Glass fiber reinforced plastics are finding its increased applications in various engineering fields such as aerospace, automobile, electronics and other industries. This paper discusses the use of fuzzy logic for modeling turning parameters in turning of glass fiber reinforced plastics by carbide tool (K-20). Experiments were conducted based on the established Taguchi‟s Design of Experiments (...

Tailor Welded Blanks (TWBs) made of dissimilar, uniform or non uniform thickness materials have potential applications in automobile industries for light weight materials in order to improve fuel efficiency and cost of carrier. The focus of this paper is to develop and present analytical model to determine total elongation of tailor welded blank (TWBs). The validation of this method is done by ...

The wide application of ferrous materials is attributed to its amenability to alloying and heat treatment which makes it possible to modify its properties to suit specific service requirements. Among such applications is the development and modification of ductile iron with zirconia to enhance its strength and corrosion resistance, and this could be used to a large extent in the production of a...

Work conditions characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity are potential stressors for employees. One such stressor is job insecurity. This longitudinal study of 207 automobile manufacturing workers indicates that chronic job insecurity is predictive of changes over time in both job satisfaction and physical symptoms. Extended periods of job insecurity decrease job satisfaction and increase phy...

MIX is an ESPRIT project aimed at developing strategies and tools for integrating symbolic and neural methods in hybrid systems. The project arose from the observation that current hybrid systems are generally small-scale experimental systems which couple one symbolic and one connectionist model, often in an ad hoc fashion. Hence the objective of building a versatile testbed for the design, pro...

The Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource (CAESAR) database provides a comprehensive source for body measurement in numerous industries such as apparel, aerospace, and automobile. Generating animated CAESAR body sequences from still surface and landmark data will stimulate research and design in these areas. A tool kit has been developed to convert CAESAR bodies to model...

Automobile industries requière manufacturing véhicules at optimum coste and with greater safety. For this purpose every component of vehicle is analysed for critical conditions. In this work car rim is considered for optimization by using finite element method. The optimization is carried to minimize the weight of rim without exceeding allowable strain. The intention is to create the geometry u...

dumbells, barbells, and other early resistance apparati in unexpected Halteres varied greatly in appearance and composition during the era modern historians refer to as Ancient Greece. Accordplaces. In some instances, the printed references were surprising because of the early date at which they were published. In other ing to John Blundell’s The Muscles and Their Story, published in 1864, the ...

Recently, investors’ growing awareness of environmental concerns has prompted many businesses to implement green policies and procedures. Investors’ reactions firms’ efforts vary across different industries. However, few empirical studies have addressed these differences, especially in Japan – the third-largest sustainable investor world. Using data from Japanese food automotive industries, thi...

Although the hype surrounding the promise of electronic commerce seems all pervasive currently, there is an absence of research on automobile eCommerce, especially in developing countries, which covers wide-ranging issues beyond contextual imperatives. This paper tries to fill in the gap, by analyzing the impacts of eCommerce on automobile industry in China, and the factors of eCommerce adoptio...