Development of the Standardized Francis Turbine
Initial machine selections to address higher head sites included small custom Francis turbines and standard pumps running in the turbine mode. As the former proved too costly and the latter...

Design and Manufacture of Turbine Runner Blades Using CAD/CAM-Technology
Interactive blade design, fluid flow analysis, stress analysis and NC-matching of both model and prototype blades are working from a common data base and are demonstrated in this paper....

Evaluation of Building Response Recorded During the Morgan Hill Earthquake
On April 24, 1984, the Morgan Hill Earthquake (Richter magnitude 6. 2) occurred within approximately 15 km of IBM Corporation's computer-equipment manufacturing facility located...

Renovation Versus New Construction for High Technology Manufacturing Facilities
The purpose of this paper is to compare the differences between renovation and new construction for High Technology Manufacturing Facilities. The standards of quality, cost, and schedule...

Martin Marietta Complex
Great pains were taken to ensure the environmental integrity and beauty of the area surrounding this light manufacturing and office complex. Located near Orlando, Fla., some 80 percent...

The Potential for Small-Scale Hydro in Developing Countries
The author attempts to define a market that has been traditionally ignored by U.S. design firms. As a result, the Europeans, Chinese and Japanese have taken the lead in engineering and...

Research and Development for Increased Productivity�Where We Must Go
A well-focused research and development activity must be the essential foundation of any long-range success in maintaining high and increasing productivity in manufacturing, the efficient...

RPI's Mighty Goal: To Help Rejuvenate American Industry
During the past few decades, many U.S. engineering schools have become obsessed with engineering science and have seemed to lose interest in practical, industrial problems faced by American...

NYC Garment Industry
For decades, New York City's most important industry has been garment manufacturing. Traditionally, it had been a major source of entry level jobs for recent immigrants to...

Waste Clearinghouse Promotes Recycling Efforts
Industrial waste management has emerged as a major problem for all industrial nations. The EPA recently estimated that approximately 260,000,000 dry tons of waste materials are generated...

The Story of America's Transportation Revolution
During the 200 years since the Declaration of Independence, the United States witnessed a revolution in transportation unprecedented in recorded history. For hundreds of years, man had...

The Story of America's Transportation Revolution
During the 200 years since the Declaration of Independence, the United States witnessed a revolution in transportation unprecedented in recorded history. For hundreds of years, man had...

 

 

 

 

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