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This book introduces the materials and traditional processes
involved in the manufacturing industry. It discusses the properties
and application of different engineering materials as well as the
performance of failure tests. The book lists both destructible and
non-destructible processes in detail. The design associated with
each manufacturing processes, such Casting, Forming, Welding and
Machining, are also covered.
This book aims to address how nanotechnology risks are being
addressed by scientists, particularly in the areas of human health
and the environment and how these risks can be measured in
financial terms for insurers and regulators. It provides a
comprehensive overview of nanotechnology risk measurement and risk
transfer methods, including a chapter outlining how Bayesian
methods can be used. It also examines nanotechnology from a legal
perspective, both current and potential future outcomes. The global
market for nanotechnology products was valued at $22.9 billion in
2013 and increased to about $26 billion in 2014. This market is
expected to reach about $64.2 billion by 2019, a compound annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8% from 2014 to 2019. Despite the
increasing value of nanotechnologies and their widespread use,
there is a significant gap between the enthusiasm of scientists and
nanotechnology entrepreneurs working in the nanotechnology space
and the insurance/regulatory sector. Scientists are scarcely aware
that insurers/regulators have concerns about the potential for
human and environmental risk and insurers/regulators are not in a
position to access the potential risk. This book aims to bridge
this gap by defining the current challenges in nanotechnology
across disciplines and providing a number of risk management and
assessment methodologies. Featuring contributions from authors in
areas such as regulation, law, ethics, management, insurance and
manufacturing, this volume provides an interdisciplinary
perspective that is of value to students, academics, researchers,
policy makers, practitioners and society in general.
The area of Reliability has become a very important and active area
of research. This is clearly evident from the large body of
literature that has been developed in the form of books, volumes
and research papers since 1988 when the previous Handbook of
Statistics on this area was prepared by P.R. Krishnaiah and C.R.
Rao. This is the reason we felt that this is indeed the right time
to dedicate another volume in the Handbook of Statistics series to
highlight some recent advances in the area of Reliability. With
this purpose in mind, we solicited articles from leading experts
working in the area of Reliability from both academia and industry.
This, in our opinion, has resulted in a volume with a nice blend of
articles (33 in total) dealing with theoretical, methodological and
applied issues in Reliability.
The book is focused primarily on characteristics and determinative
methods of reservoir orientation, the concept of vector well
pattern and corresponding realistic techniques of well pattern
deployment, well pattern control principles, Optimum design of well
pattern based on the reservoir direction characteristics, and the
schemes of well spacing density regulation at different stages of
development. The procedures for improving water flooding efficiency
have been provided. This book is suitable for reservoir engineering
managers, reservoir engineers, and students of petroleum
engineering.
This fourth volume on detox fashion focuses on case studies, which
are essential to showcase how practical applications have been
accomplished, and provide an opportunity for others to (learn about
and) adopt the best practices, challenges and practical
implications. The book consists of three core chapters: Detoxifying
the Supply Chain: Slow Production Networks in South-East European
Garment Factories; Detoxifying the Luxury and Fashion Industry: The
Case of Market-driving Brands; and Detox My Fashion under Mission
2020-Case Studies from Different Brands.
This book presents selected extended papers from The First
International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOM2018),
realized at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. The papers
focus on diverse areas of mechanical engineering and some
innovative trends in mechanical engineering design, industrial
practices and mechanical engineering education. Original,
significant and visionary papers were selected for this edition,
specially on interdisciplinary and emerging areas. All papers were
peer-reviewed.
This book presents state-of-the-art probabilistic methods for the
reliability analysis and design of engineering products and
processes. It seeks to facilitate practical application of
probabilistic analysis and design by providing an authoritative,
in-depth, and practical description of what probabilistic analysis
and design is and how it can be implemented. The text is packed
with many practical engineering examples (e.g., electric power
transmission systems, aircraft power generating systems, and
mechanical transmission systems) and exercise problems. It is an
up-to-date, fully illustrated reference suitable for both
undergraduate and graduate engineering students, researchers, and
professional engineers who are interested in exploring the
fundamentals, implementation, and applications of probabilistic
analysis and design methods.
Failure Mechanisms in Semiconductor Devices Second Edition E. Ajith
Amerasekera Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, USA Farid N. Najm
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Since the
successful first edition of Failure Mechanisms in Semiconductor
Devices, semiconductor technology has become increasingly
important. The high complexity of today's integrated circuits has
engendered a demand for greater component reliability. Reflecting
the need for guaranteed performance in consumer applications, this
thoroughly updated edition includes more detailed material on
reliability modelling and prediction. The book analyses the main
failure mechanisms in terms of cause, effects and prevention and
explains the mathematics behind reliability analysis. The authors
detail methodologies for the identification of failures and
describe the approaches for building reliability into semiconductor
devices. Their thorough yet accessible text covers the physics of
failure mechanisms from the semiconductor die itself to the
packaging and interconnections. Incorporating recent advances, this
comprehensive survey of semiconductor reliability will be an asset
to both engineers and graduate students in the field.
The book gives a systematic and detailed description of a new
integrated product and process development approach for sheet metal
manufacturing. Special attention is given to manufacturing that
unites multidisciplinary competences of product design, material
science, and production engineering, as well as mathematical
optimization and computer based information technology. The case
study of integral sheet metal structures is used by the authors to
introduce the results related to the recent manufacturing
technologies of linear flow splitting, bend splitting, and
corresponding integrated process chains for sheet metal structures.
This first volume on detox fashion discusses various interesting
topics including a Toxic-Free Supply Chain for Textiles and
Clothing; Environmental Issues in Textiles; Global Regulations,
Restrictions & Research; Making the Change: Consumer Adoption
of Sustainable Fashion; and Strategies for Detoxing Your Wardrobe.
It provides an overview of the chemical-related issues confronting
the fashion sector, summarizes global regulations, and discusses
how to make the change by changing consumers' attitude towards
adopting sustainable fashion, as well as the best strategies for
detoxing our wardrobes.
This book introduces state-of-the-art models and methods based on
the matrix in the field of product design and change management. It
develops several types of matrix models for a broad range of
applications, with the goal of efficiently finding product design
solutions and proactively analyzing design change propagation. The
book offers readers an extensive introduction to design automation,
highlighting fundamental and innovative concepts, as well as
cutting-edge technologies. Further, it familiarizes them with the
latest advances in design change propagation and prediction.
Lastly, the book puts forward design change-oriented matrix models
and includes a proactive analysis of change propagation. The book
offers a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers and
engineers in the fields of product design and methodology, design
automation and related areas.
"Kawaii" is a Japanese word that denotes "cute," "lovable," or
"charming" although it does not have exactly the same meaning as
those adjectives. This book proposes engineering methodologies for
systematic measurement of the affective perception of kawaii, by
using virtual reality and biological signals, and discusses the
effectiveness of kawaii engineering for designing industrial
products and services. Kawaii can draw sympathy from people and can
embody a special kind of cute design, which reduces fear and makes
dull information more acceptable and appealing. Following the
introduction of the background of kawaii engineering in Chapter 1,
Chapters 2 and 3 describe experiments on the systematic measurement
and evaluation methods for kawaii products and affective evaluation
experiments. Chapter 4 proposes a mathematical model to identify
the physical attributes that determine kawaii in motion. Chapters 5
and 6 explain research that uses biological signals and
eye-tracking. After a brief survey of psychological research on
kawaii and cuteness in Chapter 7, Chapters 8 and 9 introduce the
use of spoons designed to stimulate the appetite of the elderly and
the practical implementation of an emotion-driven camera. Chapters
10-14 explain experimental research that examines kawaii perception
of people from various cultural backgrounds. Kawaii Engineering
will appeal to those who work on affective computing, product
design, user experience design, virtual reality, and biological
signals.
This book details the primary concepts of Social Life Cycle
Assessment (S-LCA), integration of social aspects in product life
cycles, quantification of social impacts in S-LCA, impact
categorization in S-LCA, methodological aspects of S-LCA, and
detailed case studies. As the societal implications of producing a
product are coming to take on a new importance, the concept of
Social Life Cycle Assessment has recently been developed and is
becoming increasingly prominent. However, S-LCA is still in its
infancy and its impact categories for many industrial segments are
still under development.
This book broadens readers' understanding of proactive condition
monitoring of low- speed machines in heavy industries. It focuses
on why low-speed machines are different than others and how
maintenance of these machines should be implemented with particular
attention. The authors explain the best available monitoring
techniques for various equipment and the principle of how to get
proactive information from each technique. They further put forward
possible strategies for application of FEM for detection of faults
and technical assessment of machinery. Implementation phases are
described and industrial case studies of proactive condition
monitoring are included. Proactive Condition Monitoring of
Low-Speed Machines is an essential resource for engineers and
technical managers across a range of industries as well as design
engineers working in industrial product development.
This edited work presents studies that clarify the basics of
producing recombinant enzymes that finally lead to
commercialization. It enables researchers to see what is crucial to
the commercialization process, from examining the cloning method,
using analytical techniques such as calculating the total protein
content and enzyme activity, through considering upstream and
downstream processes, to the final product. Readers will discover
the importance of the cloning method as it influences the upstream
and downstream processes and determines the level of success of the
recombinant enzyme commercialization processes. We see that the two
main factors that are particularly sensitive during the cloning
process are the vector and the host. A discussion of analytical
techniques is presented followed by studies on important stages
during the upstream processes including the process of optimizing
the media to get results and high enzyme activity. Downstream
processes such as the cell disruption technique, purification and
formulation of the final product are then considered. The reader is
introduced to software that helps streamline recombinant enzyme
production from the upstream to downstream processes, to facilitate
the process of up-scaling production. This work includes a case
study as tool, to guide understanding of the commercialization
process. The work is written for researchers in the field and is
especially suited to those who are under pressure to embark on the
tough process of commercialization.
This book provides comprehensive and integrated approaches for
rigid and flexible object assembly. It presents comparison studies
with the available force-guided robotic processes and covers
contact-state modeling, scheme control strategies, and position
searching algorithms. Further, it includes experimental validations
for different assembly situations, including those for the assembly
of industrial parts taken from the automotive industry.
The conference aims at forming a unique platform to bring together
academicians and practitioners from industrial engineering and
management engineering as well as from other disciplines working on
production function applying the tools of operational research and
production/operational management. Topics treated include: computer
aided manufacturing, industry 4.0, big data and analytics, flexible
manufacturing systems, fuzzy logic, industrial applications,
information technologies in production management, optimization,
production economy, production planning and control, productivity
and performance management, project management, quality management,
risk analysis and management, supply chain management.
This book identifies, analyzes and discusses the current trends of
digitalized, decentralized, and networked physical value creation
by focusing on the particular example of 3D printing. In addition
to evaluating 3D printing's disruptive potentials against a broader
economic background, it also addresses the technology's potential
impacts on sustainability and emerging modes of bottom-up and
community-based innovation. Emphasizing these topics from economic,
technical, social and environmental perspectives, the book offers a
multifaceted overview that scrutinizes the scenario of a
fundamental transition: from a centralized to a far more
decentralized system of value creation.
Most of the world s redundant ships are scrapped on the beaches
of the Indian sub-continent, largely by hand. As well as cargo
residues and wastes, ships contain high levels of hazardous
materials that are released into the surrounding ecology when
scrapped. The scrapping process is labour-intensive and largely
manual; injuries and death are commonplace.
Ship breaking was a relatively obscure industry until the late
1990s. In just 12 years, action by environmental NGOs has led to
the ratification of an international treaty targeting the extensive
harm to human and environmental health arising from this heavy,
polluting industry; it has also produced important case law.
Attempts to regulate the industry via the "Basel Convention"
have resulted in a strong polarization of opinion as to its
applicability and various international guidelines have also failed
because of their voluntary nature. The adoption of the "Hong Kong
Convention" in 2009 was a serious attempt to introduce
international controls to this industry."
This excellent book systematically identifies the issues
surrounding the effective linking of project management techniques
and engineering applications. It is not a technical manual, nor is
it procedure--led. Instead, it encourages creative learning of
project engineering methodology that can be applied and modified in
different situations. In short, it offers a distillation of
practical 'on--the job' experience to help project engineers
perform more effectively. While this book specifically addresses
process plants, the principles are applicable to other types of
engineering project where multidisciplinary engineering skills are
required, such as power plant and general factory construction. It
focuses on the technical aspects, which typically influence the
configuration of the plant as a whole, on the interface between the
various disciplines involved, and the way in which work is done --
the issues central to the co--ordination of the overall engineering
effort. It develops an awareness of relationships with other
parties -- clients, suppliers, package contractors, and
construction managers -- and of how the structure and management of
these relationships impact directly on the performance of the
project engineer. Readers will welcome the author's straightforward
approach in tackling sensitive issues head on. COMPLETE CONTENTS*
Introduction* A process plant* A project and its management* A
brief overview* The engineering work and its management* The
project's industrial environment* The commercial environment* The
contracting environment* The economic environment* Studies and
proposals* Plant layout and modelling* Value engineering and plant
optimization* Hazards, loss, and safety* Specification, selection
and purchase* Fluid transport* Bulk solids transport* Slurries and
two--phase transport* Hydraulic design and plant drainage*
Observations on multidiscipline engineering* Detail design and
drafting* The organization of work* Construction* Construction
contracts* Commissioning* Communication* Change and chaos*
Fast--track projects* Advanced information management* Project
strategy development* Key issues summary
Industrial Process Automation Systems: Design and Implementation
provides a clear guide to the practicalities of modern industrial
automation systems.Bridging the gap between theory and technician
level coverage, it offers a pragmatic approach to the subject based
on industrial experience, taking in the latest technologies and
professional practices. Clear coverage of concepts and applications
provides engineers with the knowledge they need before referring to
vendor documentation, while clear guidelines for implementing
process control options and worked examples of deployments
translate theory into practice with ease. "Industrial Process
Automation Systems: Design and Implementation" is ideal as a
detailed introduction for junior level professionals and as an
applied reference for more experienced practitioners.
Provides knowledge of the different systems available and their
applications, enabling engineers to design automation solutions to
solve real industry problems.Includes case studies and valuable
practical knowledge, such as key items that need to be specified
when procuring automation systems.Written by an experienced
practitioner from a leading technology company
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