According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1982, Deming offers a theory of management based on his famous 14 Points for Management. Management's failure to plan for the future, he claims, brings about loss of market, which brings about loss of jobs. Management must be judged not only by the quarterly dividend, but by innovative plans to stay in business, protect investment, ensure future dividends, and provide more jobs through improved product and service. In simple, direct language, he explains the principles of management transformation and how to apply them.

Out of the Crisis

Self-healing polymeric materials: A review of recent developments

Nonlinear Programming: A Unified Approach

This paper is a review of low-velocity impact responses of composite materials. First the term ‘low-velocity impact’ is defined and major impact-induced damage modes are described from onset of damage through to final failure. Then, the effects of the composite's constituents on impact properties are discussed and post-impact performance is assessed in terms of residual strength.

Review of low-velocity impact properties of composite materials

Topology optimization is the process of determining the optimal layout of material and connectivity inside a design domain. This paper surveys topology optimization of continuum structures from the year 2000 to 2012. It focuses on new developments, improvements, and applications of finite element-based topology optimization, which include a maturation of classical methods, a broadening in the scope of the field, and the introduction of new methods for multiphysics problems. Four different types of topology optimization are reviewed: (1) density-based methods, which include the popular Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization (SIMP) technique, (2) hard-kill methods, including Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO), (3) boundary variation methods (level set and phase field), and (4) a new biologically inspired method based on cellular division rules. We hope that this survey will provide an update of the recent advances and novel applications of popular methods, provide exposure to lesser known, yet promising, techniques, and serve as a resource for those new to the field. The presentation of each method's focuses on new developments and novel applications.

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A survey of structural and multidisciplinary continuum topology optimization: post 2000

Effects of temperature on the shear stress-strain behaviour of structural adhesives (FM73)

Assessment of the effect of impact damage in composites: Some problems and answers

A novel optical fibre-based corrosion sensor based on the mechanical failure of stressed metal-coated optical fibres when exposed to a corrosive environment is presented. The current work discusses proof-of-principle tests carried out using commercially available aluminium-coated optical fibres. Tests have been undertaken in a non-corrosive environment, in aqua regia and in sea water. The failure times of stressed aluminium-coated fibres were found to correlate with the corrosivity of the test environment. The results are discussed in relation to microscopic investigations of the metal coatings in the aforementioned corrosive environments as a function of immersion time.

Rhys Jones

Papers

Effects of temperature on the shear stress-strain behaviour of structural adhesives (FM73)

Assessment of the effect of impact damage in composites: Some problems and answers

A fibre optic corrosion fuse sensor using stressed metal-coated optical fibres

Implications of the lead crack philosophy and the role of short cracks in combat aircraft

The generalised Frost–Dugdale approach to modelling fatigue crack growth