Rapid Analysis as an Integral Part of Additive Manufacturing

Process planning for an Additive/Subtractive Rapid Pattern Manufacturing system

ix CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Motivation 4 1.3 Research Objectives 5 1.4 Dissertation Outline 6 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Rapid Prototyping Application in Pattern & Mold Manufacturing 7 2.2 Layer Thickness Algorithm 14 2.3 Tool Size and Machining Parameter Selection 17 2.4 Cutting Force Models 22 2.5 Thin Material Machining 23 2.6 Machining Error Prediction ...

Sadness as an integral part of depression

Sadness is considered by numerous authors to be a core symptom of depression. Currently, many arguments exist for its particular importance in depressed patients. Sadness makes up part of the various definitions of the depressive syndrome, even if its presence is not required for diagnosis. Furthermore, it is closely linked to the other depressive symptoms, and has prognostic value, in particul...

An Additive Manufacturing Test Artifact

A test artifact, intended for standardization, is proposed for the purpose of evaluating the performance of additive manufacturing (AM) systems. A thorough analysis of previously proposed AM test artifacts as well as experience with machining test artifacts have inspired the design of the proposed test artifact. This new artifact is designed to provide a characterization of the capabilities and...

an infinite planar array of rectangular microstrip patch antenna analysis

the methods which are used to analyze microstrip antennas, are divited into three categories: empirical methods, semi-empirical methods and full-wave analysis. empirical and semi-empirical methods are generally based on some fundamental simplifying assumptions about quality of surface current distribution and substrate thickness. thses simplificatioms cause low accuracy in field evaluation. ful...

Quality part production via multi-laser additive manufacturing