UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics

1. Aerospace

   1. Techniques for Improved Electromagnetic Design in the Aerospace Industry

      • Oubay Hassan, Kenneth Morgan, David Rowse

      Pages 125-130

   2. Dynamical Systems Methods for Evaluating Aircraft Ground Manoeuvres

      • Bernd Krauskopf, Etienne B. Coetzee, Mark H. Lowenberg, Simon A. Neild, Sanjiv Sharma

      Pages 131-136

   3. Algorithms of Solution Reconstruction on Unstructured Grids in Computational Aerodynamics: Impact on Aircraft Design at the Boeing Company

      • Natalia Petrovskaya

      Pages 137-143

   4. Improving Aircraft Safety in Icing Conditions

      • Richard Purvis, Frank T. Smith

      Pages 145-151

2. Military and Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Cost-Effective Simulation and Prediction of Explosions for Military and Public Safety, and for Improved Oil Extraction

      • Ian G. Cullis, Mark A. Kelmanson

      Pages 155-161

   3. Decision Analytic Framework for a Decision Support System for Nuclear Emergency Management

      • Simon French, Jim Smith

      Pages 163-169

   4. Developing Frequency Assignment Techniques for British Military Communication Systems

      • Derek H. Smith

      Pages 171-177

3. Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Detecting Unusual Behaviour and Mining Unstructured Data

      • Alexander Balinsky, Helen Balinsky, Steven Simske

      Pages 181-187

   3. Industrial Application of Multiscale Texture Analysis

      • Idris Eckley, Guy Nason

      Pages 189-195

   4. Theory of Tunneling Magnetoresistance and Its Application to Hard Disk Technology

      • George Mathon, Andrey Umerski

      Pages 197-204

   5. Modelling of Thermoforming Processes for Bio-Degradable Thermoplastic Materials

      • Michael K. Warby, John R. Whiteman

      Pages 205-210

   6. Chemometric Methods for Improved Food Safety and Traceability

      • Julie Wilson

      Pages 211-218

4. Health

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Mathematical Modelling of the Dynamics of Meningococcal Meningitis in Africa

      • Konstantin B. Blyuss

      Pages 221-226

   3. Practical Uses of Quality Assessment for High-Dimensional Gene Expression Data

      • Julia Brettschneider

      Pages 227-235

   4. Life Expectancy with Cerebral Palsy and Other Neurological Injuries

      • Jane L. Hutton

      Pages 237-241

   5. Anticoagulation in Haemodialysis in Children: A Thirty-Period Crossover Trial

      • John N. S. Matthews

      Pages 243-249

   6. Bringing Awareness of Fluid Mechanics to Reproductive Medicine

      • David J. Smith

      Pages 251-256

This publication showcases the work of UK mathematicians and statisticians by describing industrial problems that have been successfully solved, together with a summary of the financial and/or societal impact that arose from the work. The articles are grouped by sector, and include contributions to climate modelling, engineering and health. The articles are based on Impact Case Studies that were submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), a UK government sponsored exercise that assessed the research quality within UK universities.


There are many publications in the realm of ‘popular mathematics’ as well as a vast research literature that underpins this. This work is aimed at a middle ground between these two. Articles contain some mathematical detail, but the emphasis is on telling the story of a successful collaboration between academia and industry and on the results obtained. UK Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics is therefore accessible to a wide readership with interest in the applications of mathematics and statistics to problems of industrial importance and to those interested in how mathematics and statistics research affects our everyday lives and leads to economic and societal benefits.

• Industrial Mathematics
• Mathematical Modelling
• Applied Mathematics
• Impact of Mathematics
• Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics

“This book brings together 38 case studies from across the spectrum of the mathematical sciences showing how recent work has had an impact outside academia. The short articles (between five and eight pages each) are arranged by application area – climate, environment, engineering, aerospace, military and security, technology, health, business and finance – and there is something here for everyone. … this is an important book.” (Paul Glendinning, Mathematics Today, Vol. 52 (3), June, 2016)

• Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

  Philip J. Aston

• Dept of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Anthony J. Mulholland

• Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Katherine M.M. Tant

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