Staff
Dr James Knowles MEng, PhD, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Dynamics and Control
- 44(0)1509 227223
- J.A.C.Knowles@lboro.ac.uk
- SM 2.16
Background:
- MEng(Hons) in Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, 2004-2008
- PhD, ‘Continuation Analysis of Landing Gear Mechanisms’, University of Bristol, 2008-2012
- Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Oxford Brookes University, 2012-2014
- Lecturer in Dynamics and Control, 天堂视频, 2014 - 2021
- Senior Lecturer in Dynamics, 2021 - present
Outline of main research interests
- Applications of Numerical Continuation to investigations of engineering systems
- Mathematical modelling and analysis of dynamical systems (engineering applications), including systems with freeplays and other nonlinearities
- Vehicle dynamics (on the ground and in the air)
Current teaching responsibilities:
- TA106 Aircraft Systems and Performance
- TTA208 Manufacturing, Technology and Management
- TTB107 Vehicle Loading and Suspension
- TTC045 Rotorcraft Engineering
- TTC101 Vehicle Concept Definition and Design, Vehicle Design
- TTD109 Group Design Project
- TTP402 Body Engineering
Smith, S., Knowles, J., Mason, B. (2020) Numerical continuation applied to internal combustion engine models. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, -.
Huang, Z., Best, M., Knowles, J. (2019) An investigation of a high-speed ground manoeuvre under optimal control. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 233(12).
Yin, Y., Neild, S.A., Jiang, J.Z., Knowles, J.A.C., Nie, H. (2017) Optimization of a main landing gear locking mechanism using bifurcation analysis. Journal of Aircraft, 54(6).
Bell, C., Farnsworth, M., Knowles, J., Tiwari, A. (2017) Self-repairing design process applied to a 4-bar linkage mechanism. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 231(13).
Knowles, J.A.C. (2016) Bifurcation study of a dynamic model of a landing-gear mechanism. Journal of Aircraft, 53(5).
Knowles, J.A.C., Lowenberg, M.H., Neild, S.A., Krauskopf, B. (2014) A bifurcation study to guide the design of a landing gear with a combined uplock/downlock mechanism. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 470(2172).
Knowles, J.A.C., Krauskop, B., Lowenberg, M.H., Neild, S.A., Thota, P. (2014) Numerical continuation analysis of a dual-sidestay main landing gear mechanism. Journal of Aircraft, 51(1).
External Activities:
- Reviewed papers for: IMechE Journal of Aerospace Engineering; Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control; Aerospace.
- Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol