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Stator and rotor vent modelling in a MVA rated synchronous machine (2016)
Conference Proceeding

An investigation into the solution dependence of a conjugate heat transfer computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of a synchronous generator, with respect to meshing, has been carried out. Utilising CFD as a tool for investigating the airflow and t... Read More about Stator and rotor vent modelling in a MVA rated synchronous machine.

Low-cost mobile personal clouds (2016)
Conference Proceeding

We propose a mobile peer to peer personal cloud architecture which allows users to capture, store, analyse, interact with and share different types of personal and context data with no privacy leakage. Our mobile personal cloud can host multiple diff... Read More about Low-cost mobile personal clouds.

Bayesian belief networks for fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator (2016)
Conference Proceeding

A three-phase separator (TPS) is one of the key components of offshore oil processing facili-ties. Oil is separated from gas, water and solid impurities by the TPS before it can be further processed. Fail-ures of the TPS can lead to unplanned shutdow... Read More about Bayesian belief networks for fault detection and diagnostics of a three-phase separator.

A quantum inspired evolutionary algorithm for dynamic multicast routing with network coding (2016)
Conference Proceeding

This paper studies and models the multicast routing problem with network coding in dynamic network environment, where computational and bandwidth resources are to be jointly optimized. A quantum inspired evolutionary algorithm (QEA) is developed to a... Read More about A quantum inspired evolutionary algorithm for dynamic multicast routing with network coding.

Novel current-limiting strategy for solid-state circuit breakers (SSCB) without additional impedance (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Current-limiting strategies for solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) without adding impedance is introduced in this paper. With the current limitation of novel phase-shifting method, the advantages are simple hardware structure, relatively low cost, no... Read More about Novel current-limiting strategy for solid-state circuit breakers (SSCB) without additional impedance.

Variation Aware Assembly Systems for Aircraft Wings (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Aircraft manufacturers desire to increase production to keep up with anticipated demand. To achieve this, the aerospace industry requires a significant increase in the manufacturing and assembly performance to reach required output levels. This work... Read More about Variation Aware Assembly Systems for Aircraft Wings.

Extended Bow-Tie model for asset risk and reliability modeling: application to a passenger lift (2016)
Conference Proceeding

A risk and reliability modelling framework for railway assets based on the Petri Net and the Bow-Tie models is proposed in this paper. A Petri Net model together with the Monte Carlo simulation is used to replicate the projected operational usage of... Read More about Extended Bow-Tie model for asset risk and reliability modeling: application to a passenger lift.

Design and modelling of Heinz Isler’s Sicli shell (2016)
Conference Proceeding

In 1969 a thin concrete shell roof designed by the master shell builder Heinz Isler was erected for the fire extinguisher manufacturer Sicli, SA, in Geneva, Switzerland. From this research carried out at the Heinz Isler Archive at ETH Zürich, it was... Read More about Design and modelling of Heinz Isler’s Sicli shell.

Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Touch screen technology’s first public appearance was in the early 2000s. Touch screens became a part of the daily life with the invention of smartphones and tablets. Now, this technology has the potential to be the next big change in flight deck des... Read More about Mixed method approach in designing flight decks with touch screens: a framework.

Designing touch screen user interfaces for future flight deck operations (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Many interactional issues with Flight Management Systems (FMS) in modern flight decks have been reported. Avionics designers are seeking for ways to reduce cognitive load of pilots with the aim to reduce the potential for human error. Academic resear... Read More about Designing touch screen user interfaces for future flight deck operations.

Multivariable control for a three-phase rectifier based on deadbeat algorithm (2016)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents a deadbeat control technique applied in a voltage source rectifier to regulate both the dc voltage (active power) and reactive power injected to the grid. As the deadbeat control is based on the system model, it leads to a faster... Read More about Multivariable control for a three-phase rectifier based on deadbeat algorithm.

Ensemble move acceptance in selection hyper-heuristics (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Selection hyper-heuristics are high level search methodologies which control a set of low level heuristics while solving a given problem. Move acceptance is a crucial component of selection hyper-heuristics, deciding whether to accept or reject a new... Read More about Ensemble move acceptance in selection hyper-heuristics.

An analysis of the Taguchi method for tuning a memetic algorithm with reduced computational time budget (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Determining the best initial parameter values for an algorithm, called parameter tuning, is crucial to obtaining better algorithm performance; however, it is often a time-consuming task and needs to be performed under a restricted computational budge... Read More about An analysis of the Taguchi method for tuning a memetic algorithm with reduced computational time budget.

Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended HyFlex domains (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Selection hyper-heuristics perform search over the space of heuristics by mixing and controlling a predefined set of low level heuristics for solving computationally hard combinatorial optimisation problems. Being reusable methods, they are expected... Read More about Performance of selection hyper-heuristics on the extended HyFlex domains.

Measuring player’s behaviour change over time in public goods game (2016)
Conference Proceeding

An important issue in public goods game is whether player's behaviour changes over time, and if so, how significant it is. In this game players can be classified into different groups according to the level of their participation in the public good.... Read More about Measuring player’s behaviour change over time in public goods game.

Functional reactive programming, refactored (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) has come to mean many things. Yet, scratch the surface of the multitude of realisations, and there is great commonality between them. This paper investigates this commonality, turning it into a mathematically coh... Read More about Functional reactive programming, refactored.

Extracting structure functions of power devices in induction motor drives (2016)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes the extraction of structure function from power devices on-board induction motor drives. It puts forward the issues and methodology related to on-board measurement of the cooling curve and derivation of the structure function duri... Read More about Extracting structure functions of power devices in induction motor drives.

Selective labeling: identifying representative sub-volumes for interactive segmentation (2016)
Conference Proceeding

Automatic segmentation of challenging biomedical volumes with multiple objects is still an open research field. Automatic approaches usually require a large amount of training data to be able to model the complex and often noisy appearance and struct... Read More about Selective labeling: identifying representative sub-volumes for interactive segmentation.

Analysis of hybrid energy storage systems with DC link fault ride-through capability (2016)
Conference Proceeding

In this work, a Fault Ride-Through control scheme for a non-isolated power topology for Hybrid Energy Storage Systems in a DC microgrid is presented. The Hybrid System is created from a Lithium-Ion Battery and a Supercapacitor Module coordinated to a... Read More about Analysis of hybrid energy storage systems with DC link fault ride-through capability.

Oil scoop simulation and analysis using CFD and SPH (2016)
Conference Proceeding