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• Article

  Accurate ride comfort estimation combining accelerometer measurements, anthropometric data and neural networks

  Cieslak, M. P., Kanarachos, S., Diels, C., Blundell, M., Baxendale, A. & Burnett, M., Jun 2020, In: Neural Computing and Applications. 32, 12, p. 8747–8762 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Accelerometers
  • Neural networks
  • Acceleration measurement
  • Network architecture
  • Sensitivity analysis
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  21 Downloads (Pure)

• Air inlet/outlet arrangement for rotor cooling application of axial flux PM machines

  Fawzal, A. S., Cirstea, R., Woolmer, T., Dickison, M., Blundell, M. & Gyftakis, K. N., 5 Feb 2018, In: Applied Thermal Engineering. 130, p. 1520-1529 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Air intakes
  • Permanent magnets
  • Fluxes
  • Rotors
  • Cooling
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  59 Downloads (Pure)

• A low parameter tyre model for aircraft ground dynamic simulation

  Wood, G., Blundell, M. V. & Sharma, S., Mar 2012, In: Materials and Design. 35, p. 820–832

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  10 Citations (Scopus)

  505 Downloads (Pure)

• A new efficient free-rolling tyre-testing procedure for the parameterisation of vehicle dynamics tyre models

  Smith, G. & Blundell, M., 1 Sep 2017, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 231, 10, p. 1435-1448

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Parameterization
  • Tires
  • Testing
  • Time measurement
  • Wear of materials
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  467 Downloads (Pure)

• A Non-Convex Control Allocation Strategy as Energy-Efficient Torque Distributors for On-Road and Off-Road Vehicles

  Dizqah, A. M., Ballard, B., Blundell, M., Kanarachos, S. & Innocente, M., Feb 2020, In: Control Engineering Practice. 95, 10 p., 104256.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Energy Efficient
  • Off road vehicles
  • Torque
  • Strategy
  • Energy Efficiency
  3 Downloads (Pure)

• A Study Into The Kinematic Response For Unbelted Human Occupants During Emergency Braking

  Bastien, C., Blundell, M. & Neal-Sturgess, C., 2017, In: International Journal of Crashworthiness. 22, 6, p. 689-703 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Braking
  • Kinematics
  • Active safety systems
  • energy
  • Kinetic energy
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  75 Downloads (Pure)

• Development of a detailed aircraft tyre finite element model for safety assessment

  Guo, H., Bastien, C., Blundell, M. V. & Wood, G., Jan 2014, In: Materials and Design. 53, p. 902-909 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Tires
  • Aircraft
  • Landing
  • Aircraft landing
  • Rubber
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Development of Multi-Actuated Ground Vehicles: Educational aspects

  Ivanov, V., Augsburg, K., Blundell, M., Nijs, W. D., Desmet, W., Ferrara, A., Kanarachos, S., Kiele-Dunsche, M., Klomp, M., Metzner, S., Naets, F., Nedoma, P., Pluymers, B., Stolz, M. & Victorino, A. C., 19 Jul 2018, In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 51, 9, p. 236-242 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ground vehicles
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Effects of roof crush loading scenario upon body in white using topology optimisation

  Christensen, J., Bastien, C. & Blundell, M. V., 2012, In: International Journal of Crashworthiness. 17, 1, p. 29-38

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Fan Performance Analysis for Rotor Cooling of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines

  Fawzal, A. S., Cirstea, R. M., Gyftakis, K. N., Woolmer, T. J., Dickison, M. & Blundell, M., Jul 2017, In: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 53, 4, p. 3295-3304 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Fans
  • Permanent magnets
  • Fluxes
  • Rotors
  • Cooling
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  476 Downloads (Pure)

• Road Friction Virtual Sensing: A Review of Estimation Techniques with Emphasis on Low Excitation Approaches

  Acosta, M., Kanarachos, S. & Blundell, M., 28 Nov 2017, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 7, 12, 47 p., 1230.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • tires
  • roads
  • Tires
  • friction
  • Friction
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Tyre model development using co-simulation technique for helicopter ground operation

  Wang, Y., Blundell, M. V., Woodand, G. & Bastien, C. J., 7 Jul 2014, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics. 228, 4, p. 400-413

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Ground operations
  • helicopters
  • tires
  • Helicopters
  • Tires
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  206 Downloads (Pure)

• Virtual Tyre Force Sensors: An Overview of Tyre Model-based and Tyre Model-less State Estimation Techniques

  Acosta, M., Kanarachos, S. & Blundell, M., 2017, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. (in press), p. (in press)

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • State estimation
  • Tires
  • Sensors
  • Force measurement
  • Chassis
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• Book

  The Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics

  Blundell, M. & Harty, D., 2014, Elsevier.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Active safety systems
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Gels
  • Tires
  • Systems analysis
  90 Citations (Scopus)
• Chapter

  An Introduction to Tire Modelling

  Blundell, M., 2016, Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Design for Severe Environments. Vantsevich, V. V. & Blundell, M. (eds.). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, p. 329-333

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • Tires
  • Geometry

• Tire Force and Moment Characteristics

  Blundell, M. V., 2016, Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Design for Severe Environments. Vantsevich, V. V. & Blundell, M. V. (eds.). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, p. 334-339

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • Tires

• Tire Modelling

  Blundell, M. V., 2016, Advanced Autonomous Vehicle Design for Severe Environments. Vantsevich, V. V. & Blundell, M. V. (eds.). Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, p. 340-350

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  Open Access

  • Tires
• Conference proceeding

  An investigation into design and simulation strategies for the extension of vehicle dynamics linearity

  Qazi, A. U., Blundell, M. V., Wood, G. & Chrysakis, G., 3 May 2016, The Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks: Proceedings of the 24th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD 2015), Graz, Austria, 17-21 August 2015. Rosenberger, M., Plochl, M., Six, K. & Edelmann, J. (eds.). Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press, Vol. 1. p. 413-422

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • ISO Standards
  • Electric vehicles
  • Wheels
  • Torque
  • Engineers

• Applicability of modern correlation tools for ride comfort evaluation and estimation

  Cieslak, M. P., Kanarachos, S., Blundell, M., Diels, C. & Baxendale, A., 29 Aug 2019, Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Comfort ICC2019. 8 ed. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • Neural networks
  • Active suspension systems
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Electric vehicles
  • Experiments

• Fast Energy-Efficient Torque Distribution Amongst Multiple Drivetrains

  Dizqah, A. M., Blundell, M., Vantsevich, V., Kanarachos, S. & Ballard, B., 25 Sep 2017, Proceedings of the 19th International & 14th European-African Regional Conference of the ISTVS. Budapest, Hungary: International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, p. (in press) 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • Torque
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Electric machinery
  • Table lookup
  • Energy management

• Lightweight Body in White design using topology-, shape- and size optimisation

  Bastien, C., Christensen, J., Blundell, M. V. & Kurakins, J., 1 Dec 2012, 26th Electric Vehicle Symposium 2012, EVS 2012. p. 1578-1589 12 p. (26th Electric Vehicle Symposium 2012, EVS 2012; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • Topology
  • Crashworthiness
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Shape optimization
  • Fossil fuels
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Machine learning algorithms for wet road surface detection using acoustic measurements

  Kanarachos, S., Blundell, M., Haas, O., Kalliris, M. & Kotsakis, R., 24 May 2019, Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, ICM 2019. IEEE, Vol. (In-press). p. 265-270 6 p. 8722834

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • Learning Algorithm
  • Machine Learning
  • Acoustics
  • Learning algorithms
  • Machine learning
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Speed-dependent wet road surface detection using acoustic measurements, octave-band frequency analysis and machine learning algorithms

  Kanarachos, S., Blundell, M., Kalliris, M. & Kotsakis, R., 18 Sep 2018, ISMA conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • Frequency bands
  • Learning algorithms
  • Acoustics
  • Machine learning
  • Rain

• Speed-dependent wet road surface detection using acoustic measurements, octave-band frequency analysis and Support Vector Machines

  Kanarachos, S., Kalliris, M., Blundell, M. & Kotsakis, R., 1 Jan 2018, Proceedings of ISMA 2018 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2018 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics. Moens, D., Desmet, W., Pluymers, B. & Rottiers, W. (eds.). KU Leuven, Departement Werktuigkunde, p. 795-807 13 p. (Proceedings of ISMA 2018 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2018 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • acoustic measurement
  • octaves
  • roads
  • Frequency bands
  • Acoustics

• The identification and demonstration of plausible cyber threats against military vehicle operations from software defined radio

  Ballantyne, S., Bryans, J., Shaikh, S. A. & Blundell, M., 2016, Unknown Host Publication.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

  • Military vehicles
  • Demonstrations

• Vehicle agile maneuvering: From rally drivers to a finite state machine approach

  Acosta, M., Kanarachos, S. & Blundell, M., 9 Feb 2017, 2016 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 7850095

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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  • Tire
  • Driver
  • State Machine
  • Finite automata
  • Agility
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  425 Downloads (Pure)
• Other

  Applications of Intelligent Transport Systems

  Vershinin, Y. & Blundell, M., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review
• Paper

  Impact of corrected activity coefficient on the estimated droplet heating and evaporation

  Al-Esawi, N. H. I., Al Qubeissi, M., Sazhin, S. S., Emekwuru, N. & Blundell, M., 11 Mar 2018. 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • evaporation
  • heating
  • coefficients
  • diesel fuels
  • gasoline

• The Fan Design Impact on the Rotor Cooling of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines

  Fawzal, A. S., Cirstea, R. M., Gyftakis, K. N., Woolmer, T. J., Dickison, M. & Blundell, M. V., 3 Nov 2016, p. 2725-2731.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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  • Temperature control
  • Fans
  • Lumped parameter networks
  • Permanent magnets
  • Fluxes
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  566 Downloads (Pure)
• Review article

  A taxonomy of validation strategies to ensure the safe operation of highly automated vehicles

  Batsch, F., Kanarachos, S., Cheah, M., Ponticelli, R. & Blundell, M., 20 Mar 2020, In: Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. (In-press), p. (In-press)

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Taxonomies
  • Testing
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Automation
  1 Citation (Scopus)