Mechanical Engineering

Journal Articles

Do, K.D. and Pan, J. Nonlinear formation control of unicycle-type mobile robots, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 55: pp 191-204 (2007)

Do, K.D. Bounded Controllers for Formation Stabilization of Mobile Agents With Limited Sensing Ranges, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 52:3, pp 569-576 (2007)

Do, K.D. Bounded Controllers for Decentralized Formation Control of Mobile Robots with Limited Sensing, International Journal of Computers, Communications and Control, 2:4, pp 340-354 (2007)

Duan, K., Hu, X.Z. and Wittmann, F.H. Size effect on specific fracture energy of concrete, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 74: pp 87-96 (2007)

Duan, K. and Hu, X.Z. Evaluation of Flaw Size Distributions Responsible for Size Effects in Strength of Small-Scale MEMS Specimens, Solid State Phenomena, 121-123: pp 1425-1428 (2007)

Fox, N.J. and Stachowiak, G.W. Vegetable Oil Based Lubricants - A Review of Oxidation, Tribology International, 40:1, pp 1035-1046 (2007)

Fua, C.H., Ge, S.S., Do, K.D. and Lim, K.W. Multirobot Formations Based on the Queue-Formation Scheme With Limited Communication, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 23:6, pp 1160-1169 (2007)

Gao, L. and Kawi, S. The Production of Straight Carbon Microfibers by the Cracking of Methane over Co-SBA-15 Catalysts, Catalysis Letters, 118: pp 211-218 (2007)

Guzzomi, A.L., Hesterman, D.C. and Stone, B.J. The effect of piston friction on the torsional natural frequency of a reciprocating engine, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 21: pp 2833-2837 (2007)

Guzzomi, A.L., Hesterman, D.C. and Stone, B.J. The effect of piston friction on engine block dynamics, Proc IMechE Part K - Journal of Multi-Body Dynamics, 221: pp 277-289 (2007)

Hu, X.Z. and Duan, K. Size effect: Influence of proximity of fracture process zone to specimen boundary, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 74: pp 1093-1100 (2007)

James, T.D., Keating, A.J., Parish, G., Faraone, L. and Musca, C.A. A Technique for Fabricating Uniform Double-Sided Porous Silicon Wafers, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 10:11, pp D130-D133 (2007)

Jehanathan, N., Walmsley, B.A., Liu, Y. and Dell, J. Oxidation of PECVD SiNx thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 437: pp 332-338 (2007)

Jehanathan, N., Saunders, M., Liu, Y. and Dell, J. Crystallization of silicon nitride thin films synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition, Scripta Materialia, 57: pp 739-742 (2007)

Kim, H.S., Cho, G.B., Kim, K.W., Cho, K.K., Liu, Y. and Nam, T.H. Fabrication of superelastic NiS/TiNi electrode/current collector materials, Physica Scripta, T129: pp 85-90 (2007)

Laeng, J.J.A., Xiu, Z., Sun, X., Ru, H., Liu, Y. and Xu, X. Phase formation of Ni-Ti via solid state reaction, Physica Scripta, T129: pp 250-254 (2007)

Leong, Y. Particle bridging in dispersions by small charged molecules: chain length and rigidity, architecture and functional groups spatial position, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 9: pp 5608-5618 (2007)

Leong, Y. Surface forces arising from adsorbed hydrolysis products of metal ions in ZrO2 and silica dispersions: Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II) and Al(III), Powder Technology, 179: pp 38-42 (2007)

Li, B., Hodkiewicz, M.J. and Pan, J. A study of vibroacoustic coupling between a pump and attached water-filled pipes, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121:2, pp 897-912 (2007)

Li, X., Liao, Q., Wang, S., Liu, J. and Lee, S. On evaluating the stability of the Baiyian ancient landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, Yangtze River: a geological history analysis, Environmental Geology (2007)

Liu, J.X., Liu, J., Zhu, W., Sheng, J., Brady, B.H. and Tang, C.A. Simulation of Progressive Borehole Failure at Multi-Lateral Junctions, Petroleum Science and Technology, pp 1185-1198 (2007)

Liu, Y., Jehanathan, N., Yang, H. and Laeng, J.J. SEM Observation of the "Orange Peel Effect" of Materials, Materials Letters, 61: pp 1433-1435 (2007)

Liu, Y. and Yang, H. Strain dependence of the Clausius-Clapeyron relation for thermoelastic martensitic transformations in NiTi, Smart Materials and Structures, 16: pp S22-S27 (2007)

Liu, Z.Y., Sercombe, T. and Schaffer, G.B. The Effect of Particle Shape on the Sintering of Aluminum, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 38A:6, pp 1351-1357 (2007)

Mahmud, A.S., Liu, Y. and Nam, T.H. Design of functionally graded NiTi by heat treatment, Physica Scripta, T129: pp 222-226 (2007)

Miller, K.S., Joldes, G.R., Lance, D. and Wittek, A. Total Lagrangian explicit dynamics finite element algorithm for computing soft tissue deformation, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 23: pp 121-134 (2007)

Morris-Thomas, M.T., Irvin, R.J. and Thiagarajan, K.P. An Investigation Into the Hydrodynamic Efficiency of an Oscillating Water Column, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 129: pp 273-278 (2007)

Nam, T., Yu, C., Lee, Y. and Liu, Y. Functionally Graded Ti-Ni Shape memory alloys, Materials Science Forum, 539-543: pp 3169-3172 (2007)

Nam, T.H., Lee, J.H., Jung, D.W., Yu, C.A., Liu, Y. and Kim, Y.W. Transformation behaviour of Ti-Ni and Ti-Ni-Cu alloy ribbons with nano Ti2Ni particles, Materials Science and Engineering A, A 449-451: pp 1041-1044 (2007)

Riste, N., Mcgrath, B.T., Wang, J. and Pan, J. Acoustic Wave Propagator - A Split Region Implementation, The Mathematica Journal, 10:3, pp 543-561 (2007)

Scott, N., Yoneyama, T., Kagawa, H. and Osada, K. Measurement of ski snow-pressure profiles, Sports Engineering, 10:3, pp 145-156 (2007)

Stachowiak, G.W. Tribology Research in Australia, Tribology Online, 2:1, pp 14-18 (2007)

Suhendra, N. and Stachowiak, G.W. Computational Model of Asperity Contact for the Prediction of UHMWPE Mechanical and Wear Behaviour in Total Hip Joint Replacements, Tribology Letters, 25:1, pp 9-22 (2007)

Sum, K.S. and Pan, J. Characteristics of surface sound pressure and absorption of a finite impedance strip for a grazing incident plane wave, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122: pp 333-344 (2007)

Tao, L., Molin, B., Scolan, Y.M. and Thiagarajan, K.P. Spacing effects on hydrodynamics of heave plates on offshore structures, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 23: pp 1119-1136 (2007)

Tay, A., Chua, H.T. and Wu, X. A lamp thermoelectricity based integrated bake/chill system for photoresist processing, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50: pp 580-594 (2007)

Taylor, Z.A., Kirk, T.B. and Miller, K.S. Confocal arthroscopy-based patient-specific constitutive models of cartilaginous tissues - I: development of a microstructural model, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 10:4, pp 307-316 (2007)

Taylor, Z.A., Kirk, T.B. and Miller, K.S. Confocal arthroscopy-based patient-specific constitutive models of cartilaginous tissues - II: prediction of reaction force history of meniscal cartilage specimens, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 10:5, pp 327-336 (2007)

Treeby, B.E., Pan, J. and Paurobally, R.M. Acoustic scattering by a sphere with a hemispherically split boundary condition, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122: pp 46-57 (2007)

Treeby, B.E., Pan, J. and Paurobally, R.M. The effect of hair on auditory localization cues, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122: pp 3586-3597 (2007)

Treeby, B.E., Pan, J. and Paurobally, R.M. An experimental study of the acoustic impedance characteristics of human hair, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122: pp 2107-2117 (2007)

Trevelyan, J.P. and Tilli, S. Published Research on Engineering Work, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 133:4, pp 300-307 (2007)

Trevelyan, J.P. Technical Coordination in Engineering Practice, Journal of Engineering Education, 96:3, pp 191-201 (2007)

Wahono, S., Soria, J., Honnery, D., O'Neill, P. and Kollmann, W. Direct numerical simulation of passive scalars mixing in an axisymmetric swirl induced vortex breakdown flow, Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 4:1, pp 15-28 (2007)

Walmsley, B.A., Keating, A., Liu, Y., Hu, X.Z., Bush, M.B., Dell, J.M. and Faraone, L. Process condition dependence of mechanical and physical properties of silicon nitride thin films, Journal of Applied Physics, 102: pp 103517-1 - 103517-6 (2007)

Walmsley, B.A., Liu, Y., Hu, X.Z., Bush, M.B., Dell, J.M. and Faraone, L. Poisson's Ratio of Low-Temperature PECVD Silicon Nitride Thin Films, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 16:3, pp 622-627 (2007)

Wang, X. and Chua, H.T. A comparative evaluation of two different heat-recovery schemes as applied to a two-bed adsorption chiller, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50: pp 433-443 (2007)

Wang, X., Chua, H.T. and Gao, L. A Thermogravimetric Analyzer For Condensable Gas Adsorption Under Subatmospheric Conditions, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 90: pp 935-940 (2007)

Wang, X. and Chua, H.T. Two bed silica gel - water adsorption chillers: An effectual lumped parameter model, International Journal of Refrigeration, 30:8, pp 1417-1426 (2007)

Wittek, A., Miller, K.S., Kikinis, R. and Warfield, S.K. Patient-specific model of brain deformation: application to medical image registration, Journal of Biomechanics, 40: pp 919-929 (2007)

Wu, Z., Yang, S., Hu, X.Z. and Zheng, J. Analytical Method for Pullout of Anchor from Anchor-Mortar-Concrete Anchorage System due to Shear Failure of Mortar, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 12: pp 1352-1369 (2007)

Yeow, Y.L. and Leong, Y. Direct Evaluation of Partial Molar Volumes of Binary Solutions of Dimethyl Sulfoxide with Ethyl Acrylate, Butyl Acrylate, Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 36: pp 1047-1061 (2007)

Yeow, Y.L., Leong, Y. and Khan, A. Error Introduced by a Popular Method of Processing Parallel-Disk Viscometry Data, Applied Rheology, 17: pp 66415-1 - 66415-6 (2007)

Yeow, Y.L. and Leong, Y. Partial molar volumes of (acetonitrile + water) mixtures over the temperature range (273.15 to 318.15) K, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 39: pp 1675-1680 (2007)

Zhu, W., Liu, J., Sheng, J., Liu, J.X., Elsworth, D., Grader, A. and Polak, A. Tracer transport in a fractured chalk: X-ray CT characterization and digital-image-based (DIB) simulation, Transport in Porous Media, 70: pp 25-42 (2007)

Zhu, W.C., Liu, J., Sheng, J. and Elsworth, D. Analysis of coupled gas flow and deformation process with desorption and Klinkenberg effects in coal seams, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 44: pp 971-980 (2007)

Conference Publications

Bao, C., Albrey, H. and Pan, J. Localisation of coherent sound sources using a microphone array, 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Australia, International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, NA: p NA (2007)

Do, K.D. Global Robust and Adaptive Output Feedback Dynamic Positioning of Surface Ships, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, USA, IEEE, NA: pp 4271-4276 (2007)

Do, K.D. Formation tracking control of unicycle-type mobile robots, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, USA, IEEE, NA: pp 2391-2396 (2007)

Dutta-Roy, T., Wittek, A. and Miller, K.S. 3-D Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention Conf (MICCAI 2007), Computational Biomech for Medicine Workshop, Australia, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Invervention MICCAI, NA: pp 94-102 (2007)

Guo, J., Pan, J. and Hodgson, M. A brief review of active control of environmental noise and its applications, 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Australia, International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, NA: p NA (2007)

Guzzomi, A.L. Reflections of a UWA engineering Postgraduate Teaching Intern, TL Forum (2007). Student Engagement., UWA, UWA, NA: p NA (2007)

Guzzomi, F.G., O'neill, P.L. and Tavner, A.C.R. Investigation of Damper Valve Dynamics Using Parametric Numerical Methods, 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Australia, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, NA: pp 1123-1130 (2007)

Hesterman, D.C., Guzzomi, A.L. and Stone, B.J. How to mark markers?, 18th Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, NA: p NA (2007)

Hodkiewicz, M.J. Education in Engineering Asset Management, ICOMS-2007 Asset Management Conference, Australia, Asset Management Council Inc, NA: p NA (2007)

Horton, A.T., Wittek, A. and Miller, K.S. Subject-Specific Biomechanical Simulation of Brain Indentation Using a Meshless Method, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI 2007), Germany, Springer-Verlag, Part I: pp 541-548 (2007)

Joldes, G.R., Wittek, A. and Miller, K.S. Suite of finite element algorithms for accurate computation of soft tissue deformation for surgical simulation, Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention Conf (MICCAI 2007), Computational Biomech for Medicine Workshop, Australia, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Invervention MICCAI, NA: pp 65-73 (2007)

Kamarudin, M.H., Thiagarajan, K.P. and Czajko, A. Combined Effects of Wave and Currents on Offshore Pipeline Bundles, 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, USA, ASME, NA: pp OMAE2007-29358 (2007)

Keating, A., Pang, W.W., Lai, C.T. and Hartmann, P. Ultra-small volume interdigital sensors for the measurement of human breast milk, BioMEMS and Nanotechnology III, USA, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 6799: p NA (2007)

Leong, Y., Lai, Y.S., Tee, P.S. and Teh, E.J. Interparticle Forces Arising from Chemical Additives used in the Flotation of Zinifex Century Mineral Slurries, Chemeca 2007 Proc. 35th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf., Australia, Engineers Australia, NA: p NA (2007)

Mcgrath, B.T., Sun, H., Wang, J. and Pan, J. Split region acoustical wave propagator and its applications, 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Australia, International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, NA: p NA (2007)

Miller, K.S., Paulsen, K.D., Young, A.A. and Nielsen, P.M.F. Computational Biomechanics for Medicine II. MICCAI 2007 Worksho Proceedings, Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention Conf (MICCAI 2007), Computational Biomech for Medicine Workshop, Australia, Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Invervention MICCAI, NA: pp 1-160 (2007)

Munipalli, J. and Thiagarajan, K.P. Effect of Wave Steepness on Yaw Motions of a Weathervaning Floating Platform, 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Queensland, Australia, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, NA: pp 1007-1011 (2007)

Munipalli, J., Pistani, F., Thiagarajan, K.P., Winsor, F. and Colbourne, B. Weathervaning instabilities of a FPSO in regular waves and consequence on Response Amplitude Operators, 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, USA, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NA: pp OMAE2007-29359 (2007)

Pan, J. and Wilkins, R. A study of input mobility functions at a violin's bridge, 14th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Australia, International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, NA: p NA (2007)

Pun, C.W. and O'neill, P.L. Unsteady flow around a Rectangular Cylinder, 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Australia, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, NA: pp 1449-1456 (2007)

Razali, Z.B. and Trevelyan, J.P. Experience in laboratory and the ability to diagnose equipment faults, 2nd Regional Conference on Engineering Education, Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2007)

Repalle, N., Thiagarajan, K.P. and Morris-Thomas, M.T. CFD simulation of wave run-up on a spar cylinder, 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Queensland, Australia, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, NA: pp 1091-1094 (2007)

Stephan, A.C. and Trevelyan, J.P. Accounting for Maintenance: Is There a Financial Gap?, ICOMS 2007, Australia, Asset Management Council Inc, NA: p NA (2007)

Stone, B.J. Problem-Based Learning using an eBook?, 18th Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne, NA: p NA (2007)

Sum, K.S. and Pan, J. Scattering and absorption of an oblique incident plane wave by a finite impedance strip, 19th International Congress on Acoustics, Spain, Spanish Acoustical Society, NA: pp 5344-5349 (2007)

Tay, A., Wang, Y. and Chua, H.T. Equipment design and control of advanced thermal processing system in lithography, 33rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, USA, IEEE (2007)

Yadav, A., Varghese, S. and Thiagarajan, K.P. Parametric Study of Yaw Instability of a Weathervaning Platform, 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Queensland, Australia, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland, NA: pp 1012-1015 (2007)