Sewers, water pipes, and streets are elements of our civil infrastructure, the supporting structure of society. Infrastructure is a complex technical system that provides us with a varied range of essential services; a storehouse of resources and wealth that each generation inherits, uses, and passes on to succeeding generations. The asset management has a big influence on infrastructure develo...

− Today the scanning-technology on coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) is used for tactile detection of form deviations. Many companies apply CMMs instead of form measuring devices because of their high flexibility and the possibility of fast workpiece inspection. However, the kinematic of CMMs is more complex than the one of specialized form measurement devices. Dynamic effects, like centrifu...

STUDY DESIGN Case report. INTRODUCTION This case report describes the use of the casting motion to mobilize stiffness (CMMS) technique in the management of a crush and degloving injury of the hand. The patient was unable to attend multiple hand therapy sessions due to geographic constraints. The CMMS technique involved the application of a nonremovable plaster of paris cast that selectively i...

Power electronics is becoming pervasive in electricity-based applications, making power device reliability an increasingly important topic. Maintenance operations are necessary to ensure the functioning of electronic apparatuses [1]. Guessing time for maintenance challenging due related tradeoff between costs and improvements. Lifetime prediction techniqu...

Micro-coordinate measuring machines (micro-CMMs) for microcomponents require a probe system with tip diameter of several tens to hundreds micrometers. Scale effects work such small tip, i.e., the tends stick on measurement surface via adhesion forces. These forces significantly deteriorate probing resolution or repeatability. Therefore, realize micro-CMMs, many researchers have proposed micropr...

This paper describes the development of a computerized line maintenance simulation model for strategic manpower planning at Continental Airlines for one of their major maintenance stations at Newark airport. The simulation model provides guidelines to the development of enhanced staffing models and a better understanding of resource requirements on a daily basis. The proposed simulation model c...