1. Recent advances in finite element modeling of the human cervical spine

   • Yoon Hyuk Kim
   • Batbayar Khuyagbaatar
   • Kyungsoo Kim

   Invited Review Paper 23 January 2018 Pages: 1 - 10

2. Optimal design of a six-axis vibration isolator via Stewart platform by using homogeneous Jacobian matrix formulation based on dual quaternions

   • Yao Li
   • XiaoLong Yang
   • Bai Chen

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 11 - 19

3. Experimental modal test of the spiral bevel gear wheel using the PolyMAX method

   • Tieming Xiang
   • Diandian Lan
   • Daoquan Lin

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 21 - 28

4. The self-excited vibrations of an axially retracting cantilever beam using the Galerkin method with fitted polynomial basis functions

   • Hongliang Hua
   • Zhenqiang Liao
   • Xiangyan Zhang

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 29 - 36

5. Fault diagnosis of planetary gearbox with incomplete information using assignment reduction and flexible naive Bayesian classifier

   • Jun Yu
   • Mingyou Bai
   • Xianjiang Shi

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 37 - 47

6. Chute design of mackerel automatic grader using multibody dynamics

   • ChulWoong Jun
   • JiWook Kim
   • Jeonghyun Sohn

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 49 - 55

7. Dynamic response of a cracked rotor with an unbalance influenced breathing mechanism

   • Joseph Patrick Spagnol
   • Helen Wu
   • Keqin Xiao

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 57 - 68

8. Dynamic characteristics of a planetary gear system based on contact status of the tooth surface

   • Ruibo Chen
   • Jianxing Zhou
   • Wenlei Sun

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 69 - 80

9. Synchronization of pneumatic vibroexciters operating on air cushion with feeding pulsatile pressure under autovibration regime

   • Edmundas Kibirkštis
   • Darius Pauliukaitis
   • Kazimieras Ragulskis

   OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 81 - 89

10. Rolling element bearings absolute life prediction using modal analysis

    • Mostafa Yakout
    • A. Elkhatib
    • M. G. A. Nassef

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 91 - 99

11. Inertial forces acting on a gyroscope

    • Ryspek Usubamatov

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 101 - 108

12. Integrated modeling and simulation of vehicle and human multi-body dynamics for comfort assessment in railway vehicles

    • Smitirupa Pradhan
    • Arun Kumar Samantaray

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 109 - 119

13. Elasto-plastic damage model considering cohesive matrix interface layers for composite laminates

    • Bibekananda Mandal
    • Anupam Chakrabarti

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 121 - 127

14. Determination of the damage mechanisms in armor structural materials via self-organizing map analysis

    • Jong-Tak Kim
    • Jae Sakong
    • Tae-Won Kim

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 129 - 138

15. Accurate measurement of residual stresses of 2219-T87 aluminum alloy friction stir welding joints based on properties of joints

    • Yang Du
    • Huan Li
    • Chuanguang Luo

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 139 - 147

16. Microstructural characterization, defect and hardness of titanium femoral knee joint produced using vertical centrifugal investment casting

    • Benidiktus Tulung Prayoga
    • Rini Dharmastiti
    • Suyitno

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 149 - 156

17. Numerical investigation on radial impeller induced vortex rope in draft tube under partial load conditions

    • Yongyan Ni
    • Renqing Zhu
    • Zhongyong Pan

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 157 - 165

18. Numerical investigation on the transient characteristics of sediment-laden two-phase flow in a centrifugal pump

    • Weiguo Zhao
    • Guoshou Zhao

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 167 - 176

19. Nanofluid thin film flow and heat transfer over an unsteady stretching elastic sheet by LSM

    • Mehdi Fakour
    • Alireza Rahbari
    • Davood Domiri Ganji

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 177 - 183

20. Effect of innovative circular shroud fences on a centrifugal fan for augmented performance - A numerical analysis

    • Madhwesh N.
    • K. Vasudeva Karanth
    • N. Yagnesh Sharma

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 185 - 197

21. The structures of unsteady cavitation shedding flow around an axisymmetric body with a blunt headform

    • Changli Hu
    • Xuede Wang
    • Youquan Cao

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 199 - 210

22. Topology and thickness optimization of an indenter under stress and stiffness constraints

    • Ang Li
    • ChuSheng Liu
    • ShiZhe Feng

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 211 - 222

23. Progressive failure of metal–composite hybrid wheels under impact

    • Shun-Fa Hwang
    • Hui-Lun Yu
    • Yueh-Chih Hsieh

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 223 - 229

24. Determination of thermo-elastic parameters for dynamical modeling of 2.5D C/SiC braided composites

    • Sufang Chen
    • Qingguo Fei
    • Zhifu Cao

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 231 - 243

25. Kriging-based multi-fidelity optimization via information fusion with uncertainty

    • Chengshan Li
    • Peng Wang
    • Huachao Dong

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 245 - 259

26. A study on the failure mechanism and wear loss of impregnated diamond bits during machining process of armor ceramics

    • Lei Zheng
    • Haixiang Huan
    • Chunwei Zhang

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 261 - 268

27. Numerical simulation of resistance welding of solar cell using a thermal-electrical-mechanical coupled model

    • Xiaohong Zhan
    • Qi Zhang
    • Yanhong Wei

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 269 - 276

28. Explicit solution of gas film pressure for performance calculation of spiral grooved gas seals

    • Wanjun Xu
    • Jiangang Yang

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 277 - 282

29. Experimental study on the wear behavior of HVOF sprayed nickel-based coating

    • Chao Zheng
    • Yonghong Liu
    • Shihong Zhang

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 283 - 290

30. An improved thermal model for characteristics analysis of multi-link ultra-precision press system

    • Enlai Zheng
    • Shilu Xie
    • Min Kang

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 291 - 313

31. Mechanical properties of subsurface layers in the machining of the titanium alloy Ti10V2Fe3Al

    • Michael Storchak
    • Islam Zakiev
    • Luca Träris

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 315 - 322

32. Influence of punch geometry on surface deformation and tribological conditions in backward extrusion

    • Jeong Hoon Noh
    • Beong Bok Hwang

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 323 - 331

33. Thermal simulation of machining of alumina with wire electrical discharge machining process using assisting electrode

    • Meinam Annebushan Singh
    • Koushik Das
    • Deba Kumar Sarma

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 333 - 343

34. Experimental investigation of kerf characteristics through wire electrochemical spark cutting of alumina epoxy nanocomposite

    • Pallvita Yadav
    • Vinod Yadava
    • Audhesh Narayan

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 345 - 350

35. Dynamics analysis of leg mechanism of six-legged firefighting robot

    • Jinzhu Zhang
    • Zhenlin Jin
    • Yuming Zhao

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 351 - 361

36. Point-to-point motions control of an electromagnetic direct-drive gas valve

    • Jiayu Lu
    • Siqin Chang
    • Xinyu Fan

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 363 - 371

37. Analysis of a thermal storage unit containing multiple phase change materials dispersed with high conductivity particles

    • N. Lakshmi Narasimhan
    • G. Srinivasan

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 373 - 380

38. Numerical simulation of two phase refrigerant flow through non-adiabatic capillary tubes using drift flux model

    • Masoud Zareh
    • Morteza Khayat
    • Hamed Fouladi

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 381 - 389

39. Experimental study of solar assisted ground source heat pump system during space heating operation from morning to evening

    • Vikas Verma
    • K. Murugesan

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 391 - 398

40. Numerical investigation of heat transfer and friction factor in ribbed triangular duct solar air heater using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

    • Rajneesh Kumar
    • Varun Goel
    • Santosh B. Bopche

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 399 - 404

41. Numerical analysis of the impact effect of foreign bodies on a steam strainer in a steam turbine valve

    • Jishen Jiang
    • Jiandao Yang
    • Yingzheng Liu

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 405 - 413

42. Maximum allowable fouling detection in industrial fired heater furnaces

    • Ali Chaibakhsh
    • Reza Bahrevar
    • Nasim Ensansefat

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 415 - 421

43. Experimental study of natural convection heat transfer from a nonuniformly heated flat plate simulating PV panel

    • Shuang-Ying Wu
    • Ying-Ying Wu
    • Zhen Yang

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 423 - 432

44. Performance assessment of turbular heat exchanger tubes containing rectangular-cut twisted tapes with alternate axes

    • Anucha Saysroy
    • Wayo Changcharoen
    • Smith Eiamsa-ard

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 433 - 445

45. Probabilistic approach for estimating heat fluid exit temperature correlation in a linear parabolic trough solar collector

    • Muhammad Uzair
    • Naveed ur Rehman
    • Syed Ahmad Raza

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 447 - 453

46. Effects of nozzle arrangement angle on the performance of partially admitted turbines

    • Reza Aghaei-Togh
    • Abolghasem M. Tousi

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 455 - 464

47. A strong tracking filter based multiple model approach for gas turbine fault diagnosis

    • Qingcai Yang
    • Shuying Li
    • Yunpeng Cao

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 465 - 479

48. CFD analysis of the brake disc and the wheel house through air flow: Predictions of Surface heat transfer coefficients (STHC) during braking operation

    • Ali Belhocine
    • Wan Zaidi Wan Omar

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 481 - 490

49. Developing heat transfer coefficient and pressure drop model for CO₂-hydrate gas mixture for CO₂ transportation

    • Benedict Prah
    • WonJun Lee
    • Rin Yun

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 491 - 496

50. Experimental study on the composite fouling characteristics of calcium carbonate and nanometer magnesia

    • Zhiming Xu
    • Jingtao Wang
    • Yu Zhao

    OriginalPaper 23 January 2018 Pages: 497 - 504