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Mechanisms for Residence Volume Reduction in Shallow Sump (2017)
Journal Article
Chandra, B., Simmons, K., & Murphy, A. (2018). Mechanisms for Residence Volume Reduction in Shallow Sump. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 140(3), Article 032601. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037871

© 2018 by ASME. Gas turbine aero-engines employ fast rotating shafts that are supported by bearings at several axial locations along the engine. Due to extreme load and heat, oil is injected to the bearings to aid lubrication and cooling. The oil is... Read More about Mechanisms for Residence Volume Reduction in Shallow Sump.

Exploring the relationship between false alarms and driver acceptance of a pedestrian alert system during simulated driving (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Large, D. R., Harvey, C., Burnett, G., Merenda, C., Leong, S., & Gabbard, J. (2017, October). Exploring the relationship between false alarms and driver acceptance of a pedestrian alert system during simulated driving. Paper presented at The Road Safety and Simulation conference

n-vehicle pedestrian-alert-systems (PASs) can be prone to ‘false positive’ declarations, with the likelihood of false interventions increasing as time-to-collision (TTC) extends. A high number of false alarms can annoy drivers and lead to poor acc... Read More about Exploring the relationship between false alarms and driver acceptance of a pedestrian alert system during simulated driving.

Design Implications of Drivers’ Engagement with Secondary Activities During Highly-Automated Driving – A Longitudinal Simulator Study (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Large, D. R., Burnett, G. E., Morris, A., Muthumani, A., & Matthias, R. (2017). Design Implications of Drivers’ Engagement with Secondary Activities During Highly-Automated Driving – A Longitudinal Simulator Study.

Highly-automated vehicles will provide the freedom for drivers to engage in secondary activities while the vehicle is in control. However, little is known regarding the nature of activities that drivers will undertake, and how these may impact driver... Read More about Design Implications of Drivers’ Engagement with Secondary Activities During Highly-Automated Driving – A Longitudinal Simulator Study.

Microwave treatment of electric arc furnace dust with Tetrabromobisphenol A: Dielectric characterization and pyrolysis-leaching (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Harahsheh, M., Kingman, S., & Hamilton, I. S. (2017). Microwave treatment of electric arc furnace dust with Tetrabromobisphenol A: Dielectric characterization and pyrolysis-leaching. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2017.10.013

In the present work microwave treatment of electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) mixed with tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) was investigated. A range of characterization techniques were used to understand the thermal behaviour of TBBPA-EAFD mixtures under m... Read More about Microwave treatment of electric arc furnace dust with Tetrabromobisphenol A: Dielectric characterization and pyrolysis-leaching.

Numerical evaluation of the influence of porosity on bending properties of 2D carbon/carbon composites (2017)
Journal Article
Chao, X., Qi, L., Tian, W., Hou, X., Ma, W., & Li, H. (2018). Numerical evaluation of the influence of porosity on bending properties of 2D carbon/carbon composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.10.027

Numerical simulation with progressive damage criterion is implemented to investigate the effect of porosity on the bending properties of 2D cross-ply carbon/carbon (C/C) composites. The mechanical properties of Pyrocarbon matrix regarding the change... Read More about Numerical evaluation of the influence of porosity on bending properties of 2D carbon/carbon composites.

Microstructure and phase stability of suspension high velocity oxy-fuel sprayed yttria stabilised zirconia coatings from aqueous and ethanol based suspensions (2017)
Journal Article
Bai, M., Maher, H., Pala, Z., & Hussain, T. (in press). Microstructure and phase stability of suspension high velocity oxy-fuel sprayed yttria stabilised zirconia coatings from aqueous and ethanol based suspensions. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 38(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.10.026

Two commercial 7-8 wt.% Yttria Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ) suspensions were sprayed by Suspension High Velocity Oxy Fuel (SHVOF) thermal spraying for advanced high temperature coatings. Heat treatments of the free-standing coatings were conducted at 80... Read More about Microstructure and phase stability of suspension high velocity oxy-fuel sprayed yttria stabilised zirconia coatings from aqueous and ethanol based suspensions.

Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear (2017)
Journal Article
Murray, J. W., Rance, G. A., Xu, F., & Hussain, T. (in press). Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.10.022

An alumina coating containing 1 wt.% graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) is deposited for the first time by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel (SHVOF) thermal spraying – an emerging coating deposition technique. Raman spectroscopy shows the GNPs survive the... Read More about Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear.

Flexible decoupled camera and projector fringe projection system using inertial sensors (2017)
Journal Article
Stavroulakis, P., Sims-Waterhouse, D., Piano, S., & Leach, R. K. (in press). Flexible decoupled camera and projector fringe projection system using inertial sensors. Optical Engineering, 56(10), https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.10.104106

Measurement of objects with complex geometry and many self occlusions is increasingly important in many fields, including additive manufacturing. In a fringe projection system, the camera and the projector cannot move independently with respect to ea... Read More about Flexible decoupled camera and projector fringe projection system using inertial sensors.

Identification of particle-laden flow features from wavelet decomposition (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, A. M., & Turnbull, B. (2017). Identification of particle-laden flow features from wavelet decomposition. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 361, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2017.09.009

A wavelet decomposition based technique is applied to air pressure data obtained from laboratory-scale powder snow avalanches. This technique is shown to be a powerful tool for identifying both repeatable and chaotic features at any frequency within... Read More about Identification of particle-laden flow features from wavelet decomposition.

True-color 3D surface metrology for additive manufacturing using interference microscopy (2017)
Conference Proceeding
DiSciacca, J., Gomez, C., Thompson, A., Lawes, S., Leach, R., Colonna de Lega, X., & de Groot, P. (2017). True-color 3D surface metrology for additive manufacturing using interference microscopy.

Coherence scanning interferometry (CSI) is widely used for surface topography characterisation. With the ability to measure both rough surfaces with the high slopes and optical finishes, CSI has made contibutions in fields from industrial machining t... Read More about True-color 3D surface metrology for additive manufacturing using interference microscopy.

Optimisation of surface topography characterisation for metal additive manufacturing using coherence scanning interferometry (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Gómez, C. A., Su, R., Thompson, A., DiSciacca, J., Lawes, S., & Leach, R. K. (2017). Optimisation of surface topography characterisation for metal additive manufacturing using coherence scanning interferometry.

The surface topography of metal additive manufactured (AM) parts can be challenging to measure due to the presence of complex features, such as high slopes, step like recesses and protuberances, and local variations in reflectance. Recent innovations... Read More about Optimisation of surface topography characterisation for metal additive manufacturing using coherence scanning interferometry.

Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Senin, N., Thompson, A., & Leach, R. K. (2017). Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces.

A novel algorithmic pipeline for the automated identification and dimensional/geometric characterisation of topographic formations of interest (surface features) is proposed, specifically aimed at the investigation of signature features left by laser... Read More about Feature-based characterisation of laser powder bed fusion surfaces.

Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Xu, Z., Hyde, C. J., Thompson, A., Leach, R. K., Maskery, I., Tuck, C., & Clare, A. T. (2017). Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing.

The mechanical performance of additively manufactured (AM) components remains an issue, limiting the implementation of AM technologies. In this work, a new method is presented, to examine the evolution of defects in an Inconel 718 two-bar test specim... Read More about Defect evolution in laser powder bed fusion additive manufactured components during thermo-mechanical testing.

Proportionate methods for evaluating a simple digital mental health tool (2017)
Journal Article
Davies, E. B., Craven, M. P., Martin, J. L., & Simons, L. (2017). Proportionate methods for evaluating a simple digital mental health tool. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 20(4), 112-117. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2017-102755

Background: Traditional evaluation methods are not keeping pace with rapid developments in mobile health. More flexible methodologies are needed to evaluate mHealth technologies, particularly simple, self-help tools. One approach is to combine a var... Read More about Proportionate methods for evaluating a simple digital mental health tool.

Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow (2017)
Journal Article
Peris, E., Okafor, O., Kulchinskaja, E., Goodridge, R. D., Luis, S. V., Garcia-Verdugo, E., …Sans, V. (2017). Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow. Green Chemistry, 19(22), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02421E

A method to efficiently immobilize enzymes on 3D printed continuous-flow devices is presented. Application of these chemically modified devices enables rapid screening of immobilization mechanisms and reaction conditions, simple transfer of optimised... Read More about Tuneable 3D printed bioreactors for transaminations under continuous-flow.

Active chiral control of GHz acoustic whispering-gallery modes (2017)
Journal Article
Mezil, S., Fujita, K., Osuka, P. H., Tomoda, M., Clark, M., Wright, O. B., & Matsuda, O. (in press). Active chiral control of GHz acoustic whispering-gallery modes. Applied Physics Letters, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4994886

We selectively generate chiral surface-acoustic whispering gallery modes in the gigahertz range on a microscopic disk by means of an ultrafast time-domain technique incorporating a spatial light modulator. Active chiral control is achieved by making... Read More about Active chiral control of GHz acoustic whispering-gallery modes.

Integration of prognostics at a system level: a Petri net approach (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Chiachío, M., Chiachío, J., Sankararaman, S., & Andrews, J. (2017). Integration of prognostics at a system level: a Petri net approach.

This paper presents a mathematical framework for modeling prognostics at a system level, by combining the prognostics principles with the Plausible Petri nets (PPNs) formalism, first developed in M. Chiach´ıo et al. [Proceedings of the Future Technol... Read More about Integration of prognostics at a system level: a Petri net approach.

Implementation and Calibration of Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements for Use in Seismic Structural Collapse Analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Ribeiro, F. L., Neves, L. A. C., & Barbosa, A. R. (2017). Implementation and Calibration of Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements for Use in Seismic Structural Collapse Analysis. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 21(8), 1197-1219. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2015.1036327

Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Finite-length plastic hinge (FLPH) models have shown advantages over the concentrated plasticity hinge (CPH) models. However, empirical phenomenological relationships, such as Modified Ibarra–Medina–Krawinkl... Read More about Implementation and Calibration of Finite-Length Plastic Hinge Elements for Use in Seismic Structural Collapse Analysis.

SENSIBLE project community engagement both in Évora and Nottingham demonstrator sites (2017)
Journal Article
Mendes, G., Pinto, A. J., Marsh, J., Rodrigues, L., & Kiamba, L. (2017). SENSIBLE project community engagement both in Évora and Nottingham demonstrator sites. CIRED – Open Access Proceedings Journal, 2017(1), 2897-2900. https://doi.org/10.1049/oap-cired.2017.0589

In this study, the authors detail the community engagement strategies applied to the Évora and Nottingham demonstrators under the scope of the project SENSIBLE, taking into account the different phases of the project. Additionally, the first results... Read More about SENSIBLE project community engagement both in Évora and Nottingham demonstrator sites.

Physiological parameter response to variation of mental workload (2017)
Journal Article
Marinescu, A., Sharples, S., Campbell Ritchie, A., Sanchez Lopez, T., McDowell, M., & Morvan, H. (in press). Physiological parameter response to variation of mental workload. Human Factors, https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720817733101

Previous studies have examined how individual physiological measures respond to changes in mental demand and subjective reports of mental workload. This study explores the response of multiple physiological parameters, measured simultaneously and qua... Read More about Physiological parameter response to variation of mental workload.