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Numerical shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation and experimental study of hybrid composite plates under in-plane shear loading (2023)
Journal Article

Shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation of a damage tolerant hybrid (GFRP-CFRP) composite laminate is performed using the commercial Optistruct solver. The results of the optimisation study are compared to both a benchmark non-damage tole... Read More about Numerical shape, thickness and stacking sequence optimisation and experimental study of hybrid composite plates under in-plane shear loading.

An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates (2023)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the effect of transverse impact loading on the in-plane shear behaviour of two laminate configurations. The extensive experimental studies consider a pure carbon laminate (type 1) and a novel X-shaped carbon/glass laminate (ty... Read More about An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates.

GA-AHP Method to support robotic polishing process planning (2022)
Journal Article

The finishing stage of mould manufacturing is generally completed via mechanical polishing, manual conducted. Not only is this the most expensive phase of the process but also is currently struggling with a deficit of skilled workers. To address thes... Read More about GA-AHP Method to support robotic polishing process planning.

Mimicking condylar knee to design bio-inspired robotic knee joint based on magnetic resonance imaging (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The process of designing bio-inspired knee joint has been a challenging issue due to the complicated kinematics and dynamics of the human knee joint. This paper addresses this issue by presenting a design methodology that has been used to model the h... Read More about Mimicking condylar knee to design bio-inspired robotic knee joint based on magnetic resonance imaging.

Design, novel quality check and experimental test of an original variable length stepped scarf repair scheme (2021)
Journal Article

The performance of well-established stepped scarf repair schemes for highly loaded composite structures has been studied in previous works. However, none of the proposed repair schemes appear to minimise healthy material removal. Thus, this paper pro... Read More about Design, novel quality check and experimental test of an original variable length stepped scarf repair scheme.

Model-based information navigation for engineering documents (2020)
Journal Article

Engineering and the manner in which engineers think is largely visual and functional, and yet engineers are typically provided with search engines that are text-based. While software based on a visual and functional ethos exist (CAD for example), whe... Read More about Model-based information navigation for engineering documents.

The analysis of tool wear mechanisms in the machining of pre-sintered zirconia dental crowns (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The growth of Digital Dentistry has opened new potentials in the dental restoration sector where personalised restorations could be made in a much shorter time than before. Zirconia has been widely used due to its excellent wear properties and bio-co... Read More about The analysis of tool wear mechanisms in the machining of pre-sintered zirconia dental crowns.

Towards collaborative robotic polishing of mould and die sets (2019)
Journal Article

Dies and moulds are fundamental elements in the manufacturing of a wide variety of products. The surface polishing of dies and moulds with complex features largely relies upon time-consuming manual work of skilled workers and, as a result of the dimi... Read More about Towards collaborative robotic polishing of mould and die sets.

Improving engineering information retrieval by combining TD-IDF and product structure classification (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Engineering Information Management (EIM) and Information Retrieval (IR) systems are central to the day to day running of large engineering organisations. The capture, interrogation, retrieval and presentation of information from design to disposal is... Read More about Improving engineering information retrieval by combining TD-IDF and product structure classification.

Modelling and assessment of repairs conducted on composite materials (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Over the last few decades there has been an increased adoption of composite materials into engineering systems. This mainly to reduce weight, resulting in lowered energy and fuel consumption. At present, unlike its metallic counterparts, composites m... Read More about Modelling and assessment of repairs conducted on composite materials.

Bio-inspired design to support reduced energy consumption via the ‘light weighting’ of machine system elements (2015)
Journal Article

A potential technique to reduce the energy required to actuate moving parts in a machine is to reduce their mass. This paper presents initial research attempting to answer this question for robotic arm application using a biologically inspired approa... Read More about Bio-inspired design to support reduced energy consumption via the ‘light weighting’ of machine system elements.

Environmental auditing of a packaging system for redesign: A case study exploration (2014)
Journal Article

Within the United Kingdom a significant portion of the energy consumed each year is done so through industry. It is therefore desirable to take measures that reduce this consumption. A process common to all manufacturing sectors is that of packaging,... Read More about Environmental auditing of a packaging system for redesign: A case study exploration.

CFD simulation and analysis of gas to water two phase closed thermosyphon based heat exchanger (2014)
Book Chapter

Wickless heat pipes are devices with high reliability and heat transfer potential per unit area. Owed to that fact, their application range has been widened in the past 20 years. In the process industry, they are usually coupled to waste heat recover... Read More about CFD simulation and analysis of gas to water two phase closed thermosyphon based heat exchanger.

Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Modelling the material flow and web tension in the vertical form-fill-seal packaging process (2011)
Journal Article

Vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) machines are widely used to form bags for packaging products such as confectionary and snack food. One critical component of the machine is the forming shoulder, which needs to manipulate, without damage, the packaging... Read More about Modelling the material flow and web tension in the vertical form-fill-seal packaging process.

Capturing constraint evolution: A technique to preserve and handle design knowledge (2011)
Journal Article

Product development can be considered as the evolutionary and iterative process of recognition, formulation and satisfaction of constraints. These become the rationale driving the design to the final specifications, with the evolution of constraints... Read More about Capturing constraint evolution: A technique to preserve and handle design knowledge.

The implementation of a direct search approach for the resolution of complex and changing rule-based problems (2011)
Journal Article

During the evolution of constraint modeling approaches, they have increased in their ability to resolve more and more complex problems. They all rely upon their ability to define the design problem by a set of constraint rules, which are true when th... Read More about The implementation of a direct search approach for the resolution of complex and changing rule-based problems.

Contrasting opportunities for mass customization in food manufacture and food processes (2011)
Book Chapter

Design for changeover (DFC): Enabling flexible and highly responsive manufacturing (2011)
Book Chapter

A highly flexible manufacturing capability is central to the paradigm of mass customisation. In turn the role of rapid, high quality changeovers is crucial to this capability, whereby production can be switched with minimal penalty across a full (and... Read More about Design for changeover (DFC): Enabling flexible and highly responsive manufacturing.