ACCA: Atmospheric Carbon Capture |
Professor Khellil Sefiane
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Multiscale Thermofluids |
Carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion and change in land use are forcing a rapid increase in atmospheric CO2 levels leading to climate change. The initial implementation of plans to reduce the levels of CO2 is based on a combination of increased use of renewable energy and the implementation of carbon capture and storage from industrial sources and power plants on a wide scale.
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Compliant coatings for drag reduction |
Dr. Ignazio Maria Viola
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Energy Systems |
The hydrodynamic performance of marine devices is crucial from the energy efficiency point of view. A well-designed drag reducing technique for ship hulls would decrease the unsustainable fossil fuel consumption and pollution, which accounts for 3% of the global carbon dioxide emission. The drag experienced by, for instance, a tidal turbine blade, also limits the extractable power from the tidal stream and, therefore, a drag reduction would increase the capacity factor of tidal turbines and decrease the cost of renewable energy. Our research aims to reduce the experienced drag with compliant coatings.
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ThermaSMART |
Dr Prashant Valluri
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Integrated Micro and Nano Systems, Materials and Processes, Multiscale Thermofluids |
Project ThermaSMART is an international and intersectoral network of organisations working on a joint research programme in the area of phase-change cooling of high-power electronic devices.
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Powderblade (EU Project) |
Conchur O Bradaigh
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Materials and Processes |
Powderblade was a collaboration of The University of Edinburgh, Eirecomposites Teo, Suzlon Energy and WestBIC. It was a research and development project that used novel engineering methods to modernise the way large wind turbine blades are manufactured and installed.
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Signal Processing for a Networked Battlespace |
Professor Mike Davies
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Digital Communications |
This research is carried out under the Unversity Defence Research Collaboration (UDRC) funded by the MOD and EPSRC.
The UDRC is a collaborative research project with the work being carried out by two Consortia. Edinburgh Consortium is made of the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University and The Queen's University of Belfast. LSSCN Consortium is made up of Loughborough University, University of Surrey, University of Strathclyde, Cardiff University and Newcastle University.
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Discrete Element Modeling of High-Speed Railway Embankment |
Prof. Xuecheng Bian
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Infrastructure and Environment |
The aim is to develop a new understanding of the micromechanics of railway trackbed subjected to dynamic loads induced by high speed trains. This should lead to safer design of high-speed railway systems which require less maintenance and, therefore, are more sustainable.
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Effect of particle shape, size and particle friction in granular solid flow in railway ballast |
Prof. Xuecheng Bian
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Infrastructure and Environment |
The aim is to develop a new understanding of the micromechanics of railway trackbed subjected to dynamic loads induced by high speed trains. This should lead to safer design of high-speed railway systems which require less maintenance and, therefore, are more sustainable.
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A multi-scale approach to characterising fluid contribution to conductive heat transfer in dense granular systems |
Prof. Jin Ooi
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Infrastructure and Environment |
For granular materials with low thermal conductivity heat transfer occurs through interstitial gases as well as through physical contacts. Existing particle based models are ill suited to dense systems so a multi-scale approach has been used to correlate the local packing structure to the gas contribution to conductive heat transfer in dense granular systems.
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DEM model calibration and validation for cohesive soil-machine interactions |
Prof. Jin Ooi
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Infrastructure and Environment |
The modelling of cohesive soils is a challenging task of great importance in many earth moving processes. In these cases, the understanding of the interaction soil-machine is vital to try to optimize the process and avoid problems. This project aims to investigate the capabilities of DEM cohesive contact models to capture with a sufficient level of accuracy the mechanical behaviours involved in soil-machine interactions.
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Investigation of particle breakage of dry granular materials using x-ray computed tomography and the DEM |
Prof. Jin Ooi
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Infrastructure and Environment |
When a load is applied to an assembly of particles and particle breakage occurs, the macroscopic behaviour of the assembly is greatly affected by changes in the micro-scale caused by breakage. In this project particle breakage is studied in 3D using x-ray tomography and simulating the process with the DEM.
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