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    To what extent do you think Kritios was a revolutionary sculptor? Kritios was an Athenian sculptor‚ whose style and technique during the late archaic period helped revolutionize the archaic period into the Classical period. He has two main statutes that I am going to examine the first of which being the Kritios boy. Also referred to as “the first beautiful nude art” it is very important as it is a precursor to the later classical sculptures. It depicts a young boy in an idea form (so sculpted

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    Johnson Wax

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    Case: Johnson Wax: Enhanced Case analysis: Define the problem John Sherman‚ the product development manager of Johnson & Company‚ had to take a decision about the future of Enhanced‚ a new instant hair conditioner. The issues faced by Johnson Wax are whether to launch ’Enhance’ right now‚ launch it after some modifications or abandon the product. They wanted a new product with the same success that Agree‚ the company first care product but they also wanted to reduce the costs

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    Greek Sculptors

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    of motion (cf. "Discobolus)‚ and for capturing a wide range of human emotions and moods.  Some sculptures are comic‚ others very serious. The Greeks sculptors could inspire patriotism and the love of liberty--and some of the subtleties of individual personality and character.  Greek sculpture inspired the Romans and (indirectly) the great sculptors of the Renaissance.  One tribute to how much one could learn from such works came from Rodin‚ one of the finest

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    Introduction A sand casting or a sand molded casting is a cast part produced by forming a mold from a sand mixture and pouring molten liquid metal into the cavity in the mold. The mold is then cooled until the metal has solidified. In the last stage the casting is separated from the mold. There are six steps in this process: (see sketch below): 1. Place a pattern in sand to create a mold. 2. Incorporate a gating system. 3. Remove the pattern. 4. Fill the mold cavity with molten metal

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    In the third millennium BC the Sumerians conquered the Mesopotamian Empire. They prearranged themselves into self-governing cities. Around the year two thousands three hundred and thirty BC‚ the Sumerian cities were conquered by King Sargon I and the Akkadian Empire was founded. Around the year two thousand and two hundred BC the Akkadian Empire was conquered and a long period of division started. Around the year one thousand and eight hundred BC‚ the city of Babylon attained supremacy and founded

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    sand casting

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    1.0 Calculations 1.1 Sizing of component (including Shrinkage allowance) When cooling from molten state‚ all metals decrease in volume. When cold‚ casting will be smaller than their pattern. In order for parts to be of correct size‚ patterns are made larger to allow shrinkage. The extra size is called Shrinkage Allowance. Different metals have different Shrinkage Allowances. For the purpose of our project‚ we have been using Brass having shrinkage allowance of 1.5%. Length Nominal

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    Die Casting

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    Presentation Pressure Die Casting Sam Mande Deepak Ch Veera Pratap Vamsi raj J (BUB0912011) (BUB0912016) (BUB0912013) (BUB0912010) M. Sc. (Engg.) in Engineering Manufacturing and Management Module Leader : Dr N S Mahesh M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies 1 History Casting since about 4000 BC… Ancient Greece; bronze statue casting 450BC Iron works in early Europe‚ e.g. cast iron cannons from England 1543 2 M. S. Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies Introduction

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    Casting Defects

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    Casting Defects: Some defects are common to any and all process. These defects are illustrated in figure briefly described in the following: [pic] A) Misruns: A Misrun is a casting that has solidified before completely filling the mold cavity. Typical causes include 1) Fluidity of the molten metal is insufficient‚ 2) Pouring Temperature is too low‚ 3) Pouring is done too slowly and/or 4) Cross section of the mold cavity is too thin. b) Cold Shut: A cold shut occurs when two portion

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    Mesopotamian Unification

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    Mesopotamian villages and towns eventually evolved into independent and nearly self-sufficient city-states. Although largely economically dependent on one another‚ these city-states were independent political entities and retained very strong isolationist tendencies. This isolationism hindered the unification of the Mesopotamian city-states‚ which eventually grew to twelve in number. By 3000 B.C.‚ Mesopotamian civilization had made contact with other cultures of the Fertile Crescent (a term first

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    costs in the future and hence increase profits. Instead of combining the plan of adoption of CSP and upgrade of the Mon Valley plant‚ USX should think about investing in CSP technology separately and not upgrade their Mon Valley plant. Q. What position should USX take with respect to CSP technology? Should it invest in a greenfield CSP-based plant? Acquire a mini-mill? Invest in R&D on CSP technology? Something else? I think USX should invest in R&D on CSP technology. The main problems

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