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Energy saving control in five-axis machine tools using contouring control (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Uchiyama, N., Ogawa, Y., El Khalick M., A., Sano, S., & Yamazaki, K. (2013). Energy saving control in five-axis machine tools using contouring control. . https://doi.org/10.23919/ecc.2013.6669277

Machine tools operate around the clock in industrial applications all over the world, and hence there is a requirement not only for high-speed and high-precision operation but also for reduced energy consumption. This paper presents a novel controlle... Read More about Energy saving control in five-axis machine tools using contouring control.

EO-MINERS: Monitoring the environmental and societal impact of the extractive industry using Earth Observation (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Jordan, C. J., Chevrel, S., Coetzee, H., Ben-Dor, E., Ehrler, C., Fischer, C., …Adar, S. (2013). EO-MINERS: Monitoring the environmental and societal impact of the extractive industry using Earth Observation. In 2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723133

The growing demand for mineral and energy resources over the last decade has placed the extractive industry under increasing pressure to monitor and reduce the environmental and societal impact throughout the life-cycle of mining operations. Despite... Read More about EO-MINERS: Monitoring the environmental and societal impact of the extractive industry using Earth Observation.

Using adaptive architecture to probe attitudes towards ubiquitous monitoring (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Moran, S., Jaeger, N., Schnadelbach, H., & Glover, K. (2013). Using adaptive architecture to probe attitudes towards ubiquitous monitoring. https://doi.org/10.1109/istas.2013.6613100

The term Ubiquitous Monitoring aims to capture the unprecedented degree to which data collection will occur in the future through ongoing developments in embedded, wireless and sensory technologies. Intelligent buildings represent the most current in... Read More about Using adaptive architecture to probe attitudes towards ubiquitous monitoring.

Reduction of control input variance of feed drive systems using sliding-mode control with non-linear sliding surface (2013)
Conference Proceeding
El Khalick, M. A., Uchiyama, N., & Sano, S. (2013). Reduction of control input variance of feed drive systems using sliding-mode control with non-linear sliding surface. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMECH.2013.6519147

Ball-screw drives have been widely used in industrial applications delivering high precision motion in work machines, such as machine tools, where both high speed and positioning accuracy are required. Most of control schemes used in industrial appli... Read More about Reduction of control input variance of feed drive systems using sliding-mode control with non-linear sliding surface.

A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Keane, D., Craven, M. P., & Sharples, S. (2012). A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences. In Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2012: Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2012, Blackpool, UK, 16-19 April 2012 (161-168)

A vignette study was conducted to examine attitudes in a student population with respect to three different types of diagnostic procedure (blood test, imaging procedure and invasive procedure) and three different disease areas (coronary, gastroentero... Read More about A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences.

Investigating the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as a source of heating (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Dehdezi, P. K., Dawson, A. R., Hall, M. R., Casey, S., & Miao, F. (2012). Investigating the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as a source of heating.

This paper evaluates the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as solar energy collectors with copper pipes embedded below the surfaces. Quartzite was investigated as a replacement for limestone aggregate in asphalt for thermal enhancement. Samples... Read More about Investigating the feasibility of using asphalt pavements as a source of heating.

CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Connor, P. H., Pickering, S. J., Gerada, C., Eastwick, C. N., & Micallef, C. (2012). CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management. . https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2012.0290

This paper is the first in a series dedicated to investigating the airflow and thermal management of electrical machines. Due to the temperature dependent resistive losses in the machine's windings any improvement in cooling provides a direct reducti... Read More about CFD modelling of an entire synchronous generator for improved thermal management.

Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Kulsangcharoen, P., Rashed, M., Klumpner, C., De, D., Patel, C., Asher, G., & Chen, G. Z. (2012). Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery. In 6th IET International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2012.0341

Newly developed electrochemical energy storage devices are typically produced as single/small quantity and small size devices. This makes their evaluation very difficult in high power applications that would require production of much larger size dev... Read More about Evaluation of a digitally controlled power electronic emulator for supercapattery.

Synchronization of tool tip and tool orientation contour errors in five-axis machining (2012)
Conference Proceeding
A. El Khalick, M., Uchiyama, N., & Sano, S. (2012). Synchronization of tool tip and tool orientation contour errors in five-axis machining. In 2012 American Control Conference (ACC). https://doi.org/10.1109/acc.2012.6314878

In current CNC machines, each axis is generally controlled by an individual controller, which tries to minimize the axial position tracking error. However, eliminating the tracking errors of each individual axis in multi-axis feed drive systems may n... Read More about Synchronization of tool tip and tool orientation contour errors in five-axis machining.

Modeling the re-anchoring of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Abdelatif, A. O., Owen, J. S., & Hussein, M. F. (2012). Modeling the re-anchoring of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete.

: In this study, a theoretical model is deve loped to simulate the re-anchorage of a ruptured bonded post-tensioning tendon. This includes estimating the re-anchorage length and stress distribution over the tendon. The model accounts for equilibr... Read More about Modeling the re-anchoring of a ruptured tendon in bonded post-tensioned concrete.

Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Patel, R., Clark, M., & Achamfuo-Yeboah, S. (2011). Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

A method of detecting optical heterodyne interference fringes using a custom CMOS modulated light camera array has been developed. Widefield phase images are generated using quadrature demodulation and are kept stable using a feedback system. © 2011... Read More about Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

Automated finite element modelling of 3D woven textiles (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Zeng, X., Long, A., Clifford, M., Probst-Schendzielorz, S., & Schmitt, M. (2011). Automated finite element modelling of 3D woven textiles.

The advance of 3D fabric technology allows tailored material structure in different directions for optimised performance. 3D fabrics open up increasing applications in automotive, medical, energy and many other areas. This paper explores highly autom... Read More about Automated finite element modelling of 3D woven textiles.

Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Keikha, P., Hall, M., & Dawson, A. (2010). Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling.

There is great potential to use the large open space of pavement structures, equipped with an embedded pipe network, in conjunction with a heat pump, to provide heating and cooling for adjacent buildings, e.g. airport terminals, shopping centres etc,... Read More about Concrete pavements as a source of heating and cooling.

Intelligent thermoregulation and homeostasis: lessons from nature (2010)
Conference Proceeding
Worall, M. (2010). Intelligent thermoregulation and homeostasis: lessons from nature.

Mankind has developed sophisticated means of maintaining comfortable living conditions around the world. We use many technologies that allow us to achieve thermoregulation and homeostasis and so live, work and survive in otherwise hostile environment... Read More about Intelligent thermoregulation and homeostasis: lessons from nature.

Wind turbine-energy storage control system for delivering constant demand power shared by DFIGs through droop characteristics (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Fazeli, M., Asher, G., Klumpner, C., Bozhko, S., Yao, L., & Bazargan, M. (2009). Wind turbine-energy storage control system for delivering constant demand power shared by DFIGs through droop characteristics. In 2009 13th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

This paper investigates embedding Energy Storage (ES) with multiple wind turbines in order to deliver to the grid a smooth and constant power as demanded by the system operator. The demand power is shared by DFIGs proportional to their ratings utiliz... Read More about Wind turbine-energy storage control system for delivering constant demand power shared by DFIGs through droop characteristics.