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Indirect predictive control strategy with fixed switching frequency for a direct matrix converter (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The direct matrix converter has a large number of available switching states which implies that the implementation of predictive control techniques in this converter requires high computational cost while an adequate selection of weighting factors in... Read More about Indirect predictive control strategy with fixed switching frequency for a direct matrix converter.

The impact of impulsive voltage waveforms on the electrical insulation of actuators for more electrical aircraft (MEA) (2017)
Conference Proceeding

To reduce the size and weight of aircraft actuators, wide band-gap semiconductor devices (SiC and GaN) are the most promising solution. These devices have switching times well below those of silicon devices. Very short rise times may enhance the elec... Read More about The impact of impulsive voltage waveforms on the electrical insulation of actuators for more electrical aircraft (MEA).

Processing and properties of PLA-HA nanocomposites: The effect of particle morphology and dispersants (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Biodegradable polylactic acid nanocomposites for orthopaedic implants require optimum particle dispersion and high molecular weight in load bearing applications. Novel coated hydroxyapatite nanoparticles can offer new opportunities for enhanced dispe... Read More about Processing and properties of PLA-HA nanocomposites: The effect of particle morphology and dispersants.

Electric superbike racing: the design and construction of a championship winning electric superbike (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The electric superbikes recently developed at The University of Nottingham have to be considered as a high performance vehicles, competing with its internal combustion engine driven counterparts. This paper presents the motivations for this work as w... Read More about Electric superbike racing: the design and construction of a championship winning electric superbike.

Indirect model predictive control strategies with input filter resonance mitigation for a matrix converter operating at fixed switching frequency (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The main issues of the implementation of model predictive control in a direct matrix converter are the high com¬putational cost, the adequate selection of weighting factors and the variable switching frequency which could produce resonances in the in... Read More about Indirect model predictive control strategies with input filter resonance mitigation for a matrix converter operating at fixed switching frequency.

Application of machine learning for fuel consumption modelling of trucks (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents the application of three Machine Learning techniques to fuel consumption modelling of articulated trucks for a large dataset. In particular, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) mod... Read More about Application of machine learning for fuel consumption modelling of trucks.

Comparison of Three Speed Loop Designs for a High Speed Nine-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft (2017)
Conference Proceeding

A high speed nine phase permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) has been designed for more electric aircraft (MEA) for the sake of high power density and fault-tolerant capability. This paper addresses the speed loop design of the high speed PMSM... Read More about Comparison of Three Speed Loop Designs for a High Speed Nine-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft.

A semi-flooded cooling for a high speed machine: Concept, design and practice of an oil sleeve (2017)
Conference Proceeding

This paper proposes a semi-flooded cooling concept for a high speed machine design. The electrical machine considered is for an aircraft starter-generator system where power density and efficiency are crucial. In order to achieve the high power densi... Read More about A semi-flooded cooling for a high speed machine: Concept, design and practice of an oil sleeve.

A new AC/AC power converter (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The Future Electrical Network will be based on the integration of different renewable energy sources. In this regard, modular bidirectional power converter architectures will get special attention. Galvanic isolation in such power converter architect... Read More about A new AC/AC power converter.

Effective parallelisation for machine learning (2017)
Conference Proceeding

We present a novel parallelisation scheme that simplifies the adaptation of learning algorithms to growing amounts of data as well as growing needs for accurate and confident predictions in critical applications. In contrast to other parallelisation... Read More about Effective parallelisation for machine learning.

Abstract modelling: towards a typed declarative language for the conceptual modelling phase (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Modelling languages have become an indispensable aid to practising engineers. They offer modelling at a high level of abstraction backed by features such as automatic simulation and even derivation of production code. However, partly because of the o... Read More about Abstract modelling: towards a typed declarative language for the conceptual modelling phase.

TICH-2 Trial – Tranexamic Acid for Intracerebral Haemorrhage 2 (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Rationale: To assess in a pragmatic phase III prospective double blind randomised placebo-controlled trial whether tranexamic acid is safe and reduces death or dependency after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (SICH). The results will determine... Read More about TICH-2 Trial – Tranexamic Acid for Intracerebral Haemorrhage 2.

Bread stories: understanding the drivers of bread consumption for digital food customisation (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Consumer demand for food that satisfies specific needs rather than generic mass produced food is growing. In response, the food industry is actively investigating techniques for efficient and comprehensive food customisation. Digital approaches to fo... Read More about Bread stories: understanding the drivers of bread consumption for digital food customisation.

Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UK (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The effect of five cover crop species (radish, buckwheat, vetch, phacelia and oat) alongside an un-cropped control, on the activity and persistence of soil acid and alkaline phosphatase activity was investigated. There was no effect on alkaline phosp... Read More about Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UK.

Extended Kalman filter-based learning of interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Fuzzy logic systems have been extensively applied for solving many real world application problems because they are found to be universal approximators and many methods, particularly, gradient descent (GD) methods have been widely adopted for the opt... Read More about Extended Kalman filter-based learning of interval type-2 intuitionistic fuzzy logic system.

Archives of thrill: The V-Armchair experience (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Technology for older people is typically concerned either with health care or accessibility of existing systems. In this paper we take a more 'entertainment-oriented' approach to developing experiences aimed at older users. We describe here the desig... Read More about Archives of thrill: The V-Armchair experience.

Maximum torque-per-amp tracking control of saturated induction motors (2017)
Conference Proceeding

An improved maximum torque per Ampere (MTPA) controller for induction motor (IM) drives is presented. The proposed MTPA field oriented controller guarantees asymptotic torque tracking of smooth reference trajectories and maximises the torque per Ampe... Read More about Maximum torque-per-amp tracking control of saturated induction motors.

High strength steel tubular X-joints—an experimental insight under axial compression (2017)
Conference Proceeding

The paper describes a test program on cold-formed high strength steel tubular X-joints. The nominal yield strength of the tubular material was 960 MPa. The fabricated joints include the braces and chord made up of rectangular and square hollow sectio... Read More about High strength steel tubular X-joints—an experimental insight under axial compression.

Structural performance of concrete-filled double skin tubular beams with eccentric inner tubes (2017)
Conference Proceeding

Concrete-Filled Double Skin Tubular (CFDST) beams with stainless steel as the outer tube, carbon steel as the inner tube and sandwiched concrete infill between the tubes are presented. Previous studies on CFDST beams have revealed significant enhance... Read More about Structural performance of concrete-filled double skin tubular beams with eccentric inner tubes.

THCluster: herb supplements categorization for precision traditional Chinese medicine (2017)
Conference Proceeding

There has been a continuing demand for traditional and complementary medicine worldwide. A fundamental and important topic in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is to optimize the prescription and to detect herb regularities from TCM data. In this pa... Read More about THCluster: herb supplements categorization for precision traditional Chinese medicine.