Applied tests of design skills—part 1: divergent thinking

JJ Shah, RE Millsap, J Woodward, SM Smith - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A number of cognitive skills relevant to conceptual design were identified previously. They
include divergent thinking (DT), visual thinking (VT), spatial reasoning (SR), qualitative …

Analysis of the most effective energy efficiency opportunities in manufacturing primary metals, plastics, and textiles small-and medium-sized enterprises

E Cagno, A Trianni - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Governments are pursuing a variety of measures to reach common and more efficient
environmental and energetic policies: Nonetheless, the effort has shown to be not sufficient …

Array of thermoelectric coolers for on-chip thermal management

O Sullivan, MP Gupta, S Mukhopadhyay, S Kumar - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Site-specific on-demand cooling of hot spots in microprocessors can reduce peak
temperature and achieve a more uniform thermal profile on chip, thereby improve chip …

A microstructure and microhardness characterization of a friction plug weld in friction stir welded 2195 Al-Li

DF Metz, ER Weishaupt, ME Barkey, BS Fairbee - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this study, extruded 2195-T8 plugs that were friction welded into the friction stir weld of
2195-T8 base metal plates were examined. This study characterizes the resulting …

A one-dimensional model of the spinal cerebrospinal-fluid compartment

S Cirovic, M Kim - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Modeling of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) system in the spine is strongly motivated by the
need to understand the origins of pathological conditions such as the emergence and …

Genetic algorithm optimization on a venting system with three-chamber hybrid mufflers within a constrained back pressure and space

MC Chiu - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Recently, research on new techniques for dissipative mufflers in dealing with the higher
frequencies has been addressed. However, the shape optimization of hybrid mufflers in …

A new approach for meteorological variables prediction at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, using artificial neural networks: application for sizing and maintaining photovoltaic …

T Khatib, A Mohamed, M Mahmoud, K Sopian - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This research presents a new meteorological variables prediction approach for Malaysia
using artificial neural networks. The developed model predicts four meteorological variables …

Decoupling of a disk resonator from linear acceleration via mass matrix perturbation

D Schwartz, RT M'Closkey - 2012 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Axisymmetric microelectromechanical (MEM) vibratory rate gyroscopes are designed so the
central post which attaches the resonator to the sensor case is a nodal point of the two …