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

Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Sedation for Minor Surgery. Experience in a Pediatric Setting

On the determination of stress components in 3-d from thermoelastic data

Boron/epoxy composite patches are being increasingly used to repair damaged structural components. With the increased attention currently being given to the certification of repairs the question of damage tolerance needs to be addressed. Piezoelectric sensors offer the potential for detecting and monitoring damage both in and beneath a boron/epoxy repair. This report presents the results of a numerical investigation into the use of piezoelectric sensors to monitor crack growth beneath a boron/epoxy patch.

https://google.iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0964-1726/1/3/003/pdf

A numerical study of crack monitoring in patched structures using a piezoelectric sensor

A simplified approach to the large amplitude vibration of plates and membranes

A method for the analysis of vibration of shallow shells is presented. The method is based upon the concept of iso‐amplitude contour lines on the vibrating surface of the shell. The problem of transient axisymmetric vibrations of shallow elliptical dome is investigated. It is shown that in the limiting case, when the elliptical dome reduces to the spherical dome, Reissner's well‐known result is obtained.

Rhys Jones

Papers

Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Sedation for Minor Surgery. Experience in a Pediatric Setting

On the determination of stress components in 3-d from thermoelastic data

A numerical study of crack monitoring in patched structures using a piezoelectric sensor

A simplified approach to the large amplitude vibration of plates and membranes

Transverse vibrations of shallow shells by the method of constant‐deflection contours