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DESIGN AND UTILIZATION OF A LOW-COST FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELL

Abdelrahman, Tarek M.; Roushdy, Essam H. ( IEEE , 1988 , Conference Paper)

This paper describes how to establish and efficiently utilize a low-cost Flexible Manufacturing (FM) cell for education, light machining and assembly operations. The cell comprises a microcomputer, manufacturing workstations, ...

INDIRECT PRESSURE MEASUREMENT FOR FUNCTIONALLY INACCESSIBLE VESSELS

Kandeil, A.V.; Critchley, S.; Shawki, G.S.A. ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 1989 , Article)

Study of A Time Dependent Double -Diffusive Salinity Problem

Tag, I.A.; Hassab, M.A. ( Qatar University , 1989 , Article)

The time-dependent, double diffusive stability problem for a horizontal layer of salty water bounded by two rigid isothermal surfaces is analyzed using a linear perturbation technique. Initially, the layer is subjected to ...

Performance of Greenhouses in The Arabian Gulf

Hassab, M.A.; Tag, I.A. ( Qatar University , 1990 , Article)

This work is devoted to the gaining of insight into the operation of environmentally controlled greenhouse in hot and humid climates. Field data inside and outside the greenhouse, namely: solar radiation, dry and wet bulb ...

Solidification Of Steel Billets In Continuous Casting

Kandeil, A.Y.; Tag, I.A.; Hassab, M.A. ( Qatar University , 1991 , Article)

For practical operation, it is necessary to know how the solidification of liquid steel progresses i.e. when and where a strand has completely solidified. Decisions on, the casting speed, the spray water flow rates and ...

Performance Evaluation Of A Msf Desalination Plant In Qatar

Okelah, M.R.S.; Tag, I.A. ( Qatar University , 1992 , Article)

In this paper, an assessment of the performance of one of the multistage flash (MSF) desalination units operating in conjunction with the gas-turbine cogenera-tion power plant in Qatar is carried out under different operating ...

The use of Robot Redundancy in Contour Path Operations for Selected Manufacturing Applications

Roushdy, E.H.; El-Ghamrawy, T. ( IEEE , 1992 , Conference Paper)

Redundant robots have many applications and use in path synthesis for crowded workspace and in minimum time control path tracking problems. In selected manufacturing applications - such as spray painting, continuous welding, ...

REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF MICROCOMPUTER RAISED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

Ashour, H.A.; Tag, I.A.; Al-Naimi, I.S. ( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 1994 , Article)

Economic And Thermal Performance Of Thermostone In Qatar

Selmi, M.; Tag, Ismail A. ( Qatar University , 1996 , Article)

This paper is concerned with the performance characteristics of thermostone as a building material, and their comparison with those of hollow concrete blocks. Carrier Advanced Load Program (E20-II) was used to estimate the ...

Highly accurate solutions of the bifurcation structure of mixed-convection heat transfer using spectral method

Selmi, M.; Nandakumar, K. ( John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2002 , Article)

This paper is concerned with producing highly accurate solution and bifurcation structure using the pseudo-spectral method for the two-dimensional pressure-driven flow through a horizontal duct of a square cross-section ...

Composite sandwich structures for crashworthiness applications

Tarlochan, F.; Hamouda, A.M.S.; Mahdi, E.; Sahari, B.B. (2007 , Article)

Fibre-reinforced polymer sandwiches are promising materials for reducing vehicle mass, thereby improving the fuel economics. Nonetheless, to fully explore these materials as the primary structures and energy absorbers in ...

A review of problem solving capabilities in lean process management

Puvanasvaran, A.P.; Muhamad, M.R.; Megat, M.H.M.A.; Tang, S.H.; Hamouda, A.M.S. ( Science Publications , 2008 , Article)

Human factor plays an important role in ensuring lean process management to be successful and provides good proposition for the success of the organization in the long run. One of the main elements of people is their problem ...

Mechanical and thermal stresses in a functionally graded rotating disk with variable thickness due to radially symmetry loads

Bayat, M.; Saleem, M.; Sahari, B.B.; Hamouda, A.M.S.; Mahdi, E. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2008 , Article)

Rotating disks have many applications in the aerospace industry such as gas turbines and gears. These disks normally work under thermo mechanical loads. Minimizing the weight of such components can help reduce the overall ...

Thermo elastic analysis of functionally graded rotating disks with temperature-dependent material properties: uniform and variable thickness

Bayat, M.; Sahari, B.B.; Saleem, M.; Hamouda, A.M.S.; Reddy, J. N. ( Springer Science+Business Media, B.V. , 2009 , Article)

A thermo elastic analysis is presented for axisymmetric rotating disks made of functionally graded material (FGM) with variable thickness. Material properties are assumed to be temperature-dependent and graded in the radial ...

Artificial neural network-based kinematics Jacobian solution for serial manipulator passing through singular configurations

Hasan, Ali T.; Ismail, N.; Hamouda, A.M.S.; Arisc, Ishak; Marhaban, M.H.; ... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2009 , Article)

Singularities and uncertainties in arm configurations are the main problems in kinematics robot control resulting from applying robot model, a solution based on using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is proposed here. The ...