A numerical study of variability in the manufacturing process of thick composite parts

Matveev, M.Y.; Belnoue, J.P.-H.; Nixon-Pearson, O.J.; Ivanov, D.S.; Long, A.C.; Hallett, S.R.; Jones, I.A.

doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.092

Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach (2018)
Journal Article
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. J. (2019). Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 182, 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2018.09.022

© 2018 It has been estimated that European customers visit community pharmacies to access essential primary healthcare around 46 million times every day. Studies of dispensing error rates in community pharmacies have reported error rates of between 0... Read More about Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach.

Hydrophobic/icephobic coatings based on thermal sprayed metallic layers with subsequent surface functionalization (2018)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Wang, J., Memon, H., Fu, Y., Barman, T., Choi, K., & Hou, X. (2019). Hydrophobic/icephobic coatings based on thermal sprayed metallic layers with subsequent surface functionalization. Surface and Coatings Technology, 357, 267-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2018.10.002

Hydrophobic/icephobic coatings have been fabricated using a combination of thermal sprayed metallic MCrAlY (M = Ni, Co) coatings with a subsequent deposition process using 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane (POTS). The MCrAlY coatings provide... Read More about Hydrophobic/icephobic coatings based on thermal sprayed metallic layers with subsequent surface functionalization.

SUP&R DSS: A sustainability-based decision support system for road pavements (2018)
Journal Article
Santos, J., Bressi, S., Cerezo, V., & Lo Presti, D. (2019). SUP&R DSS: A sustainability-based decision support system for road pavements. Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 524-540. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.308

Road pavement community members are increasingly becoming aware of the need to incorporating the principles of sustainable development into the sector. Policies are also going in this direction and as a consequence in the recent years researchers and... Read More about SUP&R DSS: A sustainability-based decision support system for road pavements.

Dinosaurs of China: feathery fossils in Nottingham (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, A. S., & Qi, W. (2018). Dinosaurs of China: feathery fossils in Nottingham. Mercian Geologist, 19(3), 195-197

Plasma virtual-roughness elements for cross-flow instability control (2018)
Journal Article
Choi, K., & Kim, J. (2018). Plasma virtual-roughness elements for cross-flow instability control. Experiments in Fluids, 59, Article 159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-018-2609-x

Recent experiments and numerical simulations demonstrated that discrete roughness elements can be used to control cross-flow instability over a swept wing. Here, the application of this passive technique requires a row of thin cylindrical elements of... Read More about Plasma virtual-roughness elements for cross-flow instability control.

On the use of Genetic Algorithm to Design and Optimize Graphene-based Absorbers (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Taghvaee, H., Abadal, S., Cabellos-Aparicio, A., & Alarcón, E. (2018, October). On the use of Genetic Algorithm to Design and Optimize Graphene-based Absorbers. Poster presented at Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference 2018, Rome, Italy

Absorbers are widely used in diverse applications such as antenna pattern shaping, stealth technology and mid-infrared converters. Recently, metamaterials have been introduced to design microwave absorbers [1]. Enabled by graphene’s electrical tunabi... Read More about On the use of Genetic Algorithm to Design and Optimize Graphene-based Absorbers.

VTH subthreshold hysteresis technology and temperature dependence in commercial 4H-SiC MOSFETs (2018)
Journal Article
Asllani, B., Fayyaz, A., Castellazzi, A., Morel, H., & Planson, D. (2018). VTH subthreshold hysteresis technology and temperature dependence in commercial 4H-SiC MOSFETs. Microelectronics Reliability, 88-90, 604-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2018.06.047

VTH subthreshold hysteresis measured in commercially available 4H-SiC MOSFET is more pronounced in trench than in planar ones. All planar devices from different manufacturers exhibit an inverse temperature dependence, with the hysteresis amplitude re... Read More about VTH subthreshold hysteresis technology and temperature dependence in commercial 4H-SiC MOSFETs.

(Invited) Interaction of Anions with Partially Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes and the Influence on the Performance of Polypyrrole-Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Wei, C., Akinwolemiwa, B., Yu, L., Hu, D., Xia, L., & Chen, G. Z. (2018, September). (Invited) Interaction of Anions with Partially Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes and the Influence on the Performance of Polypyrrole-Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes. Presented at AiMES 2018 Meeting, Cancun, Mexico

Partial oxidation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in mixed HNO3 and H2SO4 is commonly used for the preparation of polymer-CNT composites. This procedure, however, emits toxic NOx fumes, making it difficult for commercial scale-up. Herein we report an envi... Read More about (Invited) Interaction of Anions with Partially Oxidized Carbon Nanotubes and the Influence on the Performance of Polypyrrole-Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes.

Simplified Analytical Circuital Model of Damper Windings Exploiting Symmetries (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Nuzzo, S., Bolognesi, P., & Galea, M. (2018). Simplified Analytical Circuital Model of Damper Windings Exploiting Symmetries. In Proceedings - 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) (400-406). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2018.8507262

The damper windings of salient-pole, wound-field synchronous generators are currently attracting a renewed interest due to their impact on the machine efficiency and power quality, which was somewhat overlooked in the past. This paper focuses on the... Read More about Simplified Analytical Circuital Model of Damper Windings Exploiting Symmetries.

Predictive Control Strategies Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency for Input Filter Resonance Mitigation in an Indirect Matrix Converter (2018)
Journal Article
Rivera, M., Toledo, S., Tarisciotti, L., Wheeler, P. W., & Dan, H. (2018). Predictive Control Strategies Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency for Input Filter Resonance Mitigation in an Indirect Matrix Converter. IEEE Latin America Transactions, 16(9), 2370-2376. https://doi.org/10.1109/tla.2018.8789557

The classic model predictive control leads to a variable switching frequency which could produce resonances in the input filter of the matrix converter, affecting the performance of the system. This paper proposes two methods to mitigate the resonanc... Read More about Predictive Control Strategies Operating at Fixed Switching Frequency for Input Filter Resonance Mitigation in an Indirect Matrix Converter.

Avalanche ruggedness of parallel SiC power MOSFETs (2018)
Journal Article
Fayyaz, A., Asllani, B., Castellazzi, A., Riccio, M., & Irace, A. (2018). Avalanche ruggedness of parallel SiC power MOSFETs. Microelectronics Reliability, 88-90, 666-670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2018.06.038

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of electro-thermal device parameter spread on the avalanche ruggedness of parallel silicon carbide (SiC) power MOSFETs representative of multi-chip layout within an integrated pow... Read More about Avalanche ruggedness of parallel SiC power MOSFETs.

Evolution of asexual and sexual reproduction in the aspergilli (2018)
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Ojeda-López, M., Chen, W., Eagle, C., Gutiérrez, G., Jia, W., Swilaiman, S., …Dyer, P. (2018). Evolution of asexual and sexual reproduction in the aspergilli. Studies in Mycology, 91, 37-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2018.10.002

© 2018 Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute Aspergillus nidulans has long-been used as a model organism to gain insights into the genetic basis of asexual and sexual developmental processes both in other members of the genus Aspergillus, and fila... Read More about Evolution of asexual and sexual reproduction in the aspergilli.

Pt nanowire growth induced by Pt nanoparticles in application of the cathodes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) (2018)
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Sui, S., Wei, Z., Su, K., He, A., Wang, X., Su, Y., …Du, S. (2018). Pt nanowire growth induced by Pt nanoparticles in application of the cathodes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(43), 20041-20049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.09.009

Improving cathode performance at a lower Pt loading is critical in commercial PEMFC applications. A novel Pt nanowire (Pt-NW) cathode was developed by in-situ growth of Pt nanowires in carbon matrix consisting Pt nanoparticles (Pt-NPs). Characterizat... Read More about Pt nanowire growth induced by Pt nanoparticles in application of the cathodes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs).

A numerical landslide-tsunami hazard assessment technique applied on hypothetical scenarios at Es Vedrà, offshore Ibiza (2018)
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Tan, H., Ruffini, G., Heller, V., & Chen, S. (2018). A numerical landslide-tsunami hazard assessment technique applied on hypothetical scenarios at Es Vedrà, offshore Ibiza. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 6(4), 111. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse6040111

This study presents a numerical landslide-tsunami hazard assessment technique for applications in reservoirs, lakes, fjords, and the sea. This technique is illustrated with hypothetical scenarios at Es Vedrà, offshore Ibiza, although currently no evi... Read More about A numerical landslide-tsunami hazard assessment technique applied on hypothetical scenarios at Es Vedrà, offshore Ibiza.

Two step porosification of biomimetic thin-film hydroxyapatite/alpha-tri calcium phosphate coatings by pulsed electron beam irradation (2018)
Journal Article
Stuart, B. W., Murray, J. W., & Grant, D. M. (2018). Two step porosification of biomimetic thin-film hydroxyapatite/alpha-tri calcium phosphate coatings by pulsed electron beam irradation. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 14530. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32612-x

Here we show a new and effective methodology for rapid/controllable porosification of thin-film ceramics, which may be applied, in medical devices/electronics and membrane nano-filtration. Dense hydroxyapatite applied to Ti6Al4V by plasma-assisted PV... Read More about Two step porosification of biomimetic thin-film hydroxyapatite/alpha-tri calcium phosphate coatings by pulsed electron beam irradation.

Polymer Composites with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Graphene (2018)
Book Chapter
Wei, C. H., Akinwolemiwa, B., Yu, L. P., Hu, D., & Chen, G. Z. (2018). Polymer Composites with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Graphene. In K. Pielichowski, & T. Majka (Eds.), Polymer Composites with Functionalized Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (211-248). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814064-2.00007-X

The functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene (GN) has been shown to be an important prerequisite for the effective coating of their surfaces with polymers. In this chapter, the methods of introducing carboxylic, carbonyl, sulfonic, a... Read More about Polymer Composites with Functionalized Carbon Nanotube and Graphene.

OPTIMISED – Developing a State of the Art System for Production Planning for Industry 4.0 in the Construction Industry -Based Optimisation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Teufl, S., Owa, K., Steinhauer, D., Castro, E., Herries, G., John, R., & Ratchev, S. (2018). OPTIMISED – Developing a State of the Art System for Production Planning for Industry 4.0 in the Construction Industry -Based Optimisation. In M. Peruzzini, M. Pellicciari, C. Bil, J. Stjepandić, & N. Wognum (Eds.), Transdisciplinary Engineering Methods for Social Innovation of Industry 4.0 : Proceedings of the 25th ISPE Inc. International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, July 3 – 6, 2018 (731-740). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-898-3-731

© 2018 The authors and IOS Press. Although it is not uncommon to have a predictive model of a factory, these models are often simplistic in nature. Such models rarely reflect the current operating performance of the system, use simple and separate da... Read More about OPTIMISED – Developing a State of the Art System for Production Planning for Industry 4.0 in the Construction Industry -Based Optimisation.

Geometrical effects on residual stress in selective laser melting (2018)
Journal Article
Parry, L., Ashcroft, I., & Wildman, R. (2019). Geometrical effects on residual stress in selective laser melting. Additive Manufacturing, 25, 166-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.09.026

Selective laser melting is an increasingly attractive technology for the manufacture of complex and low volume / high value metal parts. However, the inevitable residual stresses that are generated can lead to defects or build failure. Due to the com... Read More about Geometrical effects on residual stress in selective laser melting.

An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal (2018)
Journal Article
Madanayake, B. N., Gan, S., Eastwick, C., & Ng, H. K. (2018). An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal. International Journal of Green Energy, 15(11), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2018.1525559

Jatropha curcas seed cake is a potential candidate for co-firing with coal. Combustion modelling using Ansys Fluent 14.0 was carried out to assess the combustion and co-firing characteristics of untorrefied and torrefied Jatropha curcas seed cake. Th... Read More about An investigation into the use of CFD to model the co-firing of Jatropha curcas seed cake with coal.

A numerical study of variability in the manufacturing process of thick composite parts (2018)
Journal Article
Matveev, M., Belnoue, J., Nixon-Pearson, O., Ivanov, D., Long, A., Hallett, S., & Jones, I. (2019). A numerical study of variability in the manufacturing process of thick composite parts. Composite Structures, 208, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.09.092

Experiments show that different processing conditions lead to different levels of compaction and variability in the thickness. This paper presents an analysis of processing conditions and their effects on consolidation of thick composite components.... Read More about A numerical study of variability in the manufacturing process of thick composite parts.

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