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The evolution of contact conditions during fretting tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations (2025)
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Gichuki, A., Shipway, P., Rouse, J., Bennett, C., Koti, D., & Coll, E. (2025). The evolution of contact conditions during fretting tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations. Tribology International, 210, Article 110820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2025.110820

This study examines the dependence of fretting wear of a high strength steel using four non-conforming specimen configurations: cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinders, with both 6 mm and 160 mm radii cylinders. In each configuration, the wear of the... Read More about The evolution of contact conditions during fretting tests with cylinder-on-flat and crossed-cylinder specimen configurations.

Integrated energy storage and transmission solutions: Evaluating hydrogen, ammonia, and compressed air for offshore wind power delivery (2025)
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Baniamerian, Z., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., Mehdipour, R., & Cárdenas, B. (2025). Integrated energy storage and transmission solutions: Evaluating hydrogen, ammonia, and compressed air for offshore wind power delivery. Journal of Energy Storage, 118, Article 116254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.116254

This paper introduces a novel dual-purpose transmission system that integrates power transmission and energy storage using hydrogen, ammonia, and compressed air—an area largely unexplored in the literature. Unlike conventional cable transmission, whi... Read More about Integrated energy storage and transmission solutions: Evaluating hydrogen, ammonia, and compressed air for offshore wind power delivery.

Design of a Combined Heat Store and Heat Exchanger for CAES Systems (2025)
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Research, O., Cardenas, B., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., Baniamerian, Z., Pottie, D., Barbour, E., & Cardenas, B. (2025). Design of a Combined Heat Store and Heat Exchanger for CAES Systems. IET Renewable Power Generation, 19(1), Article e70064. https://doi.org/10.1049/rpg2.70064

A combined heat store and heat exchanger unit (HSX) intended for compressed air energy storage (CAES) is presented. The unit is directly charged by the pressurised air emerging from the compression train, which removes the need for a secondary low-pr... Read More about Design of a Combined Heat Store and Heat Exchanger for CAES Systems.

Improving the performance of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage through modifications of heat transfer pipes: A comprehensive investigation on various configurations (2024)
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Ali, A. M., Bagdanavicius, A., Barbour, E. R., Pottie, D. L., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., & Baniamerian, Z. (2024). Improving the performance of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage through modifications of heat transfer pipes: A comprehensive investigation on various configurations. Journal of Energy Storage, 96, Article 112678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112678

The modification of the geometric configurations of heat transfer pipes in shell and tube Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage (LHTES) systems not only enhances the melting process of the phase change material (PCM) but also improves the overall perfor... Read More about Improving the performance of a shell and tube latent heat thermal energy storage through modifications of heat transfer pipes: A comprehensive investigation on various configurations.

The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors (2024)
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Si, Y., Buss, T. M., Rouse, J. P., & Hyde, C. J. (2024). The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors. NDT and E International, 145, Article 10.1016/j.ndteint.2024.103134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2024.103134

Potential difference methods are widely accepted as means to detect and monitor cracks in safety critical components. This paper investigates the capability of the potential difference method that uses a swept frequency alternating current excitation... Read More about The use of a swept frequency alternating current potential difference method for identifying local geometric features within prismatic conductors.

How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; Part I: Compressors and expanders (2024)
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Baniamerian, Z., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., Cárdenas, B., Pottie, D. L., Barbour, E. R., & Bagdanavicius, A. (2024). How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; Part I: Compressors and expanders. Journal of Energy Storage, 89, Article 111791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111791

This study addresses a critical economic aspect in compressed air energy storage that has not been discussed much in existing literature: the impact of operating pressure on machinery capital cots. It aims to answer whether the cost per unit of power... Read More about How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; Part I: Compressors and expanders.

How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; part II: Heat exchangers (2024)
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Baniamerian, Z., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., Cárdenas, B., Pottie, D. L., Barbour, E. R., & Bagdanavicius, A. (2024). How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; part II: Heat exchangers. Journal of Energy Storage, 86(Pt A), Article 111138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111138

In the field of compressed air energy storage, a critical economic aspect that has been overlooked in existing literature relates to the influence of storage pressure on the capital cost of power conversion system. In Part I, a comprehensive study wa... Read More about How pressure affects costs of power conversion machinery in compressed air energy storage; part II: Heat exchangers.

Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage system performance with application-oriented designed axial-flow compressor (2024)
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Pottie, D. L., Oliveira, M. M., Cardenas, B., Baniamerian, Z., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., Hough, E., Bagdanavicius, A., Ali, A. M., Eames, P., & Barbour, E. R. (2024). Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage system performance with application-oriented designed axial-flow compressor. Energy Conversion and Management, 304, Article 118233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118233

Medium and long-duration energy storage systems are expected to play a critical role in the transition towards electrical grids powered by renewable energy sources. ACAES is a promising solution, capable of handling power and energy ratings over hund... Read More about Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage system performance with application-oriented designed axial-flow compressor.

Modelling the influence of plasticity induced softening on the low cycle fatigue and crack propagation behaviour of a nickel-based superalloy (2023)
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Engel, B., Lavie, W., Rouse, J., Whittaker, M., Jones, J., Lancaster, R., Stekovic, S., Pattison, S., & Hyde, C. (2024). Modelling the influence of plasticity induced softening on the low cycle fatigue and crack propagation behaviour of a nickel-based superalloy. Computational Materials Science, 231, Article 112604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112604

Cyclic hysteresis loops generated during high-temperature, isothermal, low-cycle fatigue testing of the nickel-based superalloy RR1000 revealed a gradual decrease in elastic modulus of up to 25 % compared to the initial value in dependence of the acc... Read More about Modelling the influence of plasticity induced softening on the low cycle fatigue and crack propagation behaviour of a nickel-based superalloy.

Comparative Analysis of Isochoric and Isobaric Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (2023)
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Pottie, D., Cardenas, B., Garvey, S., Rouse, J., Hough, E., Bagdanavicius, A., & Barbour, E. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Isochoric and Isobaric Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage. Energies, 16(6), Article 2646. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062646

Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (ACAES) is regarded as a promising, grid scale, medium-to-long duration energy storage technology. In ACAES, the air storage may be isochoric (constant volume) or isobaric (constant pressure). Isochoric storage... Read More about Comparative Analysis of Isochoric and Isobaric Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage.

The effect of a nuclear baseload in a zero-carbon electricity system: An analysis for the UK (2023)
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Cárdenas, B., Ibanez, R., Rouse, J., Swinfen-Styles, L., & Garvey, S. (2023). The effect of a nuclear baseload in a zero-carbon electricity system: An analysis for the UK. Renewable Energy, 205, 256-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.01.028

This paper explores the effect of having a nuclear baseload in a 100% carbon-free electricity system The study analyses numerous scenarios based on different penetrations of conventional nuclear, wind and solar PV power, different levels of overgener... Read More about The effect of a nuclear baseload in a zero-carbon electricity system: An analysis for the UK.

Multi-scale modelling of the mechanical behaviour of a CoNiCrAlY bond coat alloy during small punch testing (2023)
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Sithole, K., Taylor, C., Rouse, J., & Hyde, C. (2023). Multi-scale modelling of the mechanical behaviour of a CoNiCrAlY bond coat alloy during small punch testing. Materials and Design, 226, Article 111601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111601

The present work is undertaken to determine the ability of the small punch test to determine mechanical properties of CoNiCrAlY, a two phase bond-coat material found in thermal barrier coatings. It utilises a multi-scale modelling methodology in whic... Read More about Multi-scale modelling of the mechanical behaviour of a CoNiCrAlY bond coat alloy during small punch testing.

The Estimation of Taylor-Quinney Coefficients Using Small Ring Specimens (2022)
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Lavie, W., Rouse, J. P., & Hyde, C. J. (2023). The Estimation of Taylor-Quinney Coefficients Using Small Ring Specimens. Experimental Mechanics, 63, 429-443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-022-00920-z

Background: The use of the Taylor-Quinney coefficient for introducing a thermal dissipation term into material models relies on understanding its dependencies. These are usually determined through extensive experimentation, wherein temperature variat... Read More about The Estimation of Taylor-Quinney Coefficients Using Small Ring Specimens.

An inverse analysis method for determining abradable constitutive properties (2022)
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Lye, R., Bennett, C., Rouse, J., & Zumpano, G. (2022). An inverse analysis method for determining abradable constitutive properties. Materials Today Communications, 33, Article 104571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104571

Abradable coatings enable small tip clearances within gas turbine engines to be achieved. These coatings allow blades to cut their ideal paths during engine running-in and act as a sacrificial layer during unforeseen blade-casing interactions, minimi... Read More about An inverse analysis method for determining abradable constitutive properties.

A probabilistic data assimilation framework to reconstruct finite element error fields from sparse error estimates: Application to sub-modeling (2022)
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Rouse, J. P., Kerfriden, P., & Hamadi, M. (2022). A probabilistic data assimilation framework to reconstruct finite element error fields from sparse error estimates: Application to sub-modeling. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 123(23), 5826-5853. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.7090

The present work proposes a computational approach that recovers full finite element error fields from a small number of estimates of errors in scalar quantities of interest. The approach is weakly intrusive and is motivated by large scale industrial... Read More about A probabilistic data assimilation framework to reconstruct finite element error fields from sparse error estimates: Application to sub-modeling.

Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study (2021)
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Cárdenas, B., Swinfen-Styles, L., Rouse, J., & Garvey, S. D. (2021). Short-, medium-, and long-duration energy storage in a 100% renewable electricity grid: A UK case study. Energies, 14(24), Article 8524. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14248524

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)
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Leidermark, D., Rouse, J., Engel, B., Hyde, C., Pattison, S., & Stekovic, S. (2021). Thermomechanical fatigue life due to scatter in constitutive parameters. Computational Materials Science, 198, Article 110690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110690

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)
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Kazakeviciute, J., Rouse, J. P., Focatiis, D., & Hyde, C. (2022). Small specimen techniques for estimation of tensile, fatigue, fracture and crack propagation material model parameters. Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 57(4), 227-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/03093247211025208

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)
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Rouse, J. P., Garvey, S. D., Cárdenas, B., Hoskin, A., Swinfen-Styles, L., & Xu, W. (2021). A case study investigation into the risk of fatigue in synchronous flywheel energy stores and ramifications for the design of inertia replacement systems. Journal of Energy Storage, 39, Article 102651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102651

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)
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Rouse, J., Xu, W., Garvey, S., Hoskin, A., Swinfen-Styles, L., & Cárdenas, B. (2021). Energy storage capacity vs. renewable penetration: A study for the UK. Renewable Energy, 171, 849-867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.149

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.