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The Effects of Unsteady On-Road Flow Conditions on Cabin Noise. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oettle, N., Sims-Williams, D., Dominy, R., Darlington, C., Freeman, C., & Tindall, P. (2010, April). The Effects of Unsteady On-Road Flow Conditions on Cabin Noise. Presented at SAE 2010 World Congress & Exhibition, April 2010,, Detroit, USA

At higher speeds aerodynamic noise tends to dominate the overall noise inside the passenger compartment. Large-scale turbulent conditions experienced on the road can generate different noise characteristics from those under steady-state conditions ex... Read More about The Effects of Unsteady On-Road Flow Conditions on Cabin Noise..

Condition monitoring of the power output of wind turbine generators using wavelets (2010)
Journal Article
Watson, S., Xiang, J., Yang, W., Tavner, P., & Crabtree, C. (2010). Condition monitoring of the power output of wind turbine generators using wavelets. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 25(3), 715-721. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2010.2040083

With an increasing number of wind turbines being erected offshore, there is a need for cost-effective, predictive, and proactive maintenance. A large fraction of wind turbine downtime is due to bearing failures, particularly in the generator and gear... Read More about Condition monitoring of the power output of wind turbine generators using wavelets.

Holographic Photolithography for 3D Integration (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Williams, G., Toriz-Garcia, J., McWilliam, R., Seed, L., Purvis, A., & Ivey, P. (2010, March). Holographic Photolithography for 3D Integration. Presented at Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE) 2010, Dresden, Germany

On the use of Reuleaux plasticity for geometric non-linear analysis (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coombs, W. M., Crouch, R. S., & Augarde, C. E. (2010, April). On the use of Reuleaux plasticity for geometric non-linear analysis. Presented at 18th UK Conference on Computational Mechanics (ACME), Southampton, England

Three dimensional analyses including geometric and material non--linearity require robust, efficient constitutive models able to simulate engineering materials. However, many existing constitutive models have not gained widespread use due to their co... Read More about On the use of Reuleaux plasticity for geometric non-linear analysis.

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for wind turbines (2010)
Journal Article
Arabian-Hoseynabadi, H., Oraee, H., & Tavner, P. (2010). Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for wind turbines. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 32(7), 817-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2010.01.019

The Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method has been used to study the reliability of many different power generation systems. This paper now applies that method to a wind turbine (WT) system using a proprietary software reliability analysis... Read More about Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for wind turbines.

Oxidative Decolorization of Acid Azo Dyes by a Mn Oxide Containing Waste (2010)
Journal Article
Clarke, C., Kielar, F., Talbot, H., & Johnson, K. (2010). Oxidative Decolorization of Acid Azo Dyes by a Mn Oxide Containing Waste. Environmental Science and Technology, 44(3), 1116-1122. https://doi.org/10.1021/es902305e

A Mn oxide containing mine tailings, generated in the Kalahari Mn fields, has been shown to oxidatively breakdown acid azo dyes acid orange (AO) 7, acid red 88, acid red 151 and acid yellow 36 but not acid yellow 9. The total reducible Mn content of... Read More about Oxidative Decolorization of Acid Azo Dyes by a Mn Oxide Containing Waste.

The morphology and electrical conductivity of single-wall carbon nanotube thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique (2010)
Journal Article
Venet, C., Pearson, C., Jombert, A., Mabrook, M., Zeze, D., & Petty, M. (2010). The morphology and electrical conductivity of single-wall carbon nanotube thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 354(1-3), 113-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.07.037

Thin films containing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been prepared using the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. Atomic force microscopy has been used to investigate the morphology of these films. Films of pure SWCNTs were in the form of a... Read More about The morphology and electrical conductivity of single-wall carbon nanotube thin films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique.

Experiments and Computations on Large Tip Clearance Effects in a Linear Cascade (2010)
Journal Article
Williams, R., Gregory-Smith, D., He, L., & Ingram, G. (2010). Experiments and Computations on Large Tip Clearance Effects in a Linear Cascade. Journal of Turbomachinery, 132(2), Article 021018. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3104611

Large tip clearances typically in the region of 6% exist in the high pressure (HP) stages of compressors of industrial gas turbines. Due to the relatively short annulus height and significant blockage, the tip clearance flow accounts for the largest... Read More about Experiments and Computations on Large Tip Clearance Effects in a Linear Cascade.

Endwall Profile Design for the Durham Cascade using Genetic Algorithms (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacPherson, R., & Ingram, G. (2010, January). Endwall Profile Design for the Durham Cascade using Genetic Algorithms. Presented at Seventh South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics, SACAM10, Pretoria, South Africa

This paper describes a system for designing profiled endwalls for the Durham Cascade, a well known turbomachinery test case. A genetic algorithm coupled with “off the shelf” software was used, a commercial flow solver (Fluent) was used to run the des... Read More about Endwall Profile Design for the Durham Cascade using Genetic Algorithms.

Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy (2010)
Journal Article
Groves, C., Reid, O., & Ginger, D. (2010). Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy. Accounts of Chemical Research, 43(5), 612-620. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar900231q

The use of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) could reduce production costs for solar cells because these materials are solution processable and can be manufactured by roll-to-roll printing. The nanoscale texture, or film morphology, of the donor/acceptor... Read More about Heterogeneity in Polymer Solar Cells: Local Morphology and Performance in Organic Photovoltaics Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy.

Temperature dependence of the charge carrier mobility in disordered organic semiconductors at large carrier concentrations (2010)
Journal Article
Fishchuk, I. I., Kadashchuk, A. K., Genoe, J., Ullah, M., Sitter, H., Singh, T. B., Sariciftci, N. S., & Bässler, H. (2010). Temperature dependence of the charge carrier mobility in disordered organic semiconductors at large carrier concentrations. Physical review B, 81(4), Article 045202. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.81.045202

Temperature-activated charge transport in disordered organic semiconductors at large carrier concentrations, especially relevant in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), has been thoroughly considered using a recently developed analytical formali... Read More about Temperature dependence of the charge carrier mobility in disordered organic semiconductors at large carrier concentrations.

Modelling elasto-plasticity using the hybrid MLPG method (2010)
Journal Article
Heaney, C., Augarde, C., & Deeks, A. (2010). Modelling elasto-plasticity using the hybrid MLPG method. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 56(2), 153-178

Meshless methods continue to generate strong interest as alternatives to conventional finite element methods. One major area of application as yet relatively unexplored with meshless methods is elasto-plasticity. In this paper we extend a novel numer... Read More about Modelling elasto-plasticity using the hybrid MLPG method.

On adaptive definition of the plane wave basis for wave boundary elements in acoustic scattering: the 2D case (2010)
Journal Article
Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2010). On adaptive definition of the plane wave basis for wave boundary elements in acoustic scattering: the 2D case. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 55(2), 147-170. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2010.055.147

The terminology "wave boundary elements" relates to boundary elements enriched in the Partition of Unity sense by a multiple plane wave basis for the analysis of the propagation of short wavelength waves. This paper presents a variant of this approac... Read More about On adaptive definition of the plane wave basis for wave boundary elements in acoustic scattering: the 2D case.

Reliability comparison of direct-drive and geared-drive wind turbine concepts (2010)
Journal Article
Arabian-Hoseynabadi, H., Tavner, P., & Oraee, H. (2010). Reliability comparison of direct-drive and geared-drive wind turbine concepts. Wind Energy, 13(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1002/we.357

This paper proposes for wind turbines (WTs) an analytical reliability method, used on other engineering systems, to compare the reliability of different turbine concepts. The main focus of the paper is to compare the reliability of geared generator a... Read More about Reliability comparison of direct-drive and geared-drive wind turbine concepts.

Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies (2010)
Journal Article
Cheung, W., Maropoulos, P., & Matthews, P. (2010). Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 37(3/4), 182-197. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijcat.2010.031934

The manufacturing industry faces many challenges such as reducing time-to-market and cutting costs. In order to meet these increasing demands, effective methods are need to support the early product development stages by bridging the gap of communica... Read More about Linking design and manufacturing domains via web-based and enterprise integration technologies.

Controlled-width track in through silicon via using 3D holographic photolithography with modified electrodepositable photoresist (2010)
Journal Article
Toriz-Garcia, J. J., Williams, G. L., McWilliam, R., Curry, R., Seed, N., Purvis, A., & Ivey, P. A. (2010). Controlled-width track in through silicon via using 3D holographic photolithography with modified electrodepositable photoresist. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 20(1), Article 015012. https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/20/1/015012

We present a novel lithographic process for patterning controlled-width tracks onto anisotropically micromachined silicon. The technique is based on the use of computer-generated holographic masks with a custom alignment and exposure tool. Experiment... Read More about Controlled-width track in through silicon via using 3D holographic photolithography with modified electrodepositable photoresist.