The Fabularium:A reflective case study of Practice-as-Research (P-a-R) into outdoor performance training and graduate enterprise delivered at Coventry University 2010-2017.

Original walkabout performance work utilising half-mask Original devised for the Coventry Mysteries Festival in Coventry in 2012, this version was developed and choreographed for International touring opportunities, as a walkabout animation for festivals and as a disruptive intervention in urban locations

Wavelet-based PCA defect classification and quantification for pulsed eddy current NDT

A new approach for defect classification and quantification by using pulsed eddy current sensors and integration of principal component analysis and wavelet transform for feature based signal interpretation is presented. After reviewing the limitation of current parameters of peak value and its arrival time from pulsed eddy current signals, a two-step framework for defect classification and quantification is proposed by using adopted features from principal component analysis and wavelet analysis. For defect classification and quantification, different features have been extracted from the pulsed eddy current signals. Experimental tests have been undertaken for ferrous and non-ferrous metal samples with manufactured defects. The results have illustrated the new approach has better performance than the current approaches for surface and sub-surface defect classification. The defect quantification performance, which is difficult by using current approaches, is impressive

RAAI Project: Life-prediction and prognostics for railway axles under corrosion-fatigue damage

Corrbosion damage induced by atmospheric agents has been shown to be able to trigger fatigue failures of railway axles. In this tphaepenIreDwMetEofiCorl,sDrtleyelpideasirstocmnuesnast nocefowMnseaoculhitadonamitceadtlerEdensgucilnatensenirneinrmga,boIldnesetltilotiunetogffiStchuipeengrtirloyrwaTtnéhcanolyifcsode,aoUmpnatigvcearlusimnddaeedaresucdoreerLmroisesbniotasn,-oAffavt.tihRgeouvceiosacrnroodPdiaetsids,da1ex,tle1ec0ts4iu9or-nf0a.0c1eLainsbdoa, paper we firstly discuss consolidated results in modelling the growth of damage under corrosion-fatigue and its detection. Portugal craTchkisgrioswththebsiamckuglartoiuondtofolrtduensecdribthinrogutghhefduelvl-eslcoaplmemenetaosfuraemneewntpsrofganxolseticotrorolsiwonit-hfiantitghueeRdAamAaIgEeU.-fundedproject.Indetails, This is the background for describing the development of a new prognostic tool within the RAAI EU-funded project. In details, cCeFEMA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, the new tool relies on a new automated scanner able to efficiently analyse optical measurements of the corroded axle surface and a the new tool relies on a new automated scanner able to efficientlPyoartnuaglaylse optical measurements of the corroded axle surface and an axle corrosion-fatigue mode

It Looks Good, but What is it Like to Live There? Exploring the Impact of Innovative Housing Design on Crime

This paper reports on the findings of a collaborative project (funded by the Home Office and managed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - CABE) which was conducted in late 2009 and early 2010. The project set out to strengthen and update the evidence base on the impact of design on a range of crime types – with a specific focus upon housing developments acclaimed for their innovative design and award winning architecture. This paper presents the findings of an in-depth assessment of the impact of housing design features on crime. Utilising a comprehensive data collection exercise, the specific design features of thousands of homes were collated and assessed against police recorded crime data. The design features were based upon the key elements of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) including road layout, house design, surveillance, territoriality, car parking, communal space, management and maintenance and physical security. The unique and painstaking methodology not only provided an excellent dataset for analysis, but also highlighted the need both for greater conceptual clarity within CPTED and for crime-risk assessments to be based on the careful operationalisation and measurement of CPTED factors. As well as assessing the impact of specific (and combined) design features upon crime, the research also resulted in the production of a new data collection tool designed to address the weaknesses of existing checklists in assessing innovative contemporary developments, which are often unconventional in nature. The paper explores the degree of conflict and/or synergy between the traditional principles of CPTED and contemporary directions in architecture and design. Finally the paper considers the extent to which traditional CPTED principles remain relevant within contemporary residential developments and explores whether areas of revision are required

Pulsed eddy current system for dynamic inspection of defects

Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) techniques have been investigated and applied for field applications. On-line inspection is essential for many manufacturing processes and other NDE applications. This paper investigates the dynamic behaviour of pulsed eddy current techniques and the feasibility of their use in an on-line inspection system. After discussing the PEC principles and their signal signatures, an approach on improving the dynamic response of PEC is introduced and tested. The results have illustrated that the proposed PEC system and their feature extraction can be used for real-time inspection such as NDT for manufacturing processe