Contact Dr Hugh Goyder
- Tel: +44 (0) 7804 252770
- Email: h.g.d.goyder@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Gun Technologies
- Structures and Materials
- Weapons Engineering
Background
Dr Goyder has a degree in mechanical engineering from Southampton University and a degree in mathematics and physics topics from the Open University. He did his PhD in structure borne sound at the Institute of Sound and Vibration which is part of Southampton University.
Dr Goyder spent nearly 20 years at Harwell doing research into nuclear power. This research covered fluid-structure interactions in heat exchangers, pipework and process plant. This enabled Hugh to add fluid mechanics and acoustics to his previous experience in vibration.
Current activities
Specialties
Dr Goyder's specialist area is energy dissipation in dynamics (damping). Many mechanical systems rely on damping to prevent excessive vibration in resonant conditions. However, there is considerable uncertainty in how damping operates and should be modelled.
The interaction of fluid mechanics and acoustics with vibration and other dynamic structures is problematic and leads to many engineering problems in process plant and military equipment.
Dr Goyder's interests include:
Structural interfaces - what are the properties of joints and how can they be modelled?
Vibration damping - how can damping be used to prevent resonance? How can it be modelled?
Fluid-structure interaction - how does fluid flow cause vibration?
Ballistics - how can projectiles be improved to reduce drag and inflight oscillations?
Guns - how can guns be prevented from jumping as they are fired?
Dynamics theory - how can energy dissipation be included in simulation?
Dynamics testing - how can the properties and dynamic response of structures be measured?
Dr Goyder has always mixed theory and experiment. He has been involved in many large scale testing campaigns.
Teaching
Dr Goyder's teaching remit includes:
ballistics
hydraulics
aeroelasticity
gun dynamics
reliability
computational methods.
International collaboration
Dr Goyder is chairman of the NAFEMS Dynamics and Testing Group. The aim is to bring together analysts and experimentalists so that simulations can be validated and developed.
He is also part of an effort organised through ASME (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) to investigate and model the properties of joints and interfaces. These are difficult to simulate but an important part of most mechanical systems.
Clients
Dr Goyder's clients include:
MOD
BP
Statoil
Oil and Gas engineering companies.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Wall DG, Economou J, Goyder H, Knowles K, Silson P, .... (2015). Mobile robot arm trajectory generation for operation in confined environments. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 229(3)
- Allen PJ, Hameed A & Goyder H. (2006). Automotive Damper Model for Use in Multi-Body Dynamic Simulations. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 220(9)
- Byfield MP, Dhanalakshmi M & Goyder HGD. (2004). Modelling of unpropped semi-continuous composite beams. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 60(9)
- Allen RWK, Goyder HGD & Morris K. (1999). Modelling Media Movement During Cleaning of Pulse-Jet Fabric Filters. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 77(3)
Conference Papers
- Goyder H. (2023). Measuring Damping in Linear and Nonlinear Systems
- Lancereau DPT, Goyder HGD, Ind P & Brown D. (2017). Some Dynamic Properties of Contact Patches in Bolted Joints
- Goyder H. (2017). Natural Frequencies and Damping of a Full-Scale Pipe Loop in Air and Water
- Goyder HGD & Lancereau DPT. (2017). Methods for the Measurement of Non-Linear Damping and Frequency in Built-Up Structures
- Goyder H. (2015). Signal Processing Methods for Determining the Properties of Bolted Joints
- Goyder H, Ind P & Brown D. (2015). Damping in a Composite Beam With a Jointed Interface
- Goyder H. (2015). An Experimental Investigation of Added Mass and Damping in Submerged Pipework
- Goyder H. (2014). Understanding Damping in Linear Multi-Degree of Freedom Systems
- Goyder H, Ind P & Brown D. (2014). Measurement of Damping in a Chain of Bolted Joints
- Goyder H. (2014). Understanding Damping in Acoustic and Mechanical Systems
- Goyder H. (2013). The Difficulty of Modelling Damping in Linear Dynamic Systems
- Goyder H, Ind P & Brown D. (2013). Measurement of Damping due to Bolted Joints
- Goyder H. (2013). Damping of Acoustic Waves in Pipelines due to End Conditions
- Goyder H. (2012). Reducing the Complexity When Modelling Damping in Vibrating Systems
- Goyder H, Ind P & Brown D. (2012). Measurement of Damping in Bolted Joints
- Goyder H. (2011). Modelling Damping in Computer Simulations: Is All Damping Viscous?
- Goyder HGD. (2011). Modelling Acoustic Sources in Pipework
- Goyder H, Ind P & Brown D. (2011). Development of a Method for Measuring Damping in Bolted Joints
- Goyder HGD. (2010). General Models for Linear Damping
- Goyder HGD. (2010). Source Models for Noise Generated in Corrugated Pipes
- Goyder H. (2009). On the Modelling of Noise Generation in Corrugated Pipes
- Goyder H. (2007). Acoustic-Structural Coupling in Pipework
- Goyder H. (2007). Gas Waterhammer
- Goyder HGD, Armstrong K, Billingham L, Every MJ, Jee TP, .... (2006). A Full Scale Test for Acoustic Fatigue in Pipework
- Goyder HGD. (2006). A complete model for damping in linear systems
- Every MJ, Goyder HGD, Jee T, Swindell R & Billingham L. (2006). Full-Scale Testing of Flexible Riser System Subjected to Internal Flow-Induced Vibration
- Goyder HGD, Every MJ, Jee TP, Saunders CP & Swindell RJ. (2005). An Analysis of Structural-Acoustic Coupling in a Side Branch
- Goyder HGD. (2003). An assessment method for unstable vibration in multispan tube bundles
- Goyder HGD. (2002). On the Relationship Between Added Mass and Added Damping
- Goyder HGD. (2002). Flow-Induced Vibration and Noise in Heat-Exchanger Tube Bundles (Procs on CD 03-KNL-01)
- Goyder HGD & Hameed A. (2002). Experimental Investigation of Acoustic Modes in Baffled Heat Exchangers
- Goyder HGD. (2002). Flow-induced vibration and noise in heat exchanger tube bundles
- Goyder HGD. (2002). Flow-Induced Vibration in Heat Exchangers
