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Childs PRN, 2014, Design, MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 1-24, ISBN: 978-0-08-097759-1
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Childs PRN, 2014, Seals, MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 565-624, ISBN: 978-0-08-097759-1
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Childs PRN, 2014, Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook Preface, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, ISBN: 978-0-08-097759-1
Ekong GI, Long CA, Childs PRN, 2014, The Effect of Heat Transfer Coefficient Increase on Tip Clearance Control in HP Compressors in Gas Turbine Engine, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, 2013, VOL 1
Ekong GI, Long CA, Childs PRN, 2014, Application of creativity tools to Gas Turbine Engine Compressor Clearance Control, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, 2013, VOL 5
Lee S-H, Jiang P, Childs PRN, et al., 2014, FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS WITH THE REPRESENTATION OF MOVEMENT TRANSITIONS, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, 2013, VOL 12
Childs PRN, 2014, Pneumatics and Hydraulics, MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 735-759, ISBN: 978-0-08-097759-1
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Childs P, ZHAO Y, Grigg J, 2013, Narrative in design development, The 15th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education Conference, Publisher: The Design Society, Pages: 108-113
Jiang P, Lee S, Childs P, 2013, Experience in the use of engineering product design principles to extend novice engineer capability, DESIGN 2014 - 13th International Design Conference
In the educational context different design activities can be used to introduce distinct design skills. In the paper students undertook the design of a cordless handtool by addressing a wide range of functional attributes and design rationale. Experience with this project suggests that case studies provides a suitable activity for students to explore and understand product functions and other design activities. The analysis has indicated paucity in understanding the significance of product design specifications and design rationale among students and therefore suggest more intensive training.
Lee S, JIANG P, Childs PRN, 2013, Design for functional requirements enabled by a mechanism and machine element taxonomy, The 19th International Conference on Engineering Deisgn (ICED13), Publisher: The Design Society, Pages: 387-396, ISSN: 2220-4334
A process providing an option for engineers and designers to separate the consideration of functional requirements and movement requirements to encourage diverse thinking has been developed and implemented in a graphical interface. In order to assist in consideration of attributes, a database, mechanism and machine element taxonomy (MMET), has been constructed. MMET is composed of the functional attributes, movement attributes, and advantages and disadvantages of machine elements and mechanisms. It provides engineers and designers a wide range of component selection to fulfil design requirements and reliable references to make decisions. Three different interfaces such as hierarchy, functional-oriented and movement-oriented are defined to allow users to explore different options and purposes. This taxonomy also provides comparative information between elements, mechanisms with the same main technical functions. With this information contained in MMET and with the additional aid of a functional analysis diagram (FAD) approach, engineers and designers are able to explore flaws in current designs and deliver alternative solutions by following a proposed creative optimizing process.
WANG Z, Childs PRN, JIANG P, 2013, Using web crawler technology to support design-related web information collection in idea generation, The 19th International Conference on Engineering Deisgn (ICED13), Publisher: The Design Society, Pages: 229-238, ISSN: 2220-4334
Effective information gathering in problem and task related fields with which designers or design teams may not be familiar is a key part of the design process. Designers usually consult with subject experts to access expert information. An Effects Database system that includes design-related effects to provide ready access to expertise at any stage within the design process can be used to prompt areas to consider and explore. To maintain the efficiency of the system, its data must be regularly updated and new effects populated from the open source knowledge base. Web crawler technology has integrated into an information gathering and analysis system to rapidly mine design-related information from published data sources in order to update an effects database for use in design. This paper describes the effectiveness and efficiency of the system for updating the database. Comparing with manual information collection, the test results demonstrate that this system can dramatically increase the efficiency on selecting design-related information from un-restricted internet sources.
Nam TJ, Childs P, Sohn M, 2013, A design model and tackles for systematic conceptual design, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol: 41, Pages: 341-353, ISSN: 0306-4190
Systematic design models are useful in the professional education of both designers and engineers; they also support complex multi-faceted design activities that involve a large number of individuals. This paper introduces a range of design models, but then focuses on the linked node model, which uses nodes to indicate the properties of an outcome and links to show the connections between the nodes. The model is based on the premise that good design serves to generate a harmoniously integrated outcome. The paper also explores a range of tools and 'design tackles' that can be used in a systematic approach to design. Finally, it introduces a design project aimed at creating better user experiences in Dongdaemun market in Seoul, Korea. © Manchester University Press.
Childs P, 2013, Engineering freakout, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol: 41, Pages: 297-305, ISSN: 0306-4190
Design and engineering have worldwide impact. The products and systems generated affect every level of our lives. In a competitive world where the prosperity of local industry waxes, wanes and emerges in new forms, temporal strategies and policies for survival and gain inevitably emerge. It is in this context that engineers and designers operate their exciting trades, with consideration of multiple functional attributes in any given application. This may involve attention to technical, aesthetic, economic, social and latent function and their often complicated interrelationships, with one attribute affecting the performance of others in a significant manner. The value of each attribute needs to be maintained at the design stage in order to deliver worldwide competitive products, systems and services. It is in the conceptual, detailed design, fire-fighting and application phases that engineering analysis shows its potential, time and time again, to deliver order-of-magnitude as well as validated estimates for quantities. The tools of engineering provide essential input and infl uence for the design process. These tools can be operated with diligence and exacting analysis, as well as in the fast-paced conceptual stages of any project, in order to explore the 'what if' and to provide a physical basis for an idea, as well as the impetus to give that idea the justification for the resources it requires for elaboration. © Manchester University Press.
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Childs PRN, 2013, Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook, Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann, ISBN: 9780080977591
This practical handbook will make an ideal shelf reference for those working in mechanical design across a variety of industries and a valuable learning resource for advanced students undertaking engineering design modules and projects as ...
Hall A, Mayer T, Wuggetzer I, et al., 2013, Future aircraft cabins and design thinking: optimisation vs. win-win scenarios, Propulsion and Power Research, Vol: 2, Pages: 85-95, ISSN: 2212-540X
With projections indicating an increase in mobility over the next few decades and annual flight departures expected to rise to over 16 billion by 2050 there is a demand for the aviation industry and associated stakeholders to consider new forms of aircraft and technology. Customer requirements are recognised as a key driver in business. The airline is the principal customer for the aircraft manufacture. The passenger is, in turn, the airline’s principal customer but they are just one of several stakeholders that include aviation authorities, airport operators, air-traffic control and security agencies. The passenger experience is a key differentiator used by airlines to attract and retain custom and the fuselage that defines the cabin envelope for the in-flight passenger experience and cabin design therefore receives significant attention for new aircraft, service updates and refurbishments. Decision making in design is crucial to arriving at viable and worthwhile cabin formats. Too little innovation will result in an aircraft manufacturer and airlines using its products falling behind its competitors. Too much may result in an over-extension with, for example, use of immature technologies that do not have the necessary reliability for a safety critical industry. The multiple requirements associated with cabin design, can be viewed as an area for optimisation, accepting tradeoffs between the various parameters. Good design, however, is often defined as developing a concept that resolves the contradictions and takes the solution towards a win-win scenario. Indeed our understanding and practice of design allows for behaviours that enhance design thinking through divergence and convergence, the use of abductive reasoning, experimentation and systems thinking. This paper explores the challenges of designing the aircraft cabin of the future that will deliver on the multiple requirements. In particular the paper explores the value of implementing design thinking ins
Lee S, Jiang P, Childs P, et al., 2013, Functional Analysis Diagrams with the representation of movement transitions, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2013
A study on utilising a graphical interface to representmovement transmission within products has been conducted tosupport a creative conceptual design process that separates theconsideration of functional requirements and motionrequirements. In engineering design, many representations ofproduct structure have been proposed to assist in understandinghow a design is constituted. However, most of theserepresentations demonstrate only functions and are not able todemonstrate design structure. Functional Analysis Diagrams(FAD) provides a solution for this. An FAD shows not onlyfunctions but also physical elements by the network of blocksand arrows and thus it is capable of demonstrating varioustypes of information and the design scheme. This characteristicgives FADs an advantage for designers to combine differenttypes of information including useful and harmful interactionsto gain an overview of the design task. This study focuses onusing circles instead of arrows to represent movement attributesof mechanisms and machine elements in a KinematicFunctional Analysis Diagram (KFAD) and explores methods ofutilising it in mechanical design. A commercial case study ofmedical equipment design conducted with the assistance ofKFADs and a component database, mechanism and machineelements taxonomy (MMET), is described to illustrate theprocess. The design outcome shows that it is feasible to followthe proposed conceptual design process. With the help ofKFADs and the machine elements taxonomy to enableconsideration of movements, diverse considerations and designsolutions are possible.
Childs PRN, Yao W, 2013, Application of design rationale for a robotic system for single-incision laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine
Current endoscopes and instruments are inadequate in some respects for complex intra-abdominal surgery becausethey are too flexible and cannot provide robust grasping and anatomic retraction. Minimal invasive surgery devices representa sophisticated class of mechanical instruments making use of a range of mechanisms integrated into modular platformsthat can be combined to undertake complex medical procedures. Although the machine elements concernedrepresent classic mechanical engineering devices, issues of miniaturization, surgical procedure compliance and locationcontrol conspire to present a design challenge. In order to capture, document and resolve the design requirements forthis complex application, quality functional deployment has been applied in combination with design rationale, capturedthrough issue-based information system mapping. This article reports the use of these tools to produce robot designswith improved dexterity and triangulation that are basic requirements in laparoscopy.
Childs P, Leon N, Runcie C, 2013, Design Led Innovation, The 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE2012), Publisher: The Design Society, Pages: 690-695
Ekong GI, Long CA, Childs PRN, 2013, TIP CLEARANCE CONTROL CONCEPT IN GAS TURBINE HP COMPRESSORS, INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION - 2012, VOL 1: ADVANCES IN AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY, Pages: 433-441
Yan Y, Childs PRN, Hall A, 2013, An assessment of personality traits and their implication for creativity amongst Innovation Design Engineering masters students using the MBTI and KTS instruments, 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Pages: 317-326, ISSN: 2220-4334
Creativity and its realisation are vitally important to industry as identified, for example, by the Capitalizing on Complexity report undertaken by IBM. The scope of this study is to explore masters level design engineering studentsâ creativity in terms of personality correlation. A personality survey conducted on Innovative Design Engineering (IDE) masters students by applying the MBTI and Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) to investigate individual creativity is reported.The results reveal that intuition, which is suggested to potentially strongly link with creativity, is quite prominent among the IDE students. That extraversion is positively correlated with creativity in the engineering domain is modestly confirmed. Contrary to expectation, perceptors did not outnumber judgers. From KTS theory, although Idealists and Rationals account for a small part of the whole population, they mark exceptional appearances in IDE sample. It is reasonable to speculate that more creative potentials, which lead to better creative outcomes, exist among people who belong to those personality groups and possess certain personality traits in the design engineering fields where creativity is desired.
Bannar-Martin L, Childs P, 2013, A NOVEL THERMALLY ACTIVATED R744 HEAT PUMP CYCLE, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME TURBO EXPO: TURBINE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION, 2013, VOL 2
Leon N, Childs P, Runcie C, 2012, Design led innovation, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Design Education for Future Wellbeing, EPDE 2012, Pages: 690-698
For the last three years a course has been offered to MEng students in their third or fourth year of studies called Design Led Innovation and New Venture Creation. The rationale for offering the course was a combination of demand for design orientated options as well as the desire to deepen students' understanding and experience of the process of realising their ideas and ventures commercially. The premise for the course is that successful design-led innovation depends on blending customer insight and technical inventiveness to create value for customers and users as well as commercial value for innovative firms and their investors. Students are coached intensively in interdisciplinary teams by design experts, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop a project into a business proposition. Theproject ideas are formed in response to the positing of a meta-theme. Students are exposed to keyconcepts in design, creativity tools and the disciplines of human-centred design as well as strategies for introducing new products or services to a market and developing the necessary value networks. A key outcome of the course has been the emphasis necessary for ensuring that the process of preparing a new venture is considered and acted upon. This has been realised by means of intensive tutoring by experienced and practicing entrepreneurs. This paper reports the student experience along with the series of interventions that have been necessary in order to develop behaviours compatible with turning technical inventiveness into potentially viable innovation propositions.
McGlashan NR, Childs PRN, Heyes AL, 2012, A Pb/Zn Based Chemical Looping System for Hydrogen and Power Production with Carbon Capture: GT2011-46602, Turbo Expo 2011: Power for Land, Sea and Air
This paper describes an extension of a novel, carbon-burning, fluid phase chemical looping combustion system proposed previously. The system generates both power and H2 with ‘inherent’ carbon capture using chemical looping combustion (CLC) to perform the main energy release from the fuel. A mixed Pb and Zn based oxygen carriers is used, and due to the thermodynamics of the carbothermic reduction of PbO and ZnO respectively, the system generates a flue gas which consists of a mixture of CO2 and CO. By product H2 is generated from this flue gas using the water-gas shift reaction (WGSR). By varying the proportion of Pb to Zn circulating in the chemical loop, the ratio of CO2 to CO can be controlled, which in turn enables the ratio between the amount of H2 produced to the amount of power generated to be adjusted. By this means, the power output from the system can be ‘turned down’ in periods of low electricity demand without requiring plant shutdown. To facilitate the adjustment of the Pb/Zn ratio, use is made of the mutual insolubility of the two metals at medium temperature to affect their segregation as two liquid layers at the base of the reduction reactor. The amount of Pb and Zn rich liquid drawn from the two layers and subsequently circulated around the system is controlled thereby varying the Pb/Zn ratio. To drive the endothermic reduction of ZnO that formed in the oxidiser, hot Zn vapour is ‘blown’ into the reducer where it condenses, releasing latent heat. The Zn vapour to produce this ‘blast’ of hot gas is generated in a flash vessel fed with hot liquid metal extracted from the oxidiser.A mass and energy balance is conducted of a power system, operating on the Pb/Zn cycle. In the analysis, reactions are assumed to reach equilibrium; losses associated with turbomachinery are considered; and heat exchangers are assigned a suitable approach temperature; however, pressure losses in equipment and pipework are assumed
Various, 2012, Enabled: The Rio Tinto Sports Innovation Challenge Story, Publisher: DEG Imperial College London, ISBN: 978-0-9572298-0-8
Design can have an influence far beyond the initial activity on a product, processor system. Design represents a dynamic entity as a result of the interactions withthe user and the context. Once released, a design can be adopted for uses, notinitially considered, sometimes with unintended consequences. The world of designis used to the reach of the domain, and it is within this context that the RioTinto Sports Innovation Challenge was initiated.The intention was to explore Paralympic sports, to see what design could offer.A wide open brief was developed and we pressed go. This book presents thecontributions of the many participants, students, elite sportsmen and women,domain experts and course staff.
Howey DA, Childs PRN, Holmes AS, 2012, Air-gap convection in rotating electrical machines, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol: 58
This paper reviews convective heat transfer within the air-gap of both cylindrical and disc geometry rotating electrical machines, including worked examples relevant to fractional horsepower electrical machines. Thermal analysis of electrical machines is important because torque density is limited by maximum temperature. Knowledge of surface convective heat transfer coefficients is necessary for accurate thermal modelling for example using lumped parameter models. There exists a wide body of relevant literature, but much of it has traditionally been in other application areas, dominated by mechanical engineers, such as gas turbine design. Particular attention is therefore given to the explanation of the relevant non-dimensional parameters, and to the presentation of measured convective heat transfer correlations for a wide variety of situations from laminar to turbulent flow at small and large gap sizes for both radial flux and axial flux electrical machines.
Childs PRN, Fountain R, 2012, Commercivity, 13th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Publisher: The Design Society, Pages: 3-8
Lin L, Ren J, Jiang H, et al., 2012, HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF A ROTOR-STATOR SYSTEM WITH SMALL RADIAL OUTFLOW, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME TURBO EXPO 2012, VOL 4, PTS A AND B, Pages: 2283-+
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Coren DD, Atkins NR, Long CA, et al., 2012, THE INFLUENCE OF TURBINE STATOR WELL COOLANT FLOW RATE AND PASSAGE CONFIGURATION ON COOLING EFFECTIVENESS, ASME Turbo Expo 2011, Publisher: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Pages: 981-992
Heyes AL, Botsis L, McGlashan NR, et al., 2012, A THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION, ASME Turbo Expo 2011, Publisher: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Pages: 105-111
Eastwood D, Coren DD, Long CA, et al., 2012, EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF TURBINE STATOR WELL RIM SEAL, RE-INGESTION AND INTERSTAGE SEAL FLOWS USING GAS CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUES AND DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS, ASME Turbo Expo 2011, Publisher: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Pages: 859-870
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