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Early detection of potential defects and identication of their location are necessary to ensure safe, reliable and long-term use of engineering structures. The guided wave-based damage detection methods have been dynamically developed over last years because of their ability to inspect large areas during a single measurement with a small number of...

Given by Prof. Philip Nelson, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) at the University of Southampton.

Nuclear graphite is treated as a linear elastic material in engineering design; Graphite is, however, a heterogeneous quasi-brittle material, with non-linear mechanical behaviour, a rising fracture resistance curve with crack propagation (J-R curve), and also the development of a micro-cracked fracture process zone.  The fracture process zone is a key factor in the size effect of strength.   Small test...

Netflix, iPlayer, YouTube, and the like, are now the dominant sources of traffic on the Internet. Recent studies observe that competing adaptive video streaming applications generate flows that lead to instability, under-utilization, and unfairness in bottleneck link sharing within the network. Additional measurements suggest there may also be a negative...

This presentation will focus on current state of the art in the modelling of conventional and uncon-ventional deformation and failure processes at dierent length scales. Presentation will comprise ofthree parts as follow.First part will focus on ultrasonic consolidation process. Ultrasonic consolidation is a class of a rapidprototyping process in which...

Industrial (White) Biotechnology, the application of biological substances, such as microorganisms,to the industrial production of bio-based chemicals and energy, is critical to the global transition toa low-carbon economy. Realising the market potential for bio-based products and exploiting theirassociated benets requires extensive research and process development, particularly in the areas offermentation...

Sustainability is a crucial issue facing the chemical sector, where the application of catalysis to reduce energy requirements and achieve high selectivities is key to the application of “green chemistry”. Chemical reaction engineering in the twenty first century should address achieving maximum selectivity to high value products in order to...

The America’s Cup is the most competitive yacht race in the world. The direct and indirect financial impacts of the America’s Cup on the hosting region are only 20% lower than the impact of the FIFA World Cup. Since the 1990s, the most competitive sailing teams have invested about £20 million each year....

Significant proportion of the energy consumed worldwide is derived from combustion of fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources, efficient usage of fossil fuels and the development of fuel cells are expected to play an important role in the future. However, in the medium term, the world will continue to be dependent on utilisation of...

The University Chapel leading an Act of Remembrance