Outputs (117)

Numerical analysis of the performance of a composite marine propeller blade subject to structural blade oscillations (2023)
Journal Article

High-fidelity Large Eddy Simulations (LES) are conducted over the oscillating marine propeller blades to investigate the effects of blade oscillation on the unsteady flow behaviour as well as to analyse the performance of the composite marine propell... Read More about Numerical analysis of the performance of a composite marine propeller blade subject to structural blade oscillations.

Insights into technical challenges in the field of microplastic pollution through the lens of early career researchers (ECRs) and a proposed pathway forward (2023)
Journal Article

Early career researchers (ECR) face a series of challenges related to the inherent difficulties of starting their careers. Microplastic (MP) research is a topical field attracting high numbers of ECRs with diverse backgrounds and expertise from a wea... Read More about Insights into technical challenges in the field of microplastic pollution through the lens of early career researchers (ECRs) and a proposed pathway forward.

Real-time livestock activity monitoring via fine-tuned faster R-CNN for multiclass cattle behaviour detection (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Automated cattle activity detection plays a pivotal role in modern livestock management, significantly impacting animal welfare and operational efficiency. This paper introduces an automated approach for cattle activity detection using advanced deep... Read More about Real-time livestock activity monitoring via fine-tuned faster R-CNN for multiclass cattle behaviour detection.

A methodology to support robotic polishing of moulds integrated with CAD/CAM (2023)
Journal Article

Typically, the final process in the manufacture of molds is mechanical polishing, a process predominantly conducted manually. This is an important process step to improve the surface quality of the mold without affecting the geometry of the cavity. C... Read More about A methodology to support robotic polishing of moulds integrated with CAD/CAM.

MechTac: A multifunctional tendon-linked optical tactile sensor for in/out-the-field-of-view perception with deep learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Tactile sensors can be used for motion detection and object perception in robot manipulation. The contact detection within the camera's visual inspection area has been well-developed, but perception outside the field of view of the camera is overlook... Read More about MechTac: A multifunctional tendon-linked optical tactile sensor for in/out-the-field-of-view perception with deep learning.

Determining the source water and active root depth of woody plants using a deuterium tracer at a Savannah site in northern Stampriet Basin, Namibia (2023)
Journal Article

Woody plants play a significant role in the global water cycle through water uptake by roots and evapotranspiration. A deuterium tracer was used to assess the active root depths for Salvia mellifera and Boscia albitrunca in the Ebenhaezer area (weste... Read More about Determining the source water and active root depth of woody plants using a deuterium tracer at a Savannah site in northern Stampriet Basin, Namibia.

Adaptive sliding mode attitude control of 2-degrees-of-freedom helicopter system with actuator saturation and disturbances (2023)
Journal Article

The modelling uncertainties, external disturbance and actuator saturation issues will degrade the performance and even the safety of flight. To improve control performance, this study proposes an adaptive U-model based double sliding control (UDSMC)... Read More about Adaptive sliding mode attitude control of 2-degrees-of-freedom helicopter system with actuator saturation and disturbances.

LGI-rPPG-Net: A shallow encoder-decoder model for rPPG signal estimation from facial video streams (2023)
Journal Article

A method to accurately estimate physiological signals from video streams at a minimal cost is invaluable. The importance of such a technique in pre-clinical health monitoring cannot be understated. Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) can be used as a... Read More about LGI-rPPG-Net: A shallow encoder-decoder model for rPPG signal estimation from facial video streams.

Performance enhancement of vehicle suspension system with geometrically nonlinear inerters (2023)
Journal Article

This research investigates the nonlinear dynamics and performance enhancement of a suspension system using a diamond-shaped linkage with inerter (D-inerter). The proposed suspension system consists of two inerters embedded in a four-bar linkage mecha... Read More about Performance enhancement of vehicle suspension system with geometrically nonlinear inerters.

The feasibility of hydrogen fuel cells as a solution toward zero emissions in general aviation aircraft (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this chapter, hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) technology is investigated as a solution for the general aviation industry. A modified Cessna 172 installed with poly-membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) was modelled through MATLAB/Simulink software with Hydrogen (... Read More about The feasibility of hydrogen fuel cells as a solution toward zero emissions in general aviation aircraft.