Industrial Mathematics
GE Reports Australia, New Zealand The impact of the Industrial Internet: Mathematics and magic
Examples
The projects below come from commercial and industrial challenges.
Tracking train tracks
How to track a train using only a camera? We designed a method that extracts the curvature of the tracks and removes errors caused by the train jiggling.
Designing a collection of cables
How to design a collection of cables to be both robust and flexible? The answer is to use continuous optimisation.
Detecting small geometric faults on a wing
How to detect faults smaller than the measurement error? We used concepts from compact sensing and optimisation.
Artur L Gower
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Dynamics
Art Gower is a senior lecturer (associate professor) at the University of Sheffield and part of the Dynamics group. He uses maths to understand waves (sound and light) in materials.
Posts
Detecting faults on a wing
Below is the outline of a wing with a bolt and two plates (green) that were not fitted together correctly (may require zooming in). The …
Tracking train tracks
Estimated track in red compared with the camera image in blue. As the train shakes, so does the camera. -- To increase the number of …
The art of cable arranging
How to design a collection of cables to be both robust and flexible? A subsea control umbilical is a collection of electrical, fibre …
Publications
Optimal Cable Positioning
A subsea control umbilical is a collection of electrical, fibre optic cables, and fluid conduits bound together. In offshore oil and …
Elimination of errors from track line detection, In: Train Positioning Using Video Odometry
Reliable Data Systems have developed a video-based odometry system that enables trains to measure velocities and distances travelled …
Detecting Geometric Faults from Measured Data
Manufactured artefacts such as major aircraft components (wings, fuselage, tailplane) are defined at the concept and design stages …