Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation
Conference Proceeding
Vasantha, G., Wodehouse, A., Corney, J., MacLachlan, R., & Jagadeesan, A. (2016)
Industrial challenges in patent management for design innovation. In Proceedings of the 23rd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference
Innovation is critical to sustain in prevailing competitive business environments. Industries need effective innovation strategies in-practice to develop and deliver novel pro...
A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components
Conference Proceeding
Jaen-Sola, P., & Mcdonald, A. (2016)
A Comparative Study of Methods for Modelling the Structural Stiffness of Generator Components. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2016.0314
Direct-drive generators are low speed electrical machines requiring robust and large supporting structures designed to resist the significant loads present during assembly and...
A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks
Conference Proceeding
Kourkoulis, S. K., Marinelli, A., & Dakanali, I. (2016)
A combined experimental and numerical study of the pull-out mechanism of threaded titanium bars embedded in marble blocks. In The ECCOMAS Congress 2016 Proceedings (5207-5218
The present study describes the first stage of an ongoing research project aiming to investigate the failure mechanisms activated when reinforcing bars are pulled-out from the...
Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing
Conference Proceeding
Khokhar, A., & Chui, Y. (2016)
Ribbed-plate Approach to Predict Static and Dynamic Responses of Timber Floor with Between-Joist Bracing. In CD-ROM Proceedings of the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016)
Installing between-joist bracing can be an economical and effective means of mitigating excessive vibration levels in wood floors associated to human discomfort. Effectiveness...
Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm
Conference Proceeding
Mokhtar, M., Hunt, I., Burns, S., & Ross, D. (2016)
Optimising a Waste Heat Recovery System using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm. In GECCO '16 Companion Proceedings of the 2016 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (913-920). https://doi.org/10.1145/2908961.2931646
A waste heat recovery system (WHRS) on a process with variable output, is an example of an intermittent renewable process. WHRS recycles waste heat into usable energy. As an e...
Influences of integrating touch screen smart board and CAD in collaborative design
Conference Proceeding
Vasantha, G. V. A., Ramesh, H. P., Sugavanam, C. M., Chakrabarti, A., & Corney, J. (2015)
Influences of integrating touch screen smart board and CAD in collaborative design. In DS 79: Proceedings of The Third International Conference on Design Creativity, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. , (217-224
Although a digital design tool like CAD has a strong influence on creative design, it is merely used in the detail design stage to present the visualized final product in 3D s...
A novel hybrid intelligence approach for 2D packing through internet crowdsourcing
Conference Proceeding
Agrawal, A., Yadav, P., Upadhyay, C. K., Corney, J. R., Vasantha, G. A., Jagadeesan, A., & Lynn, A. (2015)
A novel hybrid intelligence approach for 2D packing through internet crowdsourcing. In Technological Innovation in ICT for Agriculture and Rural Development (TIAR), 2015 IEEE, 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIAR.2015.7358527
Packing problems on its current state are being utilized for wide area of industrial applications. The aim of present research is to create and implement an intelligent system...
A Lightweight Approach for Airborne Wind Turbine Drivetrains
Conference Proceeding
Jaen Sola, P., Mcdonald, A. S., & Oterkus, E. (2015)
A Lightweight Approach for Airborne Wind Turbine Drivetrains
Buoyant airborne wind turbines are devices capable of harnessing stronger winds at higher altitudes and with their automated and rapidly deployable system they are suited to n...
A Miniaturised Monopole Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Band Rejection for WLAN/WiMAX
Conference Proceeding
Elfergani, I. T. E., Hussaini, A. S., See, C. H., Rodriguez, J., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Marques, P. (2015)
A Miniaturised Monopole Wideband Antenna with Reconfigurable Band Rejection for WLAN/WiMAX. In S. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, M. Katz, C. Wang, & A. Nascimento (Eds.), International Wireless Internet Conference WICON 2014: Wireless Internet, 298-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18802-7_40
This paper proposes a tuneable band-rejected miniaturised monopole antenna. The band-notching was achieved by printing an inner chorded crescent shape over the surface of the ...
Challenges and opportunities in transforming laser system industry to deliver integrated product and service offers
Conference Proceeding
Vasantha, G., Roy, R., & Corney, J. (2014)
Challenges and opportunities in transforming laser system industry to deliver integrated product and service offers. In H. Afsarmanesh, & L. M. Camarinha-Matos (Eds.), Collaborative Systems for Smart Networked Environments, 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44745-1_12
Laser system industry is a complex network entity that includes laser component manufacturer, laser manufacturer, system integrator, laser job shop, laser process developer an...