller design for five-axis machine tools, which typically consist of three translational and two rotary axes. The flexibility to change the relative orientation between a tool and the workpiece in a five-axis machine tool... Read More about Energy Saving in Five-Axis Machine Tools Using Synchronous and Contouring Control and Verification by Machining Experiment.

Design Tools for Rapid Multidomain Virtual Prototyping of Power Electronic Systems (2015)
Journal Article
Evans, P. L., Castellazzi, A., & Johnson, C. M. (2016). Design Tools for Rapid Multidomain Virtual Prototyping of Power Electronic Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 31(3), 2443-2455. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2015.2437793

The need for multidisciplinary virtual prototyping in power electronics has been well established, however, design tools capable of facilitating a rapid iterative virtual design process do not exist. A key challenge in developing such tools is identi... Read More about Design Tools for Rapid Multidomain Virtual Prototyping of Power Electronic Systems.

Chemically modified bitumens with enhanced rheology and adhesion properties to siliceous aggregates (2015)
Journal Article
Cuadri, A., Partal, P., Ahmad, N., Grenfell, J., & Airey, G. (2015). Chemically modified bitumens with enhanced rheology and adhesion properties to siliceous aggregates. Construction and Building Materials, 93, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.05.098

Moisture damage is one of the major premature failures that worsens the performance and shortens service life of pavements. This research assesses the effect that two chemical modifiers (thiourea and an isocyanate-functionalized castor oil prepolymer... Read More about Chemically modified bitumens with enhanced rheology and adhesion properties to siliceous aggregates.

Improving Current Controllability in Bi-Mode Gate Commutated Thyristors (2015)
Journal Article
Lophitis, N., Antoniou, M., Udrea, F., Vemulapati, U., Arnold, M., Nistor, I., Vobecky, J., & Rahimo, M. (2015). Improving Current Controllability in Bi-Mode Gate Commutated Thyristors. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 62(7), 2263-2269. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2015.2428994

© 2015 IEEE. The Bi-mode gate commutated thyristor (BGCT) is a new type of reverse conducting Gate Commutated Thyristor (GCT). This paper focuses on the maximum controllable current capability of BGCTs and proposes new solutions which can increase it... Read More about Improving Current Controllability in Bi-Mode Gate Commutated Thyristors.

Rheological techniques for determining degradation of polylactic acid in bioresorbable medical polymer systems (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Choong, G. Y., Parsons, A. J., Grant, D. M., & De Focatiis, D. S. A. (2014, June). Rheological techniques for determining degradation of polylactic acid in bioresorbable medical polymer systems. Presented at PROCEEDINGS OF PPS-30: The 30th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society – Conference Papers, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

AIP Publishing LLC. A method developed in the 1980s for the conversion of linear rheological data to molar mab distribution is revisited in the context of degradable polymers. The method is first applied using linear rheology for a linear polystyrene... Read More about Rheological techniques for determining degradation of polylactic acid in bioresorbable medical polymer systems.

Understanding the scabbling of concrete using microwave energy (2015)
Journal Article
Buttress, A., Jones, D., Dodds, C., Dimitrakis, G., Dawson, A., & Kingman, S. (in press). Understanding the scabbling of concrete using microwave energy. Cement and Concrete Research, 75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2015.04.009

This paper reports on the use of microwave energy to scabble concrete. While the technique is not new, little information exists relating to the controllability of the process, the effect of different types of concrete and the performance and durabil... Read More about Understanding the scabbling of concrete using microwave energy.

Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of RC flat slabs after a sudden column loss (2015)
Journal Article
Russell, J., Owen, J., & Hajirasouliha, I. (2015). Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of RC flat slabs after a sudden column loss. Engineering Structures, 99, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.04.040

To prevent disproportionate collapse under an extreme loading event, a sudden column loss scenario is often used to ensure the structure has suitable robustness. This study aims to investigate experimentally the dynamic response of reinforced concret... Read More about Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of RC flat slabs after a sudden column loss.