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Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study (2021)
Journal Article

Energy storage will be required over a wide range of discharge durations in future zero-emission grids, from milliseconds to months. No single technology is well suited for the complete range. Using 9 years of UK data, this paper explores how to comb... Read More about Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study.

Thermomechanical fatigue life due to scatter in constitutive parameters (2021)
Journal Article

For critical component application, such as aerospace turbine rotors, it is imperative to be able to make accurate in-service material behaviour and component life predictions for both design and monitoring of component life. The development of such... Read More about Thermomechanical fatigue life due to scatter in constitutive parameters.

Small specimen techniques for estimation of tensile, fatigue, fracture and crack propagation material model parameters (2021)
Journal Article

Small specimen mechanical testing is an exciting and rapidly developing field in which fundamental deformation behaviours can be observed from experiments performed on comparatively small amounts of material. These methods are particularly useful whe... Read More about Small specimen techniques for estimation of tensile, fatigue, fracture and crack propagation material model parameters.

A case study investigation into the risk of fatigue in synchronous flywheel energy stores and ramifications for the design of inertia replacement systems (2021)
Journal Article

Flywheels are an attractive energy storage solution for many reasons; high turnaround efficiencies, long cycling lives and high “ramp-up” power rates have all been noted in the literature. Novel flywheel based hybrid energy storage systems have also... Read More about A case study investigation into the risk of fatigue in synchronous flywheel energy stores and ramifications for the design of inertia replacement systems.

Energy storage capacity vs. renewable penetration: A study for the UK (2021)
Journal Article

This paper explores how the requirement for energy storage capacity will grow as the penetration of renewables increases. The UK’s electric grid is used as a case study. The paper aims to provide insight on what is the most economical solution to dec... Read More about Energy storage capacity vs. renewable penetration: A study for the UK.

Goal oriented error estimation in multi-scale shell element finite element problems (2021)
Journal Article

A major challenge with modern aircraft design is the occurrence of structural features of varied length scales. Structural stiffness can be accurately represented using homogenisation, however aspects such as the onset of failure may require informat... Read More about Goal oriented error estimation in multi-scale shell element finite element problems.