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Publikováno v:
International Journal of Production Research. 43:2049-2070
In today's manufacturing industries, companies have recognised the importance of focusing on their core manufacturing capabilities, leading to a greater reliance on suppliers and business partners. Consequently, manufacturing co-ordination across the
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Production Research. 41:1099-1114
With the emergence of a new business era characterized by continuous and unpredictable changes and tough global competition, an agile supply chain has been recognized as a competitive strategy for companies to survive and prosper. Co-OPERATE, an on-g
Autor:
S. U. Lee, C. B. Besant
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering. 215:441-453
A series of high-speed generators (HSGs) for a hybrid electric vehicle is being researched at Imperial College. One of the key features of these products is their compactness (about 10 per cent of the weight of a comparable diesel generator set), mak
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy. 213:339-347
This paper describes the progress made on a small gas turbine design project undertaken by 45 final year engineering students and 15 members of staff spread across four engineering departments at Imperial College, and held over a 3-year period. The s
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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 213:415-419
This paper presents a strategy for investigating life cycle performance of a product by means of analysing the cumulative energy expenditure (CEE). The strategy involves the use of energy life cycle data on materials, processes, machine elements, sub
Publikováno v:
Computers & Industrial Engineering. 35:153-156
Information management is a challenge in a virtual enterprise environment which is characterised by distribution, autonomy and co-operation. Based on an on-going ESPRIT project (X-CITTIC), this paper presents a distributed information management arch
Publikováno v:
IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 30:25-30
This paper discusses a simulation experience in a semiconductor wafer fabrication area. Recently, much research on control policies in wafer fabrication and final test areas has been done actively. However, not much research can be applied in a real
Autor:
M. Dolinska, C. B. Besant
Publikováno v:
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 10:131-138
Flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) are a relatively new technological and organisational approach to helping companies respond to real-time marketing conditions for their production. Under a proposal of the National Bureau of Standards the FMSs ar
Autor:
C. B. Besant, L. Hatzikonstantis
Publikováno v:
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 7:251-261
This paper presents a family of sub-optimal algorithms based on the A* heuristic search algorithm, aimed at solving the general job-shop scheduling problem. A methodology is suggested for algorithms that require adjustable memory resources, by compro
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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy. 206:149-157
Design and development of experimental apparatus is detailed for stator drag torque measurement as well as a method to evaluate rotor windage losses directly from air mass flow and temperature changes. Effects of air jets at the rotor rim were also i