Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 9 Issue 1

Embedded controlled low‐frequency AC to high‐frequency AC converter fed induction heater

Kirubakaran Dhandapani, Rama Reddy Sathi

The purpose of this paper is to present, a novel boost‐active clamp bridge single stage high‐frequency zero voltage soft‐switching‐pulse width modulation (ZVS‐PWM) inverter, which…

Safety awareness of practitioners in the Cypriot manufacturing sector

Georgios Boustras, Romaios Bratskas, Vasileios Tokakis, Andreas Efstathiades

In the last few years a number of industrial catastrophes in the Cypriot manufacturing sector have taken place, resulting in losses of millions of Euro and disrupting the…

Factors influencing the adaptive re‐use of buildings

Peter Bullen, Peter Love

Adaptive re‐use enables a building to suit new conditions. It is a process that reaps the benefit of the embodied energy and quality of the original building in a sustainable…

Design and construction of a low‐cost economical thermal vacuum chamber for spacecraft environmental testing

Sanjay Jayaram, Eliu Gonzalez

The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and construction of a custom‐built low‐cost thermal vacuum chamber (TVC) for spacecraft environmental testing and verification…

VLSI interconnects and their testing: prospects and challenges ahead

D.K. Sharma, B.K. Kaushik, R.K. Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to explore the functioning of very‐large‐scale integration (VLSI) interconnects and modeling of interconnects and evaluate different approaches of…

Dominant feedback practices: shaping engineer literacy perceptions

Marcelle Harran

The purpose of this paper is to describe how dominant social practices embedded in situated report‐writing activities in an automotive discourse community in South Africa causally…

Risk management overview of tunnels using numerical modeling

Vahed Ghiasi, Husaini Omar, Bujang B. Kim Huat, Ratnasamy Muniandi, B. Zainuddin, Yusof

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the numerical methods in tunnel engineering and their capabilities to indicate the fracture and failure in all kinds of tunneling methods…

Editorial

Theo C. Haupt

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh