Abstract: Both modular product design and reconfigurable manufacturing have a great potential to enhance responsiveness to market changes and to reduce production cost. However, the two issues have thus ...

Abstract: This paper reports an integrated approach for jointly solving the process selection, machining parameter selection, and tolerance design problems to avoid inconsistent and infeasible decisions. The ...

Abstract: Modular product design can facilitate the diversification of product variety at a low cost. Reconfigurable manufacturing, if planned properly, is able to deliver high productivity and quick ...

Abstract: This paper presents a kurtosis-based hybrid thresholding method, K-hybrid, for denoising mechanical fault signals. The threshold used in the hybrid thresholding method is determined based on ...

Abstract: The resonance demodulation technique has been widely used to detect rolling bearing faults based on the signal acquired by piezoelectric accelerometers. However, this method is ineffective in ...

Abstract: Rutting and fatigue of asphalt pavements, as two important distresses, are significantly influenced by the properties of binders. This study aimed to improve the resistance of asphalt mixtures to permanent deformation and ...

Abstract: The aging process of asphalt materials encompasses varying levels of oxidation reactions within its components. This process increases the polarity of the molecules, prompting aggregation among asphaltenes. Thus, a thorough ...

Abstract: Crumb rubber (CR) from grinding waste tires has served as an asphalt modifier in asphalt pavement construction for decades. Incorporating CR in asphalt mixtures by the dry method is becoming popular with the emphasis on ...

Abstract: In the layered clay‐sand scheme of land reclamation, horizontal sand layers are sandwiched between hydraulically placed marine clay to provide shorter drainage paths for the consolidation of the clay. The rate of consolidation ...