Category: AERONAUTICS

Computational modelling of airflow and transport in the upper respiratory tract This thesis comprises an investigation of the dynamics of airflow in the upper respiratory tract from the nose …

Composites with Controllable Stiffness High performance carbon fibre reinforced composites with controllable stiffness could revolutionise the use of composite materials in structural applications. Described here are structural materials, the …

Coherent structures and transient amplification mechanisms in transitional and turbulent flows In this thesis, a generic explanation for coherent structures based on the filtering properties of the linearised Navier-Stokes …

Characterisation and estimation of the flow over a forward-facing step The turbulent flow over a forward-facing step is studied using two-dimensional time-resolved Particle Image Velocimetry and simultaneously sampled wall-pressure …

Cellulose nanopaper as two-dimensional reinforcement for polymers This thesis investigates the use of cellulose nanopaper as two-dimensional reinforcement for polymers. It was found that the introduction of bacterial cellulose …

Cellulose nanopaper as reinforcement for sustainable polymer composites The use of cellulose nanopapers as reinforcement to produce high performance polymer composites is investigated in this thesis. Cellulose nanopapers are …

Carbon fibre laminates with engineered fracture behaviour A new bio-inspired microstructure design approach was developed to improve the translaminar toughness and damage tolerance of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) …

Boundary layer receptivity to freestream disturbances Transition of fluid flow from a laminar to turbulent state has been studied extensively for over a century, beginning with experiments carried out …

Boundary element methods for cohesive thermo-mechanical damage and micro-cracking evolution In this thesis, Boundary Element Methods (BEM) are developed for micro-mechanic cohesive non linear problems. Modelling of intergranular and …

A boundary element method for modelling piezoelectric transducer based structural health monitoring In this thesis, several numerical approaches for the development of structural health monitoring (SHM) methodologies for engineering …

Blockage tolerant wind tunnel testing of aerofoils at angles of incidence from 0 to 360 degrees, with respect to the self-start of vertical-axis wind turbines The need for better …

Bio-inspired micro-structural design for CFRP: exploring damage mechanisms of nacre Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) are widely regarded as the material of choice for many aerospace and automotive applications, where …