An investigation has been made into the effect of omitting small, vibratory load cycles from a helicopter load spectrum on the fatigue crack growth rates of high strength titanium (Ti-lOV 2Fe 3A1) and aluminium (7010 T73651) ...
Traditionally, enterprise and functional process understanding were not considered a
priority in the Aerospace industry. The build of an aircraft was carried out
sequentially. Now, due to increased competitive and customer ...
Multimedia technologies are finding new and advanced uses within the modern
organisation. From a strategic perspective, these organisations realise
techhology contributes to enhance productivity and operational ...
For a successful manufacturing company to consistently realise success
invariably requires the organisation to find new methods of achieving
competitive advantages. Today time is on the cutting edge and represents one
of ...
The results of a postal survey strongly suggested that new developments in the
optimisation of biological treatment processes would greatly increase the ability of
wastewater-treating industries to adapt to Direct Toxicity ...
This thesis explores the nature and management of information in customer focused small
manufacturing companies. Small manufacturing companies (SMCs) face increasingly changing
and wider customer demands. They are often ...
Due to the high level of investment required to compete successively in the global aerospace
and automotive markets, these industries are forced to form partnerships wherever possible
and thereby share their resources ...
The principle objective of the work is to explore an ecotechnological, interdisciplinary
approach to studying ‘natural’, in ecologically engineered terms, systems. This requires
the investigation of two sub-objectives. ...
Scale formation on the pipes, pumps and dewatering equipment succeeding anaerobic
digesters leads to reduced hydraulic capacity and increased downtime and pumping
costs. The increasing use of biological nutrient removal ...
Ray Mallock Ltd is a medium sized business operating in one of the fastest developing,
expensive, international industries, motor sport. A tremendous amount is spent every year
on research and developing cars to go faster ...
Bearing surfaces are highly engineered and high precision parts in regard to surface finish,
waviness, form and dimensional size. Surface finishing techniques will not only affect the
surface finish and texture but the ...
With the UK water companies under increasing financial and environmental pressures
they are having to look for innovative options to provide lower capital and operational
cost solutions to asset management in order to ...
Passive metals, like stainless steels, are usually protected from corrosion by a thin oxide
film on the surface. If the film is stable it will reform spontaneously when it becomes
damaged. Erosion-corrosion of passive ...
During the last 30 years, Thermal Barrier Coating systems (TBCs) have been extensively used
to protect the hottest part of aero-engines. They can extend significantly the lifetime of high
pressure turbine blades and ...
Theoretical and experimental investigations were performed on multiphase polymers;
especially rubber toughened (RT) poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) to explore
cavitation in the rubbery phase.
The main objectives of ...
This report documents a process mapping exercise conducted at Torbay Hospital
and subsequent process improvement exercise, forming the initial stage of a
Business Process Re-engineering programme.
The report reviews ...
The ever-increasing market demands to produce better products, with reduced costs
and lead times, has prompted the industry to look for rigorous ways of optimising its
designs. However, the lack of flexibility and adequacy ...
Globally, the construction industry is responsible for the use of vast quantities of
natural resources. These resources are often procured on the basis of their
economic value, the cheaper the material, the more likely ...
Competitive Design Network International (CDN) a design consultancy based in
Barcelona, Spain is considering the move towards making their business processes
more sustainable. This concept was initiated with the encouragement ...
This thesis presents analysis of virtual conference. It describes the virtual AS-IS
process model, the user groups and the features that are concerned with virtual
conferencing. An analysis of asynchronous Vs synchronous ...