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Thought-Evoking Approaches in Engineering Problems

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Editors:
  1. Yoshimo Ito

    1. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Explores practical ways to integrate different fields to improve and inspire the design of value-added products based on specific examples of product development and application
  • Covers a range of engineering fields including bio-mechanical, medical and liberal-arts engineering to explore different applications and requirements for each case
  • Provides a guideline for post-graduate students and young academics about how to handle the engineering problems of the next generation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Tangential Force Ratio and Its Applications to Industrial Technologies: Anti-Vibration Steel Plate for Refrigerator and Derailment of Rolling Stock

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 1-16

  3. In-Process Measurement for Machining States: Sensing Technology in Noisy Space

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 17-40

  4. Ultrasonic Waves Method for Interface Pressure Measurement: What is Acceptable Definition of Interface Pressure

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 41-70

  5. The Painless Injection Tube: From Bio-mimetic Technology to Medical Engineering

    • Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya
    Pages 71-94

  6. Water-jet Machining and Its Applications: Relaxation of Stress Concentration in Cylindrical Roller Bearing and Preferable Finish of Artificial Joints

    • Shin’ichi Warisawa
    Pages 95-115

  7. Heat Sinks in Computers

    • Wataru Nakayama
    Pages 117-151

  8. Noise, Vibration and Pulsation Problems in Oil Hydraulic Components and Systems

    • Takashi Nishimoto
    Pages 153-180

  9. Design and Development of Construction Equipment

    • Hiroshi Tsukui
    Pages 181-198

  10. Remanufacturing at Machine Shop: Reuse and Disposal of Swarf

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 199-212

  11. Similarity Evaluation for Flexible Manufacturing Cell: An Interesting Application of Graph Theory to Manufacture

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 213-230

  12. Model Determination for Production Activities within Enterprises: A Challenging Trial for Virtual Concentration of Production Bases

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 231-243

  13. Leverage Between Industrial and Engineering Designs in Enclosure of Machine Tools

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 245-275

  14. Clarification for Essential Features of Scraped Slideway by Step-Land Bearing Model: Conversion of Skilled Craft to Industrial Technology

    • Yoshimi Ito
    Pages 277-295
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About this book

In creating the value-added product in not distant future, it is necessary and inevitable to establish a holistic and though-evoking approach to the engineering problem, which should be at least associated with the inter-disciplinary knowledge and thought processes across the whole engineering spheres. It is furthermore desirable to integrate it with trans-disciplinary aspects ranging from manufacturing culture, through liberal-arts engineering and industrial sociology.

The thought-evoking approach can be exemplified and typified by representative engineering problems: unveiling essential features in ‘Tangential Force Ratio and Interface Pressure’, prototype development for ‘Bio-mimetic Needle’ and application of ‘Water-jet Machining to Artificial Hip Joint’, product innovation in ‘Heat Sink for Computer’, application of ‘Graph Theory’ to similarity evaluation of production systems, leverage among reciprocity attributes in ‘Industrial and Engineering Designs for Machine Enclosure’ and academic interpretation of skills of mature technician in ‘Scraping’.

The book is intended to cultivate the multi-talented engineer of the next generation by providing them with the future perspective and ideas for challenging research and development subjects.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshimo Ito

About the editor

Yoshimi Ito, Dr.Eng., CEng., FIET, is professor emeritus at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and past president of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. The author of numerous engineering research papers and books, he is currently a guest technical advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is working to establish the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thought-Evoking Approaches in Engineering Problems

  • Editors: Yoshimo Ito

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04120-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04119-3Published: 27 March 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35194-0Published: 30 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04120-9Published: 11 March 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 295

  • Number of Illustrations: 133 b/w illustrations, 149 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Design, Innovation/Technology Management

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