mechanical and automotive engineering dissertation students literature review session 2016
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Researching for your projectLevel 6 Mechanical and Automotive Engineering students
Davina Omar
Confidential Dissertations You need to fill in a form which you can either get from
StudySpace or by emailing [email protected]
It is your responsibility to let us know if your work is confidential
Your project will involve reading and reviewing what other people have written about your area of interest.
This is done for a number of reasons:
A literature search needs to be systematic and focussed – you are not looking to read everything in a broad area, only things that are relevant to your work.
A literature search must also be evaluative - you need to critically assess each reference found to determine if it is worth pursuing.
Potential sources
BSI (2014) BS ISO 10816-8:2014Mechanical vibration. Evaluation of machine vibration by measurements on non-rotating parts. Reciprocating compressor systems BSI [Online] Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 24.9.14)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency. (2014) Offshore Renewable Energy Installations, Emergency Response Co-operation Plans (ERCoP) for Construction and Operations Phase, and Requirements for Emergency Response and SAR Helicopter Operations Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-renewable-energy-installations-orei (Accessed: 24.9.14)
Lawrence, T. Dakin, J. Norris, P. Forni, M. (2011) Noise and vibration from road and rail. Construction Information Service [Online] Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 29.9.12)
Fontanelli, D. Moro, F. ; Rizano, T. ; Palopoli, L.(2014) ‘Vision-Based Robust Path Reconstruction for Robot Control’ IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 63(4) pgs 826 – 837. doi: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2289091
Combination of sources is needed
Why is it so critical for your project for you to use
journals?
These are written by researchers at universities/centres and contain the results of their research.
They are written to be read by other experts and contain high quality information
Easy ways to spot academic journals:
•Reference list at the end•Credentials of authors listed•Word ‘Journal’ in the title (not always the case)•Split into sections (Introduction, Methodology etc)•Similar length to a book chapter
Academic/Scholarly journals
These are written for practitioners in companies/industries (engineers, scientists, designers etc).
They are either written by journalists who have researched areas /conducted interviews OR by practitioners who will write about their projects and discoveries.
They are not intended just to be read by experts and can be more easily understood by the general population.
These articles are normally quite practice based and will offer real life solutions to problems.
They will generally be much shorter than academic journals and won’t be formatted in the same way.
They are normally published weekly/fortnightly
Trade/Professional journals
In order to locate useful information you need to have a clear plan in place for what you are looking for.
Your searching will develop significantly as you do your investigation and threads will lead you in new directions.
Starting point is your topic
‘Alternative fuels for the automotive industry. ’
What other words/questions spring to mind?
Sustainable materials
performance
Eco safety
What area of the automotive industry?
diesel
Electric cars
petrol
UK regulations?
Keywords
• Combine terms together(“electric car” AND performance)
• Use truncation for different spellings/plurals(“sustainable energy” AND elec*)
This would find electrical, electronic, etc
Organi?ation would find organisation and organization
SAE (2016) SAE Digital library. Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=http://digitallibrary.sae.org/quicksearch/ (Accessed: 29/09/2016)
Sage(2014) IMechE journals. Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.sagepub.com/imeche.sp (Accessed: 3.10.14)
British Standards (2014) BSI online. Available at: http://ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/login?url=https://bsol.bsigroup.com/en/BsolHomePage (Accessed: 3.10.14)
Elsevier (2014) Scopus search page. Available at: http://www.scopus.com/ (Accessed: 3.10.14)
How would you read this publication?
De Novellis, L., Sorniotti, A. and Gruber, P. (2013) ‘Design and comparison of the handling performance of different electric vehicle layouts’ Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 228(2), pp. 218-232. doi: 10.1177/0954407013506569
Who is the author?
When was it written?
Why was it written?
Does it agree / disagree with what you already knew or have read?
What is the evidence?
Are they quoting others work or their own?
Note down the arguments/evidence not just summary sentences
Evaluate and be critical. Don’t read it passively – separate facts from opinion/interpretation
Think as you read: Are you understanding it?
Things to remember when reading
Palgrave Macmillan HE (2016) Skills4studycampus. Available at: http://icat.kingston.ac.uk (Accessed: 28th September 2016)
https://mykingston.kingston.ac.uk/library/usinglrcs/Pages/otherlibraries.aspx
ReferencingJuan (2010) estimates a building structure can last over half a century; this suggests that sustainable methods, which may be slow to recoup their costs, can be used in commercial buildings. Knowing whether it will be financially viable to use sustainable materials is critical to a development of a building. Juan states that “For support systems such as the building structure and exterior skin, their lifetime can be more than 50 years.” (2010, p. 291)
Juan, Y.K. Gao, P. Wang, J. (2010) ‘A hybrid decision support system for sustainable office building renovation and energy performance improvement’. Energy and Buildings, 42(3), pp.290-297.
Just as important to reference images as well as written material
British Standards Institute (2013) BS ISO 23828:2013Fuel cell road vehicles. Energy consumption measurement. Vehicles fuelled with compressed hydrogen Available at: https://bsol-bsigroup-com.ezproxy.kingston.ac.uk/ (Accessed: 02/10/14)
European Parliament (2008) EU Waste Framework Directive. Available at: http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:312:0003:0030:EN:PDF (Accessed: 30th September 2011)
De Novellis, L., Sorniotti, A. and Gruber, P. (2013) ‘Design and comparison of the handling performance of different electric vehicle layouts’ Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 228(2), pp. 218-232. doi: 10.1177/0954407013506569
Robinson, A. and Livesey, W.A. (2013) Repair of vehicle bodies 6th edn. Abingdon: Routledge
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