Innovative Conceptual Design: Theory and Application of Parameter Analysis

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Conceptual design, along with need identification and analysis, make up the initial stage of the design process. Conceptual design encompasses the generation of concepts and their integration into system-level solutions, leading to a relatively detailed design. This innovative text is devoted to the crucial initial design stage and focuses on parameter analysis. This methodology helps identify critical issues, or parameters, of the design and proposes configuration-specific solutions. The authors present real-world case studies. The book will appeal to engineering students, as well as to practicing engineers, architects, and product development managers.

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Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks: Computational Intelligence in Architecting Complex Engineering Systems

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"Computational Intelligence in Architecting Complex Engineering Systems". Proceedings of the 2009 ANNIE Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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Transient Processes in Tribology, Volume 43: Proceedings of the 30th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribiology (Tribology and Interface Engineering)

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The papers contained within this volume focus on the transient aspects of the preocesses in tribology highlighting the differences obtained with stationery conditions, be they experimental analytical or numerical.

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Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition

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With the encroachment of the Internet into nearly all aspects of work and life, it seems as though information is everywhere. However, there is information and then there is correct, appropriate, and timely information. While we might love being able to turn to Wikipedia® for encyclopedia-like information or search Google® for the thousands of links on a topic, engineers need the best information, information that is evaluated, up-to-date, and complete. Accurate, vetted information is necessary when building new skyscrapers or developing new prosthetics for returning military veterans

While the award-winning first edition of Using the Engineering Literature used a roadmap analogy, we now need a three-dimensional analysis reflecting the complex and dynamic nature of research in the information age. Using the Engineering Literature, Second Edition provides a guide to the wide range of resources available in all fields of engineering. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and features new sections on nanotechnology as well as green engineering.

The information age has greatly impacted the way engineers find information. Engineers have an effect, directly and indirectly, on almost all aspects of our lives, and it is vital that they find the right information at the right time to create better products and processes.

Comprehensive and up to date, with expert chapter authors, this book fills a gap in the literature, providing critical information in a user-friendly format.

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Fuel Cells for Automotive Applications

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The continued development of fuel cells for vehicles is imperative due to concern about climate change and the impact of exhaust emissions, as well as concern for the security of our energy supply. This book includes chapters by experts in the field and draws on both academic and industry-related research. Topics include: The Fuel cell vehicle system; Fuel cell types: alkaline, SOFC, DMFC, and PEM fuel cells; Fuel Sources: such as hydrogen from reformation and renewable sources; Fuel cell storage; Fuel cell modeling; Materials issues; Simulation of the fuel cell vehicle. This volume will be welcomed by both designers and manufacturers of fuel cell systems and components, as well as vehicle manufacturers and anyone with interest in the viability of this developing technology.

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Taguchi Methods: Benefits, Impacts, Mathematics, Statistics, and Applications

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With a Foreword by Dr. Genichi Taguchi. Newly translated from the Japanese edition, this unique and practical book is unlike others in the area of robust design. The expert author describes how to conduct robust technology development in a time- and cost-efficient manner, as originated by Dr. Taguchi in the early 1990s, and includes all aspects for the development of robust technology and robust products: quality philosophy, quality strategies/planning, management and organization, robust design methods/tools, and real-life case studies from industry. As a result, this book is written to teach engineers from various backgrounds the fundamentals of quality engineering such as: 2-step robust design, parameter design, tolerance design, quality loss function, S/N (signal-to-noise) ratios, orthogonal arrays, additive confirmation, and more. This book also provides engineering managers and executives with a practical blueprint for company-wide implementation of quality engineering. Numerous award-winning case studies are discussed to illustrate the uses and benefits of practical statistical analyses such as main-effect plots, and analysis of variance. Bonus online content: Over 200 pages of free Appendix material for this book will be exclusively available on the ASME Digital Library.

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Time Effects in Rock Mechanics (Materials Modelling & computation)

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The world requires an increasing number of underground facilities for applications such as storage, waste repositories and traffic. Accurate prediction of the stability and deformation of these facilities is essential, and calls for model calculations using reliable and comprehensive constitutive equations describing the mechanical behaviour of the rocks involved, particularly the time-dependent effects. Here the authors combine their knowledge and personal experience in this field to encourage the practical use of material laws based on a sound physical and mathematical basis. Further discussion and research on the time-dependent behaviour of rocks and related materials is supported in the text by more than 200 figures. The text covers elasticity, creep, dilatancy, creep failure and short term failure, experimental techniques and test results, micromechanical deformation mechanisms, viscoplasticity and computation using appropriate constitutive equations, including many fundamental model calculations. Rock mechanics incorporates aspects of many disciplines including structural geology, soil mechanics, material sciences, civil, mining and petroleum engineering, seismology and geophysics. This book will therefore find a wide appreciation amongst engineers, researchers and graduate students in these and other related areas.

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