International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
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2005
Volume 33 Issue 4 October 2005 (pp 283-368)
A basis for teaching centrifugal pump characteristics in an undergraduate course in turbomachinery
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A team-based CAD project utilising the latest CAD technique and web-based technologies
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A project in the determination of the moment of inertia
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`New lamps for old!' A method to rejuvenate old robots through the use of a simple set of microcontroller-based control boards to replace outdated control systems
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Theoretical analysis of preloaded bolted joints subjected to cyclic loading
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On the use of audio-tapes for teaching vector analysis to engineering undergraduates
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Letter to the Editor
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Two-dimensional analysis of tandem/staggered airfoils using computational fluid dynamics
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Design and manufacture of screw threads
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A computational implementation of modal analysis of continuous dynamic systems
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On various eigenvalue problem formulations for viscously damped linear mechanical systems
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Mathematica software in engineering mathematics classes
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Instantaneous center of rotation and singularities of planar parallel manipulators
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An introduction to the finite element method using MATLAB
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A simple tool for engineers for generating formulae for the sum of powers of natural numbers
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Volume 33 Issue 2 April 2005 (pp 93-192)
Control theory, delays and driving an automobile
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The P-V linear expansion of an ideal gas
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Investigation of elastic constraint non-linearity
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An alternative shear formula in non-principal coordinates
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The theory and application of a classical Eulerian multibody code
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Limit moments for pipes with circumferential through-wall cracks: experimental verification
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Volume 33 Issue 1 January 2005 (pp 1-92)
Enhancing the teaching of machine design by creating a basic hands-on environment with mechanical `breadboards'
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The linking of solid mechanics with thermodynamics through the mathematics of differentials
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An efficient Monte Carlo approach for determining shape factors
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Thermophysical properties of ice/water/steam from -20 °C to 50 °C
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A note on the solution of very basic vibrations problems obtained from a generalised situation
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Mathematical modelling of the laminar entrance flow into a circular tube using a Fourier series approximation
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Vibration and stability of uniform Euler-Bernoulli beams with step change in axial force
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The work-energy theorem and the first law of thermodynamics
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Integration of a fin experiment into the undergraduate heat transfer laboratory
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2004
Volume 32 Issue 4 October 2004 (pp 271-362)
Demonstration of the effectiveness and limitations of thin airfoil theory in the aerodynamic study of airfoil characteristics
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Using solid modeling and rapid prototyping in a mechanical engineering outreach program of high school students
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Study of second regions of dynamic instability of a uniform beam
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CAL-based CADCAM training for manufacturing and mechanical engineers
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Comparative solutions to the integral-approximate thermal boundary layer equations for a flat plate
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A study of the design, manufacture and remote control of a pneumatic excavator
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Volume 32 Issue 3 July 2004 (pp 183-270)
Assessing the given-find-solution method in an undergraduate thermodynamics course
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In defence of open-book engineering degree examinations
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Construction of a generalized psychrometric chart for different pressures
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Portable experimental apparatus for demonstrating thermodynamics principles
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Integrating a research problem in a course in applied elasticity
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Applications of engineering mechanics in forensic engineering
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Avenues for computing the heat transfer from a circular fin of hyperbolic cross-sectional profile
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Volume 32 Issue 2 April 2004 (pp 93-181)
An example of the interaction between virtual and physical experiments in dynamics
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Quick-return mechanism design and analysis projects
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Enhanced learning of rapid prototyping systems through multimedia
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Using the learning cycle to develop freshmen's abilities to design and conduct experiments
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Using a problem-solving heuristic to teach engineering graphics
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Multiple strength tests of industrial fasteners as an educational case study
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A graphic representation of traction for a 3D elastic/plastic stress state
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Engineering visualization and modeling: teaching and management using the IT approach
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Volume 32 Issue 1 January 2004 (pp 1-92)
Coping with curvilinear coordinates in solid mechanics
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Coping with curvilinear coordinates in fluid mechanics
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On the concept of the virtual structure to provide an inextricable link between upper bound calculations and the virtual power principle
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Teaching computational fluid dynamics using spreadsheets
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A unique thermodynamics course with laboratories
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An integrated project for teaching the post-buckling of a slender cantilever bar
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2003
Volume 31 Issue 4 October 2003 (pp 283-404)
Thermodynamics of radiation
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Three-directional grating and application in measuring residual stresses
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A slider-crank experiment to determine the action of static forces
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Mechanical engineering curricula: a baseline study for the future effects of ABET EC2000
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An open oscillatory heat pipe steam-powered boat
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Utilization of the PSPICE code for the unsteady thermal response of composite walls in a heat transfer course
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Stress characterization of autofrettaged thick-walled cylinders
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Thermal engineering design project: a calorimeter that measures the specific heat of aluminum - part 2
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Book review
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Volume 31 Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Volume 31 Issue 3 July 2003 (pp 189-279)
Optimising an intercooled compressor for an ideal gas model
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A novel approach to the teaching of planar mechanism dynamics - a case study
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On springs and matrices
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The centre of twist for a prismatic bar under free torsion
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The RC analogy provides a versatile computational tool for unsteady, unidirectional heat conduction in regular solid bodies cooled by adjoining fluids
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Identification of parameters W0, n, and D of the Dubinin-Radushkevich equation
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Availability analysis of single-component systems with various failure and repair distributions
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Integration of boiling experiments in the undergraduate heat transfer laboratory
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Volume 31 Issue 2 April 2003 (pp 95-186)
A teaching program for gaseous equilibrium
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A study on the combined effect of axle friction and rolling resistance
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Mean temperature of heat reception as applied to the Rankine cycle
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Teaching manufacturing systems integration through data modelling and network exchange simulation
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On the curvature of an Euler-Bernoulli beam
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A computer-generated `pseudo-experiment' in fluid mechanics
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Comparative studies: CFD, experimental and analytical techniques in the fluids laboratory
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Experimental comparison of heat transfer enhancement methods in heat exchangers
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On the analysis of small displacements of truss joints
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The effect of mean stress components in high-cycle, biaxial fatigue
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Volume 31 Issue 1 January 2003 (pp 1-92)
An engineer's approach to a general algorithm for finding the sum of powers of natural numbers
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Overconsumption as an ethical challenge for engineering education
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Chemical reactions and gaseous equilibrium
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Thermal engineering design project: a calorimeter that measures the specific heat of aluminum
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Application of some results on proportionally damped systems to a uniform n-mass oscillator
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Visual aid depicting mechanical vibration systems to enhance student learning
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2002
Volume 30 Issue 4 October 2002 (pp 283-374)
Illustration of the use of an instructional version of a thermodynamic cycle simulation for a commercial automotive spark-ignition engine
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Container-handling crane: a first-year engineering student project
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Comparison between traditional and web-based interactive manuals for laboratory-based subjects
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Implementation of a momentum method for total drag determination for undergraduate students
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Electro-mechanical design engineering: a progress report and future directions for mechatronics education
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A capstone senior design project: thermal design of insulated pipes that carry hot single-phase fluids and are immersed in atmospheric air
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The essential physics of thermoelectricity for mechanical engineers
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A note on the kinematical analysis of a rotating disc with constant surface velocity
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Volume 30 contents and acknowledgements
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Volume 30 Issue 3 July 2002 (pp 189-279)
Didactic software for the design of rotative shafts
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Computer models for education on performance monitoring and diagnostics of gas turbines
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How did generalized solutions arise in solid mechanics?
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A membrane stress experiment using drinking cans
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A project-based approach to teaching numerical methods
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Letter to the Editor
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An interactive knowledge-based multimedia intelligent tutoring system for apprenticeship training in the precision engineering industry: implementation of IPD_ITS
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An appraisal of A-level and university examination results for engineering undergraduates
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Volume 30 Issue 2 April 2002 (pp 95-185)
A multi-purpose thermal design project that works
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The spinodal for a Van der Waals fluid
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Boil-freeze-pop thermodynamics
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On the dynamics of variable mass systems
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Exact analytic solutions of vibrations of infinite 1-D elastic lines with lumped parameters
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Some remarks on the teaching of polymer processing to mechanical engineering students
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A single-plate rotating imbalance experiment
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Buckling analysis of laminated circular cylindrical shells using a two-surface theory
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Book Review
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Volume 30 Issue 1 January 2002 (pp 1-91)
Simple theory for laminar natural convection heat transfer (and film boiling and film condensation) or Where do the Nusselt and Rayleigh numbers come from?
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A complete kinematic analogy
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Spreadsheet modelling of transient three dimensional heat conduction with various standard boundary conditions
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A new approach to teaching undergraduate thermal/fluid sciences - courses in applied computational fluid dynamics and compressible flow
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Making and characterizing negative Poisson's ratio materials
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An exercise in elementary smart structures
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Design, build and test of a semi-monocoque wing structure
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Book review
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Volume 29 Issue 4 October 2001 (pp 283-405)
Comparisons of instructional and complete versions of thermodynamic engine cycle simulations for spark-ignition engines
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Enhancement of mechanics education by means of photoelasticity and finite element method
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On the thermodynamic cycles of gas turbine power plants
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Book review
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A VRML-Java-based approach to teaching APT programming
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Letter to the Editor
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A CAE tool dedicated to the design of hydrodynamic bearings
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Introduction to the classical stability of struts: a more unified and general approach
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On introducing engineering strain
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Volume 29 Contents and Acknowledgements
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Volume 29 Issue 3 July 2001 (pp 189-280)
Use of an electronic classroom in instruction at undergraduate level
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Creating cooling from the `hot' sun
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Book review
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Tendencies in the development of engineering education versus industry: a systematic approach
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The specific heats of gases in an arbitrary process
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Analytical and experimental investigation of the phenomenon of self-locking of brakes
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Thermal engineering design project: a linear thermal expansion apparatus
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A summary of the properties of van der Waals fluids
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Letters to the Editor
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Book review
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Volume 29 Issue 2 April 2001 (pp 95-186)
The design of tapered levers
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Development of a mass flow meter based on Coriolis effect
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Determination of coefficient of friction from oscillations under Coulomb friction damping
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Some pitfalls with the elementary stress analysis of struts
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Unifying the teaching of mechanics and of centrifugal pump theory
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A simple instructional experiment on unsteady heat conduction that quantifies the existing competition between natural convection and radiation
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Book review
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Volume 29 Issue 1 January 2001 (pp 1-92)
Simulation worksheet (LKS) for development of steady-state simulation system of equations
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Book review
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Thermal engineering design project: an apparatus for determining the viscosity of water as a function of temperature
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Understanding the nonlinear dynamics of liquid flow in surge tanks
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Teaching the environmental impact of industrial processes
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A tool for learning Mohr's circle
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Analysis of frictional forces on a rigid body
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Theory of machines and mechanisms in the electronic era
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2000
Volume 28 Issue 4 October 2000 (pp 279-367)
Using the ideal gas law and heat release models to demonstrate timing in spark and compression ignition engines
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Identifying nodes and anti-nodes of a longitudinally vibrating elastic rod carrying a lumped mass
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A unified approach to the analysis of unidirectional and bi-directional parallel flow heat exchangers
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Concurrent teaching of engineering design, analysis and manufacturing
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Ghanaian women and the engineering profession
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A `boundary layer' method for obtaining an approximate equation for the velocity-time history of an accelerating spehre
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A note on energy dissipation
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Volume 28 Issue 3 July 2000 (pp 187-278)
Applications of the Bienamé and Tchebycheff inequalities for the `structural reliability' and `engineering planning and design' courses
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Why the best engineers should study humanities
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A simplified numerical solution of unsteady heat conduction problems with an application to a short cylinder
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Interactive web-based manual for laboratory classes in dynamics
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Instrumented evaporative cooler: an experiment in psychrometrics
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Joint-link parameter assignment in mechanisms and robotics
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Maximum specific work for power optimized endoreversible gas turbine cycles
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A computer assisted approach to compressible, variable area duct flow
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Mechanical analogs in control education
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A note on bending theory of prismatical bars
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Volume 28 Issue 2 April 2000 (pp 95-186)
A model for an industry/university strategic alliance in the classroom
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On the use of spreadsheets in heat conduction analysis
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Regular polygonal shapes, and boundary collocation method
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An experiment for teaching hypersonic aerodynamics to undergraduate mechanical engineering students
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An analysis of the effects of burnishing in internal broaching
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A new approach to teaching thermofluids dimensional analysis
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A note on the use of the instant center as a reference point for angular momentum theorems
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Volume 28 Issue 1 January 2000 (pp 1-92)
Teaching mechanical design principles on engineering foundation courses
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Approximate solutions of differential equations using Galerkin's method and weighted residuals
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Free vibration studies using Galerkin's finite element method
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The endo-reversible thermal engine: a cost and effectiveness optimization
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Symbolic notation of planetary gear trains by canonical number approach (Max Code)
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Some observations on Carnot cycle as the genesis of the heat pipe and thermosyphon
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Effect of tool-work deflections on the shape of a broached hole
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1999
Volume 27 Issue 4 October 1999 (pp 275-368)
Equality of radial and edge plastic work rate for plates collapsing in pseudo-conical mode
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Prediction of the heat rejection from uniform annular fins by the finite-difference method with a reduced system of algebraic equations
Full Article in PDF p281 (844 k)
Computer-aided analysis of hydraulic pumps
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Maximum work output for gas cycles with constraint
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Accurate simple equations for liquid water properties
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Modern methods in the study of beam vibrations
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Teaching Rankine cycle by using an intelligent computer-aided instruction software
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Some applications of computer algebra to classical problems in plate theory
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Volume 27: Contents; Acknowledgements
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Volume 27 Issue 3 July 1999 (pp 181-271)
The Micro Steam Car, a practical and theoretical design project
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Dimensional analysis of synovial joints
Full Article in PDF p195 (108 k)
Design of a heat exchanger
Full Article in PDF p209 (76 k)
Plane surface tension
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A mechanical engineering programme categorized into curricular threads
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A multimedia guide to protective product packaging
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Algebraic evaluation of temperatures and heat transfer rates in simple bodies with a 1-D composite lumped model. Its connection to the Heisler/Gröber charts
Full Article in PDF p257 (97 k)
Volume 27 Issue 2 April 1999 (pp 91-179)
Optimizing cascades of endo-reversible heat engines
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Thermal engineering design project: an apparatus for determining the density of water in the neighbourhood of 4°C
Full Article in PDF p102 (232 k)
A computer model as an educational tool for gas turbine performance
Full Article in PDF p113 (167 k)
Product case studies for polymer composite sandwich beam construction
Full Article in PDF p126 (123 k)
Discrepancies between theory and experiment for a laboratory surge tank rig
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Analysing the strength of non-continuous weld seams in joints under eccentrically applied loads
Full Article in PDF p153 (88 k)
The Royal Academy of Engineering Summer School for new teachers of engineering design
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Well mixed model analysis in indoor air quality
Full Article in PDF p173 (39 k)
Volume 27 Issue 1 January 1999 (pp 1-87)
Influence of self-induced vibrations on geared systems with clearances
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Engineering mathematics teaching via the TI-92. Part I: Enhancing basic skills
Full Article in PDF p13 (153 k)
Integrated design optimization and analysis using a spreadsheet application
Full Article in PDF p29 (179 k)
Developments in solid mechanics
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Beyond the boundary layer: the Blasius paradox
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A brief discussion about the reduction of the classical compatibility equation
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Twenty years of projects on vehicle aerodynamics
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