Transport and Automotive


Transport networks are complex systems that, through constant monitoring, generate large datasets regarding the state of the infrastructure, its capacity and safety. Models of scheduling can be exploited to manage a transport system more effectively. With the aid of such methods, schedulers and planners can explore options in both the planning and operational phases.

Automotive design is a multidisciplinary activity. Simulations of airflow, EM radiation, noise and vibration, combustion, structure and materials are required to design complex systems with the desired capabilities. This presents significant challenges in the creation of multi-physics models and in combining data and analysis with quantified risks and uncertainties.


Current and completed projects in this sector include:

2010/01/01 Condensation in fuel tanks
2009/11/01 Landing gear modelling
2009/10/01 Hybrid search methods for landing operations at London Heathrow
2009/09/01 Optimal trip planning subject to known delay distributions
2009/07/27 Chauffeur braking
2009/05/20 LANCS Initiative
2008/09/09 Accuracy of a video odometry system for trains
2007/11/13 Sonar and radar contact tracking
2007/06/07 Environmentally adaptive noise estimation for active sonar
2007/03/26 Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications: DIMAP
2007/02/23 Height-volume characteristics of a fuel tank
2007/02/05 An interpolation tool for aircraft surface pressure data
2007/02/01 Shimmy in aircraft landing gear
2006/08/22 Optimisation of aircraft taxi operations
2006/06/15 Modelling and simulation for intelligent transport systems
2004/08/04 Real-time traffic monitoring using mobile phone data
2004/08/04 Distribution-independent safety analysis
2004/06/28 Air traffic control scheduling
2004/03/20 Helicopter tail rotor instability
2003/10/31 Network design for urban light transport
2003/04/20 Shock-free supersonic transport
2003/04/20 The sequencing of aircraft departures
2003/04/20 Speech recognition in automotive applications
2003/04/20 Towed pipeline bundles
2003/04/20 Electromagnetic compatibility in complex electrical systems