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Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application (2016)
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Thein, C. K., Ooi, B. L., Liu, J. S., & Gilbert, J. M. (2016). Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 11(2), 212-227

Piezoelectric materials are excellent transducers in converting vibrational energy into electrical energy, and vibration-based piezoelectric generators are seen as an enabling technology for wireless sensor networks, especially in selfpowered devices... Read More about Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application.

Robust fault estimation using an LPV reference model : ADDSAFE benchmark case study (2015)
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Chen, L., Patton, R., & Goupil, P. (2016). Robust fault estimation using an LPV reference model : ADDSAFE benchmark case study. Control engineering practice, 49, 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2015.12.006

This paper investigates a mixed H−/H∞ linear parameter varying (LPV) fault estimator using an LPV reference estimator. LMIs are used to calculate the affine parameter-dependent gains of the LPV fault estimator. The design strategy is applied to a hig... Read More about Robust fault estimation using an LPV reference model : ADDSAFE benchmark case study.

Switching damping for a frequency-tunable electromagnetic energy harvester (2015)
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Ooi, B. L., Gilbert, J. M., & Aziz, A. R. A. (2015). Switching damping for a frequency-tunable electromagnetic energy harvester. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 234, 311-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2015.09.022

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This paper demonstrates the possibility to widen the operational bandwidth of an electromagnetic energy harvester by switching the values of electrical damping coefficient at different points within the oscil... Read More about Switching damping for a frequency-tunable electromagnetic energy harvester.

A method to estimate trends in distributions of 1 min rain rates from numerical weather prediction data (2015)
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Paulson, K., Ranatunga, C., & Bellerby, T. (2015). A method to estimate trends in distributions of 1 min rain rates from numerical weather prediction data. Radio science, 50(9), 931-940. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015RS005651

It is known that the rain rate exceeded 0.01% of the time in the UK has experienced an increasing trend over the last 20 years. It is very likely that rain fade and outage experience a similar trend. This paper presents a globally applicable method t... Read More about A method to estimate trends in distributions of 1 min rain rates from numerical weather prediction data.

Integrated fault estimation and fault tolerant control: A joint design (2015)
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Tan, D., & Patton, R. J. (2015). Integrated fault estimation and fault tolerant control: A joint design. IFAC Proceedings Volumes/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 28(21), 517-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.09.578

© 2015, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Over the past decades, substantial progress has been made in fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) and fault tolerant control (FTC) research. Rec... Read More about Integrated fault estimation and fault tolerant control: A joint design.

A relaxed solution to unknown input observers for state and fault estimation (2015)
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Tan, D., Patton, R. J., & Wang, X. (2015). A relaxed solution to unknown input observers for state and fault estimation. IFAC Proceedings Volumes/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 28(21), 1048-1053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.09.665

A lot of effort has been devoted to the unknown input observer (UIO) research over the past years. However, the strong disturbance decoupling assumption (manifested as some rank constraint) is often implicitly embedded in much of the existing UIO wor... Read More about A relaxed solution to unknown input observers for state and fault estimation.

Chemical process disturbance compensation as a fault tolerant control problem (2015)
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Simani, S., Farsoni, S., & Patton, R. J. (2015). Chemical process disturbance compensation as a fault tolerant control problem. IFAC Proceedings Volumes/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 28(21), 1102-1107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.09.674

In general, the control of chemical processes that involve unknown disturbances presents interesting challenges. Research issues have been focused on detailed modelling of the involved phenomena in order to use e.g. robust on-line disturbance compens... Read More about Chemical process disturbance compensation as a fault tolerant control problem.

Process intensification for post combustion CO₂ capture with chemical absorption: a critical review (2015)
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Wang, M., Joel, A. S., Ramshaw, C., Eimer, D., & Musa, N. M. (2015). Process intensification for post combustion CO₂ capture with chemical absorption: a critical review. Applied energy, 158, 275-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.083

The concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere is increasing rapidly. CO₂ emissions may have an impact on global climate change. Effective CO₂ emission abatement strategies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) are required to combat this trend. Compa... Read More about Process intensification for post combustion CO₂ capture with chemical absorption: a critical review.

Optimization of active muscle force-length models using least squares curve fitting (2015)
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Hou, M., & Mohammed, G. A. (2015). Optimization of active muscle force-length models using least squares curve fitting. IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering / Bio-medical Engineering Group, 63(3), 630-635. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2015.2467169

The objective of this paper is to propose an asymmetric Gaussian function as an alternative to the existing active force-length models, and to optimize this model along with several other existing models by using the least squares curve fitting metho... Read More about Optimization of active muscle force-length models using least squares curve fitting.

Prediction of annual joint rain fade on EHF networks by weighted rain field selection (2015)
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Paulson, K. S., & Chinda, I. D. (2015). Prediction of annual joint rain fade on EHF networks by weighted rain field selection. Radio science, 50(8), 827-836. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015RS005695

©2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. We present a computationally efficient method to predict joint rain fade on arbitrary networks of microwave links. Methods based on synthetic rain fields composed of a superposition of rain cell... Read More about Prediction of annual joint rain fade on EHF networks by weighted rain field selection.

On-chip electrically controlled routing of photons from a single quantum dot (2015)
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Bentham, C., Itskevich, I. E., Coles, R. J., Royall, B., Clarke, E., O'Hara, J., …Wilson, L. R. (2015). On-chip electrically controlled routing of photons from a single quantum dot. Applied physics letters, 106(22), Article 221101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922041

Electrical control of on-chip routing of photons emitted by a single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dot (SAQD) is demonstrated in a photonic crystal cavity-waveguide system. The SAQD is located inside an H1 cavity, which is coupled to two photonic... Read More about On-chip electrically controlled routing of photons from a single quantum dot.

Solidification of Al alloys under electromagnetic pulses and characterization of the 3D microstructures under synchrotron x-ray tomography (2015)
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Manuwong, T., Zhang, W., Kazinczi, P. L., Bodey, A. J., Rau, C., & Mi, J. (2015). Solidification of Al alloys under electromagnetic pulses and characterization of the 3D microstructures under synchrotron x-ray tomography. Metallurgical and materials transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science, 46(7), 2908-2915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-015-2874-8

A novel programmable electromagnetic pulse device was developed and used to study the solidification of Al-15 pct Cu and Al-35 pct Cu alloys. The pulsed magnetic fluxes and Lorentz forces generated inside the solidifying melts were simulated using fi... Read More about Solidification of Al alloys under electromagnetic pulses and characterization of the 3D microstructures under synchrotron x-ray tomography.

An active fault tolerant control approach to an offshore wind turbine model (2014)
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Shi, F., & Patton, R. (2015). An active fault tolerant control approach to an offshore wind turbine model. Renewable energy, 75(March), 788-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.061

The paper proposes an observer based active fault tolerant control (AFTC) approach to a non-linear large rotor wind turbine benchmark model. A sensor fault hiding and actuator fault compensation strategy is adopted in the design. The adapted observer... Read More about An active fault tolerant control approach to an offshore wind turbine model.

Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO₂ transport pipeline network (2014)
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Luo, X., Wang, M., Oko, E., & Okezue, C. (2014). Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO₂ transport pipeline network. Applied energy, 132(November), 610-620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.063

For large volumes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) onshore and offshore transportation, pipeline is considered the preferred method. This paper presents a study of the pipeline network planned in the Humber region of the UK. Steady state process simulation mo... Read More about Simulation-based techno-economic evaluation for optimal design of CO₂ transport pipeline network.

Active sensor fault tolerant output feedback tracking control for wind turbine systems via T-S model (2014)
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Shaker, M. S., & Patton, R. J. (2014). Active sensor fault tolerant output feedback tracking control for wind turbine systems via T-S model. Engineering applications of artificial intelligence, 34, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2014.04.005

This paper presents a new approach to active sensor fault tolerant tracking control (FTTC) for offshore wind turbine (OWT) described via Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) multiple models. The FTTC strategy is designed in such way that aims to maintain nominal wind... Read More about Active sensor fault tolerant output feedback tracking control for wind turbine systems via T-S model.

Mathematical modelling of the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma-induced bone disease (2014)
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Ji, B., Genever, P. G., Patton, R. J., & Fagan, M. J. (2014). Mathematical modelling of the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma-induced bone disease. International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering, 30(11), 1085-1102. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.2645

Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common haematological malignancy and results in destructive bone lesions. The interaction between MM cells and the bone microenvironment plays an important role in the development of the tumour cells and MM-in... Read More about Mathematical modelling of the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma-induced bone disease.

Design of wideband vibration-based electromagnetic generator by means of dual-resonator (2014)
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Ooi, B. L., & Gilbert, J. M. (2014). Design of wideband vibration-based electromagnetic generator by means of dual-resonator. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 213, 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2014.03.037

This paper describes the design of a wideband electromagnetic energy harvester that utilizes a novel dual-resonator method to improve the operational frequency range of the vibration-based generator. The device consists of two separate resonator syst... Read More about Design of wideband vibration-based electromagnetic generator by means of dual-resonator.

Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system (2014)
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Gilbert, J. M., & Balouchi, F. (2014). Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), 1746-1756. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X14523853

The scavenging of electrical energy from normal human activity has a number of attractions, and footfall energy is seen as one of the most attractive sources. However, footfall motion is characterised by relatively large forces and low velocities, an... Read More about Design and optimisation of a footfall energy harvesting system.

A vibrating cantilever footfall energy harvesting device (2014)
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Gilbert, J. M., & Balouchi, F. (2014). A vibrating cantilever footfall energy harvesting device. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 25(14), 1738-1745. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389X14521880

Human footfall is an attractive source of energy for harvesting for low-power applications. However, the nature of footfall is poorly matched to electromagnetic generators. Footfall motion is characterised by high forces and low speeds, while electro... Read More about A vibrating cantilever footfall energy harvesting device.

A predator-prey based mathematical model of the bone remodelling cycle: Exploring the relationship between the model parameters and biochemical factors (2014)
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Ji, B., Yang, Q., Genever, P. G., Patton, R. J., & Fagan, M. J. (2014). A predator-prey based mathematical model of the bone remodelling cycle: Exploring the relationship between the model parameters and biochemical factors. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 228(10), 1035-1042. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954411914554633

© IMechE 2014. Bone remodelling is a vital process which enables bone to repair, renew and optimize itself. Disorders in the bone remodelling process are inevitably manifested in bone-related diseases, such as hypothyroidism, primary hyperparathyroid... Read More about A predator-prey based mathematical model of the bone remodelling cycle: Exploring the relationship between the model parameters and biochemical factors.