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Wave scattering in coupled composite plates (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Aimakov, N., Tanner, G., & Chronopoulos, D. (2019). Wave scattering in coupled composite plates. In Proceedings of Internoise 2019 , The 48th International Congress and Exhibition on Noise Control Engineering

Establishing the wave propagation characteristics at plate junctions is of great importance in the prediction of vibrational energy transmission across complex structures. A hybrid approach combining the finite element (FE) and the wave finite elemen... Read More about Wave scattering in coupled composite plates.

Nuclear Facilities and Cyber Threats (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Tolo, S., & Andrews, J. (2019). Nuclear Facilities and Cyber Threats. In M. Beer, & E. Zio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2019). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_0966-cd

The exponential growth of digital technologies experienced in the last decades has shaped contemporary societies so thoroughly to earn the definition of digital revolution or third industrial revolution. Along with the penetration rate of digital tec... Read More about Nuclear Facilities and Cyber Threats.

Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration Based on Value of Information (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío, J., & Chiachío, M. (2019). Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration Based on Value of Information. In Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (2707-2713). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_+0221-cd

Optimal sensor configuration has been proven to be essential in the design of structural health monitoring systems. Its impact in maintenance-related actions in an economic and safety-related way has motivated many authors to investigate this complex... Read More about Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration Based on Value of Information.

Market mapping for improved cookstoves: barriers and opportunities in East Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Stevens, L., Santangelo, E., Muzee, K., Clifford, M., & Jewitt, S. (2020). Market mapping for improved cookstoves: barriers and opportunities in East Africa. Development in Practice, 30(1), 37-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2019.1658717

The East African region has been a hub for the development and marketing of improved cookstoves from the 1980s. However, there are differences in the rates of uptake of stoves between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. To investigate, we use a participatory... Read More about Market mapping for improved cookstoves: barriers and opportunities in East Africa.

Automated characterisation of multi-view fringe projection system for three- dimensional measurement of additively manufactured parts (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Leach, R. K., Shaheen, A., Piano, S., Sims-Waterhouse, D., & Bointon, P. (2019). Automated characterisation of multi-view fringe projection system for three- dimensional measurement of additively manufactured parts

Digital fringe projection is a non-contact method that is widely used for the dimensional characterisation of complex manufactured parts. However, single camera-projector fringe projection systems struggle to acquire the full three-dimensional point... Read More about Automated characterisation of multi-view fringe projection system for three- dimensional measurement of additively manufactured parts.

Metaheuristic optimisation of sound absorption performance of multilayered porous materials (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Ramamoorthy, V. T., Özcan, E., Parkes, A. J., Luc, J., & Bécot, F. (2019). Metaheuristic optimisation of sound absorption performance of multilayered porous materials. In Proceedings of the ICA 2019 and EAA Euroregio 23rd International Congress on Acoustics, integrating 4th EAA Euroregio 2019 9 - 13 September 2019, Aachen, Germany (3213-3220)

The optimization of multilayered-sound-packaging is a challenging task which involves searching the best/op-timal settings for a number of acoustic parameters. The search space size becomes too large to handle by brute force, as the number of those p... Read More about Metaheuristic optimisation of sound absorption performance of multilayered porous materials.

A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials (2019)
Journal Article
Menegusso Pires, G., Lo Presti, D., & Airey, G. D. (2019). A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1663244

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Using Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) in new asphalt mixtures can reduce the amount of new material required thereby saving money and natural resources. In addition, asphalt mixtures with... Read More about A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials.

Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration for Plate-Like Structures Using the Value of Information (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Cantero-Chinchilla, S., Chiachío, J., Chiachío, M., Chronopoulos, D., Jones, A., Essa, Y., & de la Escalera, F. M. (2019). Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration for Plate-Like Structures Using the Value of Information. In Structural Health Monitoring 2019 Enabling Intelligent Life-cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (IIOT): Proceedings of 12th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (1455-1462). https://doi.org/10.12783/shm2019/32267

Condition-based maintenance is based on reliable and effective structural health monitoring systems able to provide accurate information about the health condition of a structure. Among the factors that influence the accuracy and reliability of such... Read More about Optimal Ultrasonic Sensor Configuration for Plate-Like Structures Using the Value of Information.

Ultrasonic Guided-Wave Based System Identification for Beams (2019)
Conference Proceeding
MALIK, M. K., CHINCHILLA, S. C., CHRONOPOULOS, D., CHIACHIAO, J., & ESSA, Y. (2019). Ultrasonic Guided-Wave Based System Identification for Beams. In Structural Health Monitoring 2019 : Enabling Intelligent Life-cycle Health Management for Industry Internet of Things (IIOT) : Proceedings of the Twelfth International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, September 10–12, 2019 (2313-2320). https://doi.org/10.12783/shm2019/32371

© 2019 by DEStech Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Structural health monitoring (SHM) usually requires several stages of information, starting from damage detection, localisation, and identification. Ultrasonic guided waves can travel long dis... Read More about Ultrasonic Guided-Wave Based System Identification for Beams.

Modelling Fringe Projection Based on Linear Systems Theory and Geometric Transformation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Gayton, G., Su, R., & Leach, R. (2019). Modelling Fringe Projection Based on Linear Systems Theory and Geometric Transformation

Fringe projection measurement techniques offer fast, non-contact measurements of the surface form of manufactured parts at relatively low cost. Recent advances in fringe projection have reduced measurement errors from effects such as multiple surface... Read More about Modelling Fringe Projection Based on Linear Systems Theory and Geometric Transformation.

Modelling and Analysis of an Aircraft On-board Electric Taxiing System (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Lukic, M., Giangrande, P., Klumpner, C., & Galea, M. (2019). Modelling and Analysis of an Aircraft On-board Electric Taxiing System. In Proceedings of 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEMS.2019.8921709

This paper presents a model that enables analysis and design validation of an aircraft on-board electric taxiing system. A detailed model, which includes power electronics, electrical machine and mechanical drivetrain, is first developed and discusse... Read More about Modelling and Analysis of an Aircraft On-board Electric Taxiing System.

Improved phosphate‐based glass fiber performance achieved through acid etch/polydopamine treatment (2019)
Journal Article
Parsons, A. J., Felfel, R. M., Wadge, M. D., & Grant, D. M. (2020). Improved phosphate‐based glass fiber performance achieved through acid etch/polydopamine treatment. International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 11(1), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijag.13672

Phosphate based glass fibres (PGF) are of interest as reinforcements for degradable implants, but have seen limited application due to their rapid loss of strength when subjected to aqueous conditions. Previous studies have utilised heat treatments t... Read More about Improved phosphate‐based glass fiber performance achieved through acid etch/polydopamine treatment.

Simplified Lumped Parameter Thermal Network for Short-Duty Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Giangrande, P., Madonna, V., Zhao, W., Wang, Y., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2019). Simplified Lumped Parameter Thermal Network for Short-Duty Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines. In Proceedings of 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEMS.2019.8922309

© 2019 IEEE. Electrical machines are progressively being employed in an ever-increasing number of safety-critical applications (e.g. aerospace and automotive), which demand high performance as well as reliability features. The modular structure and t... Read More about Simplified Lumped Parameter Thermal Network for Short-Duty Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Machines.

Insulation Capacitance as Diagnostic Marker for Thermally Aged, Low Voltage Electrical Machines (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Zhao, W., Wang, Y., Zhang, H., & Galea, M. (2019). Insulation Capacitance as Diagnostic Marker for Thermally Aged, Low Voltage Electrical Machines. In Proceedings of 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEMS.2019.8921657

© 2019 IEEE. Thermal aging is considered as the principal insulation stress factor in low voltage electrical machines (EMs). Once the insulation reaches its end-of-life, a complete EM out of service can be caused within few operating cycles/hours. In... Read More about Insulation Capacitance as Diagnostic Marker for Thermally Aged, Low Voltage Electrical Machines.

Equivalent Slot Thermal Conductivity and Back-iron Extension Effects on Machine Cooling (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, F., Gerada, D., Xu, Z., Zhang, H., & Gerada, C. (2019). Equivalent Slot Thermal Conductivity and Back-iron Extension Effects on Machine Cooling. In Proceedings of 2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEMS.2019.8921725

Back-iron Extension (BIE) is an effective thermal management technique which reduces the winding temperatures by projecting part of the back iron into the center of slot, thereby shortening the heat transfer path between the coil and back iron. Based... Read More about Equivalent Slot Thermal Conductivity and Back-iron Extension Effects on Machine Cooling.

Open-Switch Fault Diagnosis for Three-Phase AC-DC Power Converter with Park's Vector Method Considering Modulation Schemes (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Guo, F., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Open-Switch Fault Diagnosis for Three-Phase AC-DC Power Converter with Park's Vector Method Considering Modulation Schemes. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives (405-411). https://doi.org/10.1109/DEMPED.2019.8864839

Open-switch fault accounts for large proportions among failures in power conversion system. Previously, fault defection methods are carried out by researches from transient period or circuit configuration with complicated algorithms. This paper revea... Read More about Open-Switch Fault Diagnosis for Three-Phase AC-DC Power Converter with Park's Vector Method Considering Modulation Schemes.

Three-dimensional resonating metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation (2019)
Journal Article
Elmadih, W., Chronopoulos, D., Syam, W., Maskery, I., Meng, H., & Leach, R. (2019). Three-dimensional resonating metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 11503. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47644-0

Recent advances in additive manufacturing have enabled fabrication of phononic crystals and metamaterials which exhibit spectral gaps, or stopbands, in which the propagation of elastic waves is prohibited by Bragg scattering or local resonance effect... Read More about Three-dimensional resonating metamaterials for low-frequency vibration attenuation.