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Effect of the stacking sequence on the impact response of carbon-glass/epoxy hybrid composites (2020)
Journal Article
Ali, H. T., Akrami, R., Fotouhi, S., Pashmforoush, F., Fragassa, C., & Fotouhi, M. (2020). Effect of the stacking sequence on the impact response of carbon-glass/epoxy hybrid composites. Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 18(1), 69-77. https://doi.org/10.22190/FUME191119010A

This paper investigates low-velocity impact response of Quasi Isotropic (QI) hybrid carbon/glass fiber reinforced polymer composites with alternate stacking sequences. Cross-ply woven carbon and glass fibers were used as reinforcing materials to fabr... Read More about Effect of the stacking sequence on the impact response of carbon-glass/epoxy hybrid composites.

Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum (2020)
Journal Article
Chi, C., Datta, A., Chopra, I., & Chen, R. (2021). Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum. Journal of Aircraft, 58(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.C035746

This paper presents an investigation of the effects of tip sweep on highly twisted composite rotor blades by acquiring strain data in vacuum. Three parametric test cases were designed for strain measurements, and predictions from a special three-dime... Read More about Three-dimensional strains on twisted and swept composite rotor blades in vacuum.

Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines (2020)
Journal Article
Win Naung, S., Rahmati, M., & Farokhi, H. (2021). Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines. Renewable Energy, 167, 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.11.046

The aerodynamic simulations of wind turbines are typically carried out using a steady inflow condition. However, the aerodynamics and aeroelasticity of wind turbine blades can be significantly affected by inflow wakes due to the environmental conditi... Read More about Nonlinear frequency domain solution method for aerodynamic and aeromechanical analysis of wind turbines.

Direct numerical simulation of interaction between transient flow and blade structure in a modern low-pressure turbine (2020)
Journal Article
Win Naung, S., Rahmati, M., & Farokhi, H. (2021). Direct numerical simulation of interaction between transient flow and blade structure in a modern low-pressure turbine. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 192, Article 106104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2020.106104

A feature of a modern aeronautical Low-Pressure Turbine (LPT) is the high blade loadings with complex, transient and separated flow regimes. Most existing research have focused only on analysing the transient flow and flow separation in such turbines... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of interaction between transient flow and blade structure in a modern low-pressure turbine.

Investigating the use of joint probability curves in coastal engineering practice (2020)
Journal Article
Hames, D., Gouldby, B., & Hawkes, P. (2020). Investigating the use of joint probability curves in coastal engineering practice. Proceedings of the ICE - Maritime Engineering, 173(3), 68-78. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmaen.2019.12

This paper investigates the inherent inaccuracy in the estimation of various extreme response variables (RVs) for different sea defence structures using joint exceedance curve approaches in common use around the UK. Utilising stochastically generated... Read More about Investigating the use of joint probability curves in coastal engineering practice.

Adaptive gain super twisting algorithm to control a knee exoskeleton disturbed by unknown bounds (2020)
Journal Article
Rakhtala, S. M. (2021). Adaptive gain super twisting algorithm to control a knee exoskeleton disturbed by unknown bounds. International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 9(2), 711-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40435-020-00686-z

Knee exoskeletons as wearable robots have been increasingly aimed to assist elderly and disabled people to increase their movement abilities through flexion/extension execution of the knee. In this paper, a robust controller was suggested for a new k... Read More about Adaptive gain super twisting algorithm to control a knee exoskeleton disturbed by unknown bounds.

DNS of secondary flows over oscillating low-pressure turbine using spectral/hp element method (2020)
Journal Article
Nakhchi, M. E., Win Naung, S., & Rahmati, M. (2020). DNS of secondary flows over oscillating low-pressure turbine using spectral/hp element method. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 86, Article 108684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2020.108684

This paper investigates the secondary vortex flows over an oscillating low-pressure turbine blade using a direct numerical simulation (DNS) method. The unsteady flow governing equations over the oscillating blade are discretized and solved using a sp... Read More about DNS of secondary flows over oscillating low-pressure turbine using spectral/hp element method.

Voltage and frequency regulation in an islanded microgrid with PEM fuel cell based on a fuzzy logic voltage control and adaptive droop control (2020)
Journal Article
Roudbari, E. S., Beheshti, M. T. H., & Rakhtala, S. M. (2020). Voltage and frequency regulation in an islanded microgrid with PEM fuel cell based on a fuzzy logic voltage control and adaptive droop control. IET Power Electronics, 13(1), 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2019.0592

Nowadays, the demand for electrical energy is increasing, and conventional power systems will face major problems in the future if they cannot generate extra demand for electrical energy. One of the best solutions for solving extra demand for electri... Read More about Voltage and frequency regulation in an islanded microgrid with PEM fuel cell based on a fuzzy logic voltage control and adaptive droop control.