A fuzzy-logic controller supporting the manufacturing of wind turbines and the bolt tightening of their hubs has been designed. The controller embeds assembly error recognition capability and detects tightening faults like misalignment, different threads, cross threads and wrong or small nuts. According to this capability, K-nearest classifiers have been implemented to cluster the output contro...

We present Bolt, a data management system for an emerging class of applications—those that manipulate data from connected devices in the home. It abstracts this data as a stream of time-tag-value records, with arbitrary, application-defined tags. For reliable sharing among applications, some of which may be running outside the home, Bolt uses untrusted cloud storage as seamless extension of loc...

OBJECT Metallic particles contained in antihuman bombs increase the number of fatalities. The ballistics of these particles depends on the explosive that is used, the distance from the explosion, the shape of the particle projected, and the biomechanics of the injured tissue. The authors present their experience with penetrating spherical bolt injuries to the brain. METHODS The authors retros...

A three-dimensional finite element model of the joint has been developed. The model has been used to predict the stress field of the laminate in the joint area, assuming homogeneity and linear behavior of the material. The modeled geometry is a T-bolt that joins a coupon of glass fiber–epoxy and a block of steel. The results obtained from the model have been verified experimentally using both e...

David Blackwell (1972), University of California, Berkeley Richard H. Bolt (1972), Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts Lewis M. Branscomb (1973), National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. Barry Commoner (1974), Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Caryl P. Haskins (1974), Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. Phyllis V. Parkins (1973), BioSciences -...

This paper presents an overview of the creative process and the technical challenges involved in the creation of the digital 3D presentation of the film Bolt, by Walt Disney Animation Studios.