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Coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling of shallow strip foundations (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Tang, C., Selvaraj, S. P., Heron, C. M., & Marshall, A. M. (2024, June). Coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling of shallow strip foundations. Paper presented at IS-Macau 2024: 11th International Symposium of Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Macau, SOR, China

Hybrid modelling within geotechnical centrifuge tests is capable of combining the advantages of centrifuge models (providing soil stress/deformation data) with those of numerical models (capturing structural details along with associated load distrib... Read More about Coupled centrifuge-numerical modelling of shallow strip foundations.

The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Amoozgar, M., Hall, M., Dimitriadis, G., & Cooper, J. E. (2024, January). The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft. Paper presented at AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, Orlando, FL

In this paper, the effect of thrust vectoring of propulsors on the aeroelastic stability of an electric aircraft wing powered up with electric propulsors is investigated. The electric aircraft is composed of six high-lift and one cruise propulsors. T... Read More about The Effect of Thrust Vectoring on Aeroelastic Stability of Electric Aircraft.

Hand Gesture Interface to Teach an Industrial Robots (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmadieh Khanesar, M., & Branson, D. (2023, November). Hand Gesture Interface to Teach an Industrial Robots. Paper presented at ICINCO 2023: 20th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Rome, Italy

The present paper proposes user gesture recognition to control industrial robots. To recognize hand gestures, MediaPipe software package and an RGB camera is used. The proposed communication approach is an easy and reliable approach to provide comman... Read More about Hand Gesture Interface to Teach an Industrial Robots.

When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Shaban, J., Roy, M., Stephens-Marsh, M., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2023, September). When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad. Paper presented at The Future of Cognitive Personal Informatics, Athens, Greece and online

Brain-related wearables are now freely available on the market, and with even wrist-worn devices making estimates about cognitive activity, understanding cognitive personal informatics has become a pressing issue. Mental Workload is an emotionally ag... Read More about When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad.

Designing Apps to Track Mental Workload (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, M., Shaban, J., Ma, X., Shalliker, M., Midha, S., & Sharples, S. (2023, September). Designing Apps to Track Mental Workload. Paper presented at The Future of Cognitive Personal Informatics, Athens, Greece and online

Brain-related wearables are now freely available on the market, and with even wrist-worn devices making estimates about cognitive activity, understanding Cognitive Personal Informatics (CogPI) has become a pressing issue. In this paper, we present a... Read More about Designing Apps to Track Mental Workload.

Virtual optical instrument for uncertainty evaluation in surface topography measurement (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Hooshmand, H., Pappas, A., Su, R., Leach, R., & Piano, S. (2023, September). Virtual optical instrument for uncertainty evaluation in surface topography measurement. Paper presented at 15th International Symposium on Measurement Technology and Intelligent Instruments (ISMTII 2023), Seoul, South Korea

Uncertainty evaluation for optical techniques measuring surfaces with complex topography is an open issue in industrial metrology. The ISO standard framework attempts to simplify calibration and uncertainty evaluation by introducing a fixed set of me... Read More about Virtual optical instrument for uncertainty evaluation in surface topography measurement.

An asset management framework for wind turbine blades considering reliability of monitoring system (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wu, W., Prescott, D., Remenyte-Prescott, R., Saleh, A., & Chiachio Ruano, M. (2023, September). An asset management framework for wind turbine blades considering reliability of monitoring system. Presented at 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023), Southampton, UK

In this study, a wind turbine (WT) blade asset management (AM) Petri net (PN) model is presented, which incorporates risk-based maintenance and structural health monitoring (SHM). Firstly, PN modules cover the entirety of the blade AM process, descri... Read More about An asset management framework for wind turbine blades considering reliability of monitoring system.

Stabilization of Spacecraft in Spatial Periodic Orbits using Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Pushparaj, N., Hayashi, Y., & Bando, M. (2023, June). Stabilization of Spacecraft in Spatial Periodic Orbits using Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR). Paper presented at 34th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science & 12th Nano-Satellite Symposium, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Mission design for exploring minor celestial bodies and planetary satellites presents significant technical challenges, particularly in highly perturbed dynamical environments. The weak and complex gravitational fields of small bodies, along with per... Read More about Stabilization of Spacecraft in Spatial Periodic Orbits using Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR).

Fault Tree to Petri Net Conversion for the Analysis of a Standby System (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Prescott, D. (2023, April). Fault Tree to Petri Net Conversion for the Analysis of a Standby System. Presented at 62nd ESReDA Seminar, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Although fault trees are widely used, their quantitative analysis is limited by the need for basic event independence. Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T 2 ) has been proposed to overcome this limitation and requires dependent system fault tree e... Read More about Fault Tree to Petri Net Conversion for the Analysis of a Standby System.

Next Generation Prediction Methodologies and Tools for System Safety Analysis (NxGen) – A Project Overview (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Sanderson, K., & Andrews, J. (2023, April). Next Generation Prediction Methodologies and Tools for System Safety Analysis (NxGen) – A Project Overview. Presented at 62nd ESReDA Seminar, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Modern engineering systems are rapidly increasing in size and complexity, posing greater safety and risk management challenges than ever before. In addition to this, the threats to these engineering systems are constantly changing and new hazards eme... Read More about Next Generation Prediction Methodologies and Tools for System Safety Analysis (NxGen) – A Project Overview.

The Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2 ) methodology Developed for Fault Tree Analysis (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Andrews, J., & Tolo, S. (2023, April). The Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2 ) methodology Developed for Fault Tree Analysis. Presented at 62nd ESReDA Seminar, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) has its origins back in the 1960’s with the mathematical framework, known as Kinetic Tree Theory (KTT) added at the end of the decade by Vesely. In KTT the analysis of the fault tree is performed in two stages. The first sta... Read More about The Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2 ) methodology Developed for Fault Tree Analysis.

Dynamic safety and degradation analysis of an aircraft internal air system (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Tolo, S., Andrews, J., Thatcher, I., & Stamp, D. (2023, April). Dynamic safety and degradation analysis of an aircraft internal air system. Presented at 62nd ESReDA Seminar, University of Twente, the Netherlands

The modelling of the dynamic behaviour of engineering systems offers an invaluable insight in the evolution of degradation and response of systems to failure and represents an essential step to lay the basis for resilience analysis. While traditional... Read More about Dynamic safety and degradation analysis of an aircraft internal air system.

Dependent and Dynamic Tree Theory (D2T2 ) for Event Tree Applications (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Tolo, S., & Andrews, J. (2023, April). Dependent and Dynamic Tree Theory (D2T2 ) for Event Tree Applications. Presented at 62nd ESReDA Seminar, University of Twente, the Netherlands

The demand for innovative and effective computational tools able to improve the accuracy of present modelling methodologies has been fuelled by the ever-increasing complexity of engineering systems. In spite of their shortcomings, such as their inabi... Read More about Dependent and Dynamic Tree Theory (D2T2 ) for Event Tree Applications.

Extension of Common Measures of Importance for Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2 ) (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Lunt, S., & Andrews, J. (2023, April). Extension of Common Measures of Importance for Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2 ). Presented at 62nd ESReDA Seminar, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Traditional Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), known as Kinetic Tree Theory (KTT), was derived by Vesely [1] to model and analyse engineering systems. The tree structure provides a clear visual representation of the causes of system failure in terms of compo... Read More about Extension of Common Measures of Importance for Dynamic and Dependent Tree Theory (D2T2 ).

Home based remotely supervised tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a feasibility study protocol (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Stein, A., Iyer, K., Dux, P., Friehs, M., Riddle, J., Craven, M., …Barlow, K. (2023, February). Home based remotely supervised tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a feasibility study protocol. Poster presented at 5th International Brain Stimulation Conference, Lisbon, Portugal

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most common acquired brain injury (ABI), where 16% of children sustain at least one TBI requiring medical attention, and 25-30% experience chronic problems. Attention and concentration problems are am... Read More about Home based remotely supervised tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a feasibility study protocol.