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Space Universities Network - Supporting space science and engineering higher education community in the UK (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The world space economy is expected to grow to $400 billion by 2030 and to provide 100,000 jobs. In the UK we currently have 38,500 directly employed with a further 70000 jobs dependent on the space sector. By 2030 the UK aims to have a further 100,0... Read More about Space Universities Network - Supporting space science and engineering higher education community in the UK.

Analysis of thermal performance of geophonic down-hole measuring tools; a numerical and experimental investigation (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Downhole tools encounter harsh environmental conditions due to pressure and elevated temperatures. Use of Peltier cooling in down-hole seismic tooling has been restricted by the performance of such devices at elevated temperatures. Present pap... Read More about Analysis of thermal performance of geophonic down-hole measuring tools; a numerical and experimental investigation.

Aeroacoustics investigation of a harmonically morphing trailing edge flap (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper, an aeroacoustic study of a NACA 0012 airfoil fitted with a morphing Trailing Edge Flap (TEF) was performed at conditions of an Angle of Attack (AoA) = 4º, Reynolds number = 0.62×10^6 and Mach number = 0.11. A modified parametrization m... Read More about Aeroacoustics investigation of a harmonically morphing trailing edge flap.

Slat broadband noise prediction of multi-element 30P30N airfoil by a hybrid RANS-LES method (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a combined CFD and CAA study to assess the slat noise emissions from a multi-element 30P30N airfoil at the 5-degree and 8-degree angle of attack, using a hybrid RANS-LES method. In this simulation, the structured mesh is used and... Read More about Slat broadband noise prediction of multi-element 30P30N airfoil by a hybrid RANS-LES method.

A composite sandwich plate with a novel core design (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd In this study, a new core design is introduced for sandwich composite structures. Its strength and failure behavior are investigated via three-point bending tests. E-glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy resin is selected as the material f... Read More about A composite sandwich plate with a novel core design.

Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nanoparticle characterization (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC A laboratory made 1.5 wt% Palladium (Pd) zeolite electrocatalyst is investigated using the Extended X-ray Adsorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) and Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) techniques to reveal Pd structure and resu... Read More about Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nanoparticle characterization.

Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output (2018)
Journal Article

A stochastic gradient (SG)-based particle filter (SG-PF) algorithm is developed for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output in this paper. This ARX model consists of two submodels, one is a linear ARX model and the other is a nonlinear outpu... Read More about Gradient-based particle filter algorithm for an ARX model with nonlinear communication output.

Mechanisms for residence volume reduction in shallow sump (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 by ASME. Gas turbine aero-engines employ fast rotating shafts that are supported by bearings at several axial locations along the engine. Due to extreme load and heat, oil is injected to the bearings to aid lubrication and cooling. The oil is... Read More about Mechanisms for residence volume reduction in shallow sump.

Buckling deformation of thin layer coverings of small curvatures used in aircraft construction (2018)
Journal Article

This paper presents the results of the experimental and numerical analysis in terms of the finite element method of plating components of aircraft load-bearing structures. The subject matter of the study was composite panels with stiffeners in the fo... Read More about Buckling deformation of thin layer coverings of small curvatures used in aircraft construction.

Decomposition-based recursive least squares identification methods for multivariate pseudo-linear systems using the multi-innovation (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper studies the parameter estimation algorithms of multivariate pseudo-linear autoregressive systems. A decomposition-based recursive generalised least squares algorithm is deduce... Read More about Decomposition-based recursive least squares identification methods for multivariate pseudo-linear systems using the multi-innovation.

Sulfur Flotation Performance Recognition Based on Hierarchical Classification of Local Dynamic and Static Froth Features (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 IEEE. This paper proposes a flotation performance recognition system based on a hierarchical classification of froth images using both local dynamic and static features, which includes a series of functions in image extraction, processing, and... Read More about Sulfur Flotation Performance Recognition Based on Hierarchical Classification of Local Dynamic and Static Froth Features.

U-model enhanced dynamic control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace (2018)
Journal Article

This paper proposes a case study in the control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace with a newly extended U-Model based Pole Placement Controller (U-PPC). The major work of the paper includes: 1. establishing a control oriented nonlinear dynami... Read More about U-model enhanced dynamic control of a heavy oil pyrolysis/cracking furnace.

The effects of composite laminate stiffness and loading on stress resultant concentration factor around a hole (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, © IMechE 2018. An analytical tool is developed using conformal mapping and the complex variable method for determining the stress resultant concentration factor in an infinite plate with a circular or elliptical hole. This tool is validated a... Read More about The effects of composite laminate stiffness and loading on stress resultant concentration factor around a hole.

Flight dynamic modelling and simulation of large flexible aircraft (2018)
Book Chapter

The drive for aircraft efficiency and minimum environmental impact is requiring the aerospace industry to generate technologically innovative and highly integrated aircraft concepts. This has changed the approach towards conceptual design and highlig... Read More about Flight dynamic modelling and simulation of large flexible aircraft.

Method to assess lateral handling qualities of aircraft with wingtip morphing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. The impact of in-flight folding wingtip on roll characteristics of aircraft has been studied in the past. In this study, a handling qualities assessment carrie... Read More about Method to assess lateral handling qualities of aircraft with wingtip morphing.

The gap of six zeros (2018)
Journal Article

Passenger drones work in theory, but in order to turn them into the safe, reliable transportation mode of the future, much needs to be done in terms of testing and design.

Research on intelligent controller design for MIMO spatially -Distributed systems with applications (2018)
Thesis

Spatially dynamic distributed systems have been attracting increasing attention from researchers in the field of system modelling and control since their introduction as an alternative to simple systems to meet the ever-greater requirements to make i... Read More about Research on intelligent controller design for MIMO spatially -Distributed systems with applications.

Residual stress evaluation in friction stir welding of aluminum plates by means of acoustic emission and ultrasonic waves (2018)
Journal Article

© Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade. The residual stress assessment in structures is essential for optimization of the structures' design. The attention of this paper is focused on how acoustic emission signals caused by tensile loading of... Read More about Residual stress evaluation in friction stir welding of aluminum plates by means of acoustic emission and ultrasonic waves.

Acoustic emission monitoring of thin ply hybrid composites under repeated quasi-static tensile loading (2018)
Journal Article

© Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade. This paper investigates the applicability of the acoustic emission (AE) technique for identification of the damage onset and accumulation in SGlass/ TR30-Carbon hybrid laminates under repeated quasi-stat... Read More about Acoustic emission monitoring of thin ply hybrid composites under repeated quasi-static tensile loading.

Pilot-in-the-loop simulation of flexible aircraft in MATLAB/simulink: Implementation and coding peculiarities (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. Integration of flight dynamic models, developed in the MATLAB®/Simulink® environment, with an engineering flight simulation platform allows rapid pilot-in-the-... Read More about Pilot-in-the-loop simulation of flexible aircraft in MATLAB/simulink: Implementation and coding peculiarities.