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This book includes extended papers from the 2011 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology, covering mechanical engineering and technology, and the interdisciplinary topics of computers, communications, control and automation.

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The volume includes a set of selected papers extended and revised from the 2011 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology, held on London, UK, November 24-25, 2011.

Mechanical engineering technology is the application of physical principles and current technological developments to the creation of useful machinery and operation design. Technologies such as solid models may be used as the basis for finite element analysis (FEA) and / or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of the design. Through the application of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), the models may also be used directly by software to create "instructions" for the manufacture of objects represented by the models, through computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining or other automated processes, without the need for intermediate drawings.

This volume covers the subject areas of mechanical engineering and technology, and also covers interdisciplinary subject areas of computers, communications, control and automation. We hope that researchers, graduate students and other interested readers benefit scientifically from the book and also find it stimulating in the process.

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From the content: Robot Enhanced Inspection and Restoration System.- Optimal Tool Replacement Decision Method Based on Cost and Process Capability.- A Study on the Influence of the Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) Technology on the Quality of the Translated Text.- Energy Saving System for Home Energy Measurement and Efficient Power Control.- A 6-bit, 12.5 GS/s Comparator for High-Speed A/D Conversion in 0.35 µm SiGe BiCMOS Technology.- An Improved Fabric Simulation Algorithm.- Parameter Estimation for Dual-Rate Sampled Data Systems with Preload Nonlinearities.- Determination of Poisson´s Ratio of Kraft Paper Using Digital Image Correlation.

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