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2. PROGRAM of the Seventh Annual (Fifteenth National) Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America.
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ANNUAL meetings ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,MEETINGS ,WORKING hours ,MATERIALS management ,ENGINEERING design - Abstract
The article presents information on the program of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Operations Research Society of America held in Washington, D.C. in 1959. There were many papers presented during the meeting. A. R. Marks presented his paper which discusses the testing of alternate work schedules and procedures for large-scale job-shop operations. Other topics discussed at the meeting include integrated materials management simulation, concepts in decision making, and productivity measurement in engineering design.
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- 1959
3. AN INVESTIGATION OF DESIGN METHODOLOGY.
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Nadler, Gerald
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PROJECT management ,INDUSTRIAL design ,ENGINEERING design ,STRATEGIC planning ,SYSTEMS engineering ,RESEARCH & development ,METHODOLOGY ,TECHNICAL specifications ,MANAGEMENT science ,OPERATIONS research ,CREATIVE ability in business ,ENGINEERING - Abstract
A methodology other than that used for research may be more appropriate for designing and engineering projects. This paper compares the purposes and methodologies of research and of designing, and concludes that while their purposes are different, their current methodologies are the same. The research or scientific methodology--with analysis as its hallmark--is shown to restrict the effectiveness of a design solution. To achieve an effective design solution, a methodology distinctly different from the research methodology is required. This paper reports on research which attempted to delineate the actual strategies used by outstanding professionals in various fields. It was found that such experts, although in different fields, have strong similarities in the steps of the strategy each used. The applications of an empirical ten-step design strategy with function determination and ideal systems development as hallmarks have shown much better results than conventional strategies based on the research methodology. Additional research is suggested to verify these early conclusions and to make the stated design strategy more effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1967
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4. Predicting the performance of complex systems: an approach to greater involvement by design engineering and operating managers.
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Silver, Alvin M.
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MATERIALS handling ,MANUFACTURING processes ,AUTOMATION ,ENGINEERING design ,SIMULATION methods & models - Abstract
Copyright of International Journal of Production Research is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 1974
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5. FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN THE SIMULATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: A CASE IN THE STRATEGY OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE.
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Mitroff, Ian I.
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RESEARCH evaluation ,HUMAN behavior ,MECHANICAL engineers ,HISTORY of social sciences ,PHILOSOPHICAL analysis ,ENGINEERING design ,HISTORY of research ,SOCIAL science research ,INDUSTRIAL design ,MECHANICAL engineering ,SOCIAL psychology research ,RESEARCH methodology ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Every scientific study has its own unique case history. Unfortunately, most scientific papers present a greatly distorted and static image of the true history and sociology of a research project. This paper represents an attempt to report on selected aspects of the actual growth and development of a simulation project, especially as that process affected the development of a novel method for validating simulation models. The paper also represents a philosophical analysis of the concept of simulation, especially as that analysis formed an integral part of the study's development. One of the paper's main theses is that the teleology or purpose behind the construction of a simulation model is an ever present task-master guiding and influencing all the phases of a model's construction and validation. A general thesis is that a researcher's philosophy of science is as characteristic of him (i.e., his psychology) as it is of the phenomena he typically studies. The implications of these theses are illustrated in terms of the simulation of the engineering design behavior of a practicing mechanical engineer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1969
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6. LEAST-COST TOLERANCES--II.
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Bennett, G. and Gupta, L. C.
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ENGINEERING design ,ENGINEERING tolerances ,LAGRANGE problem ,INDUSTRIAL design ,COST accounting ,EQUATIONS - Abstract
In this part of the paper, a method is given for allocating least-cost component tolerances to engineering designs whose functional requirements lead to systems of simultaneous tolerance equations, having one or more component tolerances occurring in more than one tolerance equation. These least-cost tolerances are obtained by minimising the total cost of achieving them, using the method of Lagrange's undetermined multipliers. Methods of solving the resulting non-linear equations in Lagrange's multipliers are given. A notation for the treatment of simultaneous tolerance equations is developed. The procedure is illustrated by examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1970
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7. LOGICAL DESIGN OF CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENTIAL MECHANISMS.
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Ashley, J. R. and Pugh, A.
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MACHINE design ,MOVEMENT sequences ,ENGINEERING design ,BOOLEAN algebra ,MACHINERY ,INDUSTRIAL design - Abstract
There is evidence to support the view that little analysis is used in the design of control systems for sequential machines. This paper outlines a design technique for such machines, taking a specific sequence as an illustration. The techniques used for the simplification of Boolean functions are included in an abbreviated form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1968
8. USE OF DECISION DIAGRAMS TO EXAMINE TOOLING PROBLEMS.
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Jones, W. L. and Morgan, J. R.
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ENGINEERING design ,PRODUCTION engineering ,DECISION making ,MACHINE tools ,RAPID tooling ,INDUSTRIAL design ,OPERATIONS research - Abstract
In connection with other work to develop decision making aids for use in engineering design it appeared that the technique of AIDA might be relevant to the production engineering problem of selecting satisfactory tooling arrangements for multi-station machine tools performing many different operations on the same component. This paper describes an experiment in which this technique was taught to two engineers and used by them as part of their normal programme of work. It is suggested that the technique is of most value in this connection when a number of people need to be involved in decisions, and for training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1967
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9. 8--YIELD-TESTING OF GREASY-WOOL CORE SAMPLES PART II: A FAST, MECHANICAL METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF WOOL AND VEGETABLE-MATTER COMPONENTS IN SCOURED WOOL.
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Mackay, B. H., Longhurst, J. R., and Downes, J. G.
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MACHINE design ,WOOL scouring ,ANIMAL fibers ,PROPERTIES of matter ,DENSITY ,FLOTATION ,SEPARATION (Technology) ,DENSITY gradient centrifugation ,ENGINEERING design - Abstract
The principle and basic design of a fast machine for the determination of wool and vegetable-matter components in scoured wool are described. The machine is a development of that used in Harker's method for the separation of wool and vegetable matter by reducing the material to a finely divided state and utilizing the different densities of wool and vegetable matter to separate them by flotation. However, in contrast to Harker's method, thermal convection and density gradients are not used; the machine embodies a special centrifuge, in which the separating liquid is controlled at a density of 1.335 ±0.002 g/ml. The problem arising from the presence of low-density vegetable-matter components is discussed, and the means of treating these components to enable separation to proceed are described. The quality of separation is of a high order, and separations can be made in a few minutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1971
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10. MODULAR DESIGN, GENERALIZED INVERSES, AND CONVEX PROGRAMMING.
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Chanies, A. and Kirby, M.
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INDUSTRIAL design ,MODULAR design ,ENGINEERING design ,MATHEMATICAL programming ,CONVEX functions ,REAL variables ,OPERATIONS research - Abstract
It is shown that the modular design problem minimize Σ
i=1 i=m Yi Σj=1 j=n Zj , subject to Yi Zj ≧ rij > 0,can be transformed into a problem of minimizing a separable convex function subject to linear equality constraints and nonnegativities. This transformation is effected by using a generalized inverse of the constraint matrix. Moreover the nature of the functional and the constraints of the separable problem are such that a good starting point for its solution can be obtained by solving a particular transportation problem. Several possible methods for solving the separable problem are discussed, and the results of our computational experience with these methods are given. It is also shown that the modular design problem can be viewed as a special case of a large class of general engineering design problems that have been discussed in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]i Zj > 0,can be transformed into a problem of minimizing a separable convex function subject to linear equality constraints and nonnegativities. This transformation is effected by using a generalized inverse of the constraint matrix. Moreover the nature of the functional and the constraints of the separable problem are such that a good starting point for its solution can be obtained by solving a particular transportation problem. Several possible methods for solving the separable problem are discussed, and the results of our computational experience with these methods are given. It is also shown that the modular design problem can be viewed as a special case of a large class of general engineering design problems that have been discussed in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 1965
11. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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Nadler, Gerald
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LETTERS to the editor ,ENGINEERING design ,MATHEMATICAL optimization ,MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
The article presents a letter to the editor about the concept of designing ideal systems and models.
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- 1969
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12. Engineering Aspects.
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Tinney, E. Roy
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DAM design & construction ,ENGINEERING design ,PROJECT evaluation ,WATER supply ,WATER transfer ,WATER distribution ,CONTRACT proposals ,STRUCTURAL engineering ,PLANNING - Abstract
The article focuses on the engineering factors to be considered for the construction of the dam proposed by the North American Water and Power Alliance. It states that the possibility to construct the project starts through various planning processes. These include an assessment of the potential uses of water for the future so that a continental water scheme could be devised. Despite the probable construction of the project, it claims that the proposal does not appear to be a good solution from an engineering perspective. It further enumerates some of the primary engineering weaknesses of the project including its infinite structures and large artificial reservoirs.
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- 1967
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13. A flexible effort estimator model based on ASO algorithm
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Amin Moradbeiky, Vahid Khatibi, and Mehdi Jafari
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atom search optimization ,development effort estimation ,machine learning ,software project ,Engineering design ,TA174 - Abstract
Accurate estimation of required effort for software development plays an important role in the success of the software project. This is always a challenging issue due to the intangible nature of the software project. Therefore, a large category of researches have been performed to develop accurate tools to estimate the required efforts for software development. According to the presented papers in related works, the adoption of methods to identify the types of relationship between software project features and features affecting the required effort for software development have a significant impact on effort estimation accuracy increment. In addition, the effectiveness of various features on the software development effort estimation is different. So, the feature effectiveness determination is advantageous in increasing the effort estimation accuracy. This paper presents a new model consisting of sub-models for project features analyzing and it uses a new and accurate heuristic algorithm called Atom Search Optimization (ASO) Algorithm to configure tools and data modeling methods. The presented model in this article is designed in multiple layers and the sub-models are organized in separate layers. The organizations of sub-models are in such a way to increase performance of other layers and ultimately increase the final estimate accuracy. In accuracy evaluation of the proposed model, 3 data sets from real projects are used and the comparisons of the results with different methods are presented. Based on the results, the proposed model leads to significant improvement of final effort estimation accuracy.
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- 1378
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14. Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow with Real Viscosity in a Centrifugal Pump by SPH Method
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Ali asghar Pirkhalili, Mahmoud Rostami-Varnousfaaderani, and Mojtaba Dehghan Manshadi
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sph ,pressure and velocity correction ,centrifugal pump ,Engineering design ,TA174 - Abstract
In this paper, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method with dynamic boundary condition has been used to simulate 3D Fluid flow in the centrifugal pump. Severe fluctuations in the field of pressure and velocity is one of the major problems in this method. In this paper, the fluctuations have been corrected using Delta and Shift algorithms. The simulation was numerically performed with real fluid viscosity (laminar and turbulence). Validation of this method indicated that in the case of real fluid viscosity, the Delta and Shift algorithms should be used simultaneously to obtain good agreement with the experimental data. To validate the pump results, a comparison was made between the numerical outputs and the performance curves of pump EN 125-315 of Pumpiran Company under relatively similar conditions. The results of this comparison showed that the error of simulation of pump head, consumption power and efficiency values compared with experimental data were about 12, 5.5 and 16 percent, respectively.
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- 1378
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15. Environmental planning in New Zealand
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Wilson, RH
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- 1973
16. $2-Billion Worth of Design by Conference.
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ARCHITECTURAL firms ,GENERAL partnership ,BUSINESS success ,ARCHITECTURAL design ,ENGINEERING design ,ARCHITECTURAL designs - Abstract
The article offers information on the achievement of architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) together with its design by conference group of men in the U.S. It states that SOM represents group architecture with flexibility and responsibility and works with a four-step approach to architectural and engineering design. Photographs of the top men behind SOM's design by conference which includes ten general partners of the firm and the buildings to which they designed are presented.
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- 1954
17. A Mathematical Model for Mechanical Part Description.
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Luh, J. Y. S. and Krolak, R. J.
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COMPUTER-aided design ,ENGINEERING design ,COMPUTER simulation ,MATHEMATICAL models ,MATHEMATICAL statistics ,COMPUTER graphics - Abstract
The flexibility of a mathematical model takes advantage of the common information requirements of computer-aided engineering drawing, numerical control tape generation, and physical characteristic computation. By judicious control of man-machine communication requirements, improved results over conventional engineering design processes are possible. An English-like input language, tailored for use by draftsmen and designers, will describe the part and specify the output desired. One approach to the mathematical model consists of a group of surface-defining quadric equations, which are created by a system of modular subprograms. Other sub-programs will convert the mathematical model into instructions for driving automatic drafting machines and numerical controlled machine tools. Physical part characteristics, such as center of gravity, can be computed by subprograms and used in dynamic analysis work. The proposed overall system is presented and experiments and demonstrations are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1965
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18. MILLIONS FOR MODERNIZATION--BY Buick.
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OLIVER, FRANK and WEBB, FRANK
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UPGRADING of industrial equipment ,ENGINEERING design ,FACTORIES ,INDUSTRIAL costs ,CONVEYING machinery - Abstract
The article offers information on the investments for the modernization of its facilities by automobile company Buick Motor Co. Topics discussed include the coordination of engineering and design changes with plant changes, the low costs of production due to modernization, and the use of conveyor-type machines in the modernization.
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- 1936
19. Engineering Design : Papers Given at the University of Nottingham, September, 1964
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T. F. Roylance and T. F. Roylance
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- Engineering design
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Engineering Design contains papers given during the Summer School of Engineering Design held at the University of Nottingham, 21-24 September 1964. The School consisted of 18 lectures spread over four days. Design covers a vast range of subject matter for which only years of college and industrial training and experience can provide adequate equipment. In the 18 lectures, the lecturers attempted to highlight the important factors within their varied experience. The backcloth to design, covering company organization, planning, programming of design and development, were elaborated in the opening lectures. Another lecture summarized ideas on company design procedures; stressed the importance of always attempting to predict results in terms of numbers; and demonstrated how to develop a freedom of manipulating numbers, even when knowledge of rigorous mathematical processes is limited. Other lectures covered organization and design for mass production; the increasing importance of powder metallurgy as a manufacturing method; properties of materials; important aspects of the use of computers in design; and the design of major engineering projects: diesel engines, aircraft engines, and high-speed packaging machines.
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- 1966
20. Optimization of design tolerances using nonlinear programming
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Bandler, J. W.
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- 1974
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21. Aesthetics in engineering
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- 1966
22. The Abstraction from Politics.
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Rimmer, Douglas
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ENGINEERING design ,ABSTRACT thought ,ECONOMICS ,POLITICAL science - Abstract
Discusses the boundaries of theoretical abstraction or the content of appropriate scientific analysis given the practical intent to design economic changes. Difference between engineering design and economic design; Emphasis on abstraction from politics; Information on the Seven Year Plan.
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- 1969
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23. THE VALUE SYSTEM OF A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH GROUP.
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Shepard, Herbert A.
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RESEARCH teams ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,HYPOTHESIS ,RESEARCH ,ENGINEERING design ,CERTAINTY ,PROBABILITY theory ,STATISTICAL hypothesis testing - Abstract
Research can be defined as a process of translation, or reproduction in which a communicable model or representation of the subject of research is the goal. In applied research, the goal is to formulate a statement which represents the operations necessary to bring about some desired result. What makes such research different from engineering design is the degree of certainty and completeness with which the model can be formulated at the beginning of the project. The means of achieving the desired result are represented in a network of hypotheses of greater or less probability. Some steps can be specified with near certainty, but others remain vague and uncertain until more information about the physical processes involved can be acquired. When the model attains certainty, and all operations can be specified, the project is completed. The uncertainties are reduced by formulating and testing hypotheses. This process can be described as a cycle of four phases: predicting in the model that a certain operation will produce a desired result; performing the operation; comparing the observed result with the prediction; working out the implications of the finding for the model, and hence for the next step in research. This cycle makes research a self-corrective activity. Despite its tentative nature, the model provides the research worker with criteria by which he can evaluate his progress at every step. Incorrect predictions are revealed, and dictate changes in the model.
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- 1954
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24. RELIABILITY OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES IN RESISTING CHANCE FAILURE.
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Coleman, John J.
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AIRPLANES ,STRUCTURAL design ,AIRFRAMES ,RELIABILITY in engineering ,ENGINEERING design ,STRUCTURAL failures ,POWER spectra ,SPECTRUM analysis - Abstract
In this analysis, a measure is developed for the capability of aircraft structures to withstand chance failure, as contrasted to fatigue failure, over the design life of any aircraft system. The measure developed is similar to that for reliability, except the failure rate is specified completely in terms of the power spectral properties of the structural response to the environment. This relation of the reliability to the power spectral parameters enables the reliability of a structure to be predicted. For a given environment and reliability requirement, the analysis could also be used as a basis for determining optimal structural designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1959
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25. ENGINEERING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION UNDER RISK.
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Weisman, Joel and Holzman, A. G.
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ENGINEERING design ,INDUSTRIAL design ,RISK ,UTILITY theory ,NONLINEAR programming ,COST accounting ,UTILITY functions ,EXPECTED utility ,MULTIDISCIPLINARY design optimization ,COMBINATORIAL optimization ,MATHEMATICAL programming ,MANAGEMENT science - Abstract
Since engineering designs generally involve a number of elements about which only partial information is available, design optimization should be conducted under conditions of risk. Utility is nonlinear with cost or revenue; consequently, the enterprise's view of risk is considered through utilities assigned to costs or revenues which deviate from the mean. This is termed "risk programming" to distinguish it from previous contributions in this area. General forms of the objective function, yielding expected utility, are derived for utility functions of two types. When the total cost distribution is normal, an exact solution requiring only a knowledge of expected total cost and the cost variance is obtained. For nonnormal cost distributions, an upper bound of the objective function, requiring knowledge only of the same two quantities, is obtained. A model for engineering design, which provides both the expected total cost and cost variance, is developed based upon division of the elements of variability into several categories. With this division, a reasonable computational procedure is possible. The procedure has been incorporated into a modified direct search optimization program capable of solving large-size design problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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26. ON THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SAFETY FACTOR: A CASE STUDY IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE.
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Mitroff, Ian I.
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HEURISTIC programming ,ENGINEERING design ,MECHANICAL engineers ,SYSTEM analysis ,SOCIAL psychology ,SAFETY factor in engineering ,INDUSTRIAL design ,MATHEMATICAL programming ,INDUSTRIAL engineering ,HUMAN behavior - Abstract
Selected aspects of a heuristic programming study of the design behavior of a practicing mechanical engineer are described. The study documents the tremendous influence that personality and social variables exert on the technical practice of engineering design. The study bears testimony to Churchman's inseparability thesis [5], i.e., that without our developing some sophisticated notion of what the "system" as a whole is like, the components or subsystems of a system can only be identified and studied with difficulty. The conclusion of the study is that, contrary to most theories of the engineering design process, the behavioral and technical aspects of design are highly inseparable. In certain instances, the influence of behavioral factors on design outweighs the technical factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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27. PROGRESS IN AEC REACTOR PROGRAM.
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NUCLEAR reactors ,ENGINEERING test reactors ,NUCLEAR engineering ,ENGINEERING design ,NUCLEAR nonproliferation ,REACTOR fuel reprocessing ,CONSTRUCTION equipment - Abstract
The article discusses the developments in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) reactor development program. One development is the selection of Bechel Corp. of San Francisco, California by the AEC Idaho Operations Office to perform major construction work on the first reactor to be built at the Commission's new Nuclear Reactor Testing Station near Arco, Idaho. Second is determination of location for the proposed materials testing reactor at the Idaho reactor testing station. The proposal has been completed by the Argonne National Laboratory of Chicago, Illinois. The engineering design work on the reactor is planned for construction at the site of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory to produce significant amounts of electric power using neutrons in immediate energy range.
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- 1950
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28. The rebirth of the STOL aircraft.
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ENGINEERING design ,SHORT take-off & landing aircraft ,MCDONNELL Douglas aircraft ,BOEING airplanes - Abstract
The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Air Force to approve the designs from Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. for a medium-range short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) jet transport. Among the aircraft design specifications are the ability to carry as many as 150 passengers for up to 500 miles, and to land troops and cargo on short, rough fields close to battle areas at a production cost of no more than five million U.S. dollars per plane. The aerospace industry though doubts that the Air Force would carry out its STOL development program.
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- 1973
29. Engineering creativity
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Giddens, EP
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- 1970
30. Aesthetics in engineering
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Robson, SR
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- 1965
31. Pyramid Image Fusion Based on Contourlet and Enhanced Structural Decomposition
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Mojtaba Soleimani, Ali Aghagolzadeh, and Mehdi Ezoji
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image fusion ,image structural decomposition ,contourlet transform ,pyramidal structure ,proposed weighting factor ,Engineering design ,TA174 - Abstract
Recently, a method for multi-exposure images fusion based on structural decomposition of images into three parts including signal strength, signal structure and signal mean has been introduced. In this paper, we seek to use this decomposition, for images fusion in other fields, including multimodal medical, multi-focus, and infrared and visible images. To increase the fusion quality, besides the introduction of the proposed weighting factor in the structural decomposition, contourlet transformation and the pyramidal structure have also been used. First, each of the K input images are represented into low frequency and high frequency subbands, by using contourlet transform. Then, all the corresponding subbands (resulting from the same scales and directions) are fused with each other, separately and in an iterative process. In this iterative process, first, a separate pyramid structure (including approximation and detail layers) is created for each of the corresponding K subbands. These layers are obtained by the down-sampling of subbands and structural separation based on the proposed new weighting factor. Then, the fusion is performed in the reverse direction of the pyramidal structure and the fused image of the K corresponding subband is obtained. By repeating this process, the fused image will be obtained for all the corresponding subbands. At the end, the final fused image is obtained by the inverse contourlet transformation on the fused images of the subbands. Several visual and quantitative comparisons, with 7 common methods in this field, have been made. In the visual aspect, the proposed method shows the highest quality.
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- 1378
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32. Return of the Native.
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ENGINEERS ,ENGINEERING design ,EMPLOYMENT - Abstract
The article reports on the decision of the Chance Vought division of the United Aircraft Corp. to open an engineering design office in Boston, Massachusetts to hire top-quality engineers located in New England.
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- 1953
33. Construction of the Mangahouhounui aqueduct for the Poutu canal
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Hinkley, AT
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- 1974
34. The distribution of storm rainfall
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White, GCS
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- 1952
35. The human factor
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White, DU
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- 1952
36. An engineer's bookshelf [Book Review]
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- 1970
37. Engineering design and construction in permafrost regions: a review
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Linell, K. A. and Johnston, G. H.
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sol ,conception d'ingenierie ,engineering design ,technologie de la construction ,construction technology ,pergélisol ,soils ,permafrost - Abstract
This state of the art review summarizes key points of present knowledge in North America and major problem areas relative to engineering design and construction in permafrost regions. Topics discussed include the special importance of proper site selection and investigation, environmental engineering and protection constraints, current concepts of foundation design including footings, piles, ground anchors, foundations near or in water bodies and control of frost heave, design criteria for roads, railroads and airfields, North American experience with dams and reservoirs, excavation and underground construction studies in frozen ground, drainage, groundwater movement and artesian water conditions and problems, difficulties of providing reliable water, waste disposal and other utilities systems at reasonable cost in permafrost regions and the state of the art in the field of petroleum production and pipelines. Areas in which further research and development are required for improvement of engineering design and construction are summarized in a concluding section of the paper., North American Contribution to the Second International Conference on Permafrost, July 1973, Yakutsk, Siberia, USSR
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- 1973
38. Photoelasticity for Designers : International Series of Monographs in Mechanical Engineering
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R. B. Heywood, D. J. Silverleaf, G. Blackburn, R. B. Heywood, D. J. Silverleaf, and G. Blackburn
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- Photoelasticity, Engineering design
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Photoelasticity for Designers covers the fundamental principles and techniques of photoelasticity, with an emphasis on its value as an aid to engineering design. This book is divided into 12 chapters, and begins with an introduction to the essential optical effects necessary for an understanding of the photoelastic phenomena. The next chapters describe the concept and features of polariscopes; the characterization of photoelastic materials; the formulation and testing of two-dimensional models of photoelasticity; and the application of model stresses to prototypes for the analysis of stresses occurring in the plane of the model, effectively of uniform thickness. These topics are followed by a discussion of the frozen stress technique and a comparison of the various materials that can be used for models in the technique. The ending chapters deal with the principles and application of the birefringent coating and distorted model techniques. This book will prove useful to photoelasticians, design engineers, and students.
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- 1969
39. The Design of Design
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Glegg and Glegg
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- Engineering design
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How does an inventor set about designing a piece of machinery to make a particular product? Are they any basic principles to guide him? Glegg believes that there are and, in his short book, draws on his own wide-ranging experience as an inventor, consulting engineer, company director and university lecturer, to define them. Most books on engineering design are concerned with either mathematical analysis or some individual technique related to a narrow field. This book is neither: it defines the general laws which underlie all creative design, from the philosophy and psychology of inventiveness to the point at which an invention is commercially exploited. It thus cuts across the frontiers of specialised studies and specialised industries. Glegg finds engineering fun and feels that learning about it need not be dull. His book, with many illustrations from the battleground of industry, is both entertaining and profitable reading for engineering designers of the future and for those in general management responsible for design departments.
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- 1969
40. From Project to Production : The Commonwealth and International Library: Social Administration, Training Economics, and Production Division
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A. M. Brichta, Peter E. M. Sharp, R Brown, G. Chandler, W. A. Davis, A. M. Brichta, Peter E. M. Sharp, R Brown, G. Chandler, and W. A. Davis
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- Engineering design, Project management
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From Project to Production provides a detailed account of project development in industrial engineering, with emphasis on the administrative procedure along which creative effort should be channeled. This book highlights the necessity for, and the use of, the industrial designer and points out where the machine element analysis and synthesis, circuit calculations, design, and drafting fit into the general industrial pattern. This book is comprised of 11 chapters and begins with an overview of the difficulties involved producing a satisfactory guide to design and development work, along with the importance of training and the chain of command in project development. The next chapter explains how a project is conceived and considers the economic principles, development policy, engineering products, the development effort on production plant, and project implementation. The reader is methodically introduced to the rationalization of project work; engineering design, industrial design, and optimum design; and inventions, patents, and design registration. The remaining chapters focus on design realization; materials and stress analysis; development of models and prototype; and the technical activity of an engineering company. This monograph will be a useful resource for students, teachers, and practitioners of engineering.
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- 1970
41. Rational Descriptions, Decisions and Designs : Pergamon Unified Engineering Series
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Myron Tribus, Thomas F. Irvine, James P. Hartnett, Myron Tribus, Thomas F. Irvine, and James P. Hartnett
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- Engineering design, Bayesian statistical decision theory
- Abstract
Rational Descriptions, Decisions and Designs is a reference for understanding the aspects of rational decision theory in terms of the basic formalism of information theory. The text provides ways to achieve correct engineering design decisions. The book starts with an understanding for the need to apply rationality, as opposed to uncertainty, in design decision making. Inductive logic in computers is explained where the design of the machine and the accompanying software are considered. The text then explains the functional equations and the problems of arriving at a rational description through some mathematical preliminaries. Bayes'equation and rational inference as tools for adjusting probabilities when something new is encountered in earlier probability distributions are explained. The book presents as well a case study concerning the error made in following specifications of spark plugs. The author also explains the Bernoulli trials, where a probability that a better hypothesis than that already adopted may exist. The rational measure of uncertainty and the principle of maximum entropy with sample calculations are included in the text. After considering the probabilities, the decision theory is taken up where engineering design follows. Examples regarding transmitter and voltmeter designs are presented. The book ends by explaining probabilities of success and failure as applied to reliability engineering, that it is a state of knowledge rather than the state of a thing. The text can serve as a textbook for students in technology engineering and design, and as a useful reference for mathematicians, statisticians, and fabrication engineers.
- Published
- 1969
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