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Organizational Information Requirements, Media Richness and Structural Design
Daft, Richard L.; Lengel, Robert H. - In: Management Science 32 (1986) 5, pp. 554-571
This paper answers the question, "Why do organizations process information?" Uncertainty and equivocality are defined as two forces that influence information processing in organizations. Organization structure and internal systems determine both the amount and richness of information provided...
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An Examination into the Disclosure, Structure, and Contents of Ethical Codes in Publicly Listed Acquiring Firms
Bodolica, Virginia; Spraggon, Martin - In: Journal of Business Ethics 126 (2015) 3, pp. 459-472
Due to the prevalent influence of legal trends in driving ethical homogenization and persistent decoupling between ethical substance and symbolism in today’s organizations, scholars are calling for a renewed interest in the structural makeup of ethical codes. This article explores the...
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Blade design aspects
Scherer, Roger - In: Renewable Energy 16 (1999) 1, pp. 1272-1277
Blade design is split into aerodynamic and structural design. The challenge is to design rotor blades for different applications (stall/active stall/pitch regulated wind turbines and/or constant/variable speed) which are optimised in weight and aerodynamic performance. The usage of advanced...
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Optimal structural design of residential cogeneration systems in consideration of their operating restrictions
Wakui, Tetsuya; Yokoyama, Ryohei - In: Energy 64 (2014) C, pp. 719-733
An optimal structural design model of a residential cogeneration system, known as combined heat and power, considering various kinds of operating restrictions is developed from the energy-saving viewpoint. As principal operating restrictions of cogeneration units, a constant power output...
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Effects of structural design on the performance of electrical double layer capacitors
Kashkooli, Ali Ghorbani; Farhad, Siamak; Chabot, Victor; … - In: Applied Energy 138 (2015) C, pp. 631-639
The effect of different structural designs on the performance of electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) has been studied through a mathematical model that considers the mass transfer and conservation of charge equations. The structural design parameters considered in this study are the...
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Optimal selection of concrete anchors for connection cost reduction
Olsen, Jake; Lee, Zu-Hsu; Pong, Wenshen - In: Construction Management and Economics 25 (2007) 4, pp. 423-434
A proprietary product such as a post-installed concrete anchor has a unique place in the engineering community that includes product design, manufacturing, testing, evaluation and design for expected service conditions. An economic model in a non-linear integer programming form is proposed for...
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EFFECT OF HEAT TREATMENT ON MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF LASER COMPOSITES
LIU, PENG; ZHANG, YUANBIN; LI, YAJIANG; YANG, QINGQING; … - In: Surface Review and Letters (SRL) 21 (2014) 01, pp. 1450014-1
In this paper, effect of heat treatment on the microstructures and wear properties of laser alloying (LA) composites is … investigated. LA of the T-Co50/FeSi/TiC/TiN/CeO2 mixed powders on substrate of 45 steel can form the hard composites, which … increased the wear resistance of substrate greatly. Such LA composites were investigated by means of a scanning electron …
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PREPARATION, MICROSTRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF NANOSCALE CERAMICS REINFORCED HARD COMPOSITE COATING
LI, PENG - In: Surface Review and Letters (SRL) 21 (2014) 01, pp. 1450004-1
a laser cladding technique, the parameters of which provide almost crack-free composites with low porosity. To the best … of our knowledge, it is the first time that Stellite SF12-B4C-TiN-Mo mixed powders are deposited as the hard composites …
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PHYSICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURE PROPERTIES OF MgAl2C2 MATRIX COMPOSITE COATING ON TITANIUM
LI, PENG - In: Surface Review and Letters (SRL) 21 (2014) 01, pp. 1450008-1
This work is based on the dry sliding wear of the MgAl2C2-TiB2-FeSi composite coating deposited on a pure Ti using a laser cladding technique. Scanning electron microscope images indicate that the nanocrystals and amorphous phases are produced in such coating. X-ray diffraction result indicated...
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Preparation and characterization of stearic acid/expanded graphite composites as thermal energy storage materials
Fang, Guiyin; Li, Hui; Chen, Zhi; Liu, Xu - In: Energy 35 (2010) 12, pp. 4622-4626
Stearic acid/expanded graphite composites with different mass ratios were prepared by absorbing liquid stearic acid …, crystalline phase, microstructure and thermal diffusivity of the composites, respectively. The thermal properties and thermal … approximately the same as the values calculated based on the weight fraction of the stearic acid in the composites. The …
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