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Risk assessment of accidental spills of toxic and flammable liquids on land

Badr, O.; Marafi, A.; Amin, F.; Rahimi, A.; Al-Muhannadi, K. ( Emerald Publishing , 2004 , Master Thesis)

The main objective of this paper is the assessment of the environmental impact due to accidental spills of toxic and flammable liquids on land. Different case studies of possible accidents in the State of Qatar were ...

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 ...

ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard: Experience in the state of Qatar

Al-Khalifa, Khalifa; Mohamed, Tamer A.; Al-Salem, Ameer ( Inderscience Publishers , 2008 , Article)

The main purpose of this paper is to assess the experience of different organisations in the state of Qatar upon adopting the ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard. It is required to report the available motives, ...

ISO 9000 performance among the Malaysian companies: The effects of motives

Gader, A.M.A.; Ismail, M. Yousof; Hamouda, A.M.S.; Ismail, N.; Al-Khalifa, Khalifa ( Inderscience Publishers , 2009 , Article)

This paper presents the results of a study to identify the real motives behind ISO 9000 Certification. Towards this goal, a survey of some 300 ISO 9000 certified companies has been carried out for Malaysian manufacturing ...

Critical success factors of TQM: A UK study

Al-Khalifa, Khalifa; Aspinwall, Elaine ( Inderscience Publishers , 2008 , Article)

This paper has presented the results of a study on Critical Success Factors for Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation in UK organisations. A survey instrument (10 Success Factors) developed by Yusof and Aspinwall ...

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 ...

Lean behavior in implementing lean process management

Puvanasvaran, A.P.; Megat, M.H.M.A.; Tang, S.H.; Muhamad, M.R.; Hamouda, A.M.S. ( INSInet Publication , 2009 , Article)

Lean is one of the popular concept has been practiced in most company. However, there are a lot of companies who implement lean are not realized whether lean level of company is improve or relegate. Thus, it is important ...

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 ...

Finite element analysis of sheet metal forming process

Aljibori, Hakim S. Sultan; Hamouda, Abdel Magid ( EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. , 2009 , Article)

Minimization of response times and costs and maximization of the efficiency and quality in producing a product are imperative for survival in the competitive manufacturing industry. Sheet metal forming is a widely used and ...