Mathematical Methods for Industrial Problems

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of authors -- Part One: Invited Speakers -- 1. The SASIAM Experience of Mathematics in Industry -- 2. Mathematical Modelling and Asymptotic Analysis in Engineering Acoustics -- 3. Case Studies from The Claremont Mathematics Clinic -- 4. Pattern recognition and a mathematical model for a railroad company. A project of the Waterloo Math. Clinic -- 5. Industrial Mathematics & a Contest in Modeling -- 6. Remarks on Industrial Mathematics -- 7. Collaborating with Industry - a Mathematician's Viewpoint -- 8. Industrial Mathematics: General Remarks and Some Case Studies -- 9. Study Groups with Industry -- 10. Some Free Boundary Problems in Industrial Mathematics -- 11. Some Experience with Mathematics and Industry at INRIA -- 12. Modelling and Optimizing Fuel Consumption and Pollutant Emissions in an Alfa Romeo Car -- 13. The Role of SIAM in Promoting Industrial Mathematics -- 14. Mathematical Simulation and Optimization of Chemical Plants -- 15. The Use of Mathematical Methods in Production Management -- Part Two: Contributions from Italian Industries -- 16. Mathematics as a Fundamental Tool in the Analysis, Design and Simulation of the Behaviour of Space Systems -- 17. The Numerical Methods In Mechanical Components Peak Stress Analysis: Some Industrial Applications. -- 18. Simulation Programs in Chemical Engineering. The Choice of Eniricerche -- 19. FEM Modelling with Marc. Application Studies -- 20. Dynamic Modelling of Industrial Manipulators -- 21. Tread Pattern Tyre Noise: An Approach to Computer Simulation -- 22. Some Examples on the Utilization of Mathematical Tools for the Design Application in LABEN Experience -- 23. The Experience at TECNARS of Using Mathematical Modelling -- 24. A Simulation Experience of a SMD Automatic Assembly Line -- Acknowledgements