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Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime (2011)
Journal Article
Bengherbia, T., Yao, Y., Bauer, P., Giraud, M., & Knowlen, C. (2011). Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 78(5), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4004327

The subdetonative propulsion mode using thermal choking has been studied with a one-dimensional (1D) real gas model that included projectile acceleration. Numerical results from a control volume analysis that accounted for unsteady flow effects estab... Read More about Improved one-dimensional unsteady modeling of thermally choked ram accelerator in subdetonative velocity regime.

Development and evaluation of a device for the haptic rendering of rotatory car doors (2011)
Journal Article
Strolz, M., Groten, R., Peer, A., & Buss, M. (2011). Development and evaluation of a device for the haptic rendering of rotatory car doors. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 58(8), 3133-3140. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2010.2087292

Virtual prototyping of car doors enhanced with haptic feedback is a promising way to decrease the number of physical prototypes. We clarify, correct, summarize, and extend our previous work on the haptic simulation of car doors. A fundamental issue i... Read More about Development and evaluation of a device for the haptic rendering of rotatory car doors.

Handshake: Realistic human-robot interaction in haptic enhanced virtual reality (2011)
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Wang, Z., Giannopoulos, E., Slater, M., Peer, A., & Buss, M. (2011). Handshake: Realistic human-robot interaction in haptic enhanced virtual reality. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 20(4), 371-392. https://doi.org/10.1162/PRES_a_00061

This paper focuses on the development and evaluation of a haptic enhanced virtual reality system which allows a human user to make physical handshakes with a virtual partner through a haptic interface. Multimodal feedback signals are designed to gene... Read More about Handshake: Realistic human-robot interaction in haptic enhanced virtual reality.

U-model-based adaptive control for a class of stochastic non-linear dynamic plants with unknown parameters (2011)
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Wu, X., Liu, L., Zhu, Q., Du, W., Wang, B., & Zhang, J. (2011). U-model-based adaptive control for a class of stochastic non-linear dynamic plants with unknown parameters. International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 13(3), 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIC.2011.041300

In this paper, an adaptive control algorithm within a U-model framework is developed for controlling a class of stochastic non-linear discrete-time models with unknown parameters. With the authors' previous justification, the control-oriented model n... Read More about U-model-based adaptive control for a class of stochastic non-linear dynamic plants with unknown parameters.

Contributions of the PPC to online control of visually guided reaching movements assessed with fMRI-Guided TMS (2011)
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Bülthoff, H. H., Reichenbach, A., Bresciani, J. P., Peer, A., & Thielscher, A. (2011). Contributions of the PPC to online control of visually guided reaching movements assessed with fMRI-Guided TMS. Cerebral Cortex, 21(7), 1602-1612. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq225

The posterior parietal cortex (PPC) plays an important role in controlling voluntary movements by continuously integrating sensory information about body state and the environment. We tested which subregions of the PPC contribute to the processing of... Read More about Contributions of the PPC to online control of visually guided reaching movements assessed with fMRI-Guided TMS.

Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Damghani, M., Kennedy, D., & Featherston, C. (2011). Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis. Computers and Structures, 89(13-14), 1286-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.04.003

The critical buckling of composite plates with through-the-length delaminations is studied using exact stiffness analysis and the Wittrick-Williams algorithm. Computational efficiency is achieved by avoiding discretisation into elements, making the m... Read More about Critical buckling of delaminated composite plates using exact stiffness analysis.

Comparison of people's responses to real and virtual handshakes within a virtual environment (2011)
Journal Article
Giannopoulos, E., Wang, Z., Peer, A., Buss, M., & Slater, M. (2011). Comparison of people's responses to real and virtual handshakes within a virtual environment. Brain Research Bulletin, 85(5), 276-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.11.012

In this paper we present a method for evaluating a haptic device which simulates human handshakes interfaced via a metal rod. We provide an overview of the haptic demonstrator and the control algorithm used for delivering realistic handshakes. For th... Read More about Comparison of people's responses to real and virtual handshakes within a virtual environment.

A study on semisolid processing of A356 aluminum alloy through vacuum-assisted electromagnetic stirring (2011)
Journal Article
Chung, I. G., Bolouri, A., & Kang, C. G. (2012). A study on semisolid processing of A356 aluminum alloy through vacuum-assisted electromagnetic stirring. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 58(1-4), 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-011-3376-5

In this study, a vacuum-assisted electromagnetic stirring system was designed and manufactured in order to minimize the defects such as porosities in the semisolid processing A356 aluminum alloy by electromagnetic stirring (EMS). A sleeve cooling sys... Read More about A study on semisolid processing of A356 aluminum alloy through vacuum-assisted electromagnetic stirring.

The photoface database (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Zafeirou, S., Hansen, M. F., Atkinson, G., Argyriou, V., Petrou, M., Smith, M., & Smith, L. (2011, June). The photoface database. Paper presented at Biometrics Workshop of Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Nonparametric Regression on a Graph (2011)
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Kovac, A., & Smith, A. D. A. C. (2011). Nonparametric Regression on a Graph. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 20(2), 432-447. https://doi.org/10.1198/jcgs.2011.09203

The 'Signal plus Noise' model for nonparametric regression can be extended to the case of observations taken at the vertices of a graph. This model includes many familiar regression problems. This article discusses the use of the edges of a graph to... Read More about Nonparametric Regression on a Graph.

Effects of earthing systems on stray current for corrosion and safety behaviour in practical metro systems (2011)
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Alamuti, M. M., Nouri, H., & Jamali, S. (2011). Effects of earthing systems on stray current for corrosion and safety behaviour in practical metro systems. IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, 1(2), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-est.2010.0029

Running rails are used as the return path for the train current in most DC electrified rail transit systems. The resultant rail voltage causes stray current to return to the DC supply source via other paths, such as nearby metallic infrastructure. St... Read More about Effects of earthing systems on stray current for corrosion and safety behaviour in practical metro systems.

Central recirculation zone analysis in an unconfined tangential swirl burner with varying degrees of premixing (2011)
Journal Article
Valera-Medina, A., Syred, N., Kay, P., & Griffiths, A. (2011). Central recirculation zone analysis in an unconfined tangential swirl burner with varying degrees of premixing. Experiments in Fluids, 50(6), 1611-1623. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-010-1017-7

Swirl-stabilised combustion is one of the most widely used techniques for flame stabilisation, uses ranging from gas turbine combustors to pulverised coal-fired power stations. In gas turbines, lean premixed systems are of especial importance, giving... Read More about Central recirculation zone analysis in an unconfined tangential swirl burner with varying degrees of premixing.

A comparison of dietary patterns derived by cluster and principal components analysis in a UK cohort of children (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A. D. A. C., Emmett, P. M., Newby, P. K., & Northstone, K. (2011). A comparison of dietary patterns derived by cluster and principal components analysis in a UK cohort of children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 65(10), 1102-1109. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2011.96

Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify dietary patterns in a cohort of 7-year-old children through cluster analysis, compare with patterns derived by principal components analysis (PCA), and investigate associations with s... Read More about A comparison of dietary patterns derived by cluster and principal components analysis in a UK cohort of children.

Machine vision 3D skin texture analysis for detection of melanoma (2011)
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Ding, Y., Smith, L., Smith, M., Farooq, A., Sun, J., & Warr, R. (2011). Machine vision 3D skin texture analysis for detection of melanoma. Sensor Review, 31(2), 111-119. https://doi.org/10.1108/02602281111109961

Pur ose - The ur ose of this a er is to describe innovative machine vision methods that have been em loyed for the ca ture and analysis of 3D skin textures; and the resulting otential for assisting with identification of sus icious lesions in the det... Read More about Machine vision 3D skin texture analysis for detection of melanoma.

Gathering and presenting social feedback to change domestic electricity consumption (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Studley, M., Chambers, S., Rettie, R., & Burchell, K. (2011, May). Gathering and presenting social feedback to change domestic electricity consumption. Paper presented at SIGCHI 2011, Vancouver, Canada

This paper describes the CHARM Energy Study in which mobile technology is used to study the impact of social group feedback on household energy consumption. We describe the background and rationale behind the study, the technology which supports th... Read More about Gathering and presenting social feedback to change domestic electricity consumption.