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Intrinsic flame instabilities in combustors: Analytic description of a 1-D resonator model (2017)
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Kanta Mukherjee, N., & Shrira, V. (2017). Intrinsic flame instabilities in combustors: Analytic description of a 1-D resonator model. Combustion and Flame, 185, 188 -209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.07.012

The study is concerned with theoretical examination of thermo-acoustic instabilities in combustors and focuses on recently discovered ‘flame intrinsic modes’. These modes differ qualitatively from the acoustic modes in a combustor. Although these fla... Read More about Intrinsic flame instabilities in combustors: Analytic description of a 1-D resonator model.

A robust approach for analysing dispersion of elastic waves in an orthotropic cylindrical shell (2017)
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Kaplunov. (2017). A robust approach for analysing dispersion of elastic waves in an orthotropic cylindrical shell. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 23 - 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2017.04.028

Dispersion of elastic waves in a thin orthotropic cylindrical shell is considered, within the framework of classical 2D Kirchhoff-Love theory. In contrast to direct multi-parametric analysis of the lowest propagating modes, an alternative robust appr... Read More about A robust approach for analysing dispersion of elastic waves in an orthotropic cylindrical shell.

Asymptotic analysis of heat transfer in composite materials with nonlinear thermal properties (2017)
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(2017). Asymptotic analysis of heat transfer in composite materials with nonlinear thermal properties. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 736 - 754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.03.124

Abstract We study heat transfer through a composite with periodic microstructure. The thermal conductivity of the constituents is assumed to be temperature-dependent, and it is modeled as a polynomial in terms of the temperature. The thermal resistan... Read More about Asymptotic analysis of heat transfer in composite materials with nonlinear thermal properties.

Gyro-elastic beams for the vibration reduction of long flexural system (2017)
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Carta, G., Jones, I., Movchan, N., Movchan, A., & Nieves, M. (2017). Gyro-elastic beams for the vibration reduction of long flexural system. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2203), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0136

The paper presents a model of a chiral multi-structure incorporating gyro-elastic beams. Floquet–Bloch waves in periodic chiral systems are investigated in detail, with the emphasis on localization and the formation of standing waves. It is found tha... Read More about Gyro-elastic beams for the vibration reduction of long flexural system.

A linearisedhp-finite element framework for acousto-magneto-mechanical coupling in axisymmetric MRI scanners: ACOUSTO-MAGNETO-MECHANICAL COUPLING IN MRI SCANNERS (2017)
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Bagwell, S., Ledger, P. D., Gil, A. J., Mallett, M., & Kruip, M. (2017). A linearisedhp-finite element framework for acousto-magneto-mechanical coupling in axisymmetric MRI scanners: ACOUSTO-MAGNETO-MECHANICAL COUPLING IN MRI SCANNERS. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 112(10), 1323-1352. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.5559

We propose a new computational framework for the treatment of acousto-magneto-mechanical coupling that arises in low-frequency electro-magneto-mechanical systems such as magnetic resonance imaging scanners. Our transient Newton–Raphson strategy invol... Read More about A linearisedhp-finite element framework for acousto-magneto-mechanical coupling in axisymmetric MRI scanners: ACOUSTO-MAGNETO-MECHANICAL COUPLING IN MRI SCANNERS.

A nonlocal asymptotic theory for thin elastic plates (2017)
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Kaplunov. (2017). A nonlocal asymptotic theory for thin elastic plates. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2017.0249

The three-dimensional dynamic non-local elasticity equations for a thin plate are subject to asymptotic analysis assuming the plate thickness to be much greater than a typical microscale size. The integral constitutive relations, incorporating the va... Read More about A nonlocal asymptotic theory for thin elastic plates.

Localized bulging of rotating elastic cylinders and tubes (2017)
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(2017). Localized bulging of rotating elastic cylinders and tubes. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 545-561. https://doi.org/10.2140/jomms.2017.12.545

We investigate axially symmetric localized bulging of an incompressible hyperelastic circular solid cylinder or tube that is rotating about its axis of symmetry with angular velocity ?. For such a solid cylinder, the homogeneous primary deformation i... Read More about Localized bulging of rotating elastic cylinders and tubes.

Structural Health Monitoring of a Footbridge using Echo State Networks and NARMAX (2017)
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Wootton, A. J., Butcher, J. B., Kyriacou, T., Day, C. R., & Haycock, P. W. (2017). Structural Health Monitoring of a Footbridge using Echo State Networks and NARMAX. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 64, 152-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2017.05.014

Echo State Networks (ESNs) and a Nonlinear Auto-Regressive Moving Average model with eXogenous inputs (NARMAX) have been applied to multi-sensor time-series data arising from a test footbridge which has been subjected to multiple potentially damaging... Read More about Structural Health Monitoring of a Footbridge using Echo State Networks and NARMAX.

Localized Bulging Of Rotating Elastic Cylinders And Tubes (2017)
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Fu, Y. (2017). Localized Bulging Of Rotating Elastic Cylinders And Tubes. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 545 - 561. https://doi.org/10.2140/jomms.2017.12.545

We investigate axially symmetric localized bulging of an incompressible hyperelastic circular solid cylinder or tube that is rotating about its axis of symmetry with angular velocity ?. For such a solid cylinder, the homogeneous primary deformation i... Read More about Localized Bulging Of Rotating Elastic Cylinders And Tubes.

Modelling slight compressibility for hyperelastic anisotropic materials (2017)
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(2017). Modelling slight compressibility for hyperelastic anisotropic materials. Journal of Elasticity, 171-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-017-9650-5

In order to avoid the numerical difficulties in locally enforcing the incompressibility constraint using the displacement formulation of the Finite Element Method, slight compressibility is typically assumed when simulating the mechanical response of... Read More about Modelling slight compressibility for hyperelastic anisotropic materials.

A standard-enabled workflow for synthetic biology. (2017)
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Mısırlı, G., Nguyen, T., Oberortner, E., Samineni, M., Wipat, A., Zhang, M., …Kuwahara, H. (2017). A standard-enabled workflow for synthetic biology. Transactions, 793 - 803. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20160347

A synthetic biology workflow is composed of data repositories that provide information about genetic parts, sequence-level design tools to compose these parts into circuits, visualization tools to depict these designs, genetic design tools to select... Read More about A standard-enabled workflow for synthetic biology..

Constructing Synthetic Biology Workflows in the Cloud (2017)
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Misirli. (2017). Constructing Synthetic Biology Workflows in the Cloud. Engineering Biology, 61-65. https://doi.org/10.1049/enb.2017.0001

The synthetic biology design process has traditionally been heavily dependent upon manual searching, acquisition and integration of existing biological data. A large amount of such data is already available from Internet-based resources, but data exc... Read More about Constructing Synthetic Biology Workflows in the Cloud.

Optimizing Echo State Networks for Static Pattern Recognition (2017)
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Wooton, A. J., Taylor, S. L., Day, C., & Haycock, P. W. (2017). Optimizing Echo State Networks for Static Pattern Recognition. Cognitive Computation, 391-399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-017-9468-2

Static pattern recognition requires a machine to classify an object on the basis of a combination of attributes and is typically performed using machine learning techniques such as support vector machines and multilayer perceptrons. Unusually, in thi... Read More about Optimizing Echo State Networks for Static Pattern Recognition.

Secure Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Smart Distribution Grid Using Shared Cellular Network (2017)
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Fan. (2017). Secure Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Smart Distribution Grid Using Shared Cellular Network. IEEE Wireless Communications, 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2017.1600252

The electricity production and distribution is facing two major changes. First, the production is shifting from classical energy sources such as coal and nuclear power towards renewable resources such as solar and wind. Secondly, the consumption in t... Read More about Secure Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Smart Distribution Grid Using Shared Cellular Network.

Secure Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Smart Distribution Grid using Shared Cellular Networks (2017)
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Fan. (2017). Secure Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Smart Distribution Grid using Shared Cellular Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications, 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWC.2017.1600252

The electricity production and distribution is facing two major changes. First, the production is shifting from classical energy sources such as coal and nuclear power towards renewable resources such as solar and wind. Secondly, the consumption in t... Read More about Secure Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Smart Distribution Grid using Shared Cellular Networks.

On the near-critical behavior of cavitation in elastic plane membranes (2017)
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Fu, Y., Geng, Y., & Cai, Z. (2017). On the near-critical behavior of cavitation in elastic plane membranes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 47-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2017.04.012

Material cavitation under tensile loading is often studied by assuming the pre-existence of a small void. In this case the void would initially grow but without significant change in its size, and cavitation is said to take place if this slow growth... Read More about On the near-critical behavior of cavitation in elastic plane membranes.

On the near-critical behavior of cavitation in elastic plane membranes (2017)
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(2017). On the near-critical behavior of cavitation in elastic plane membranes. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2017.04.012

Abstract Material cavitation under tensile loading is often studied by assuming the pre-existence of a small void. In this case the void would initially grow but without significant change in its size, and cavitation is said to take place if this slo... Read More about On the near-critical behavior of cavitation in elastic plane membranes.

Resolving the sign conflict problem for hp–hexahedral Nédélec elements with application to eddy current problems (2017)
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Kynch, R., & Ledger, P. (2017). Resolving the sign conflict problem for hp–hexahedral Nédélec elements with application to eddy current problems. Computers and Structures, 181, 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.05.021

A procedure for addressing the sign conflict issue for conforming hexahedral meshes.An efficient implementation of hierarchic hp-Nedelec elements in deal.II.Solution of a series of challenging 3D eddy current benchmark problems.Description of the ext... Read More about Resolving the sign conflict problem for hp–hexahedral Nédélec elements with application to eddy current problems.

Effect of double-fibre reinforcement on localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical tube of arbitrary thickness (2017)
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Fu, Y., & Wang, J. (2017). Effect of double-fibre reinforcement on localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical tube of arbitrary thickness. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-017-9899-5

We consider localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical hyperelastic tube of arbitrary thickness that is helically reinforced by two families of fibres. It is shown that localized bulging may become impossible, irrespective of the end conditions, wh... Read More about Effect of double-fibre reinforcement on localized bulging of an inflated cylindrical tube of arbitrary thickness.