High performance quasi-isotropic thin-ply carbon/glass hybrid composites with pseudo-ductile behaviour in all fibre orientations (2017)
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© 2017 This study exploits the potential of thin-ply carbon/glass hybrid laminates to generate high performance Quasi-Isotropic (QI) composite plates that show pseudo-ductility in all fibre orientations under tensile loading, overcoming the inherent... Read More about High performance quasi-isotropic thin-ply carbon/glass hybrid composites with pseudo-ductile behaviour in all fibre orientations.

Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments (2017)
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Applications to prioritize indoor routes for emergency situations in a complex built facility have been restricted to building simulations and network approaches. These types of applications often failed to account for the complexity and trade-offs... Read More about Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments.

A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors In this work, a new generalised quadratic yield function for plane stress analysis that is able to describe the plastic anisotropy of metals and also the asymmetric behaviour in tension-compression typical of the Hexagonal Closed-P... Read More about A generalisation of the Hill's quadratic yield function for planar plastic anisotropy to consider loading direction.

Experimental analysis of GFRP laminates subjected to compression after drilling (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents an experimental study of drilling-induced delamination on the compressive properties of woven glass fiber-reinforced epoxy composites. In the drilling of laminated composites, interlaminar cracking or delaminat... Read More about Experimental analysis of GFRP laminates subjected to compression after drilling.

Eliminating micro-porous layer from gas diffusion electrode for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V. In this work, we report a simple strategy to improve the performance of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) by eliminating the micro-porous layer (MPL) from its gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs). Due... Read More about Eliminating micro-porous layer from gas diffusion electrode for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.

Modelling and simulations of a narrow track tilting vehicle (2016)
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Narrow track tilting vehicle is a new category of vehicle that combines the dynamical abilities of a passenger car with a motorcycle. In the presence of overturning moments during cornering, an accurate assessment of the lateral dynamics plays an imp... Read More about Modelling and simulations of a narrow track tilting vehicle.

Benchmark 2 - Springback of a Jaguar Land Rover Aluminium (2016)
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The aim of this benchmark is the numerical prediction of the springback of an aluminium panel used in the production of a Jaguar car. The numerical simulation of springback has been very important for the reduction of die try outs through the design... Read More about Benchmark 2 - Springback of a Jaguar Land Rover Aluminium.

Trimming simulation of forming metal sheets isogeometric models by using NURBS surfaces (2016)
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Some metal sheets forming processes need trimming in a final stage for achieving the net-shape specification and for removing micro-cracks and irregularities. In numerical simulation, since the exact final edge location is a priori unknown in the ori... Read More about Trimming simulation of forming metal sheets isogeometric models by using NURBS surfaces.

Two-graph building interior representation for emergency response applications (2016)
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Nowadays, in a rapidly developing urban environment with bigger and higher public buildings, disasters causing emergency situations and casualties are unavoidable. Preparedness and quick response are crucial issues saving human lives. Available infor... Read More about Two-graph building interior representation for emergency response applications.

CUBER: Critical Urban Buildings Emergency Response (2016)
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When human-induced disasters (i.e. terrorist attacks, social unrest, fires), as well as natural disasters (i.e. floods, earthquake, climate change) take place in complex buildings, a short delay in response to an incident or a major event may mean a... Read More about CUBER: Critical Urban Buildings Emergency Response.

Effect of PVDF nanofibers on the fracture behavior of composite laminates for high-speed woodworking machines (2016)
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© 2016 Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The use of light composites when designing fast moving parts for machine tools is emerging as a very efficient solution for improving productivity. Nevertheless, several aspects of these materials have to b... Read More about Effect of PVDF nanofibers on the fracture behavior of composite laminates for high-speed woodworking machines.

Custom Design Multi-Axial Engine Mount Load-Cell Development for Road Load Identification and Fatigue Life Estimation (2016)
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Copyright © 2016 SAE International. Internal combustion engines are attached on the vehicle body using engine mounts composed of two cast iron brackets and a rubber isolator connecting them. Engine mount road load identification during vehicle durabi... Read More about Custom Design Multi-Axial Engine Mount Load-Cell Development for Road Load Identification and Fatigue Life Estimation.

Detection of fibre fracture and ply fragmentation in thin-ply UD carbon/glass hybrid laminates using acoustic emission (2016)
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© 2016 The Authors. This paper investigates the link between acoustic emission (AE) events and the corresponding damage modes in thin-ply UD carbon/glass hybrid laminates under tensile loading. A novel configuration was investigated which has not pre... Read More about Detection of fibre fracture and ply fragmentation in thin-ply UD carbon/glass hybrid laminates using acoustic emission.

Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes (2016)
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The extreme importance of emergency response in complex buildings during natural and human-induced disasters has been widely acknowledged. In particular, there is a need for efficient algorithms for finding safest evacuation routes, which would take... Read More about Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes.

3D finite element model for predicting manufacturing distortions of composite parts (2016)
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© SAGE Publications. A 3D finite element model has been developed for predicting manufacturing distortions of fibre-reinforced thermosetting composite parts. The total curing process is divided into three steps that correspond to the states that resi... Read More about 3D finite element model for predicting manufacturing distortions of composite parts.

A Review on the Mechanical Modeling of Composite Manufacturing Processes (2016)
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© 2016, The Author(s). The increased usage of fiber reinforced polymer composites in load bearing applications requires a detailed understanding of the process induced residual stresses and their effect on the shape distortions. This is utmost necess... Read More about A Review on the Mechanical Modeling of Composite Manufacturing Processes.

Failure behavior of composite laminates under four-point bending (2016)
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© The Author(s) 2015. In this study, failure behavior of fiber-reinforced composites under four-point bending is investigated. First, the tests are modeled analytically using the classical lamination theory (CLT). The maximum allowable moment resulta... Read More about Failure behavior of composite laminates under four-point bending.

Observer-based control design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs: LMI approach (2015)
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© 2015 Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems - ICROS. This paper deals with the problem of observer-based controller design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. A novel method is presented to design a controller using esti... Read More about Observer-based control design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs: LMI approach.

Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique (2015)
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© The Author(s) 2015. Push-out delamination is a serious concern in the drilling of fibre-reinforced composite materials. This damage occurs as the drill reaches the exit side of the material and can reduce the strength and stiffness of the structure... Read More about Investigation of push-out delamination using cohesive zone modelling and acoustic emission technique.

Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We consider a novel method to design H∞ observers for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. First, the main system dynamics are rewritten as an augmented system with state vector including both the sta... Read More about Robust state estimation and unknown inputs reconstruction for a class of nonlinear systems: Multiobjective approach.