ISO 13920:2023—General Tolerances For Welded Constructions
Even a part that looks perfect at a macro level will reveal imperfections at a micro view. As long as an imperfection will still allow…
ANSI/ANS-10.7-2013 (R2023): Nuclear Industry Software
Nuclear energy provides about 10% of the world’s electricity from about 440 power reactors and is the world’s second largest source of low-carbon power. It is necessary that…
ASME Y14.5 & ASME Y14.100 Standards: GD&T and Drawings
An aerial view plan of a Babylonian castle from 2000 B.C. is the oldest recorded history of engineering drafting. With computer aided design as well…
Fitness-For-Service: API 579/ASME FFS-1-2021
What is Fitness-For-Service? Standards for pressurized equipment, such as those developed and published by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Society of Mechanical…
Real-Life Lightsaber and the Hammer of Thor
Technological innovation can take the foundational elements of science fiction and merge them into reality, albeit with some limitations. California-based engineer Allen Pan has successfully…
Rice University Engineering Students Collaborate on Design of Cervical Collar
Rice University biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering students designed and prototyped the HeadCase cervical collar. They studied existing cervical collars and their results showed that existing cervical collars can push the head…