Dr Andrew Watson

Background:

• Post-doctoral researcher, Cardiff University, 1998-2003 on two consecutive EPSRC funded research projects
• Lecturer of Aerospace Structures, Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University, 2004 - present

Qualifications:

• BEng
• PhD, Cardiff University - Buckling analysis and optimisation of prismatic thin-walled structures, 1998

Outline of main research interests

Lightweight Structures:

• Postbuckling behaviour of aerospace panels
• Mode jumping in aerospace panels
• Buckling and vibration behaviour of shear sensitive beams
• Buckling of composite panels

Mathematics:

• Transcendental eigenvalue problems
• Spectral theory of self-adjoint operator acting on graphs

Current teaching responsibilities:

• TTA104 Elasticity
• TTB204 Mechanics of Solids
• TTB208 Structural Design Project

Current administrative responsibilities:

• Module Leader for Structural Design Project
• Departmental industrial placements tutor (DIS Tutor)
• Representative of Academic Staff on University Student Discipline Committee
• DIS Coordinator

Ahmedov, A, Watson, A, Ebrahimi, K, Dutta, N (2022) Sensitivity analysis and calibration of vehicle HVAC, International Journal of Powertains, 11(4), pp.365-389, ISSN: 1742-4267. DOI: 10.1504/IJPT.2022.127868.

Petrovich, S, Ebrahimi, K, Mason, B, Watson, A (2022) Modeling transient control of a turbogenerator on a drive cycle, SAE Technical Papers, (2022), 2022-01-0415, ISSN: 0148-7191. DOI: 10.4271/2022-01-0415.

Yuan, R, Fletcher, T, Ahmedov, A, Kalantzis, N, Pezouvanis, A, Dutta, N, Watson, A, Ebrahimi, K (2020) Modelling and co-simulation of hybrid vehicles: A thermal management perspective, Applied Thermal Engineering, 180, 115883, ISSN: 1359-4311. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115883.

Howson, WP and Watson, A (2018) On the provenance of hinged-hinged frequencies in Timoshenko beam theory, Computers and Structures, ISSN: 0045-7949. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2017.11.017.

Howson, WP and Watson, A (2017) Exact eigensolution of a class of multi-level elastically connected members, Engineering Structures, ISSN: 0141-0296. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.03.059.

Chikahiro, Y, Ario, I, Nakazawa, M, Ono, S, Holnicki-Szulc, J, Pawlowski, P, Graczykowski, C, Watson, A (2016) Experimental and numerical study of full-scale scissor type bridge, Automation in Construction, ISSN: 1872-7891. DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2016.05.007.

Fenner, P, Watson, A, Featherston, CA (2016) Modelling infinite length panels using the finite element method, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, ISSN: 1793-6764. DOI: 10.1142/S0219455417500389.

Wang, S, Harvey, C, Wang, B, Watson, A (2015) Post-local buckling-driven delamination in bilayer composite beams, Composite Structures, 133, pp.1058-1066, ISSN: 0263-8223. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.08.012.

James, C, Watson, A, Cunningham, P (2015) Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of asymmetry on the residual strength of a composite sandwich panel, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, ISSN: 1530-7972. DOI: 10.1177/1099636215577348.

James, C, Watson, A, Cunningham, P (2015) Numerical modelling of the compression-after-impact performance of a composite sandwich panel, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, ISSN: 1530-7972. DOI: 10.1177/1099636215576475.

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External activities

External funding:

• EPSRC CASE award ‘Stability of aircraft structures’ supported by Airbus UK.

Invited seminars:

• “Exact solutions for Sturm-Liouville problem on a tree” presented at Mathematical Physics Seminars, Loughborough University 2006
• “Numerical Analysis of Quantum Graphs” presented at Bath Centre for Non-Linear Mechanics, Bath University, 2008
• Tohoku University, Japan, 2009
• Hiroshima University, Japan, 2009
• ERASMUS funded visit to Brno Technical University, April 2011

Professional affiliations:

• Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy

International conferences:

• Member of the organising committee for the 4th International Conference on Thin Walled Structures held at Loughborough University June 2004

Journal refereeing:

• Thin-walled structures
• International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
• Computer Modelling in Engineering & Sciences
• Journal of Sound and Vibration
• International Journal Structural Stability and Dynamics
• Journal of Aerospace Engineering
• Engineering Mathematics
• International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering