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Aeromechanical analysis of a complete wind turbine using nonlinear frequency domain solution method (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of a complete wind turbine model usually require significant computational resources. It will require much more resources if the fluid-structure interactions between the blade and the f... Read More about Aeromechanical analysis of a complete wind turbine using nonlinear frequency domain solution method.

Seasonal variability of maize yield on a compacted sandy loam soil in a tropical environment (2021)
Journal Article

The effect of weather changes on the yield of maize on a compacted sandy loam soil was investigated. The experiment was conducted in the teaching /research farm of the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The research started during the w... Read More about Seasonal variability of maize yield on a compacted sandy loam soil in a tropical environment.

Numerical investigation of the effect of flutter instability of the blade on the unsteady flow in a modern low-pressure turbine (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Modern aeronautical Low-Pressure Turbines (LPTs) are prone to aeroelastic instability problems such as flutter. The aerodynamic performance of a modern LPT is often influenced by the interaction between the transient flow and the dynamic behaviour of... Read More about Numerical investigation of the effect of flutter instability of the blade on the unsteady flow in a modern low-pressure turbine.

Aeromechanical analysis of a complete wind turbine using nonlinear frequency domain solution method (2021)
Journal Article

The high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of a complete wind turbine model usually require significant computational resources. It will require much more resources if the fluid-structure interactions (FSIs) between the blade an... Read More about Aeromechanical analysis of a complete wind turbine using nonlinear frequency domain solution method.

Achieving robust acoustic emission-based damage characterization of scaled laminated composites under indentation (2021)
Journal Article

This paper presents a novel investigation on the robustness of Acoustic Emission (AE) technique on the characterization of indentation-induced Damage Mechanisms (DMs) in scaled laminated composites. AE is used to monitor a comprehensive series of sca... Read More about Achieving robust acoustic emission-based damage characterization of scaled laminated composites under indentation.

Effect of the stacking sequence on the impact response of carbon-glass/epoxy hybrid composites (2020)
Journal Article

This paper investigates low-velocity impact response of Quasi Isotropic (QI) hybrid carbon/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites with alternate stacking sequences. Cross-ply woven carbon and glass fibers were used as reinforcing materials to fabr... Read More about Effect of the stacking sequence on the impact response of carbon-glass/epoxy hybrid composites.

Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum (2020)
Journal Article

This paper presents an investigation of the effects of tip sweep on highly twisted composite rotor blades by acquiring strain data in vacuum. Three parametric test cases were designed for strain measurements, and predictions from a special three-dime... Read More about Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum.

Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines (2020)
Journal Article

The aerodynamic simulations of wind turbines are typically carried out using a steady inflow condition. However, the aerodynamics and aeroelasticity of wind turbine blades can be significantly affected by inflow wakes due to the environmental conditi... Read More about Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines.

Direct numerical simulation of interaction between transient flow and blade structure in a modern low-pressure turbine (2020)
Journal Article

A feature of a modern aeronautical Low-Pressure Turbine (LPT) is the high blade loadings with complex, transient and separated flow regimes. Most existing research have focused only on analysing the transient flow and flow separation in such turbines... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of interaction between transient flow and blade structure in a modern low-pressure turbine.

Investigating the use of joint probability curves in coastal engineering practice (2020)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the inherent inaccuracy in the estimation of various extreme response variables (RVs) for different sea defence structures using joint exceedance curve approaches in common use around the UK. Utilising stochastically generated... Read More about Investigating the use of joint probability curves in coastal engineering practice.