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This article will focus on 3D visual analytics for quality control in engineering. The world today is a busy place with a rapidly increasing amount of data to be dealt with every day. Problems are encountered when most of the data are stored without filtering and refinement for later use. Industry has raised the demands for the high technological performance of final products, such as short production...
Management of patient flow, especially the flow resulting from health crises (exceptional situations) in emergency departments (ED), is one of the most important problems ED managers have to deal with. Emergency departments require significant human and material resources to handle this influx of patients, but these are limited and so the medical and paramedical staff are often confronted with strain...
Previous studies into interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit (ISIB) have focused on the influence of subjects' native language (L1) on the phonetic production and perception in their second language (L2). However, no research so far has examined the effect of the listeners' exposure and training in a second language (L2) on their understanding of L2-accented native language (L1). This paper...
This paper outlines the application of a special Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) that combines discrete event simulation (DES) and life cycle analysis (LCA) in addition to material flow analysis as an integrated part of the simulation software. The motivation behind the combination of these different techniques is to close the gap between identifying only parts of the life cycle,...
Simulation has proven to be a successful method for analyzing and improving value chains and cost price analysis in complex environments, such as aircraft production. This case-study concerns the value chain simulator (VCS), developed by INCONTROL for Fokker Aerostructures. This VCS enables the users to deal with all relevant parameters for manufacturing, logistics and financing in early project phases...
Increasing fuel costs and a stronger focus on both energy efficiency and environmental competitiveness have created a large interest world-wide for using lightweight materials in shipbuilding. One of the major emerging global challenges affecting shipping is environmental protection and sustainability, with the challenge of climate change due to carbon emission. Due to economic and environmental advantages...
In a worldwide environment, sustaining high yield with a minimum number of quality controls is key for manufacturing plants to remain competitive. In high-mix semiconductor plants, where more than 200 products are concurrently run, the complexity of designing efficient control plans comes from the larger amount of data and number of production parameters to handle. Several sampling algorithms were...
In order to deepen the understanding of the nature of first language acquisition, we carry a longitudinal recording of speech production of twenty-three Mandarin-speaking children from one year old to four years old at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) in Beijing since 2009. The interactive communication between children and parents is recorded in both audio and video mode. Apart from longitudinal...
In order to obtain high logistical performance in a production network at low logistical costs, there has to be a high level of synchronization in the material provision of the final assembly. The level of synchronization can be restrained by dynamic effects in a network. This paper presents an approach for identifying critical material procurement processes that are accountable for an insufficient...
New technologies for the fabrication of Multi-Layer-Composites with sensor and actuator functionality were used. The compounds consist of Macro-Fiber-Composites (MFC) embedded in a layer of epoxy adhesive between two aluminum sheets. Forming takes place in an uncured state of the adhesive, so that a relative displacement between the layers is possible. This paper deals with the experimental and numerical...
Peeling of Eucalyptus urophylla×grandis with Spindle-less Lathes of type of BXQS1813A and BQK1813C, and veneer drying of six species of Eucalyptus were conducted and analyzed in this paper. The results showed that: the veneer quality by BQK1813C is much better than that by BXQS1813A. The veneer thickness' coefficient of variation decreased firstly and then increased in peeling process, and the influence...
This paper describes our continued work in creating a set of narrated dynamically worked-out problems and the team based in-class problem solving for the Electric Circuits students to improve their problem-solving skills by understanding the key concepts and the way that they should be utilized in solving circuits' problems. The dynamically worked out problems, consists of problem solution annotated...
This paper presents a briefing about the introduction of engineering course of the Center of Science and Technology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, recent tracking, regarding the period from 1997 to 2011, demonstrating the positive background and the obstacles faced during the course's progression, relating all different experiences, from Hands-on to Problem Based Learning...
The teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in Africa is basically through face-to-face method of teaching supported by the use of printed materials such as books and articles. The last few years has witnessed efforts to provide free access to on-line scientific journals for researchers based in Africa. Open standards, frameworks and platforms for the capture,...
In this paper, we propose a learning material with video on Web for aiming at mastering knowledge and know-how of video program produce. First, we collected the failure examples in video production with the failure collection sheet. As a result, we gathered 58 examples from 22 college students who study video production. Based on these collected failure examples, we develop video contents to prevent...
Definition of Petri net system of iron and steel process based on technological indicators (ISPPNSTI) and its modeling theory are proposed in this paper. In addition, the real-time dynamic flow of materials in the iron and steel process is simulated intuitively by using this model. The modeling theory of this process provides reference for the design of the new generation of iron and steel production...
The importance and related technology of safety problem were discussed from the view of safety system engineering "Huer 3D structure". It was pointed out that information technology was very important to safety. Information resources of safety were introduced as follows: It was suggested to enhance collection, arrangement, spread and application of safety information resources as well as...
The article has introduced appearance background of single well drilling cost information management system. It has analyzed the main module function and described this system's application of drilling company in Zhongyuan Oil Field. The system has kept the information of drilling production material consumption etc. in a clear and orderly condition. It can strengthen the ability of the cost of management...
In China, as sustainable development strategy being implemented, quantitative evaluation of environmental load in steel industry has paid been more and more attention. In this paper, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was applied in evaluation of the steel production process, analyzing the energy and materials consumption of Tangshan stainless steel industry in 2009. Based on inventory analysis, environment...
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