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Thermal management of electronics devices with PCMs filled pin-fin heat sinks: a comparison (2017)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Ali, H. M., Jabbal, M., & Verdin, P. (in press). Thermal management of electronics devices with PCMs filled pin-fin heat sinks: a comparison. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.10.065

The present paper covers the comparison of two different configurations (square and circular) pinfin heat sinks embedded with two different phase change materials (PCMs) namely paraffin wax and n-eicosane having different thermo-physical properties w... Read More about Thermal management of electronics devices with PCMs filled pin-fin heat sinks: a comparison.

3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles (2017)
Journal Article
Vaithilingam, J., Saleh, E., Körner, L., Wildman, R. D., Hague, R. J., Leach, R. K., & Tuck, C. J. (2018). 3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles. Materials and Design, 139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.10.070

The adoption of additive manufacturing technology is gaining interest for processing precious metals. In this study, the capability of inkjet printing was explored to fabricate macroscopic parts from commercial silver nanoparticle ink (AgNPs). A besp... Read More about 3-dimensional inkjet printing of macro structures from silver nanoparticles.

Evaluation of formability and fracture of pure titanium in incremental sheet forming (2017)
Journal Article
Gatea, S., Xu, D., Ou, H., & McCartney, G. (in press). Evaluation of formability and fracture of pure titanium in incremental sheet forming. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1195-z

A forming limit diagram (FLD) is commonly used as a useful means for characterizing the formability of sheet metal forming processes. In this study, the Nakajima test was used to construct the forming limit curve at necking (FLCN) and fracture (FLCF)... Read More about Evaluation of formability and fracture of pure titanium in incremental sheet forming.

Effect of yarn cross-sectional shape on resin flow through inter-yarn gaps in textile reinforcements (2017)
Journal Article
Endruweit, A., Zeng, X., Matveev, M. Y., & Long, A. C. (2018). Effect of yarn cross-sectional shape on resin flow through inter-yarn gaps in textile reinforcements. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 104, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.10.020

Axial flow through gaps between aligned straight yarns with realistic cross-sectional shapes, described by power-ellipses, was analysed numerically. At a given fibre volume fraction, equivalent gap permeabilities have a maximum at minimum size of elo... Read More about Effect of yarn cross-sectional shape on resin flow through inter-yarn gaps in textile reinforcements.

Experimental investigation of PCM based round pin-fin heat sinks for thermal management of electronics: effect of pin-fin diameter (2017)
Journal Article
Arshad, A., Ali, H. M., Khushnood, S., & Jabbal, M. (in press). Experimental investigation of PCM based round pin-fin heat sinks for thermal management of electronics: effect of pin-fin diameter. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.10.008

This experimental study presents the parametric analysis for the round pin-finned heat sinks subjected to steady heat densities for effective and reliable cooling of mobile electronic devices. Phase change material (PCM) namely paraffin wax is adopte... Read More about Experimental investigation of PCM based round pin-fin heat sinks for thermal management of electronics: effect of pin-fin diameter.

Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating (2017)
Journal Article
Algodi, S. J., Clare, A. T., & Brown, P. D. (2018). Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2017.10.029

Electrical discharge coating (EDC) methods may be used to enhance the surface functionality of electrical discharge machined components. However, industrial uptake of EDC has been restricted due to limited understanding of the fundamental interaction... Read More about Modelling of single spark interactions during electrical discharge coating.

Manufacturing-error-based maintenance for high-precision machine tools (2017)
Journal Article
Shi, S., Lin, J., Xu, X., Feng, X., & Piano, S. (2018). Manufacturing-error-based maintenance for high-precision machine tools. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 95(1-4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1070-y

Nowadays, the condition-based maintenance (CBM), in which repairs are triggered by the heuristic symptoms of the component faults, is finding increasing applications in the industrial fields. However, for the high-precision machine tools, the convent... Read More about Manufacturing-error-based maintenance for high-precision machine tools.

Novel bioresorbable phosphate glass fiber textile composites for medical applications (2017)
Journal Article
Zhu, C., Ahmed, I., Parsons, A. J., Wang, Y., Tan, C., Liu, J., …Liu, X. (2018). Novel bioresorbable phosphate glass fiber textile composites for medical applications. Polymer Composites, 39(S1), E140-E151. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.24499

A manual bench-top inkle-type loom was designed to enable hand woven textiles. These PGF textiles, along with unidirectional (UD) fiber mats made from the same batch of yarns, were utilized to manufacture fully resorbable textile composites (T-C), un... Read More about Novel bioresorbable phosphate glass fiber textile composites for medical applications.

A coupled Euler-Lagrange CFD modelling of droplets-to-film (2017)
Journal Article
Adeniyi, A. A., Morvan, H. P., & Simmons, K. A. (in press). A coupled Euler-Lagrange CFD modelling of droplets-to-film. Aeronautical Journal, 121(1246), https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2017.107

In this paper, a droplet to film interaction model technique is presented. In the proposed approach, the liquid and gas continua are modelled using an enhanced Volume of Fluid (VoF) technique while the droplets are tracked using a Lagrangian framewor... Read More about A coupled Euler-Lagrange CFD modelling of droplets-to-film.

Environmental aspects of use of recycled carbon fibre composites in automotive applications (2017)
Journal Article
Meng, F., McKechnie, J., Turner, T., Wong, K. H., & Pickering, S. J. (in press). Environmental aspects of use of recycled carbon fibre composites in automotive applications. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(21), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04069

The high cost and energy intensity of virgin carbon fibre manufacture provides an opportunity to recover substantial value from carbon fibre reinforced plastic wastes. In this study, we assess the life cycle environmental implications of recovering c... Read More about Environmental aspects of use of recycled carbon fibre composites in automotive applications.

Critical realism and economic anthropology (2017)
Journal Article
Harvey, J., Smith, A., & Golightly, D. (2017). Critical realism and economic anthropology. Journal of Critical Realism, 16(5), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2017.1377384

This paper discusses basic critical realism within the context of economic anthropology and develops an approach to studying material relations between people. A diachronic form of analysis, following the work of Bhaskar and Archer, is described as a... Read More about Critical realism and economic anthropology.

Time-domain aeroelastic model for compound helicopter propeller-wing configuration (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Wang, Z., Anobile, A., & Popov, A. A. (2017, October). Time-domain aeroelastic model for compound helicopter propeller-wing configuration. Paper presented at Aerospace Europe CEAS 2017 Conference, Bucharest, Romania

A simplified numerical model for time-domain aeroelastic analysis of a wing structure in a propeller-wing configuration is described in the paper. A linear beam model with deformable elastic axis under torsional deformation and out-of-plane bending i... Read More about Time-domain aeroelastic model for compound helicopter propeller-wing configuration.

New models for energy beam machining enable accurate generation of freeforms (2017)
Journal Article
Axinte, D. A., Billingham, J., & Guillerna, A. B. (in press). New models for energy beam machining enable accurate generation of freeforms. Science Advances, 3(9), Article e1701201. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701201

We demonstrate that, despite differences in their nature, many energy beam controlled-depth machining processes (e.g. waterjet, pulsed laser, focused ion beam) can be modelled using the same mathematical framework – a partial differential evolution e... Read More about New models for energy beam machining enable accurate generation of freeforms.

Towards the noise reduction of piezoelectrical-driven synthetic jet actuators (2017)
Journal Article
Jabbal, M., & Jeyalingam, J. (2017). Towards the noise reduction of piezoelectrical-driven synthetic jet actuators. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 266, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2017.09.036

This work details an experimental investigation aimed at reducing the noise output of piezoelectrical-driven synthetic jet actuators while minimising peak jet velocity reduction. The study considers double-chamber actuator for anti-phase noise suppre... Read More about Towards the noise reduction of piezoelectrical-driven synthetic jet actuators.

Modelling of ductile fracture in single point incremental forming using a modified GTN model (2017)
Journal Article
Gatea, S., Ou, H., Lu, B., & McCartney, G. (2017). Modelling of ductile fracture in single point incremental forming using a modified GTN model. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.09.021

Understanding the deformation and failure mechanisms in single point incremental forming (SPIF) is of great importance for achieving improved formability. Furthermore, there will be added benefits for more in depth evaluation of the effect of localis... Read More about Modelling of ductile fracture in single point incremental forming using a modified GTN model.

A one-pot-one-reactant synthesis of platinum compounds at the nanoscale (2017)
Journal Article
Stoppiello, C. T., Biskupek, J., Li, Z. Y., Rance, G. A., Botos, A., Fogarty, R. M., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2017). A one-pot-one-reactant synthesis of platinum compounds at the nanoscale. Nanoscale, 9(38), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR05976K

The preparation of inorganic nanomaterials with a desired structure and specific properties requires the ability to strictly control their size, shape and composition. A series of chemical reactions with platinum compounds carried out within the 1.5... Read More about A one-pot-one-reactant synthesis of platinum compounds at the nanoscale.

3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane (2017)
Journal Article
Sturgess, C., Tuck, C. J., Ashcroft, I. A., & Wildman, R. D. (2017). 3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(37), 9733-9745. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc02412f

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Material jetting is a process whereby liquid material can be deposited onto a substrate to solidify. Through a process of progressive additional layers, this deposition can then be used to produce 3D structures.... Read More about 3D reactive inkjet printing of polydimethylsiloxane.

A microscopy approach for in situ inspection of the ?CMM stylus for contamination (2017)
Journal Article
Feng, X., Pascal, J., & Lawes, S. (in press). A microscopy approach for in situ inspection of the ?CMM stylus for contamination. Measurement Science and Technology, 28(9), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6501/aa7c93

During the µCMM measurement process, contamination gradually builds up on the surface of the stylus tip and affects dimensional accuracy of the measurement. Regular inspection of the stylus for contamination is essential in determining the appropriat... Read More about A microscopy approach for in situ inspection of the ?CMM stylus for contamination.

Hot tensile fracture characteristics and constitutive modelling of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) (2017)
Journal Article
Chen, F., Ou, H., Gatea, S., & Long, H. (2017). Hot tensile fracture characteristics and constitutive modelling of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK). Polymer Testing, 63, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.07.032

The effects of strain rate and deformation temperature on the deformation behaviors of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) were studied by uniaxial tensile tests with the temperature range of 23–150 °C and strain rate of 0.01–1 s−1. The effects of deformat... Read More about Hot tensile fracture characteristics and constitutive modelling of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK).

Process Plan Controllers for Non-Deterministic Manufacturing Systems (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Felli, P., De Silva, L., Logan, B., & Ratchev, S. (2017). Process Plan Controllers for Non-Deterministic Manufacturing Systems. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (1023-1030). https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2017/142

Determining the most appropriate means of producing a given product, i.e., which manufacturing and assembly tasks need to be performed in which order and how, is termed process planning. In process planning, abstract manufacturing tasks in a process... Read More about Process Plan Controllers for Non-Deterministic Manufacturing Systems.