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Multibody dynamics simulation of an all-wheel-drive motorcycle for handling and energy efficiency investigations (2017)
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It is now possible, through electrical, hydraulic or mechanical means, to power the front wheel of a motorcycle. The aim of this is often to improve performance in limit-handling scenarios including off-road low-traction conditions and on-road high-s... Read More about Multibody dynamics simulation of an all-wheel-drive motorcycle for handling and energy efficiency investigations.

Simply-supported multi-layered beams for energy harvesting (2016)
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This paper develops an analytical model for predicting the performance of simply-supported multi-layered piezoelectric vibrating energy harvesters. The model includes the effects of material and geometric nonlinearities, as well as axial pre-tension/... Read More about Simply-supported multi-layered beams for energy harvesting.

Model refinements and experimental testing of highly flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters (2016)
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This paper addresses limitations to existing analytical models for piezoelectric energy harvesters. The presented model is targeted at predicting behaviours of highly flexible piezoelectric devices (FPEDs) and includes high orders of substrate and pi... Read More about Model refinements and experimental testing of highly flexible piezoelectric energy harvesters.

An investigation on thermoelastic damping of high-Q ring resonators (2015)
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For applications requiring high performance angular rate measurements it is important to be able to design MEMS rate sensors with high quality factors (Q). This paper considers ring resonator based rate sensors and investigates the influence of desig... Read More about An investigation on thermoelastic damping of high-Q ring resonators.

Linear friction weld process monitoring of fixture cassette deformations using empirical mode decomposition (2015)
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Due to its inherent advantages, linear friction welding is a solid-state joining process of increasing importance to the aerospace, automotive, medical and power generation equipment industries. Tangential oscillations and forge stroke during the bur... Read More about Linear friction weld process monitoring of fixture cassette deformations using empirical mode decomposition.

An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device (2015)
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An experimental study of wave power generation using flexible piezoelectric devices (FPEDs) is presented in this paper. Two alternate configurations for harvesting power from waves are proposed. In the first configuration, the FPEDs are installed hor... Read More about An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device.

Implementing Determinate Assembly for the Leading Edge Sub-Assembly of Aircraft Wing Manufacture (2014)
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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.

Optimization of piezoelectric cantilever energy harvesters including non-linear effects (2014)
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This paper proposes a versatile non-linear model for predicting piezoelectric energy harvester performance. The presented model includes (i) material non-linearity, for both substrate and piezoelectric layers, and (ii) geometric non-linearity incorpo... Read More about Optimization of piezoelectric cantilever energy harvesters including non-linear effects.

Forced vibration experiments on flexible piezoelectric devices operating in air and water environments (2014)
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Modal Control of Vibration in Rotating Machines and Other Generally Damped Systems
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Second order matrix equations arise in the description of real dynamical systems. Traditional modal control approaches utilise the eigenvectors of the undamped system to diagonalise the system matrices. A regrettable consequence of this approach is t... Read More about Modal Control of Vibration in Rotating Machines and Other Generally Damped Systems.