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Publication date: 1 October 1952

M.J. Brennan

In this article the requirement leading to the design is discussed and this is followed by a general description of the aircraft and its operating efficiency. The accommodation is…

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In this article the requirement leading to the design is discussed and this is followed by a general description of the aircraft and its operating efficiency. The accommodation is described, with particular reference to the flight deck and equipment. The various systems and installations are next reviewed; followed by a detailed description of the various structural components, which, in many cases, have been designed round these systems. The development work that has been done in order to allow design and construction to be completed will be described in some detail in a later article.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 24 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 6 February 2019

Rojalin Sahoo and Chandan Kumar Sahoo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational justice and conflict management on employee relations (ER) through the mediating role of climate of trust.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational justice and conflict management on employee relations (ER) through the mediating role of climate of trust.

Design/methodology/approach

This study was conducted with a sample of 331 employees working in a power transmission unit of Odisha. Data were collected by administering a structured questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling (AMOS 20).

Findings

The results reveal that climate of trust plays the role of a partial mediator between organizational justice and ER and conflict management and ER. Also, it was found that organizational justice, conflict management and climate of trust are the positive and significant predictors of ER.

Research limitations/implications

The study was confined to a single state-owned power transmission unit of an Indian state, which restricts its generalizability. The research would benefit from exploration in alternative units.

Practical implications

This scholarly work may encourage managers and decision makers to develop trust building climate by focusing on organizational justice and conflict management to flourish an environment of harmonious ER, furthermore to formulate effective strategies for cultivating facilitative work environment to enhance positive attitude among the employees to challenge future goals.

Originality/value

The research is exclusive in determining the influence of organizational justice and conflict management on ER through the mediator of climate of trust in the new perspective of the power sector that provides empirical evidence to the extant literature.

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International Journal of Manpower, vol. 40 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-7720

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Article
Publication date: 23 November 2012

Pejman Goudarzi

The main purpose of the current work is high quality video transmission over cognitive radio wireless networks.

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Purpose

The main purpose of the current work is high quality video transmission over cognitive radio wireless networks.

Design/methodology/approach

A soft computing technique based on fuzzy logic concept is introduced that can reduce the blocking probability and increase the perceived quality of video users.

Findings

It is found that by using soft computing techniques it is possible to increase the perceived quality and reduce the blocking probability in cognitive radio networks for secondary video users.

Originality/value

The main originality of this paper is twofold: at first the design philosophy in admission is quality of experience centric and second, soft computing techniques are used to decrease the blocking probability in cognitive networks.

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International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, vol. 8 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1742-7371

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Article
Publication date: 1 December 1971

As part of a sales drive to increase their share of motor industry business, the Steel Tube Division of Tube Investments is sending a special mobile exhibition to Germany. The…

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As part of a sales drive to increase their share of motor industry business, the Steel Tube Division of Tube Investments is sending a special mobile exhibition to Germany. The exhibition depicts the wide range of tubular steel components which TI Steel Tube Division produces for exhaust systems, suspensions, steering gear, seating transmissions, power units, and many other parts, for cars and commercial vehicles.

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Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, vol. 18 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0003-5599

Article
Publication date: 1 June 2001

P. Glynne‐Jones and N.M. White

A range of self‐power technologies is reviewed. Self‐powered systems are defined as those that operate by harnessing ambient energy present within the environment of the system…

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A range of self‐power technologies is reviewed. Self‐powered systems are defined as those that operate by harnessing ambient energy present within the environment of the system. As MEMS and smart‐material technologies mature, embedded and remote systems become more attractive. Self‐power offers a potential for solving the difficult problem of supplying energy to these devices.

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Sensor Review, vol. 21 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0260-2288

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Article
Publication date: 20 February 2014

N. Menasri, M. Zaoui and A. Bouchoucha

Rotating machines play a strategic role in a manufacturing process, and it is the case of a cement mill. These machines are composed of fragile bodies (bearings and gears, etc.…

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Rotating machines play a strategic role in a manufacturing process, and it is the case of a cement mill. These machines are composed of fragile bodies (bearings and gears, etc.) subjected to mechanical stress and harsh industrial environment.

Sources of failure are many; the wear and the spalling of bearing, the wear and fracture of a tooth of a gear, the misalignment of the axes, etc. To avoid unexpected downtime and costly, those bodies must be monitored continuously. There are several ways to do that; vibration analysis, lubricant analysis, infrared thermography and acoustic analysis. Vibration analysis (frequency) is most often used by operating a signal from an accelerometer. Whenever a fault participated in a contact, it changed the vibration characteristics of the system. By analyzing the acceleration measurements from an accelerometer, we can identify and quantify these changes in order to establish a relationship between the measures and the type of defect, which will be used as signatures for fault diagnosis system. In a system of power transmission (gear unit of a cement mill) the frequency of occurrences of faults can be known from the geometry and kinematics of the system.

This article deals with the detection of bearing defects isolated in a gear unit of a cement mill by spectral analysis of vibration; which based on a systematic analysis spectral and envelope spectrum of vibration signal for the presence of images of all vibrational defects may affect the body in question.

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World Journal of Engineering, vol. 10 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1708-5284

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Article
Publication date: 14 September 2018

Rojalin Sahoo and Chandan Kumar Sahoo

The purpose of this paper is to explore the significant predictors that have an impact on cultivating an environment of positive employer–employee relations in power sector…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the significant predictors that have an impact on cultivating an environment of positive employer–employee relations in power sector organization.

Design/methodology/approach

Primary data were gathered by administering a structured questionnaire among 154 respondents (executives and non-executives) of a state-owned power sector of India. Exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were employed for statistical analysis of the data using SPSS (version 20).

Findings

The analysis used a total of 17 independent variables, and only three factors were extracted, namely organizational justice (OJ), employee empowerment (EE) and conflict management (CM), and established as the significant predictors of employee relation (ER). The proposed hypotheses were found to be statistically significant.

Practical implications

This scholarly endeavor provides plausible insights regarding the predictors vital for nurturing harmonious ER in power sector undertakings. It becomes highly imperative for both managers and academicians for developing strategies to cultivate a facilitative work environment to generate contented and competent workforce that can confront the challenging business world.

Originality/value

This work is a distinct manifestation of exhibiting quality relationships among the organizational entities by integrating the association of OJ, EE and CM for flourishing cordial employee relations (ERs) in the new perspective of power sector.

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Industrial and Commercial Training, vol. 50 no. 7/8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0019-7858

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Article
Publication date: 1 September 1981

Thunder Engines, Inc., displayed the first production model of its TE495‐TC700 turbocharged, liquid‐cooled 700 horsepower reciprocating aircraft engine at the Paris Air Show.

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Thunder Engines, Inc., displayed the first production model of its TE495‐TC700 turbocharged, liquid‐cooled 700 horsepower reciprocating aircraft engine at the Paris Air Show.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 53 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 July 1962

IT was a strange coincidence that took us last month to the geographical ends of the British aircraft industry, to the homes of two former stalwarts of the flying boat era. With…

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IT was a strange coincidence that took us last month to the geographical ends of the British aircraft industry, to the homes of two former stalwarts of the flying boat era. With mixed feelings, we stood beside the lapping water on the concrete slipways, which once facilitated the passage of the giant hulls, and reflected upon the re‐orientation of this part of the industry.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 34 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, vol. 51 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0036-8792

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