August 1999
from the editor
The Day the World Made History

letters
ASME and Global Warming
Climate, and Tax, Options
Skin Conflict
Superconductor Advances
Engineering Practice
Correction

news and notes
King-size Limestone Stacking System
Fly by Wire
Yellows Look Like Greens at 9 Gs
Spacecraft Tank Passes with Flying Colors
Speeding Up Axle Tube Welding
Front Ends Hold Keys to SUV Safety
Briefly Noted

computing
Parallel FEA Hits on all Cylinders
Turboprop Maker Turns to CAM
New Tactic for Manufacturing
Injection Molding Simulator
ICAM Joins Study of Parallel Kinematics
Parametric Integrates Intercim Postprocessor
Browsing for Alternative Fuels
Untangling Complex Wire Harnesses
Briefly Noted

technology focus

Moisture-free Solenoid
Sugar Mixing Made Sweet
Piping Tames Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Fluid Connectors Rev Up Hybrid Car
Getting and 'A' in Evaporating
Providing Extra Steam

technology focus

Clearing Sewers
Putting the Heat on Inks
Keeping an Eye on Water
Siphon Stoppers
Corrective Connectors


input/output
Racing Against All Odds

m.e. bookshelf
Ten New Reviews of the Latest Engineering Books

call for papers
Entries for August

washington window
Why Be and ASME Federal Fellow?


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