SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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This book, the first in the Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series, is a collection of high quality articles (full research articles, review articles and cases… Read more
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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List of figures
List of tables
Preface
About the contributors
Chapter 1: Implementation of light-scattering instrumentation: innovation, design and development
Abstract:
Glossary
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Application and need
1.3 Innovation
1.3.1 Innovation strategies
1.4 Do the right thing
1.5 Funding
1.6 The prototype
1.7 How to keep ahead of the competition – design in saleability!
1.8 The evolutionary history of the NS4910 protein aggregation monitor (PAM)
1.9 Conclusions
1.11 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2: Planar micromanipulation on microconveyor platforms: recent developments
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Microconveyor platforms for micromanipulation
2.3 Manipulation of parts on microconveyor platforms: an integrated approach for programmable force field design and platform programming
2.4 Future research directions and conclusions
Chapter 3: Single-axis arm designed with an ultrasonic motor: basic active/passive joint torque control
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Single-axis arm designed with an ultrasonic motor
3.3 Control system
3.4 Example of application
3.5 Conclusions
Chapter 4: Signal processing for tool condition monitoring: from wavelet analysis to sparse decomposition
Abstract:
4.1 Overview of tool condition monitoring and signal processing issues
4.2 Signal space, linear system and Fourier transform
4.3 Wavelet analysis
4.4 Sparse coding
4.5 Applications
4.6 Conclusions
Chapter 5: ANN modelling of fractal dimension in machining
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Basic considerations
5.3 CNC end milling
5.4 CNC turning
5.5 Cylindrical grinding
5.6 Electrical discharge machining
5.7 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Predicting forces and damage in drilling of polymer composites: soft computing techniques
Abstract:
6.1 Drilling of polymer composites
6.2 Soft computing techniques
Chapter 7: Minimising burr size in drilling: integrating response surface methodology with particle swarm optimisation
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Response surface methodology
7.3 Particle swarm optimisation
7.4 Experimental details
7.5 Results and discussion
7.6 Conclusions
Chapter 8: Single-point incremental forming of polymers
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Theoretical framework
8.3 Experimental background
8.4 Results and discussion
8.5 Conclusions
8.6 Acknowledgment
Index
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