his paper proposes a Lean Green model for increasing profitability in small and medium-sized businesses operating within the plastics sector. This model will use the 5S methodology, KanBan for inventory control and TPM to ...

The vibration isolation characteristics of a high-static-low-dynamic-stiffness (HSLDS) isolator, which has geometrically nonlinear stiffness, have been well established both theoretically and experimentally in the recent ...

Engineers often face the challenge of reducing the level of vibrations experienced by a given payload or those transmitted to the support structure to which a vibrating source is attached. In order to increase the range ...

Engineers often face the challenge of reducing the level of vibrations experienced by a given payload or those transmitted to the support structure to which a vibrating source is attached. In order to increase the range ...

This study discusses a general formulation for risk assessment of ground-mounted rigid sliding equipment and contents during earthquakes. The displacement and acceleration response of blocks during earthquakes and risk ...

Seismic isolation of high-rise buildings presents an opportunity but also a challenge to seismic isolation, a technique mostly used in the past in low and moderate-rise buildings. It turns out that under certain conditions ...