Recently added articles from Experimental Techniques:
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Mar 01, 2008; ... Today I would like to write about the role of recognition and awards in motivating members of a technical community. I would like to share my thoughts about some of the things that inspire many of us and how these incentives are quite similar in nature. Some of us are driven by technical ...
DIRECTOR'S NOTE
Mar 01, 2008; ... "The challenge for engineering schools in the USA is how to educate a mechanical engineer that provides five times the value added when compared to the global competition, i.e., the '5XME.'" This quotation is taken from the report of the "5XME" Workshop sponsored by the National Science ...
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mar 01, 2008; ... 2008 April 24-26 DFE2008: International Conference on Design, Fabrication, and Economy of Welded Structures University of Miskolc, Hungary Details online: www.alt.uni-miskolc.hu/dfe2008 May 20-22 Successful Measurement of Dynamic Force, Pressure, ...
IMAC-XXVI HELD IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Mar 01, 2008; ... Another successful IMAC was held at the Shingle Creek Resort & Golf Club this past February. The full technical program, expansive Exposition, and variety of additional social and educational events provided the over 445 attendees with another terrific IMAC experience. Two Plenary ...
Back to Basics
Mar 01, 2008; ... OK-so this is another area of confusion that people often stumble upon and it causes grief when trying to perform a modal survey and obtain results. Usually, this is often encountered when data are collected separately from the modal analysis software system using an independent FFT analyzer ....
Optical Methods in Experimental Mechanics
Mar 01, 2008; ... Part 31: Photoelasticity III-Theory REVIEW AND PURPOSE Fundamental physical concepts important in photoelasticity, including double refraction, absolute retardation, relative retardation, and stress-birefringence, were discussed in the previous two articles of this ...
APPLICATION OF NOVEL NANOSENSOR TECHNOLOGY TO FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Mar 01, 2008; ... The application of filament wound structure technology to a wide variety of products has greatly enhanced their performance and producibility. The high strength-to-weight ratio of filament wound structures is attractive for a variety of applications ranging from high-pressure piping to ...
INTEGRATING DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MATERIALS INTO A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGH INNOVATIVE USE OF WEB-BASED ACQUISITION AND HANDS-ON APPLICATION AND USE OF VIRTUAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES: Part 4: Alternate Approaches for Teaching Fourier Series Applications
Mar 01, 2008; ... This six-part educational series presents some approaches that have been incorporated into a Mechanical Engineering curriculum to better integrate materials related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) that are generally considered to be disjointed from a student's ...
EVALUATION OF THE DUPONT ACCESS BRIDGE
Mar 01, 2008; ... A significant portion of the cost of newly constructed roads is the user cost, and state departments of transportation are sensitive to issues related to user cost. The innovative design of the DuPont Access Bridge is an attempt to allow the bridge to be constructed faster, thus reducing the ...
LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT TESTING OF ELECTRIFIED COMPOSITES: PART I-APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
Mar 01, 2008; ... Since reduced weight is a primary design driver in most aerospace applications, the aerospace community has sought a more efficient use of material in both mass and volume. The introduction of multifunctional materials, which are used not only as structural elements but also can provide ...
TENSION/TORSION TESTING OF INFLATABLE FABRIC TUBES
Mar 01, 2008; ... Recent advancements in inflatable fabric structures have increased their use in military and civilian applications.1 These structures include inflatable domes, tents, arches, and beams, primarily used for structural support. Additional use of inflatable structures can be found in space-based ...
THE COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE AND THE ASSOCIATED GLOBAL BUCKLING BEHAVIOR OF A VACUUM-INFUSED REPAIRED COMPOSITE COMPONENT MONITORED BY THE SHADOW MOIRÉ TECHNIQUE
Mar 01, 2008; ... The implementation of fiber-reinforced poisoner composite materials in aircraft, marine, and recreation industries is steadily increasing mainly due to their high stiffness and low weight. A constant growing area of concern, though, is the susceptibility of these materials to impact damage. The ...
VISIONMETER: A NOVEL INSTRUMENT FOR TEACHING CHEMICAL SCIENCES TO THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED
Mar 01, 2008; ... Imparting technical education to visually handicapped people is an urgent need and noble cause, and researchers in education can play a crucial role in drawing focus on developing effective technology for them. The visually handicapped have talent and potential to accept and implement innovative ...