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
Lecturer in Dynamics
Art Gower is a lecturer at the University of Sheffield and part of the Dynamics group. He uses maths to understand waves (sound and light) in materials. Sometimes computers show him that his maths is wrong.
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 …