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    • Wind-Powered Electric Utility Plants 

      T. S. Jayadev; R. T. Smith (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      This paper describes the general operating modes of wind-powered electric utility plants under constant-speed or variable speed classifications. It is shown that for a particular set of wind ...
    • Investigation of the Flank Wear of Cemented Carbide Tools 

      E. Lenz; Z. Katz; A. Ber (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
    • Experiments on Adaptive Control of a Milling Machine 

      R. Bedini; P. C. Pinotti; G. G. Lisini (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The paper describes a theoretical and experimental research on adaptive control of the metal-cutting process. Results of experiments performed in various cutting conditions on a milling machine ...
    • Necessary Conditions for Ductile Flow of a Tensile Composite Rod 

      S. Iscovici; B. Avitzur (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The upper bound approach is applied to the problem of deriving the conditions which promote ductile flow (i.e., flow which incurs no void formation) in a composite rod undergoing a tensile ...
    • A Program to Control the Hazard of the Dust From Cotton 

      D. W. Lyons; J. D. Hatcher (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
    • Metal Cutting Dynamics With Reference to Primary Chatter 

      Richard J. Szakovits; A. F. D’Souza (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Identification of metal cutting dynamics is important for predicting the occurrence of chatter. An experimental investigation was conducted to study the relationship between the oscillations in ...
    • Analysis of the Radial Forging Process for Manufacturing Rods and Tubes 

      G. D. Lahoti; T. Altan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The slab method of analysis was applied to study the mechanics of radial forging of rods and tubes. The analysis has been computerized by taking into account the effects of strain, strain ...
    • Metal Oxycarbides as Cutting Tool Materials 

      W. W. Carson; C. L. Leung; N. P. Suh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The role of chemical stability of cutting tool materials in tool wear was investigated by studying the wear characteristics of titanium oxycarbides. The oxycarbides TiC0.25 O0.75 , TiC0.5 O0.5 ...
    • Analytical Investigation of the Effect of Tool Wear on the Temperature Variations in a Metal Cutting Tool 

      E. K. Levy; C. L. Tsai; M. P. Groover (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      An analytical study of the effect of crater wear on the response of a remote thermocouple sensor is described. The remote thermocouple sensor is at present being developed as a device for ...
    • Effects of Built-Up Edge in Drilling 

      A. G. Dolodarenko; I. Ham (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Experimental tests were performed to study the effects of built-up edge in drilling four different work materials with a twist drill, at different cutting speeds and feeds. The tests were made ...
    • Brittle Fracture Under a Complex State of Stress 

      M. C. Shaw (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      A hydrostatic stress modified maximum tensile strain theory of fracture previously shown to be in good agreement with results on tungsten carbide specimens loaded to fracture under a variety ...
    • An Analysis of Tool Life Based on Flank-Face Wear—Part 1: Theory 

      C. Rubenstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The wear mechanisms to which a cutting tool is subject may be separated into those causing acute failure, e.g., edge breakage due to cracking, and those causing gradual loss of material, e.g., ...
    • An Analysis of Tool Life Based on Flank-Face Wear—Part 2: Comparison of Theory With Experimental Observations 

      C. Rubenstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      In Part 1 of this paper (Paper No. 75-WA/Prod-28) an analysis of tool life based on a flank-wear criterion was made based on the hypothesis that there exists a range of cutting conditions ...
    • Maximum Rate of Profit Criteria in Machining 

      G. Boothroyd; P. Rusek (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
    • Drawing Solid Wires Through Soft Dies in Antiquity 

      E. G. Thomsen; H. H. Thomsen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      It has been shown on theoretical as well as experimental grounds that it is possible to draw solid wires of gold or silver to diameters of the order of 0.3 mm (0.012 in.) or smaller by ...
    • Some Considerations on the Formability Parameter in Sheet-Metal Forming 

      N. Kawai; M. Gotoh; Y. Kurosaki (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The applicability of the relative load-carrying capacity as a formability parameter is examined for deep-drawing, combined-forming, and pure stretch-forming tests, using various kinds of sheet ...
    • The Effect of Chucking Methods on Roundness Error in the Boring Process 

      C. H. Kahng; H. W. Lord; T. L. Davis (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Curved-beam theory is used to obtain a theoretical model to describe deformations in a cylindrical workpiece during boring processes. Analytical expressions are obtained for roundness error due ...
    • Combined Axial Stress Fatigue Reliability for AISI 4130 and 4340 Steels 

      D. B. Kececioglu; L. B. Chester (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The failure-governing strength distributions of round specimens are determined. These are subjected to a mean tensile axial stress onto which alternating tensile and compressive axial stresses are ...
    • An Analysis of Epitrochoidal Profiles With Constant Difference Modification Suitable for Rotary Expanders and Pumps 

      F. J. Robinson; J. R. Lyon (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Epitrochoidal curves modified by constant difference increments and their associated inner and outer envelopes may be defined in terms of four parametric equations in Cartesian coordinates. Four ...
    • A Simulation Method of Establishing Fatigue Life Distribution 

      H. A. Elmaraghy; J. N. Siddall (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      This paper presents a Monte Carlo simulation method for fatigue failure, by which the randomness of two material properties as well as that of the applied load can be incorporated into a ...