Abstract: In wiresaw manufacturing processes, such as those in slicing silicon wafers for electronics fabrication, abrasive slurry is carried by high-speed wire (5 to 15 m/s), which exerts normal load ...

Abstract: Two methods of upper bound solutions were used to calculate the needed support pressure

Abstract: Chatter is one of the critical issues in a machining process since it deteriorates the surface quality of a workpiece and reduces machining efficiency. A new method is developed to suppress ...

Abstract: The performance of fuel cells can be significantly improved by using optimum operating conditions that maximize the power density subject to constraints. Despite its significance, relatively scant ...

Abstract: The vibration suppression of structures using a semi-active mass damper is investigated in this study. A magnetorheological (MR)-damper is utilized to design the semi-actively controlled mass ...

Abstract: The electrical contact resistance between gas diffusion layers and bipolar flow channel plates is one of the important factors contributing to the operational voltage loss in polymer electrolyte ...

Abstract: In Taiwan, nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is one of the major causes of the impairment of surface waters. Thus, control of NPS has been considered as one of the major issues in developing watershed management strategies. ...

Abstract: The ultimate pullout capacity (UPC) and the shape modification factors of horizontal plate anchors were calculated by using upper-bound limit analysis, in which the assumptions of both a nonlinear failure criterion and the ...

Abstract: In this study, a high-order compact (HOC) scheme for solving the convection–diffusion equation (CDE) under a nonuniform grid setting is developed. To eliminate the difficulty in dealing with convection terms through ...