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Installation and first results of a solar assisted heat pump system (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Heppelmann, M., Bitzer, B., Morton, D., Virk, G. S., & Dogramadzi, S. (2006). Installation and first results of a solar assisted heat pump system. In Proceedings of the 41st International Universities Power Engineering Conference. , (153-156). https://doi.org/10.1109/UPEC.2006.367733

The importance of renewable energy resources are growing because of many reasons including the increasing costs of fossil fuels and the growing awareness of sustainability and environmental concerns. There are many different possibilities to use rene... Read More about Installation and first results of a solar assisted heat pump system.

Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment (2006)
Journal Article
Matthews, J., Singh, B., Mullineux, G., & Medland, T. (2006). Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 51(4), 809-820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2006.09.003

Over the last decade the UK food processing industry has become increasing competitive. This leads the sector to maintain high numbers of product variations. Although some of these products are stable over long periods, others are short lived or seas... Read More about Constraint-based approach to investigate the process flexibility of food processing equipment.

Energetically autonomous robots: Food for thought (2006)
Journal Article
Melhuish, C., Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., & Horsfield, I. (2006). Energetically autonomous robots: Food for thought. Autonomous Robots, 21(3), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-006-6574-5

This paper reports on the robot EcoBot-II, which is designed to power itself solely by converting unrefined insect biomass into useful energy using on-board microbial fuel cells with oxygen cathodes. In bench experiments different 'fuels' (sugar, fru... Read More about Energetically autonomous robots: Food for thought.

Tele-assembly in wide remote environments (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Peer, A., Unterhinninghofen, U., & Buss, M. (2006, October). Tele-assembly in wide remote environments. Paper presented at 2nd International Workshop on Human-Centered Robotic Systems, Munich, Germany

Telepresence offers considerable advantages in the remote execution of maintenance assignments. In this work a telepresence system is presented that allows to perform assembly tasks in remote and extensive environments. This system comprises a telema... Read More about Tele-assembly in wide remote environments.

Sheet metal forming simulation using EAS solid-shell finite elements (2006)
Journal Article
Alves de Sousa, R. J., Natal Jorge, R. M., Fontes Valente, R. A., Parente, M., & Cardoso, R. P. (2006). Sheet metal forming simulation using EAS solid-shell finite elements. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 42(13), 1137-1149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finel.2006.04.005

In this paper, sheet metal forming processes are simulated with a solid-shell finite element entirely based on the enhanced assumed strain (EAS) method. The solid-shell formulation involves a minimum set of enhancing variables, resulting in a competi... Read More about Sheet metal forming simulation using EAS solid-shell finite elements.

Elevated ambient gas temperature and densities (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Kay, P. J., Bowen, P., Gold, M., & Sapsford, S. (2006, August). Elevated ambient gas temperature and densities. Paper presented at 10th International Congress on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Kyoto, Japan

Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD (2006)
Journal Article
White, R., Walker, P., Roberts, S., Kalisky, S., & White, P. (2006). Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 3(3), 123-131. https://doi.org/10.1191/1479972306cd117oa

Health professionals recommend education of patients about COPD. There is no satisfactory instrument to measure their knowledge and therefore to assess the results of education. A multiple-choice questionnaire (BCKQ) has been designed and tested. Eac... Read More about Bristol COPD knowledge questionnaire (BCKQ): Testing what we teach patients about COPD.

Sheet metal forming simulations using finite elements with enhancing variables (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Valente, R., Sousa, R., Cardoso, R. P., Yoon, J., Jorge, N., & Gracio, J. (2006, July). Sheet metal forming simulations using finite elements with enhancing variables. Paper presented at WCCM VII, Seventh World Congress in Computational Mechanics,Los Angeles, California, USA, July 16-22, 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA

A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness - Part II: Nonlinear applications (2006)
Journal Article
Natal Jorge, R. M., Grácio, J. J., Fontes Valente, R. A., Alves de Sousa, R. J., Cardoso, R. P., Valente, R., & Yoon, J. W. (2006). A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness - Part II: Nonlinear applications. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 67(2), 160-188. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1609

In this work the recently proposed Reduced Enhanced Solid-Shell (RESS) finite element, based on the enhanced assumed strain (EAS) method and a one-point quadrature integration scheme, is extended in order to account for large deformation elastoplasti... Read More about A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness - Part II: Nonlinear applications.

Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate (2006)
Journal Article
Dotchev, K., & Soe, S. (2006). Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 12(3), 156-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552540610670735

Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to analyse all stages of the CastForm™ polystyrene (CF) pattern fabrication process, identify the reasons leading to inferior quality, and outline techniques for its improvement and reduction of failures.... Read More about Rapid manufacturing of patterns for investment casting: Improvement of quality and success rate.

Towards the application of swarm intelligence in safety critical systems (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Harper, C., Winfield, A., & Nembrini, J. (2006). Towards the application of swarm intelligence in safety critical systems. In The 1st Institution of Engineering and Technology International Conference on System Safety : 6-8 June 2006, Savoy Place, London, UK (89-95)

Swarm Intelligence provides us with a powerful new paradigm for building fully distributed de-centralised systems in which overall system functionality emerges from the interaction of individual agents with each other and with their environment. Such... Read More about Towards the application of swarm intelligence in safety critical systems.

Designing intelligent control systems for safety critical applications (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Harper, C., & Winfield, A. (2006). Designing intelligent control systems for safety critical applications. In The 1st Institution of Engineering and Technology International Conference on System Safety : 6-8 June 2006, Savoy Place, London, UK (71-80). https://doi.org/10.1049/cp%3A20060205

This paper presents a design methodology for behaviour-based intelligent control systems, which we argue is suited to safety critical applications. The methodology has a formal basis, and uses dynamical systems theory to prove system safety propertie... Read More about Designing intelligent control systems for safety critical applications.

Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization (2006)
Journal Article
Hancock, E. R., & Atkinson, G. (2006). Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 15(6), 1653-1664. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2006.871114

When unpolarized light is reflected from a smooth dielectric surface, it becomes partially polarized. This is due to the orientation of dipoles induced in the reflecting medium and applies to both specular and diffuse reflection. This paper is concer... Read More about Recovery of surface orientation from diffuse polarization.

Attitudes to face transplantation: Results of a public engagement exercise at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (2006)
Journal Article
Butler, P. E., Clarke, A., Simmons, J., White, P., & Withey, S. (2006). Attitudes to face transplantation: Results of a public engagement exercise at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. Journal of Burn Care and Research, 27(3), 394-398. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.BCR.0000217578.47909.7f

Hettiaratchy and Butler (Lancet 2002;360:5-6) framed face transplantation as the next logical step on the reconstructive ladder for severe facial injury, in particular, pan-facial burns. The procedure formed the basis for a Royal College of Surgeons... Read More about Attitudes to face transplantation: Results of a public engagement exercise at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.