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CONTENTS Volume 30 No2 April 2017 TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: DESIGN & SIMULATED TEST 31-39


 Taking the guesswork out of mechanical design  Virtual testing facility for the automotive industry  Design and simulated test news round-up


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COVER STORY


Buoyant airborne turbines take to the skies


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Airborne Wind Energy systems could be a future alternative to wind farms as tethered floating turbines, positioned where the wind is stronger, look set to deliver clean energy to micro-grids


Commentary


Is technology diminishing us? World of Test


Topical round-up of industry news, research and technology Design Ideas


Bearing monitoring improves aerospace diagnostics Magnetically driven pump performance improvement technology


Making sense of noise


Connected embedded sensors help to protect industrial workers from noise induced hearing loss


Contamination-free clean air compressors


New compressor technology enables cleanroom grade air to be delivered from small sized compressors


News from the SEE


News and views from the Society, including the latest standards Industry Focus: Aerospace


 High reliability connectors for aviation and space technology  Commercial aviation industry sets its sights on escaping earth’s boundaries to exploit space


 3D printing from aerospace grade materials creates drone Touch and go for Moore?


Is Moore’s Law losing pace or is disruptive technology keeping the momentum going?


More skin in the game


Materials technology is helping provide contamination free cleanroom automation


The Back Page


What do Star Trek, Star Wars and Bristol University have in common? Tractor beams – though Bristol’s cost less than £70 in readily available parts


April 2017 /// Environmental Engineering /// 1 56 50 48-49 23-26 40-47 19-20 15-17


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PLUS EMC Testing 2017


The 20-page source guide to EMC Testing covering the importance of EMC in the construction industry, saving energy through drive system upgrades, a new weapon in the war on EMC and how to avoid compliance anxiety


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