Barthorpe, Robert, Dr

Dr Robert Barthorpe

MEng, CEng, PhD

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Senior Lecturer

r.j.barthorpe@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7762

+44 114 222 7890 (Fax)

D213, Central Wing, Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Robert Barthorpe
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D213, Central Wing
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
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Profile: Rob is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his MEng in Mechanical Engineering with German at the University of ��«Ӱҵ in 2005 and his PhD in 2010. His research interests span dynamics, structural health monitoring and, more recently, energy applications.

Research interests

The underlying theme of Rob's research is the development of tools for integrating experimental and numerical data to overcome challenging engineering problems. This encompasses techniques for model validation, uncertainty quantification, machine learning, and optimal decision making under uncertainty.

His research has historically focused on application to a range of problems within structural dynamics, and particularly Structural Health Monitoring. Within SHM, this has included developing methods for overcoming the lack-of-data problem that acts as key barrier to wider adoption of machine learning based approaches to damage identification.

In recent years, his focus has moved to applications with the energy field, and in particular the role that distributed thermal and electrical energy storage may play as part of the transition to a low-carbon energy grid. This work has included the development of hierarchical control methodologies incorporating model predictive control, and evaluation of how they may be employed for optimal decision making over differing time horizons such that the potential of novel storage technologies may be fully exploited.

Publications

Books

(2012) . Springer New York.

Journal articles

Zhu Y-C, Gardner P, Wagg DJ, Barthorpe RJ, Cross EJ & Fuentes R (2022) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 168.
Hughes AJ, Bull LA, Gardner P, Barthorpe RJ, Dervilis N & Worden K (2022) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 167, 108569-108569.
Wang T, Wagg DJ, Worden K & Barthorpe RJ (2021) . Wind Energy Science, 6(5), 1107-1116.
Gardner P, Rogers TJ, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2021) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 152.
Hughes AJ, Barthorpe RJ, Dervilis N, Farrar CR & Worden K (2021) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 150.
Zhang T, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2020) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 144.
Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2020) . Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 9(3).
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2020) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 143.
Worden K, Cross E, Barthorpe R, Wagg D & Gardner P (2020) . ASCE - ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B. Mechanical Engineering, 6(3).
Wagg D, Worden K, Barthorpe R & Gardner P (2020) . ASCE - ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B. Mechanical Engineering, 6(3).
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe R (2019) . Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, 4(3).
Gardner P, Rogers TJ, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2018) . Applied Mechanics and Materials, 885, 18-31.
Worden K, Barthorpe RJ, Cross E, Dervilis N, Holmes GR, Manson G & Rogers T (2018) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 112, 194-232.
Barthorpe RJ, Manson G & Worden K (2017) . Journal of Sound and Vibration, 409, 43-64.
Dervilis N, antoniadou , Barthorpe , Cross & worden (2016) . International Journal of Sustainable Materials and Structural Systems.
Liu X, Cammarano A, Wagg DJ, Neild SA & Barthorpe RJ (2016) . Nonlinear Dynamics, 83(1-2), 497-511.
Dervilis N, Cross EJ, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) . Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333(20), 5181-5195.
Dervilis N, Creech ACW, Maguire AE, Antoniadou I, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) . Applied Mechanics and Materials, 564, 164-169.
Papatheou E, Manson G, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) . Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333(3), 971-990.
Dervilis N, Choi M, Antoniadou I, Farinholt KM, Taylor SG, Barthorpe RJ, Park G, Farrar CR & Worden K (2014) . Key Engineering Materials, 588, 166-174.
Dervilis N, Barthorpe RJ, Worden K, Taylor SG, Park G, Farrar CR & Choi M (2013) . Journal of Sound and Vibration.
Dervilis N, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2013) . Key Engineering Materials, 569-570, 1109-1115.
Antoniadou I, Dervilis N, Barthorpe RJ, Manson G & Worden K (2013) . Key Engineering Materials, 569-570, 547-554.
Papatheou E, Manson G, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2010) . J SOUND VIB, 329(12), 2349-2366.
Deraemaeker A, Preumont A, Reynders E, De Roeck G, Kullaa J, Lamsa V, Worden K, Manson G, Barthorpe R, Papatheou E , Kudela P et al (2010) Vibration-based structural health monitoring using large sensor networks. SMART STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS, 6(3), 335-347.
Manson G & Barthorpe RJ (2010) . SHOCK AND VIBRATION, 17(4-5), 589-599.
Hensman JJ & Barthorpe RJ (2009) . Key Engineering Materials, 413-414, 151-158.
Wilson J, Manson G, Gardner P & Barthorpe RJ () . Structural Health Monitoring.
Wang T, Barthorpe R, Wagg D & Worden K () On improved fail-safe sensor distributions for a structural health monitoring system. Data-Centric Engineering.

Chapters

Barthorpe RJ (2024) , Atlantis Highlights in Engineering (pp. 12-19). Atlantis Press International BV
Fuentes R, Cross EJ, Gardner PA, Bull LA, Rogers TJ, Barthorpe RJ, Shi H, Dervilis N, Farrar CR & Worden K (2022) , Handbook of Experimental Structural Dynamics (pp. 989-1061). Springer New York
Fuentes R, Cross EJ, Gardner PA, Bull LA, Rogers TJ, Barthorpe RJ, Shi H, Dervilis N, Farrar CR & Worden K (2022) , Handbook of Experimental Structural Dynamics (pp. 1-72). Springer New York
Fuentes R, Cross EJ, Gardner PA, Bull LA, Rogers TJ, Barthorpe RJ, Shi H, Dervilis N, Farrar CR & Worden K (2020) , Handbook of Experimental Structural Dynamics (pp. 1-72). Springer New York
Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2009) In Boller C, Chang F & Fujino YZ (Ed.), Encyclopedia of structural health monitoring (pp. 1239-1250). Chichester: Wiley.

Conference proceedings papers

Wilson JS, Mills R & Barthorpe RJ (2024) . Proceedings of the International Renewable Energy Storage and Systems Conference (IRES 2023), Vol. 32 (pp 187-194). Aachen, Germany, 28 November 2023 - 28 November 2023.
Wilson J, Gardner P, Manson G & Barthorpe RJ (2024) (pp 181-188)
Wilson J, Gardner P, Manson G & Barthorpe RJ (2023) (pp 533-542)
Wilson J, Gardner P, Manson G & Barthorpe R (2022) The role of features in a hierarchical modelling strategy for forward model-driven structural health monitoring. Proceedings of ISMA2022 including USD2022
Wang T, Wagg D, Worden K & Barthorpe R (2022) Assessment criteria for optimal sensor placement for a structural health monitoring system. Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2021: Enabling Next-Generation SHM for Cyber-Physical Systems (pp 365-375). 439 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602, U.S.A.
Wang T, Wagg D, Barthorpe R & Worden K (2022) On robustness of optimal sensor placement to environmental variation for SHM. Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring 2021: Enabling Next-Generation SHM for Cyber-Physical Systems (pp 977-987). 439 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602, U.S.A.
Muraleedharan A, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2022) (pp 45-57)
Barthorpe RJ, Hughes AJ & Gardner P (2022) (pp 119-126)
Hughes AJ, Bull LA, Gardner P, Barthorpe RJ, Dervilis N & Worden K (2021) A risk-based active learning approach to inspection scheduling. International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure: Transferring Research into Practice, SHMII, Vol. 2021-June (pp 671-682)
Hughes AJ, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2021) . Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 39th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2021 (pp 49-60). Orlando, Florida, 8 February 2021 - 11 February 2021.
Zhu Y-C, Wagg D, Cross E & Barthorpe R (2020) (pp 55-64)
Haywood-Alexander M, Rogers TJ, Worden K, Barthorpe RJ, Cross EJ & Dervilis N (2020) (pp 109-114)
Hughes AJ, Barthorpe RJ, Farrar CR & Worden K (2020) . Dynamics of Civil Structures : Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, Vol. 2 (pp 201-212). Houston, Texas, 10 February 2020 - 13 February 2020.
Hughes AJ, Barthorpe RJ, Gardner P, Wagg DJ, Rogers TJ, Cross EJ & Worden K (2020) On decision-making for adaptive models combining physics and data. Proceedings of ISMA 2020 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2020 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 3623-3637). Virtual Conference, Leuven, Belgium, 7 September 2020 - 9 September 2020.
Zhu YC, Gardner P, Fuentes R, Wagg DJ, Cross EJ & Barthorpe RJ (2020) On robust equation discovery: A sparse Bayesian and Gaussian process approach. Proceedings of ISMA 2020 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2020 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 3599-3610)
Muraleedharan A, Barthorpe R & Worden K (2020) . XI International Conference on Structural Dynamics, 23 November 2020 - 26 November 2020.
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2019) . ASME 2019 Verification and Validation Symposium, 15 May 2019 - 17 May 2019.
Gardner P, Rogers T, Lord C & Barthorpe R (2019) . Journal of Physics : Conference Series, Vol. 1264(1), 15 April 2019 - 17 April 2019.
Worden K, Cross E, Gardner P, Barthorpe R & Wagg D (2019) . Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3, Vol. 3 (pp 285-295). Reno, NV, USA, 3 June 2019 - 6 June 2019.
Wagg D, Gardner P, Barthorpe R & Worden K (2019) . Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3, Vol. 3 (pp 267-272). Reno, NV, USA, 3 June 2019 - 6 June 2019.
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2019) (pp 175-183)
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe R (2018) A probabilistic framework for forward model-driven SHM. Proceedings of the 9th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM 2018)(2018-11). Manchester, UK, 10 July 2018 - 13 July 2018.
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2018) . ASME 2018 Verification and Validation Symposium, 16 May 2018 - 18 May 2018.
Zhang T, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2018) On NARX models using treed Gaussian processes. Proceedings of ISMA 2018 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2018 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 2775-2782)
Gardner P, Lord C & Barthorpe RJ (2018) A multi-level uncertainty integration strategy for forward model-driven SHM. Proceedings of ISMA 2018 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2018 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 3681-3692)
Datteo A, Dervilis N, Barthorpe RJ, Cross EJ, Worden K, Busca G, Cigada A & Antoniadou I (2016) Experimental evaluation of environmental effects on a polymer-coated aluminium structure: A time-series analysis and pattern recognition approach. Proceedings of ISMA 2016 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 3295-3307)
Tiboaca D, Green PL, Barthorpe RJ, Antoniadou I & Worden K (2016) (pp 23-36)
Worden K, Antoniadou I, Tiboaca OD, Manson G & Barthorpe RJ (2016) (pp 325-345)
Gardner P, Barthorpe RJ & Lord C (2016) The development of a damage model for the use in machine learning driven SHM and comparison with conventional SHM Methods. Proceedings of ISMA 2016 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 3333-3346)
Scott M, Tiboaca D, Barthorpe RJ, Wagg DJ & Worden K (2016) On the validation of nonlinear MDOF system models. Proceedings of ISMA 2016 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD2016 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 2785-2796)
Liu X, Cammarano A, Wagg DJ, Neild SA & Barthorpe RJ (2016) (pp 123-131)
Worden K, Tiboaca OD, Antoniadou I & Barthorpe RJ (2015) (pp 57-65)
Papatheou E, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2015) (pp 185-191)
Tiboaca D, Green PL, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) Bayesian parameter estimation and model selection of a nonlinear dynamical system using reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo. Proceedings of ISMA 2014 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2014 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 1253-1266)
Tiboaca D, Green PL, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) (pp 277-284)
Fuentes R, Cross E, Halfpenny A, Worden K & Barthorpe RJ (2014) Aircraft parametric structural load monitoring using Gaussian process regression. 7th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, EWSHM 2014 - 2nd European Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society (pp 1933-1940)
Antoniadou I, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) Towards an ontology for verification and validation in structural dynamics. Proceedings of ISMA 2014 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2014 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 1171-1178)
Fuentes R, Cross EJ, Halfpenny A, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2014) Autoregressive Gaussian processes for structural damage detection. Proceedings of ISMA 2014 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2014 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 469-483)
Papatheou E, Rahman TAZ, Barthorpe RJ, Park J & Worden K (2014) An experimental investigation of feature complexity and diversity in nominally similar test structures. Proceedings of ISMA 2014 - International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering and USD 2014 - International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics (pp 4665-4674)
Fuentes R, Halfpenny A, Cross E, Barthorpe R & Worden K (2013) An approach to fault detection using a unified linear Gaussian framework. Structural Health Monitoring 2013: A Roadmap to Intelligent Structures - Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2013, Vol. 2 (pp 2752-2759)
Dervilis N, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2013) Auto-Association and Novelty Detection: Truths and Myths?. STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING 2013, VOLS 1 AND 2 (pp 243-250)
Barthorpe R, Worden K, Sultan MTH, Eaton M, Pullin R & Holford K (2012) The effect of attenuation on the identification of impact damage in CFRP laminates. Proceedings of the 6th European Workshop - Structural Health Monitoring 2012, EWSHM 2012, Vol. 1 (pp 698-706)
Dervilis N, Barthorpe R, Antoniadou I & Worden K (2012) Impact damage detection for composite material typical of wind turbine blades using novelty detection. Proceedings of the 6th European Workshop - Structural Health Monitoring 2012, EWSHM 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 1287-1296)
Dervilis N, Choi M, Antoniadou I, Farinholt KM, Taylor SG, Barthorpe RJ, Park G, Worden K, Farrar CR & IOP (2012) . MODERN PRACTICE IN STRESS AND VIBRATION ANALYSIS 2012 (MPSVA 2012), Vol. 382
Barthorpe RJ, Cross EJ, Papatheou E & Worden K (2012) . Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 518 (pp 298-318)
Dervilis N, Barthorpe R, Staszewski WJ & Worden K (2012) . Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 518 (pp 319-327)
Dervilis N, Barthorpe R, Antoniadou I, Staszewski WJ & Worden K (2012) . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 8348
Worden K, Barthorpe RJ & Hensman JJ (2012) . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 4 (pp 57-65)
Worden K & Barthorpe RJ (2012) . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 4 (pp 49-56)
Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2011) . Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, Vol. 1 (pp 195-201)
Barthorpe RJ (2011) Bayesian sensitivity analysis of numerical models for structural health monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring 2011: Condition-Based Maintenance and Intelligent Structures - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 1 (pp 1300-1308)
Barthorpe RJ, Manson G & Worden K (2011) . 9th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures. Oxford, UK
Papatheou E, Manson G, Barthorpe RJ & Worden K (2010) Damage location using added masses in a Piper Tomahawk aircraft wing. Proceedings of ISMA 2010: International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering. Leuven, Belgium
Barthorpe RJ, Worden K & Manson G (2009) Finite Element Model-based Feature Generation for Structural Health Monitoring. IMAC-XXVII: Conference & Exposition on Structural Dynamics. Orlando, FL
Manson G & Barthorpe RJ (2009) Selecting Features for Damage Identification without Damaging the Structure. IWSHM2009, 7th International Workshop on Structural Engineering Dynamics. Stanford, CA
Barthorpe RJ (2009) Identification of robust damage-sensitive features for model-based structural health monitoring: an effect screening approach. USD2009 2nd International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics. ��«Ӱҵ, UK
Barthorpe RJ, Worden K, Surace C & Demarie G (2009) A comparative study of approaches to damage detection. XIX Congresso AIMETA. Ancona, Italy
Barthorpe RJ, Manson G & Worden K (2009) A forward approach to model-based structural health monitoring. ICEDyn 2009, International Conference on Structural Engineering Dynamics. Ericeira, Portugal
Barthorpe RJ, Worden K & Manson G (2008) An Investigation into the Necessary Model Fidelity for SHM Feature Selection. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING 2008 (pp 980-989)
Papatheou E, Manson G, Worden K & Barthorpe R (2008) The Use of Pseudo-Faults for SHM Feature Selection and Pattern Recognition. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING 2008 (pp 1104-1112)
Papatheou E, Barthorpe R, Worden K & Manson G (2008) Fault induction using added masses for structural damage identification. PROCEEDINGS OF ISMA 2008: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NOISE AND VIBRATION ENGINEERING, VOLS. 1-8 (pp 3333-3344)
GARDNER P & BARTHORPE RJ () . Structural Health Monitoring 2019, 24 October 2018 - 26 October 2018.
HAYWOOD-ALEXANDER M, WORDEN K, BARTHORPE R, FUENTES R, ROGERS T & DERVILIS N () . Structural Health Monitoring 2019, 24 October 2018 - 26 October 2018.
GONZAGA PH, DERVILIS N, WORDEN K, BARTHORPE R, STEVANOVIC N & BERNHAMMER LO () . Structural Health Monitoring 2019, 24 October 2018 - 26 October 2018.
HUGHES A, WORDEN K & BARTHORPE R () . Structural Health Monitoring 2019, 24 October 2018 - 26 October 2018.
ZHANG T, BARTHORPE R & WORDEN K () . Structural Health Monitoring 2017, 12 September 2017 - 14 September 2017.
GARDNER P, BARTHORPE RJ & LORD C () . Structural Health Monitoring 2017, 12 September 2017 - 14 September 2017.
Gardner P, Barthorpe R & Lord C ()
TIBOACA D, BARTHORPE R, ANTONIADOU I & WORDEN K () . Structural Health Monitoring 2015

Other

Barthorpe R (2020) Preface. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, v.
Barthorpe R (2019) Preface. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 3, v.
Barthorpe R, Platz R, Lopez I, Moaveni B & Papadimitriou C (2017) Preface. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 3 Part F2, v.
Wagg DJ, Cross EJ, Barthorpe RJ & Faravelli L (2017) . Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 24(1), e1970-e1970.
Simmermacher T, Cogan S, Horta LG & Barthorpe R (2012) Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series: Preface. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 4.

Preprints

Wang T, Wagg DJ, Worden K & Barthorpe RJ (2021) , Copernicus GmbH.
Hughes AJ, Bull LA, Gardner P, Barthorpe RJ, Dervilis N & Worden K (2021) On risk-based active learning for structural health monitoring, arXiv.
Hughes AJ, Barthorpe RJ, Dervilis N, Farrar CR & Worden K (2021) A probabilistic risk-based decision framework for structural health monitoring, arXiv.

Grants

Selected Grants:

BEIS Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, ADSorB (Advanced Distributed Storage for grid Benefits), 2022-24, £2.59M (PI)
Horizon 2020, DyVirt (Dynamic virtualisation: modelling performance of engineering structures), 2018-23, £556k (CoI)
EPSRC, Structural Dynamics Laboratory for Verification and Validation (LVV) Across Scales and Environments, 2016-22, £4.15M (CoI)
ERDF, Laboratory for Verification & Validation (LVV), 2017-19, £3.2M (CoI)
EPSRC/Wellcome Trust, Doctoral Prize Fellowship, 2010-11, £40k (PI)

Teaching activities: Dr Barthorpe currently teaches MEC321 Control Engineering for Mechanical Engineers