Dr Dan O'Boy

MEng, PhD

Employment; Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, 1999 - 2001
Employment; Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, 2005-2008
Research Associate at Loughborough University, 2008-2012
Lecturer in Structural Dynamics at Loughborough University, 2012 - 2019
Senior Lecturer in Structural Dynamics at Loughborough University, 2019 - present

MEng(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering; University of Bristol 1999
PhD in Engineering; University of Cambridge 2005
CEng Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (2009-2019)

Tyre design for low vibration, noise and rolling resistance.
Tyre tread block vibration coupled to exterior sound generation.
Reduction of internal tyre cavity tones through modification to existing wheel designs.
Tyre / road interaction noise (including design of porous road surfaces).
Highly directional low frequency sound sources for compact warning devices.
Application of self-tuning passive resonators to exhaust designs for weight reduction.
Simulation of the dynamic instability of valve train components.
Novel damping methods for plate vibrations and acoustic attenuation.
Utrasonic wave propagation through inhomogeneous materials.
Vibration characteristics of multilayer materials.
Boundary element methods for acoustics.
Stability of vehicles on moving platforms.

TTA001 Engineering Mechanics (first year students) which includes statics and resolving forces.
TTB207 Machine Elements (second year students). This includes work on failure of metal components due to fatigue.
TTC040 Noise control (third year students) includes conducting ISO362 noise tests at MIRA proving ground.
TTD007 Structural Vibration (fourth year students) which includes application of modal testing, experimental vibration measurements and characterisation
TTD003 Automotive Group Project
TTP302 Vehicle systems Analysis

Glover, J and O'Boy, D (2021) Low filling ratio acoustic space filling curve metamaterials for jet engine inlets, Engineering Integrity Journal, 50, pp.10-20, ISSN: 1365-4101.

O'Boy, D (2019) Automotive wheel and tyre design for suppression of acoustic cavity noise through the incorporation of passive resonators, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 467, 115037, ISSN: 0022-460X. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2019.115037.

Dowsett, A, O'Boy, D, Walsh, S, Abolfathi, A, Fisher, SA (2018) The prediction of measurement variability in an automotive application by the use of a coherence formulation, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, ISSN: 0954-4070.

Abolfathi, A, O'Boy, D, Walsh, S, Dowsett, A, Fisher, SA (2017) The uncertainty in stiffness and damping of an automotive vehicle's trim-structure mounts and its effect on the variability of the vibration transfer function, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232(15), ISSN: 0954-4062. DOI: 10.1177/0954406217721724.

Bekakos, C, Papazafeiropoulos, G, O'Boy, D, Prins, J (2017) Finite element modelling of a pneumatic tyre interacting with rigid road and deformable terrain, International Journal of Vehicle Performance, ISSN: 1745-3208. DOI: 10.1504/IJVP.2017.083359.

Bekakos, CA, Papazafeiropoulos, G, O'Boy, DJ, Prins, J (2016) Pneumatic tyres interacting with deformable terrains, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 744(1), ISSN: 1742-6588. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/744/1/012213.

Bekakos, C, Papazafeiropoulos, G, O'Boy, D, Prins, J, Mavros, G (2016) Off-road tire-terrain interaction: an analytical solution, SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles, 9(2), pp.244-251, ISSN: 1946-3928. DOI: 10.4271/2016-01-8029.

O'Boy, D and Krylov, VV (2016) Vibration of a rectangular plate with a central power-law profiled groove by the Rayleigh-Ritz method, Applied Acoustics, 104, pp.24-32, ISSN: 0003-682X. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2015.10.018.