for more than three decades, oxidative coupling of methane (ocm) process has been comprehensively investigated as an attractive alternative for the commercially available ethylene production technologies such as ethane and naphtha cracking. developing a suitable catalyst and proper reactor feeding policy, reviewing and deploying the efficient methods in the separation and purification of the un...

The objective of this research is to develop a turbine blade investment casting cost advisor model to assist a blade designer in decision-making in a concurrent engineering environment. It is a microcomputer based cost estimating system that employs a manufacturing knowledge base. The concept of the manufacturing process for blade production by the investment casting method is used to develop t...

DFA (Design for Assembly) is important in that it potentially can reduce the estimated 15-70% of manufacturing cost that is attributable to assembly. Besides the reduction in cost, DFA promises additional benefits in increased quality, increased reliability, and shorter manufacturing time. While there has been considerable interest in DFA, the research that has been reported in this area tends ...

Knowledge is a requirement for concurrent engineering, and therefore an approach to capture and organise the different knowledge to be taken into account in concurrent engineering is proposed. This approach, known as the "MEthodology for Knowledge Engineering for Concurrent Engineering" (MEKECE) is a dedicated application of knowledge engineering methodologies to concurrent engineering that inv...

providing wider variety of products often leads to higher complexity in the manufacturing and business system. finding appropriate methods and techniques to manage these difficulties is going to be an attractive topic for researchers in operations management. by adopting a qualitative approach we have investigated the product variety management in the apparel supply chain. the main contribution...

Engineering can be seen as a balancing act in which several partially of fully conflicting needs have to be satisfied with one single solution. Concurrent engineering (CE) is a philosophy that aims for better products by improving the different design processes inside the whole development process. This is achieved by emphasizing holistic thinking. In this thesis the most relevant terms and def...

Background and Objectives: Emergency departments often encounter several risk and health issues which significantly impact on overall healthcare performance. Resilience engineering (RE) enables emergency departments to confront sudden changes and handling health risk issues. Patient trust (PT) is also one of the most effective factors which improve quality of care along with pa...