Production of New Cutting-Edge Kinds of Hardware for Automobile Industry at JSC BelZAN

The Fourth International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM) was held in Traders-Shangrila Hotel, Manila, Philippines from March 12 to 15, 2009. The theme of this conference was Convergence of Cutting Edge Technologies for Global Enterprise. As has been done from the previous HNICEM conferences, cutting edge papers presented in this conference were reviewed and selected for JACIII special issue publication. In this special issue, 8 articles were selected that will provide valuable references for researchers and practitioners. The first article presents a commanding and visualization software suite for Mars rovers and other planetary robots. This paper focuses on the support for the Phoenix Mars Lander, Mars Science Lander and other lunar and planetary missions conducted by NASA. The second article discusses an auction-based consensus mechanism for cooperative targets tracking using minimum numbers of mobile sensors in order to reduce energy consumption due to sensor mobilization. The third article is on concept of neighborhood degree and its application to switching plural optimization methods in scheduling. The fourth article covers human behavior classification using thinning algorithm and support vector machine. The fifth article is about fuzzy relevant feedback in image retrieval for color feature using query vector modification method. An experimental identification of manipulator dynamics through the minimization of its natural oscillations is presented in the sixth article. This work utilizes the actual force of gravity for the manipulator link to achieve natural oscillation. The oscillatory motion allows the system to be converted into an optimization problem through the minimization of the frequency of oscillation. On the other hand, the seventh article is an integrated eco-design tool for Malaysian automobile industry. The eighth and final article presents Omni-directional Vision for Navigation of a Mobile Robot. We extend our warmest thanks and deepest gratitude to the distinguished authors who have contributed to this special issue for their outstanding contributions and to the reviewers for their assistance and cooperation. We are also grateful to Prof. Toshio Fukuda and Prof. Kaoru Hirota, Editors-in-Chief of JACIII, and to the HNICEM International Advisory Board for their continued support to all HNICEM International Conferences. Come March 2011, the 5th HNICEM International Conference will be held in Manila, Philippines. We express our deepest gratitude to the IEEE Philippines Section for its continuing sponsorship. To JACIII, thank you for the support. Outstanding papers presented in this conference will be selected for publication in a special issue of JACIII. We invite you to submit your research papers and to participate in HNICEM 2011. For further information, please visit http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/conferences/hnicem/.

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Effects of cooling rate on the mechanical properties of dual phase treated vanadium steels

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100074896 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 220-221

Author(s):

L.J. Chen ◽

H.C. Cheng ◽

J.R. Gong ◽

J.G. Yang

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Properties ◽

Cooling Rate ◽

Automobile Industry ◽

High Strength ◽

Weight Percent ◽

Low Alloy Steels ◽

Dual Phase ◽

Resource Requirement ◽

Alloy Steels ◽

Potential Weight

For fuel savings as well as energy and resource requirement, high strength low alloy steels (HSLA) are of particular interest to automobile industry because of the potential weight reduction which can be achieved by using thinner section of these steels to carry the same load and thus to improve the fuel mileage. Dual phase treatment has been utilized to obtain superior strength and ductility combinations compared to the HSLA of identical composition. Recently, cooling rate following heat treatment was found to be important to the tensile properties of the dual phase steels. In this paper, we report the results of the investigation of cooling rate on the microstructures and mechanical properties of several vanadium HSLA steels.The steels with composition (in weight percent) listed below were supplied by China Steel Corporation: 1. low V steel (0.11C, 0.65Si, 1.63Mn, 0.015P, 0.008S, 0.084Aℓ, 0.004V), 2. 0.059V steel (0.13C, 0.62S1, 1.59Mn, 0.012P, 0.008S, 0.065Aℓ, 0.059V), 3. 0.10V steel (0.11C, 0.58Si, 1.58Mn, 0.017P, 0.008S, 0.068Aℓ, 0.10V).

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Plastic Deformation in Microtomed Sections

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100066346 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 458-459

Author(s):

J. Temple Black

Keyword(s):

Plastic Deformation ◽

Plastic Strain ◽

Applied Stress ◽

Elastic Strain ◽

High Strain ◽

Tool Material ◽

Cutting Edge ◽

Material Structure ◽

Geometrical Constraints

The output of the ultramicrotomy process with its high strain levels is dependent upon the input, ie., the nature of the material being machined. Apart from the geometrical constraints offered by the rake and clearance faces of the tool, each material is free to deform in whatever manner necessary to satisfy its material structure and interatomic constraints. Noncrystalline materials appear to survive the process undamaged when observed in the TEM. As has been demonstrated however microtomed plastics do in fact suffer damage to the top and bottom surfaces of the section regardless of the sharpness of the cutting edge or the tool material. The energy required to seperate the section from the block is not easily propogated through the section because the material is amorphous in nature and has no preferred crystalline planes upon which defects can move large distances to relieve the applied stress. Thus, the cutting stresses are supported elastically in the internal or bulk and plastically in the surfaces. The elastic strain can be recovered while the plastic strain is not reversible and will remain in the section after cutting is complete.

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