Outputs (101)

Flow topology and secondary separation modelling at crossing shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction conditions (2012)
Journal Article
Salin, A., Yao, Y., & Zheltovodov, A. (2012). Flow topology and secondary separation modelling at crossing shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction conditions. International Journal of Aerospace Innovations, 4(1-2), 13-28. https://doi.org/10.1260/1757-2258.4.1-2.13

Steady RANS modelling has been carried out for a symmetrical double-sharp-fin configuration with an inclination angle 15°, Mach 3.92 and Reynolds number Reδ = 3.08 x 105. Grid refinement and turbulence model influences using ω-based Reynolds Stress m... Read More about Flow topology and secondary separation modelling at crossing shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interaction conditions.

Pain-related bias in the classification of emotionally ambiguous facial expressions in mothers of children with chronic abdominal pain (2012)
Journal Article
Liossi, C., White, P., Croome, N., & Hatira, P. (2012). Pain-related bias in the classification of emotionally ambiguous facial expressions in mothers of children with chronic abdominal pain. PAIN, 153(3), 674-681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2011.12.004

This study sought to determine whether mothers of young people with chronic abdominal pain (CAP) compared to mothers of pain-free children show a pain recognition bias when they classify facial emotional expressions. One hundred demographically match... Read More about Pain-related bias in the classification of emotionally ambiguous facial expressions in mothers of children with chronic abdominal pain.

Traffic instabilities in self-organized pedestrian crowds (2012)
Journal Article
Moussaïd, M., Guillot, E., Moreau, M., Fehrenbach, J., Chabiron, O., Lemercier, S., …Theraulaz, G. (2012). Traffic instabilities in self-organized pedestrian crowds. PLoS Computational Biology, 8(3), e1002442. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002442

In human crowds as well as in many animal societies, local interactions among individuals often give rise to self-organized collective organizations that offer functional benefits to the group. For instance, flows of pedestrians moving in opposite di... Read More about Traffic instabilities in self-organized pedestrian crowds.

A new procedure for multi-mode sequential flocking with application to multiple non-holonomic mobile robot motion control: Mode description and integration principle (2012)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., Xu, W. X., Wu, H. Y., Zhu, Q. M., Wang, Y. J., & Nouri, H. (2012). A new procedure for multi-mode sequential flocking with application to multiple non-holonomic mobile robot motion control: Mode description and integration principle. International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 15(1), 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIC.2012.043939

This is the first of two-part paper that investigates the multi-mode sequential flocking with application to multiple non-holonomic mobile robot motion control. To provide a new procedure to avoid collisions and obstacles in the process of multi-robo... Read More about A new procedure for multi-mode sequential flocking with application to multiple non-holonomic mobile robot motion control: Mode description and integration principle.

Synthesis of LV load models for MV networks fast transient studies (2012)
Journal Article
Blanes, J., & Nouri, H. (2012). Synthesis of LV load models for MV networks fast transient studies. Electric Power Systems Research, 83(1), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2011.10.007

This paper presents two techniques to obtain LV load models adapted for fast transient studies in MV networks. The first LV load model is based on CIGRE recommendations for harmonic impedance calculus while the second LV load model follows the analys... Read More about Synthesis of LV load models for MV networks fast transient studies.

Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement (2012)
Journal Article
Hicks, B., & Matthews, J. (2012). Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 226(1), 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408911400008

In striving to become world class, manufacturing organizations employ an array of tools and methods to support improvement programmes to increase quality, efficiency, flexibility, and ultimately reduce unit cost and increase capability. However, many... Read More about Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement.

Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 2 - An industrial case study (2012)
Journal Article
Hicks, B. J., & Matthews, J. (2012). Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 2 - An industrial case study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 226(1), 29-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408911400009

In striving to become world-class, manufacturing organizations employ an array of tools and methods to support improvement programmes to increase quality, efficiency, flexibility, and ultimately reduce unit cost and increase capability. However, many... Read More about Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 2 - An industrial case study.

Direct design of a U-model-based generalized predictive controller for a class of non-linear (polynomial) dynamic plants (2012)
Journal Article
Du, W., Wu, X., & Zhu, Q. (2012). Direct design of a U-model-based generalized predictive controller for a class of non-linear (polynomial) dynamic plants. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 226(1), 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959651811409655

Facing the big challenge of directly designing a generalized predictive controller (GPC) for a class of smooth non-linear dynamic plants described with polynomial models, this study reformulates the classical GPC into a U-model-based implementation.... Read More about Direct design of a U-model-based generalized predictive controller for a class of non-linear (polynomial) dynamic plants.

Environment-driven distributed evolutionary adaptation in a population of autonomous robotic agents (2012)
Journal Article
Bredeche, N., Montanier, J. M., Liu, W., & Winfield, A. F. (2012). Environment-driven distributed evolutionary adaptation in a population of autonomous robotic agents. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 18(1), 101-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/13873954.2011.601425

This article is concerned with a fixed-size population of autonomous agents facing unknown, possibly changing, environments. The motivation is to design an embodied evolutionary algorithm that can cope with the implicit fitness function hidden in the... Read More about Environment-driven distributed evolutionary adaptation in a population of autonomous robotic agents.

Adaptive and reinforcement learning control methods for active compliance control of a humanoid robot arm (2012)
Thesis
Khan, S. G. Adaptive and reinforcement learning control methods for active compliance control of a humanoid robot arm. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/950370

Safety is an important requirement for human-robot interaction. Compliance control can often help to ensure safety in human-robot interaction (HRI). The aim of this work is to develop a compliance control strategy for safe HRI. Compliance can be achi... Read More about Adaptive and reinforcement learning control methods for active compliance control of a humanoid robot arm.