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    • Journal Title Change 

      Shiv G. Kapoor (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
    • An Analytical and Experimental Study of the Flow of Sheet Metal Between Circular Drawbeads 

      L. R. Sanchez; K. J. Weinmann (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper describes an analytical model for determining the pulling and shear forces and bending moment required to form sheet metal subject to plane strain along its width. The model is ...
    • Fixture Failure Diagnosis for Autobody Assembly Using Pattern Recognition 

      D. Ceglarek; J. Shi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      In this paper, a fault diagnostic method is proposed for autobody assembly fixtures. This method uses measurement data to detect and isolate dimensional faults of part caused by fixture. The ...
    • Supervisory Control of Drilling 

      R. J. Furness; A. Galip Ulsoy; C. L. Wu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      A supervisory process control approach to machining is presented in this paper, and demonstrated by application to a drilling operation. The supervisory process control concept incorporates ...
    • Recent Advances in the Study of Electrochemical Micromachining 

      M. Datta; R. V. Shenoy; L. T. Romankiw (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The present paper reviews some fundamental aspects related to the understanding of the high rate anodic dissolution processes and their influence on thin film patterning by electrochemical ...
    • Robust Tolerance Design for Quality 

      A. Kusiak; Chang-Xue Feng (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Design of a product (process) includes system design, parameter design, and tolerance design. Robust design is closely applicable to parameter design and tolerance design. The current literature ...
    • Heat Transfer in the Non-reacting Zone of a Cement Rotary Kiln 

      P. S. Ghoshdastidar; V. K. Anandan Unni (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents a steady-state heat transfer model for a rotary kiln used for drying and preheating of wet solids with application to the non-reacting zone of a cement rotary kiln. A ...
    • Spread Sheet Model of Continuous Casting 

      B. G. Thomas; B. Ho (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Spreadsheet programs, such as Microsoft Excel, Informix WINGZ, and Lotus 123, provide a framework for very fast and easy development of simple engineering models. The present paper describes a ...
    • Efficient Tool-Path Planning for Machining Free-Form Surfaces 

      Rong-Shine Lin; Y. Koren (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents an analytical method for planning an efficient tool-path in machining free-form surfaces on 3-axis milling machines. This new approach uses a nonconstant offset of the previous ...
    • Feed, Speed, and Torque Controllers for Drilling 

      R. J. Furness; A. Galip Ulsoy; C. L. Wu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The design and implementation of feed, speed, and torque controllers for drilling is discussed. Dynamic models of the feedrate drive and spindle motors were developed using experimental data and ...
    • Pressure Die Casting: A Model of Vacuum Pumping 

      G. Bar-Meir; E. R. G. Eckert; R. J. Goldstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      Multifunctional characteristics of die casting parts are significantly compromised by the presence of voids, which can result in a substantial decrease in the elastic moduli and thermal conductivity. ...
    • A Dynamic Model for End Milling Using Single Point Cutting Theory 

      N. M. Kulkarni; A. Chandra; S. S. Jagdale (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The dynamics of a milling process can significantly influence the surface quality and integrity of the finished part. Accordingly, various researchers have investigated the dynamics of milling ...
    • Prediction of Milling Force Coefficients From Orthogonal Cutting Data 

      E. Budak; E. J. A. Armarego; Y. Altintaş (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The mechanistic and unified mechanics of cutting approaches to the prediction of forces in milling operations are briefly described and compared. The mechanistic approach is shown to depend on ...
    • Laser Phased Array Measurement of Simulated Solidified Weld Penetration Depth 

      J. Yang; T. Sanderson; G. Graham; C. Ume (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents an experimental investigation of the use of an optical fiber laser phased array to measure solidified weld pool penetration depth in butt and v-groove joints. The purpose ...
    • Computational Machining of Titanium Alloy—Finite Element Modeling and a Few Results 

      T. Obikawa; E. Usui (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      A Finite element modeling was developed for the computational machining of titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. The chip formation in metal cutting is one of the large deformation problems, thus, in the ...
    • Optimal Design of Process Variables in Multi-Pass Wire Drawing by Genetic Algorithms 

      S. Roy; R. Shivpuri; S. Ghosh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper describes a new method for design optimization of process variables in multi-pass wire drawing processes. An adaptive Micro Genetic Algorithm (μGA) has been implemented for minimizing ...
    • Analysis of Laser Evaporative and Fusion Cutting 

      L. Cai; P. Sheng (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      This paper presents an analytical description of the evaporative and fusion laser cutting process. The model incorporates the effects of heat conduction, phase change, beam divergence, surface ...
    • 3-Dimensional Circular Interpolation for CNC Machines 

      S. G. Papaioannou; S. L. Omirou (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      An efficient and accurate algorithm for generating circular arcs on arbitrary planes is presented and its implementation in the context of CNC is discussed. Besides having significant application ...
    • Assuring the Matchable Degree in Selective Assembly via a Predictive Model Based on Set Theory and Probability Method 

      X. D. Fang; Y. Zhang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The major advantage of using selective assembly in manufacturing is that it allows the use of low precision parts to achieve high precision assembly. However, two problems arise: (a) the surplus ...
    • Modeling of Thermal Stresses and Thermal Cracking During Heating of Large Ingots 

      M. K. Alam; R. L. Goetz; S. L. Semiatin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996)
      The development of temperature gradients and thermal stresses during the heating of large ingots has been investigated with special reference to the selection of heating schedules for brittle ...