7 results

Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime

Journal Article
Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Shi, K., Zhu, X., Guo, X., Mei, Y., & Kadapa, C. (2024)
Effect of pulsating flow on flow-induced vibrations of circular and square cylinders in the laminar regime. Ocean Engineering, 301, Article 117609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117609
Through fluid-structure interaction simulations, this study assesses the dynamic response characteristics of elastically mounted circular and square cylinders subjected to pul...

Screen Printed RuO2 Films for Energy Storage and Electrochemical Sensors

Presentation / Conference
Paul, F., Sam, V., Uppuluri, K., Beg, M., & Manjakkal, L. (2024, February)
Screen Printed RuO2 Films for Energy Storage and Electrochemical Sensors. Poster presented at The 10th annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2024), Cambridge

Facilitators and benefits of implementing lean premise design: A case of Hong Kong high-rise buildings

Journal Article
Lam, E. W., Chan, A. P., Olawumi, T. O., Wong, I., & Kazeem, K. O. (2023)
Facilitators and benefits of implementing lean premise design: A case of Hong Kong high-rise buildings. Journal of Building Engineering, 80, Article 108013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108013
Defective design, poor stakeholder participation, and a mismatch between design provisions and end-user requirements cause most building construction waste. However, lean buil...

France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution

Other
Ryan, D. (2022)
France’s plan for solar panels on all car parks is just the start of an urban renewable revolution. [Blog post]
France has approved legislation that will require all car parks with more than 80 spaces to be covered over by solar panels. This is part of a wider programme that will see so...

Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100

Journal Article
Arehart, J., Pomponi, F., D'Amico, B., & Srubar, W. (2022)
Structural Material Demand and Associated Embodied Carbon Emissions of the United States Building Stock: 2020-2100. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 186, Article 106583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106583
This study uses material flow analysis to estimate the material stocks and flows and associated upfront embodied carbon emissions for gravity building structural systems in th...

Computational singular perturbation analysis of detonation development and intensity at SI engine conditions

Presentation / Conference
Dimitrova, I., Luong, M., Sanal, S., Im, H., & Tingas, S. (2021, December)
Computational singular perturbation analysis of detonation development and intensity at SI engine conditions. Paper presented at 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions

Presentation / Conference
Dimitrova, I. D., Sanal, S., Bau Luong, M., Tingas, S., & Im, H. G. (2021, November)
Computational investigation of the chemical dynamics in detonation development at SI engine conditions. Paper presented at 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, Arizona
This study employs algorithmic tools from the computational singular perturbation (CSP) approach and statistics to investigate detonation development in SI engines using 2D si...
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Researcher in Residence -- Multi-Scale Energy Systems Modelling

2024 - 2026
This project is funded by the Innovation Launchpad Network+ for £50K research collaboration project with one of the catapults. This project will be a collaboration with the Energy systems catapult on ...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £49,531

Development and Optimisation of the Dolphin Wave Energy Converter

2023 - 2027
The Dolphin Wave Energy Converter will be analysed and optimised using different techniques. Experimental and theoretical work will be required to come up with an optimum device capable of gathering e...
Funder: Pentland Material Supply Ltd | Value: £65,229

Modular Energy Islands for Sustainability and Resilience

2023 - 2025
The MODENERLANDS Action aims to merge and systematise the efforts of the European Research and Development (R&D) groups working on Sustainable Energy and the related technologies, in particular wind a...
Funder: European Commission

Optimal and robust methodologies for nonlinear control systems with applications to the control of renewable wave-energy converters

2022 - 2023
This project is a theoretical study at the interface of mathematics and control engineering, investigating mathematical models which arise in the context of renewable wave-energy converters. Research ...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £57,568

Design model predictive control with swarm inspired MPPT algorithms to extract optimum power for a single-stage grid connected PV inverter

2022 - 2023
Brief Description This project aims to develop a control algorithm using Model predictive control with swarm-inspired MPPT algorithm for a single stage grid connected PV inverter. Single-stage PV inv...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £6,680

Novel portable aluminum-air battery: A green technology for sustainable power generation via circular economy approach

2022 - 2023
The main aim of this research is to produce a high performance portable cellulose-based aluminium-air battery. Based on this aim, several specific objectives are outlined as the following: 1. To proce...
Funder: British Council | Value: £24,020

Dolphin Wave Energy Device Computational Analysis

2022 - 2022
This project’s objectives are: To evaluate the device design and optimise it for maximum power output using the following techniques: A CAD model of the device A Finite Elements Analysis (CFD) model A...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £9,698

A critical evaluation of large scale direct-drive wind turbine electrical machines manufacturing techniques considering sustainability aspects and recyclability issues

2021 - 2022
Direct-driven generators are low speed machines requiring robust and heavy supporting structures capable of withstanding a demanding set of loads. It has been reported that at least 2/3 of the total m...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £43,976

Computational analysis of a zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled thermal engine for heavy duty transport applications

2021 - 2022
Two types of transport which are currently challenging to decarbonize and electrify are heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and ships. HDVs and ships are predominantly powered by compression ignition (CI) engi...
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £39,481

Unlock the Potential of the Rough Gas Facility with Hydrogen Storage

2021 - 2022
The proposed university-industry collaboration on modelling of hydrogen storage in Rough gas field is an innovative research directive. This would provide evidence-based decision making for the future...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £42,519