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Culture can be a significant contributor to, or hindrance to, a team's success. Research has clearly established that failing to have a cohesive team culture creates a severe challenge to any team effort. Culture is also something that everyone brings with them to the team. Yet, developing an understanding of what the team culture is, what constitutes a cohesive team culture, and how to modify it such that it enhances the probability of team success is a challenge to team leaders. Cultural team challenges exist within holistic, that is, teams from a single nation, or multinational teams. Cultural Influences in Engineering Projects provides team leaders and interested individuals a cohesive source of information, ideas, and approaches on how to understand, analyze, develop cultural transition plans, and methods which can improve or modify a team's culture toward success. Cultural Influences in Engineering Projects also includes an extensive literature review reference set which provides the reader a ready source where they can continue to expand their cultural knowledge base and ultimately improve their probability of successfully managing holistic and multinational teams.

Explores the phenomena of internet-based social networking and discusses the particular challenges faced by engineers and scientists in adapting to this new, content-centric environment. This book helps them re-acquire those right-brain skills and put them to best use in the new world of internet-based social media technologies.

Laboratory experiments are a vital part of engineering education,which historically were considered impractical for distance learning.This book presents a guide for the practical employment of a heattransfer virtual lab for students and engineers.Inside, the authors have detailed this virtual lab which is designedand can implement a real-time, robust, and scalable software systemthat provides easy access to lab equipment anytime and anywhereover the Internet. They introduce and explain LabVIEW ineasy-to-understand language. LabVIEW is a proprietary softwaretool by National Instruments, and can be used to develop fairlycomplex instrumentation systems (measurement and control).Fridman and Mahajan combined Internet capabilities with traditionallaboratory exercises to create an ef cient environment tocarry out interactive, on line lab experiments. Thus, the virtual labcan be used from a remote location as a part of a distance learningstrategy. With this book, you'll be capable of executing VIs (VirtualInstruments) speci cally developed for the experiment in question,providing you with great ability to control the remote instrumentand to receive and present the desired experimental data.

In today's world, clean and robust energy sources are beingsought to provide power to residences, commercial operations,and manufacturing enterprises. Among the most appealingenergy sources is wind power-with its high reliability andlow environmental impact. Wind power's rapid penetrationinto markets throughout the world has taken many forms, andthis book discusses the types of wind power, as well as theappropriate decisions that need to be made regarding windpower design, testing, installation, and analysis.Inside, the authors detail the design of various small-windsystems including horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) andvertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs). The design of wind turbinestakes advantage of many avenues of investigation, all of whichare included in the book. Analytical methods that have beendeveloped over the past few decades are major methods usedfor design. Alternatively, experimentation (typically using scaledmodels in wind tunnels) and numerical simulation (using moderncomputational fluid dynamic software) are also used and will bedealt with in depth.In addition to the analysis of wind turbine performance, it isimportant for users to assess the economic benefits of using windpower. An entire chapter of this book is devoted to this topic,as well as case studies that help elucidate the issues that you'llneed to consider, from siting and mechanical complications, toperformance and maintenance.

Reviews the essential challenges in both static and dynamic weighing and then go on to explain how a suite of very popular, highly adopted controllers and sensors from Siemens electronics can be used to make such operations as efficient as possible.

Focuses on building construction terms and phrases to have been published in recent years. This book offers a coverage ranging from familiar terms like 'concrete' to arcane terms like 'elutriator.'

Offer an overview of conjugate methods and their more typical applications, with an emphasis on the advantages and benefits of this type of engineering analysis. This title reviews basics of heat conduction in solids and convective heat transfer. It also offers both analytic and numerical methods for solving conjugate boundary condition problems.

Focuses on 'Manufacturing Operations Systems' (MOPS) in general. This book addresses the all-important human-machine interface: computer-based manufacturing procedures that are understandable to both computers and humans. Consequently, a language for writing procedures is discussed.

A field bus is a two-way link between a programmable controller or operations monitor and an industrial device like a sensor, an electric motor, or a switch. This introduction for industrial engineers, and manufacturing technicians covers the basics of field bus architecture and communication and the fundamentals of the PROFIBUS language protocol.

Offers useful guidance to engineers and technicians on how to set up and conduct quality control procedures using the mathematical tools. This title presents an introduction to the control and optimization of textile processes and the resulting improved quality of manufactured textile products.

Understanding the composition and structure of a surface is essential in understanding its frictional (Tribological) properties. This volume in the "Materials Characterization" series focuses on surface characterization, including roughness, hardness, coating thickness and bond strength.

Facilities management is a broad-based discipline that calls into play architectural, construction, engineering and management skills, particularly for running and maintaining commercial, institutional, academic, and industrial buildings. This book covers the essential role and responsibilities of the facilities manager.

Reliable and effective control systems are a critical component of safe and profitable operations across process industries. This book offers a collection of practices that guides you to control system migration success.

Contains the material and structural properties that define how the structure will react to certain loading conditions, allowing virtual testing and analysis of stresses or changes applied to the material or component design. This title presents a simplified approach to finite element analysis based on computational continuum mechanics.

A guide to the basics of estimating construction costs for residential and light commercial building projects. It takes readers through five phases that lead to a successful estimate: initial assessment, work analysis, programming, costing and cost distribution and summarization.

All plastics are complex materials made from basic or intermediate polymers. Thus, it is imperative that these ingredients be carefully monitored for consistent properties and quality. This book focuses on the techniques available for such testing, including chemical, physical, electrical and mechanical analytical methods.

Suitable for engineers, technicians and draftsmen, this title helps readers on: how to understand the data on a drawing; how to avoid dimension and tolerance errors; and, how to select the proper drawing type for a given engineering objective.

Technical topics in science and engineering always present challenges when it comes to conveying or arguing information in a clear and effective manner. This book was written to address that challenge, using time-proven techniques developed by the author for academic courses.

Offers guidance to both practicing aerospace engineers as well as engineering students in aerospace, and systems engineering. This book shows readers to find a guidance on principles of operation, design and performance for major classes of aerospace sensors from gyroscopic inertial navigational systems to accelerometers, to electronic compasses.

Offers helpful guidance on ultrasound equipment and vendors. This title helps you learn about the history of this technology, its proper set-up and operation, and a selection of useful application examples.

A Master Black Belt (MCasebound) in Six Sigma statistical quality control is awarded to those individuals who possess the highest level of expertise and knowledge of industry practice. This book develops a dynamic program to meet the requirements of a MCasebound and provides the necessary skills for a company in a Quality Improvement initiative.

Automated machinery, such as computer numerical control machines (CNM), require constant monitoring for accuracy and precision. This book presents the main methods and means for measuring and monitoring the accuracy of geometrical parameters for CNC and automated machines, including modern 'Coordinate Measuring Machines' (CMMs).

Provides theory and knowledge from present research on heat transfer and fluid behavior, with ample examples of practical applications to materials processing and engineering. This title includes: a chapter on boiling and condensation; and, revised chapters on heat transport, mass transport in solid state and mass transport in fluids.