JOURNAL ARTICLES
2023
A data-driven fuzzy front end model for contextual performance and concurrent collaboration
Park, D., Han, J. and Childs, P.R.N.
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 660-683, Feb. 2023.
2022
The creativity diamond—a framework to aid creativity
Childs, P., Han, J., Chen, L., Jiang, P., Wang, P., Park, D., Yin, Y., Dieckmann, E. and Vilanova, I.
Journal of Intelligence, 10(4), p.73.
Tapered Whisker Reservoir Computing for Mobile Robots Real time Terrain Identification Based Navigation
Zhenhua Yu., S. Perera, H. Hauser, P. R. N. Childs and T. Nanayakkara.
In IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
A semi-supervised reservoir computing system based on tapered whisker for mobile robot terrain identification
Zhenhua Yu., S. Perera, H. Hauser, P. R. N. Childs and T. Nanayakkara.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol. 7, pp 5655-5662, 2022.
A Tapered Whisker. A Tapered Whisker-Based Physical Reservoir Computing System for Mobile Robot Terrain Identification in Unstructured Environments
Zhenhua Yu., S. Perera, H. Hauser, P. R. N. Childs and T. Nanayakkara.
In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ( RA L,Q1 ), vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 3608-3615, April 2022.
2021
A bibliometric review of sustainable product design
Jiang, P., Dieckmann, E., Han, J. and Childs, P.
Energies, 14 (21), p.6867Is group work beneficial for producing creative designs in STEM design education?
Ji Han, Dongmyung Park, Min Hua, Peter R. N. Childs.
International Journal of Technology and Design Education
Towards Mass Individualisation: Setting the scope and industrial implication
Sikhwal, R., Childs, P.
Design Science, 7, E16. Doi:10.1017/dsj.2021.18
Metrics for measuring sustainable product design concepts
Han, J., Jiang, P., and Childs, P.R.N.
Energies, Vol: 14, 2021.
A Data-Driven Fuzzy Front End Model for Contextual Performance and Concurrent Collaboration
Park, D., Han, J, Childs, P.R.N.
IEEE Trans. On Engineering Management. 2021.
Fuzzy Front End Studies: Current State and Future Directions for New Product Development
Park, D., Han, J, Childs, P.R.N.
Research in Engineering Design, 2021.
2020
Data-centric innovation in retrofit: A bibliometric review of dwelling retrofit across North Western Europe
Simpson, K., Childs, P.R.N., Whyte, J.
Energy and Buildings. 2020.
In-situ fabrication of carbon-metal fabrics as freestanding electrodes for high-performance flexible energy storage devices
Xinhua Liu, Mengzheng Ouyang, Marcin W.Orzech, Yubiao Niu, Weiqiang Tang, Jingyi Chen, Max Naylor Marlow, Debashis Puhan, Yan Zhao, Rui Tan, Brankin Colin, Nicholas Haworth, Shuangliang Zhao, Huizhi Wang, Peter Childs, Serena Margadonna, Marnix Wagemaker, Feng Pan, Nigel Brandon, Chandramohan George, Billy Wu.
Energy Storage Materials. Vol. 30, pp. 329-336, 2020
Passivity Preservation for Variable Impedance Control of Compliant Robots
Emmanouil Spyrakos-Papastavridis, Peter R. N. Childs, and Jian S. Dai.
IEEE/ASME Transactions On Mechatronics, Vol. 25, No. 5, Pp. 2342-2353, October 2020.
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2019.2961478
2019
Aircraft cabin air supply and the internal air system
Childs, P.R.N.
(2019) 2017 International Aircraft Cabin Air Conference.
Journal of Health and Pollution: December 2019, Vol. 9, No. 24, pp. S1-S142.
Electrospun composite nanofibre supercapacitors enhanced with electrochemically 3D printed current collectors
Xiaolong Chena, Xinhua Liua, Mengzheng Ouyang, Peter Childs, Nigel Brandon, Billy Wu.
Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 26, 2019
An artificial intelligence based data-driven approach for design ideation
Liuqing Chen, Pan Wang, Hao Dong, Feng Shi, Ji Han, Yike Guo, PRN Childs, Jun Xiao, Chao Wu.
Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 61, pp. 10-22, 2019.
2018
Multi-metal 4D printing with a desktop electrochemical 3D printer
Xiaolong Chen, Xinhua Liu, Mengzheng Ouyang, Jingyi Chen, Oluwadamilola Taiwo, Yuhua Xia, Peter RN Childs, Nigel Brandon, and Billy Wu.
[Paper #SREP-18-30122A], 2019
A computational tool for creative idea generation based on analogical reasoning and ontology.
Han, J., Shi, F., Chen, L., Childs, P.R.N.
AI EDAM, Volume 32, Special Issue 4 (Design Creativity), pp. 462-477, November 2018.
Impedance regulation techniques for compliant humanoid balancing
Spyrakos-Papastavridis, E., Kashiri, N., Childs, P.R.N, Tsagarakis, N.G.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems 104, (2018) 0–13, 2018.
New directions in computational, combinational and structural creativity
Garvey, B., Chen, L., Shi, F., Han, J., Childs, P.R.N.
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2018.
Empowering manufacturing personnel through functional understanding Michalakoudis, I., Aurisicchio, M., Childs, P., Koutlidis, A., Harding, J.
Production Planning & Control, 2018.
The Combinator: A computer-based tool for creative idea generation based on a simulation approach
Han, J, Shi, F, Chen, L, and Childs, P.R.N.
Design Science, Vol. 4, 2018.
Light-weighting in aerospace component and system design
Zhu, L., Li, N., and Childs, P.R.N.
Propulsion and Power Research, Vol. 7, pp. 103-119, 2018.
Selective-compliance based Lagrange model and multilevel non-collocated feedback control of a humanoid robot
Spyrakos-Papastavridis, E., Medrano-Cerda, G.A., Tsagarakis, N.G., Childs, P.R.N., Dai, J.S., Caldwell,
D.G. JMR-17-1137 (Research Paper), Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 10(3), 031009, Paper No: JMR-17-1137, 2018.
2017
A low cost desktop electrochemical metal 3D printer
Chen, X., Liu, X., Childs, P., Brandon, N., Wu, B.
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2017.
Three driven approaches to combinational creativity: problem-similarity and inspiration driven
Han, J., Park, D., Shi, F., Chen, L., Hua, M., and Childs, P.R.N.
Proc IMechE Part C: J Mechanical Engineering Science, 2017.
DOI: 10.1177/0954406217750189
A data-driven text mining and semantic network analysis for design information retrieval
Shi, F., Chen, L., Han, J., and Childs, P.R.N.
ASME. J. Mech. Des., 139(11):111402-111402-14, 2017.
Using functional analysis diagrams to improve product reliability and cost Michalakoudis, I., Childs, P., Aurisicchio, M., and Harding, J.
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 8, pp. 1-11, 2017.
The effect of gravity on R410A condensing flow in horizontal circular tubes
Li, W; Zhang, J; Mi, P; Zhao, J; Tao, Z; Childs, P.R.N; Shih, T.
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 2017.
A case based decision theory based process model to aid product conceptual design
Hu, Z., Rao, C., Tao, C., Childs, P.R.N., and Zhao, Y.
Cluster Comput., 2017.
2015
Materials, use and contaminated interaction
Baxter, W.L., Aurisicchio, M., Childs, P.R.N.
Journal of Materials and Design, 2015.
Using morphological analysis to tackle uncertainty at the design phase for a safety critical application
Childs, P.R.N., Garvey, B.
Propulsion and Power Research 4, pp. 1-8, 2015.
A psychological ownership approach to designing object attachment
Baxter, W.L., Aurisicchio, M., and Childs, P.R.N.
Journal of Engineering Design, 2015.
2013
Future aircraft cabins and design thinking: optimisation vs. win-win scenarios
Hall, A., Wuggetzer, I., Mayer, T., and Childs, P.R.N.
Journal of Propulsion and Power Research, Vol. 2(2), pp. 85–95, 2013.
Engineering freakout
Childs, P.R.N.
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 41, pp. 297-305, 2013.
A Design Model and Tackles for Systematic Conceptual Design Tek-Jin Nam, Childs, P.R.N., Minjung Sohn.
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 41, pp. 341-353, 2013.
An advanced multi-configuration turbine stator well cooling test facility
Coren, D., Turner, J., Eastwood, D., Davies, S., Atkins, N., Childs, P.R.N., Dixon, J., Scanlon, T. Trans.
ASME: Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 135, pp. 011003-1 to 011003-12, 2013.
Application of design rationale for a robotic system for single-incision laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery
Yao, W., Childs, P.R.N.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 207, pp. 821-830, 2013. DOI: 10.1177/0954411913486756
2012
Experimental investigation of turbine stator well rim seal, reingestion and interstage seal flows using gas concentration techniques and displacement measurements
Eastwood, D. Coren, D.D., Long, C.A., Atkins, N.R., Childs, P.R.N., Scanlon, T.J. Dixon, J.A., Guijarro Valencia, A.
Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 134, pp 082501-1 to 082501-9, 2012.
Review of air-gap convection in rotating electrical machines
Howey, D, Childs, P.R.N., Holmes, A.
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 59, Issue 3, pp. 1367-1375, 2012.
2011
Accessing high thermal efficiency power generation using fluid phase chemical looping
Childs, P.R.N., McGlashan, N.R., Heyes, A.L.
Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-11, ISSN 1005-1120, 2011.
Chemical looping combustion using the direct combustion of liquid metal in a gas turbine based cycle
McGlashan, N.R., Childs, P.R.N., Heyes, A.L. Trans.
ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 133, pp. 031701-1 to 031701-13, 2011.
2010
Prediction of coolant deflection tendencies in rotating film cooling
Yang, B., Xu, G., Childs, P.R.N., Tao, Z., and Ding, S.
Proc of the IMechE, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 224, pp. 2435-2447, 2010.
Producing hydrogen and power using chemical looping combustion and water-gas shift
McGlashan, N.R., Childs, P.R.N., Heyes, A.L. and Marquis, A.J.
Trans. ASME: Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 132, pp. 031401-1 to 031401-10, 2010.
Creativity in the design process in the turbo-machinery industry
Childs, P.R.N., Tsai, S.K.
Journal of Design Research, Vol. 8, pp. 145-164, 2010.
2009
Promoting creativity and innovation in biotechnology
Adams, D., Beniston, L.J., and Childs, P.R.N.
Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 27, pp. 445-447, 2009.
Windage sources in smooth walled rotating disc systems
Coren, D.D., Childs, P.R.N. and Long,
C.A. P I MECH ENG C-J MEC, 2009, Vol: 223, Pages: 873 – 888, 2009 ISSN: 0954-4062
TRIZ incorporating the BRIGHT process in design
Tsai, S.K., and Childs, P.R.N.
The TRIZ Journal, January, 2009.
A disc to air heat flux error and uncertainty analysis as part of the design of a new experimental rig
Cooke, A.O., Childs, P.R.N., Sayma, A., Long, C.A.
Proc ImechE, Vol. 223, Part C. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, pp. 659-674, 2009.
2007
Flow measurements inside a heated rotating multiple cavity with axial through-flow
Long, C.A., Miché N.D.D. and Childs, P.R.N.
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 28, pp. 1391–1404, 2007.
Shroud heat transfer measurements inside a heated multiple rotating cavity with axial through-flow
Long, C.A. and Childs, P.R.N.
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 28, pp. 1405-1417, 2007.
Sustainability by Design: A reflection on the suitability of pedagogic practice in design and engineering courses to the teaching of sustainable design
Morris, R.D., Childs, P.R.N., and Hamilton, T.
European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 135-142, 2007.
The effect of inlet conditions on the flow and heat transfer in a multiple rotating cavity with axial throughflow
Long, C.A. and Childs, P.R.N.
Journal of Aerospace Power, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 683-693, 2007.
2004
Optical fiber IR thermometry and its use within gas turbines
Cooke, AO and Childs, P.R.N.
IASME Trans., Vol. 1, pp. 551-559, 2004. ISSN: 1790031X
Manufacture and calibration of robust heat flux sensors for rotating turbo-machinery
Long, C.A., Childs, P.R.N., Greenwood, J.R., and Tham, K.M.
Int. Journal of Experimental Heat Transfer. Vol. 17, pp. 181-197, 2004. ISSN: 08916152
2002
The effect of labyrinth seal clearance on stator-well flow and windage heating Ozturk, H.K., Turner, A.B. and Childs, P.R.N.
Int. J Turbo and Jet Eng, Vol. 19 (4), pp. 219-231, 2002.
2000
Development of a novel gas turbine driven centrifugal compressor
Turner, A.B., Davies, S.J., Childs, P.R.N., Harvey, C.G., Millward, J.A.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A, Journal of Power and Energy, Vol. 214, Part A, pp. 423-437, 2000.
Stator well flows in axial compressors
Ozturk, H.K., Turner, A.B., Childs, P.R.N., Bayley, F.J.
Proc. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 21, pp. 710-716, 2000.
Review of Temperature measurement
Childs, P.R.N., Greenwood, J.R., Long, C.A.
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 71, pp. 2959-2978, 2000. Invited review paper.
1999
Gold leads to PRTs for monitoring high temperatures
Greenwood, J.R., Childs, P.R.N., and Chaloner, P.
Gold Bulletin, Vol. 32(3), pp. 85-89, 1999.
The impact of machining techniques on centrifugal compressor impeller performance Childs, P.R.N., and Noronha, M.B.
Trans. ASME, Journal of Turbomachinery. Vol. 121, pp. 637-643, 1999.
* This paper was the subject of the 1999 J.P. Davis IGTI/ASME (International Gas Turbine Institute/American Society of Mechanical Engineers) award for exceptional contribution to the literature on turbo-machinery.
Heat flux measurement techniques
Childs, P.R.N., Greenwood, J.R., and Long, C.A.
Proc. I.Mech.E., Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. Vol. 213, pp. 655-677, 1999.
1997
Prediction of ingress rates to turbine and compressor wheel spaces
Bayley, F.J., and Childs, P.R.N.
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 218-228, 1997.
1996
A review of forced convective heat transfer in stationary and rotating annuli
Childs, P.R.N., and Long, C.A.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 210, pp. 123-134, 1996.