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Knowledge-based competitive strategy using direct
customer experience for automobile product development
Peter HODGES, Shuh Yuan LIOU,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 33-46.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0080-3
The automobile product development (PD) design space continually increases in size and complexity. In this dynamic environment, firms must identify competitive strategies that maintain or increase financial return. Firms can compete on several factors including price/cost, time-to-market, or differentiation (e.g., function or quality). Here, we envision that differentiation through expertise in integration can be a successful strategy in the automotive industry. Expertise in integration requires attention to knowledge management, which is crucial for competitive advantage [ Drucker P. The Atlantic Monthly, 1994, 274(5): 53–80]. A key component of the PD process is the acquisition of data about customers’ responses to vehicle performance and the rapid use of that information in the development of new products. The paper proposes a system for collecting near real-time data about responses to vehicle performance and its integration with recent developments in design and analysis. The proposed system would collect customer psychophysical response data, correlate it with vehicle parameter response data, and apply this information with feasible design automation to provide reduced cycle time, improved quality, and greater customer satisfaction. The paper discusses some relevant technological and legal constraints and concludes that such a system is feasible, can provide a near-term competitive advantage, and in the long-term, in some form, will be necessary for success.
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Influence of the filler materials on flux-free
brazing of pure aluminium (1050)
Kirsten BOBZIN, Lidong ZHAO, Thomas SCHLAEFER, Thomas WARDA,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 47-51.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0079-9
In the present study, samples of pure aluminium (1050) were deposited by cold spraying with filler materials such as Al12Si, Al7Si, Al12Si-4%Cu, and the Al-Si-based filler material A, which was especially developed for flux-free brazing by the Surface Engineering Institute. Besides, pure Si powder was also sprayed. The coated samples were heat-treated under different conditions and were brazed under an argon atmosphere without fluxes or with the flux Nokolok by an induction heating system. The shear strength of the brazed joints was determined. The results show that the filler materials could be well deposited by cold spraying. A thin layer of brittle Si could also form due to the strong deformation of the substrate surface. The heat treatments showed that a very good metallurgical bond between the filler materials and the substrate could be realized by the deposition by cold spraying. The Al7Si deposited samples could not be brazed without fluxes under the given conditions. The samples deposited with other filler materials could be brazed without fluxes. The in-situ diffusion process made it possible to braze the Si-deposited samples at 580°C. The joints of the samples deposited with the filler material A showed the highest shear strength of 41 MPa, whereas the values of the Al12Si and Si deposited samples were less than 20 MPa. The employment of the flux Nikolok significantly increased the shear strength of the Al12Si deposited samples to more than 53 MPa.
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Self-powered structural health monitoring with
nonlinear energy harvesting system
Kaori YUSE, Michael LALLART, Lionel PETIT, Claude RICHARD, Thomas MONNIER, Daniel GUYOMAR,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 61-66.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0057-2
The present paper describes the application of the fully self-powered structural health monitoring (SHM). Based on the nonlinear process of microgenerators that directly convert ambient mechanical energy into electrical energy, using the synchronized switch harvesting (SSH) method developed in our laboratory, the nonwired SHM system is equipped. The system is separated into two parts. One is an autonomous wireless transmitter (AWT), its mass is 28.9 g, and it generates a radio frequency (RF) signal and a Lamb waveform as a damage index signal. Another part is these receivers, called autonomous wireless receiver (AWR), and its weight is of 67.6 g. A preliminary design of the device using shelf electronics and surface mounted piezoelectric patches is presented. The energy balance shows that more than enough energy to operate these processes can be obtained within 10 s (when around 50 Hz and more than 2 MPa of the stress level). Some different damage index measurements of SHM are finally discussed.
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Power control of dual-motor electric drive for
tracked vehicles
Yuan ZOU, Chengning ZHANG, Fengchun SUN, Jingbo WU,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 67-72.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0059-0
The fundamental problem of the power control for the driving of a dual-motor drive electric tracked vehicle is analyzed. The tracked vehicle and its electric drive system are mathematically modeled. Power control schemes of the dual-motor drive system is put forward, designed, and analyzed, including the distributed control system and the two control schemes speed-regulation and torque-regulation. The field experiment shows that the two types of drive control schemes realize the driving function of the vehicle feasibly and effectively. Obviously the comprehensive controller and two motors’ controllers are closely coupled in the “speed-regulation” control scheme, in which they must coordinate very well to guarantee the control. Contrastingly, in the “torque-regulation” control scheme, the comprehensive controller and two motors’ controller are not dependent closely when the accuracy and response of the torque controlling is guaranteed. The latter is simpler and more practical than the former.
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Rapid evaluation technology for CNC machine tool
slide level based on built-in sensors
Yuqing ZHOU, Xuesong MEI, Gedong JIANG, Nuogang SUN,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 79-86.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0070-5
Slide level impacts the CNC machine tool performance. The deterioration of slide level will result in the torsional vibration of a feed-axis control system and lower the CNC machine tool control precision. It is necessary to investigate the rapid evaluation technology for the slide level of a CNC machine tool. In this paper, a new type of rapid evaluation method for machine tool slide level is proposed, which uses the linear scale, motor encoder, and AC servo motor current/output torque. To acquire level information, the built-in sensors test principle is profoundly investigated, and the mathematical model between the slide level and the measured data is established. In addition, two different level identification methods are comparatively analyzed. The analysis results of experiments show that it is simple, rapid, feasible, and reliable to use built-in sensors information for evaluating slide level.
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Ultraviolet exposure enhanced silicon direct
bonding
Guanglan LIAO, Xuekun ZHANG, Xiaohui LIN, Canghai MA, Lei NIE, Tielin SHI,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 87-92.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0078-x
Ultraviolet (UV) exposure, as an additional technique following the traditional wet chemical activation processes, is applied to enhance hydrophilic silicon direct bonding. The effects of UV exposure on silicon wafers’ nano-topography and bonding strength are studied. It is found that the surface roughness of silicon wafers initially decreases and then increases with UV exposure time, and the bonding strength increases and then decreases accordingly. The correlations of annealing temperature and annealing time vs. bonding strength are experimentally explored. Results indicate that the bonding strength increases sharply then gently with increasing annealing temperature and annealing time using UV exposure. Besides, the reliability of silicon direct bonding with UV exposure enhancement after the high/low temperature cycle test, constant temperature and humidity test, vibration test and shock test is investigated. It follows from the results that the bonding strength of silicon wafer pairs with UV exposure decreases after the environmental tests, whereas the residual strength is still higher than that without UV exposure, and the variation trends of bonding strength vs. UV exposure time, annealing temperature and annealing time remain unchanged. Therefore, following the traditional wet chemical activation processes, appropriate UV exposure (about three minutes in this study) is effective and promising to enhance silicon direct bonding.
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Local arc discharge mechanism and requirements
of power supply in micro-arc oxidation of magnesium alloy
Ming CHEN, Yuezhou MA, Yuan HAO,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 98-105.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0088-8
To study the requirements of the power supply in micro-arc oxidation (MAO) of magnesium alloy, many experiments were performed under the DC, unipolar, and ambipolar pulse output modes. Based on the experimental results and electric arc theory, the separate local arc discharge mechanism was put forward. It is considered that magnesium MAO process consists of three stages including anodic oxidation, micro-arc oxidation, and large-arc discharge in turn with increasing source voltage. The MAO film is composed of metal oxides that resulted from numerous discrete local arc discharges, which accumulate the non-equilibrium structure after undergoing sudden heating and cooling cycles. Separate local arc discharge is caused by the process in which the oxygen-based gas is ionized in the conduct channel bearing electric field intensity, changed from insulator to conductor that presents sharp negative resistance effect, and produced partially high temperature to ignite locally metal oxidation. The local arc discharge model is described as four courses: gas created from electrolysis, arc discharge, metals oxidization, and cooling and shrinking of oxides. The purpose of pulse supply is to inhibit the large-arc discharge by intervening proper cooling time, which cannot be actualized by a unipolar pulse mode because of the strong capacitive load characteristics but can be reached by an ambipolar pulse supply because the negative pulse period acts as cooling time. Using a discharge loop to remove the influence of load capacitive, a new type of pulse power supply for MAO is developed, so that the large-arc problem is resolved effectively, the film-forming efficiency is improved, and the pollution of the film and electrolyte caused by negative voltage is avoided.
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Artificial lift equipment repairing techniques
in Daqing Oilfield
He LIU, Guochen SHI, Cui WANG, Peijing SHI, Yi XU,
Front. Mech. Eng.. 2010, 5 (1): 111-117.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-009-0081-2
To date, there are more than 60000 wells in Daqing Oilfield including injectors and producers. The annual investment is 1.07 billion RMB in the maintenance of artificial lift equipment, which is a heavy burden for the sustainable development of Daqing Oilfield. After years of study, a series of repairing techniques for artificial lift equipment have been created, which saved 0.5 billion RMB per year, leading to remarkable benefits and efficiency as well.This paper first presents the background of artificial lift equipment repairing technique in Daqing Oilfield. Then, a detailed introduction is given about the development history and current situation of key repairing technology, including the oil tube, rod string, and suck-rod pump. With reference to the study result in automobile and military territory remanufacturing technology, this paper analyzes the situation of artificial lift repairing techniques and evaluates the development direction and tendency of this field for a mature oilfield in the future.
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