Construction and Building
The following highlights our research expertise in this area:
Advanced
Design and Modelling in Building Energy Management:
Embedded building simulation programmes in design practice; simulation
tool to allow energy demands for electricity, heat, hot water and transport
to be matched with sustainable energy sources.
Architectural
Computing:
Visual impact analysis; modelling urban environments; knowledge-based
design support; virtual reality applications in architecture; multimedia
in architectural practice and education.
Building
and Energy Systems:
Development of simulation-based design tools for predicting the energy/environmental
performance of buildings; technologies to harness renewable energy sources
such as solar power and wind energy.
Construction Analysis:
Aeroelastic stability analysis of bridge deck sections on suspension bridges
using discrete vortex method.
Construction Management:
Procurement studies; international construction; contract organisation
and project management; strategic issues within construction firms.
Design Management:
Design co-ordination; design for environment; design methods; design
modularisation; design processes; design re-use; mechatronics; performance
improvement; performance measurement and management; process modelling;
process optimisation; process re-engineering; product diversification; product
modelling and visualisation; team working.
Environmental Health:
Waterborne diseases; water quality and health; communicable diseases; food
hygiene and food contamination; solid and hazardous waste management.
Geotechnical and
Highway Engineering:
Geotextiles and geogrids; tropical weather in-situ materials; tropical soils;
mesh element stabilisation; civil engineering measurement systems; augering
in soils; road traffic systems.
Image Processing:
Computer vision systems for remote underwater autonomous vehicles; underwater
inspection systems.
Manufacturing Engineering:
Material-conversion technologies; bulk and sheet metal forming; concurrent
design and manufacture; economic and technical performance; CAE; simulation
of metal-forming processes, tools and presses using finite element method
and physical modelling techniques; integrated experimental and numerical
techniques; net-shape manufacturing; net-shape metal forming; tool/material
interaction; die-elasticity; influence of machine behaviour on component
accuracy; machine stiffness; temperature effects; novel metal-forming processes;
hydro-mechanical drawing and forming of tubular materials; precision injection
forging; rotary forging; metal forming with ultrasonic tool excitation;
obtaining ultra-fine grain structure by severe plastic deformation; metal
forming of microcomponents; micro-blanking; micro-forming; micro-stamping;
tools and presses for microforming; constitutive modelling of metal flow
and damage; impact behaviour of materials; neural networks.
Materials:
Strength; fatigue; fracture; welding residual stresses and distortion;
composites and glues.
Statistics and Modelling
Science:
Risk assessment and modelling.
Strength of Components
and Structures:
Distortion and residual stress due to welding; behaviour of structures under
impact; design and analysis of thin-walled structural components for buildings;
full-scale testing of structures and components; high temperature corrosion.
Structural Engineering:
Innovative design; composite structures (steel and concrete); recycled
aggregate concrete.
Ventilation and
Moisture Properties in Buildings:
Indoor air quality; construction moisture transfer.
Water and Environmental
Engineering:
Effluent dispersion modelling; landfill technology/ waste management;
hydrology and river engineering; water treatment; hydraulic design.
Architecture
and Building Science
Civil Engineering
Design, Manufacture
and Engineering Management
Mechancial Engineering
Industrial Control Centre
Naval Architecture
and Marine Engineering
Statistics
and Modelling Science
