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    • Determination of AGMA Geometry Factor J for Slotted External Spur Gears 

      Y. P. Singh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      This paper presents a direct method for determining the geometry factor J for slotted external spur gears. The location of maximum stressed point on the tooth profile where the stress parabola ...
    • Computer Simulation of an Impulse Heat Sealing Machine 

      G. E. Zinsmeister; Y. K. Younes (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      Reduced computing costs and continued development of computational methods of heat transfer make it possible to simulate complicated heat sealing processes on a computer. Such a simulation is ...
    • Determination of Optimum Profile of One-Dimensional Cooling Fins 

      S. K. Hati; S. S. Rao (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      The optimum design of an one-dimensional cooling fin is considered by including all modes of heat transfer in the problem formulation. The minimum principle of Pontryagin is applied to determine ...
    • Potential for Regenerative Braking Systems as Applied to Automobiles 

      D. Metz (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      Regenerative braking (RB) systems have existed in conceptual form for several years. The present work develops calculations which demonstrate the practicality of such systems. It is shown that ...
    • Turbulent Pressure-Velocity Measurements in a Fully Developed Concentric Annular Air Flow 

      R. J. Wilson; B. G. Jones (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      An experimental study of the fluctuating velocity field and the fluctuating static wall pressure in an annular turbulent air flow system with a radius ratio of 4.314 has been conducted. The ...
    • Design of Direct-Drive Mechanical Arms 

      Haruhiko Asada; Takeo Kanade (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      This paper describes the design concept of a new robot based on the direct-drive method using rare-earth d-c torque motors. Because these motors have high torque, light weight and compact size, ...
    • Stability Boundary for Pseudo-Random Parametric Excitation of a Linear Oscillator 

      D. Watt; A. D. S. Barr (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      Stability bounds are outlined for the null solution of the equation describing the response of a linear damped oscillator excited through periodic coefficients, the excitation being a form of ...
    • Dynamic Stability of a Vibrating Hammer 

      J. Inoue; S. Miyaura (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      This paper deals with the stability of motion of an elastically suspended vibrating hammer that impacts upon an energy absorbing surface referring to the dynamical interaction between a vibrating ...
    • Experimental Determination of Vibration Parameters Required in the Statistical Energy Analysis Method 

      B. L. Clarkson; R. J. Pope (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      In the high frequency range of vibration the Statistical Energy Method provides one of the most convenient ways of estimating vibration levels in structural components. The dynamic characteristics ...
    • An Efficient Technique for the Approximate Analysis of Vibro-Impact 

      R. K. Miller; B. Fatemi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      An approximate solution procedure is presented for a class of steady vibro-impact problems consisting of adjacent structures separated by a gap and subjected to harmonic base excitation. The ...
    • Structural Damping by Slip in Joints 

      L. Jézéquel (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      The analysis of slip in riveted or bolted joints during harmonic excitation has been the subject of much research. However, in the case of plates the slip is induced by in-plane forces which ...
    • Fundamentals of Acoustics (3rd Ed.) 

      L. E. Kinsler; H. Saunders; A. R. Frey; H. B. Coppens; J. V. Sanders (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
    • Prediction of Aircraft Interior Noise Using the Statistical Energy Analysis Method 

      V. R. Miller; L. L. Faulkner (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      An analytical model is developed to predict the transmission of noise into an airplane interior through the fuselage sidewall by the statistical energy analysis (SEA) method. The fuselage structure ...
    • Dynamics of Coupled Fluid-Structure Multiplate Systems 

      K. R. Aggarwal; R. Sinhasan; G. K. Grover (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      A general formulation, for the study of free vibrations and frequency response of a multiplate system fully submerged in fluid contained in an enclosure, has been presented. Although the ...
    • Instability of Rotors in Fluid Film Bearings 

      J. S. Rao (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      This paper is concerned with instability of a rotor that arises due to fluid film forces of a journal bearing. The half frequency whirl and the resulting oil whip phenomena is explained by ...
    • Design and Development of a Load Compensated Flapper Nozzle Amplifier 

      R. Hariharan; M. P. Rajan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
    • Vibration of Plates and Shells 

      W. Soedel; H. Saunders (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
    • Proceedings of the First International Modal Analysis Conference 

      P. B. Juhl; H. Saunders; D. J. DeMichele (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
    • A Computer Simulation of a True Position Feature Pattern Gage 

      J. R. O’Leary (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      Described in this paper is an approximate technique for the simulation of a mechanical feature pattern gage (a go/no-go gage). The procedure involves the unconstrained minimization of a judiciously ...
    • Wave Transmission and Energy Dissipation at Structural and Machine Joints 

      L. Gaul (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1983)
      The dynamics of composed structures is influenced by the transfer behavior of interfaces of bolted, riveted, and compression joints. The measured nonlinear behavior of such joints is represented ...