Professor Neil Sims
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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+44 114 222 7724
+44 114 222 7724
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
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Professor Neil Sims
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
ºù«Ӱҵ
S1 3JD
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
ºù«Ӱҵ
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Professor Neil Sims is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ. His first degree was in Mechanical Engineering, and after a year in industry he returned to ºù«Ӱҵ to study for a PhD.
His research concerned the modelling and control of smart fluid dampers, and he has continued to develop his research interests in this area.
From 2003 to 2008 he held an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship on the subject of chatter in high speed machining.
- Research interests
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Smart fluids
- Modelling and design of smart fluid dampers
- Control and stability of smart fluid dampers
Machining vibration
- Methods for predicting and preventing chatter in high speed machining
- Active and passive vibration control during machining
Uncertainty propagation
- The role of uncertainty in structural dynamics problems
- Propagation techniques
- Application to smart materials and machining problems
- Application to modelling and design of energy harvesting systems
- Publications
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Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Patents
Preprints