Volume! 

About: Volume! is an academic journal published by Éditions Mélanie Seteun. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Rock music & Popular music. It has an ISSN identifier of 1634-5495. Over the lifetime, 1277 publications have been published receiving 5284 citations. The journal is also known as: Volume! La revue des musiques populaires.

State of the Art in Laser Surface Texturing

Abstract: Surface texturing has emerged in the last decade as a viable option of surface engineering resulting in significant improvement in load capacity, wear resistance, friction coefficient etc. of tribological mechanical components. Various techniques can be employed for surface texturing but Laser Surface Texturing (LST) is probably the most advanced so far. LST produces a very large number of micro-dimples on the surface and each of these micro- dimples can serve either as a micro-hydrodynamic bearing in cases of full or mixed lubrication, a micro-reservoir for lubricant in cases of starved lubrication conditions, or a micro-trap for wear debris in either lubricated or dry sliding. The paper reviews the current effort being made world wide on laser surface texturing in particular. It presents the state of the art in LST and the potential of this technology in various lubricated applications like mechanical seals, piston rings, thrust bearings, magnetic recording etc. The paper also describes some fundamental on-going research around the world with LST.

Internationalization of Higher Education

Abstract: The internationalization of higher education has expanded over the last decades. Numbers of students, teaching staff, and researchers that cross borders are increasing and institutional activities and strategies for internationalization have become more elaborate. Their aims and rationales include networking for mutual understanding and intercultural learning, for achieving academic excellence, and for providing assistance to build capacity in other countries. As the context is increasingly characterized by global competition in which knowledge is a prime factor for economic growth, internationalization has also become more market oriented, aiming to attract talented students and highly skilled workers as key resources for the knowledge economy.

The Production of Success: An Anti-Musicology of the Pop Song

Abstract: This paper scrutinizes the diverse elements making a pop song: words, musical arrangements, a voice, a character, aso. This doesn’t lead to doing a musicology of pop music. Those elements are elusive, unsure. They don’t stand by themselves. None of them brings any guarantee of success. The analysis rather points at their original mode of composition, made of sampling and cutting, of listening and negociation. This permanent quest for what makes sense to a public is like a continual bet. It is far from any principle or good reason. But such a bet makes popular music professionals able to gather, amplify and express the voice of the voiceless. In the margins of a history written by the powerful, the song less calls for doing a sociology of pop music, than to listen to the unknown social it makes us hear.

Computations of Boiling Flows

Abstract: Numerical simulations of boiling flows are discussed. The change of phase from liquid to vapor and vice-versa usually takes place in a highly unsteady manner where the phase boundary is very convoluted. Direct numerical simulations therefore require the accurate solution of the Navier-Stokes equations and the energy equation in each phase and the correct incorporation of the unsteady phase boundary. Such simulations, where the motion of an unsteady phase boundary is followed for a sufficiently long time to allow computation of average heat transfer are very recent. Here, we will describe one method that has been used successfully to simulate boiling flows and show a few examples of studies using the method.Copyright © 2004 by ASME

A Survey on Condition Monitoring Systems in Industry

Abstract: Advances in networking technologies are opening integration opportunities for Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) systems, presenting further possibilities for increasing CBM system functionality. This paper presents the results of a CBM Survey designed to determine present applications of CBM system within industry. Understanding how industry applies practices such as CBM in the work place offers valuable research results for CBM system providers, consultants and business users alike. The survey acts as a CBM application indicator for 2004. It targets 6 key areas: 1) Respondents’ company information, 2) The type of CBM technique/s applied by the respondents’ company, 3) Incentives that led the respondents’ company to implement their CBM system, 4) Technological and integration issues associated with respondents’ application of CBM, 5) Implementation issues associated with the respondents’ CBM system, and 6) Reliability and consequential maintenance awareness issues following implementation. An international response shows CBM to be a globally accepted maintenance practice. In addition to the survey results, the paper discusses developments in remote CBM systems using the Internet, with particular regard for developing suitable user interface designs.Copyright © 2004 by ASME