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John Mottershead

Professor John Mottershead
BSc, PhD, DEng

Research

Research Interest 1

Stochastic Model Updating, Active Vibration Control, Aeroelasticity, Full-field vibration and strain data.

Research grants

Rapid Screening Mass Spectometry for Detection of Marine Toxins in Aquatic Food Sources

Q-TECHNOLOGIES LTD (UK)

September 2016 - September 2020

Uncertainty Quantification and Management in Ambient Modal Identification

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

May 2016 - October 2019

CSA 97108: characterisation of punch and bulge mechanical testing of small specimens employing theoretical, finite element and experimental methods and technical market survey.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

April 1998 - April 2001

Model Structure Determination (VF).

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

July 2000 - January 2001

ADVISE - Advanced Dynamic Validations using Integrated Simulation and Experimentation

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

December 2008 - November 2011

Moving-load distributions in structural dynamics.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

June 2006 - May 2009

Nonlinear Active Vibration Suppression in Aeroelasticity

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

February 2012 - July 2015

Modal analysis system.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

September 2003 - June 2006

A New Approach to Active Vibration Suppression

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2007 - March 2011

Model Structure Determination VFII

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

July 2001 - October 2001

Model structure determination.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 1998 - July 2002

Instabilities, Squeal and Chaos in Disc Brakes.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

January 1998 - September 2001

Linux cluster for structural dynamics research.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2004 - September 2007

Frame-structure vibration with joint friction.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2000 - September 2003

PIA IMPACTS GRANT

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

August 2010 - March 2011

Enabling Certification by Analysis (Ecerta)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

January 2007 - December 2010

Inverse methods for vibration suppression using structural modifications.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2001 - September 2004

Product Variance and Robust Modelling for Vehicle Refinement.

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2001 - September 2004

Vibration control and fault detection of complicated systems/structures

ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)

April 2006 - March 2008

    Research collaborations

    Dr E Patelli

    Stochastic Model Updating

    Dr F A DiazDeLaO

    Stochastic Model Updating

    Dr H Ouyang

    Research into brake squeal instability and moving-load problems.

    Professor Eann Patterson

    Prof M I Friswell

    University of Swansea

    Research into finite Element model updating and writing a book on this subject

    Prof M Link

    University of Kassel

    Writing a book on Finite Element Model Updating.

    Dr E Bonisoli

    Politecnico di Torino

    Dr M Ghandchi Tehrani

    University of Southampton

    Professor K J Badcock

    Project ECERTA: A colaboration on uncertainty in the aeroelastic behavior of aircraft involving both structural dynamics and CFD.

    Prof H Ahmadian

    IUST

    Research into structural joint modelling