The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Dr Philip Clausen
Preferred name: Phil
School: School of Engineering
Commenced with Institution: 01-SEP-1986
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Dr Philip Clausen 2007 1 University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment Project - Pilot Grant Structural and Hydrodynamic Analysis of Crocodilian Skulls during Feeding   4622  
Dr Philip Clausen 2007 1 University of Newcastle Project - Pilot Grant Structural and Hydrodynamic Analysis of Crocodilian Skulls during Feeding   10378  
Dr Philip Clausen 2007 1 Smorgon Project - UniBusiness Shredder wear parts: open and capped rotors - literature search and modelling   7700  
Mr Matthew Clifton-Smith;Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen 2005 3 CSIRO Energy Technology Scholarship - Postgraduate Research Scholarship Systems modelling for small wind turbines and renewable energy installations   21000  
Dr Philip Clausen 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Structural modelling of mammalian animal skulls   6208  
Dr Philip Clausen 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Improving the structural performance of a small wind turbine blade.   8013  
Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Dynamic and performance of small wind turbine.   8284  
Dr Philip Clausen 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant The effect of rotation on the fatigue of wind turbine blades   7771  
Dr Philip Clausen 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Dynamic Fluid-Structure Interaction.   5000  
Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant An Erosion Model for Fibre Reinforced Plastics   11000  
Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood 1998 3 Australian Research Council Collaborative - Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) Fatigue test procedure for small wind turbine blades   70500  
Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood 1998 3 Biomass Energy Services and Technology Pty Ltd Project - Research Grant Fatigue test procedure for small wind turbine blades.-INDUSTRY PARTNER CONTRIBUTION OF 98 SPIRT GRANT.   15000  
Dr Philip Clausen 1998 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant World Renewable Energy Congress V, Italy 20-25 September 1998   2500  
Dr Philip Clausen;Assoc. Prof David Wood 1998 1 Australian Research Council Project - Small Grant Fatigue Test Procedure for Small Wind Turbine Blades.   14000  
Dr Philip Clausen 1997 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Solar 1997, Canberra, 1-3 December 1997   508  
Dr Philip Clausen 1996 1 Department of Industry, Science & Resources Project - Bilateral S&T Program (Defunct) Measuring the aeroelastic response of small wind turbine blades.   9043  
Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen 1995 1 Australian Research Council Project - Small Grant Turbulent Helical Vortices   10000  
Dr Philip Clausen 1995 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant Solar '95 Annual - Hobart, Tasmania - 29/11/95 - 1/12/95   614  
Dr Philip Clausen 1994 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Finite element analysis of fastened connections   6300  
Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen 1993 1 Australian Research Council Project - Large Grant Measurements in Three Dimensional Turbulent Flows.   30000  
Dr Philip Clausen 1993 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 'Solar '93', Fremantle, West. Aust., 1 - 4 Dec 1993   565  
Dr Philip Clausen 1992 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Measurements Of Dynamic Forces On Wind Turbine Blades   7500  
Assoc. Prof David Wood;Dr Philip Clausen 1992 3 Australian Research Council Collaborative - Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) 92.93.94 COLLAB.Wind Turbine Design For Remote Area Power Systems.   60300  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) Co-Supervisor Modelling Wind Turbine Systems
PhD (Geology) Principal Supervisor The Palaeoecology of the Cretaceous Pliosaur Kronosaurus Queenslandicus
M Philosophy (Mechanical Eng) Co-Supervisor Modelling the unsteady aerodynamics of wind turbines

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.100
PhD 0.800

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) 2003 Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimisation of Small Wind Turbine Blades
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) 2003 The Development and Testing of a New Fatigue Life Procedure for Small Composite Wind Turbine Blades Incorporating New Empirical Fatigue Life Prediction and Damage Accumulation Models for Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics
M Eng (Mechanical) [R] 2006 A New Technique to Generate Detailed Finite Element Models from CT Scan Data and a Comparative Study Between Biting Activity for Panthera Leo and Smilodon Fatalis
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) 2006 Aspects of the Aerodynamics and Operation of a Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine
M Eng (Mechanical) [R] 2007 Aspects of the Dynamic Loads Acting on the Blade of a Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine in YaWed Flow
M Eng (Mechanical) [R] 2007 The Development Of A Comprehensive Fatigue Test Rig and The Use Of Timber For Small Wind Turbine Blades

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Wilson Sturt Vincent Russell, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’Aspects of the dynamic response of a small wind turbine blade in highly turbulent flow: Part 1 measured blade response’, Wind Engineering, 31 1-16 (2007) [C1]

Wilson Sturt Vincent Russell, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’Aspects of the dynamic response of a small wind turbine blade in highly turbulent flow: Part 2 predicted blade response’, Wind Engineering, 31 217-231 (2007) [C1]

Wroe S, Clausen Philip Douglas, McHenry Colin Richard, Moreno K, Cunningham E, ’Computer simulation of feeding behaviour in the thylacine and dingo as a novel test for convergence and niche overlap’, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B-Biological Sciences, 274 2819-2828 (2007) [C1]

Wroe S, Moreno K, Clausen Philip Douglas, McHenry Colin Richard, Curnoe D, ’High-resolution three-dimensional computer simulation of hominid cranial mechanics’, Anatomical Record - Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 290 1248-1255 (2007) [C1]

McHenry Colin Richard, Wroe S, Clausen Philip Douglas, Moreno K, Cunningham E, ’Supermodeled sabercat, predatory behavior in Smilodon fatalis revealed by high-resolution 3D computer simulation’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 16010-16015 (2007) [C1]

McHenry Colin Richard, Clausen Philip Douglas, Daniel W J T, Meers M B, Pendharkar Atul, ’Biomechanics of the rostrum in crocodilians: A comparative analysis using finite-element modeling’, Anatomical Record Part A - Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology, 288A 827-849 (2006) [C1]

Epaarachchi J A, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’The development of a fatigue loading spectrum for small wind turbine blades’, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 94 207-223 (2006) [C1]

Epaarachchi Jayantha A, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’A new cumulative fatigue damage model for glass fibre reinforced plastic composites under step/discrete loading’, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 36 1236-1245 (2005) [C1]

Peterson Paul Lenard, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’Timber for high efficiency small wind turbine blades’, Wind Engineering, 28 87-96 (2004) [C1]

Epaarachchi Jayantha Ananda, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’An empirical model for fatigue behavior prediction of glass fibre-reinforced plastic composites for various stress ratios and test frequencies’, Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing, 34 313-326 (2003) [C1]

Bechly Matthew Eric, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’The Dynamic Performance of a Composite Blade From a 5kW Wind Turbine. Part 11: Predicted Blade Response’, Wind Engineering, 26 273-286 (2002) [C1]

Bartlett S, Winton M, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’An Added Mass Theory for the Base Plate in a Partially Filled Rectangular Tank for use with FEA’, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 246 211-223 (2001) [C1]

Bechly M E, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’The Dynamic Perfomance of a Composite Blade from a 5kW Wind Turbine Part 1: Measured Blade Response’, Wind Engineering, 25 133-148 (2001) [C1]

Clausen Philip Douglas, Wood David Howe, ’Recent advances in small wind turbine technology’, WindEngineering, 24 189-201 (2000) [C1]

Bechly Matthew Eric, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’Dynamics Strain Measurements from the Blade of a Small Wind Turbine’, Wind Engineering, 23 15-22 (1999) [C1]

Clausen Philip Douglas, Wood David Howe, ’Research and development issues for small wind turbines’, Renewable Energy, 16 922-927 (1999) [C1]

Conference Publication

Clausen Philip Douglas, Peterson Paul Lenard, Wilson Sturt Vincent Russell, Wood David Howe, ’Advanced blades for small wind turbines’, Solar07: ANZSES Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society. Conference Proceedings, Alice Springs, NT (2007) [E1]

Wroe S, Clausen Philip Douglas, McHenry Colin Richard, Moreno K, ’Finite element modeling of feeding behavior in the thylacine and wolf: A novel test for convergence’, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas (2007) [E3]

Moreno K, Wroe S, McHenry Colin Richard, Clausen Philip Douglas, D'Amore D, ’Komodo dragon cranial mechanics and kinesis as revealed by high-resolution finite element analysis (Poster)’, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas (2007) [E3]

McHenry Colin Richard, Cunningham E, Wroe S, Pendharkar Atul, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’A biomechanical model of Smilodon fatalis based on finite element analysis (Poster presentation)’, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa, Ontario (2006) [E3]

Wilson Sturt Vincent Russell, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’Instantaneous Dynamic Loads on the Blades of a Small Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine’, Proceedings of the 44th Annual ANZSES Conference 2006, Canberra (2006) [E1]

Erkan G, Honeylands T, Shook A, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’Thermal Stress Analysis of Fluid Bed Reactor Refractories’, Proceedings of the 36th Australian Foundary Institute National Conference, Sydney (2005) [E2]

Peterson Paul Lenard, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’The Suitability and Feasibility of Using Australian Grown Timbers for the Manufacture of High Efficiency Small Wind Turbine Blades’, Destination Renewables from research to market, Melbourne, Australia (2003) [E1]

Espaarachichi J A, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’The Development of an Accelerated Fatigue Testing Procedure For the Blades of Small Wind Turbines’, Proceedings of the 40th Annual ANZSES Conference, Newcastle (2002) [E1]

Bechly Matthew Eric, Clausen Philip Douglas, ’The Measured and Predicted Response of an Operating Composite Blade for a Small Wind Turbine’, Proceedings of the 40th Annual ANZSES Conference, Newcastle (2002) [E1]

Clausen Philip Douglas, Whan G, ’An Assessment of the Design of a Gautschi Mould using Finite Element Analysis’, Seventh Australian Asian Pacific Conference Aluminium Cast House Technology, Hobart, Australia (2001) [E2]

Epaarachchi Jayantha Ananda, Clausen Philip Douglas, Peterson Paul Lenard, ’Fatigue test programs for small wind turbines’, Proceedings for the Australian Wind Energy Conference, Newcastle (1999) [E1]

Bechly Matthew Eric, Clausen Philip Douglas, Snaith H, ’On the design and manufacture of small composite wind turbine blades’, Proceedings of the Australian Wind Energy Conference, Newcastle (1999) [E1]

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