Books in the Engineering Research Series (REP) series

This text contains the results of an investigation undertaken to assess the fatigue and fracture performance of steels used in the offshore industry.

This book covers a range of applications where advanced manufacturing technology can be applied to medical procedures. Early chapters look at the reverse engineering process, where patient data is converted into a machine-readable format to allow users to create system solutions to medical problems.

Concerned with both the theoretical and experimental study of the tribological performance of an automobile valve train, this work is based upon the research carried out by the Institute of Tribology at the University of Leeds in the UK and the Ford Motor Company Ltd. It is a tool for the consideration of the tribological design of valve trains.

This text describes the transition that companies are making towards incorporating environmental thinking into their design and product development activities.

This text makes extensive and comparative studies of the behaviour and properties of composite, ceramic, metallic and polymeric materials.

An important title in the "Engineering Research Series" Adaptive Neural Control of Walking Robots brings together two important areas of technological development: adaptive neural control and mobile/walking robots.

There is rarely a "unique" solution to a design problem. Indeed, a multitude of solutions might well emerge and additional factors are then invoked to determine the selected design. This volume shows how powerful computational systems can be used to address these problems.

An "Engineering Research Series" title. Valve wear and its effect upon engine performance still presents a major challenge to the tribologist. Although new valve materials and production techniques are constantly being developed, these advances have been outpaced by demands for increased engine performance.

Part of the "Engineering Research Series", this book focuses on the aspect of modelling nano surface generation in ultra precision single point diamond turning (SPDT). It also studies potential industrial applications in the prediction of surface quality, the process optimization, and precision mould manufacturing.