James Good

co-author of Winding: Machines, Mechanics and Measurements and editor of Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Web Handling

November 4, 2015

Dr. Good is a Professor and the Noble Foundation Chair of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University, where he has served since 1980. His bachelors, masters and doctor of philosophy degrees were obtained at OSU with experience gained at Rockwell International and Cessna Aircraft Company between degrees. He has been active in research within the Web Handling Research Center at OSU since 1986 which focuses on research related to the transport of thin media such as paper, films, foils, non-wovens, or buildups thereof through web process machinery. He performs research in the areas of web wrinkling, winding mechanics, spreading mechanics, and traction as affected by air lubrication. He has authored several publications on these topics. He is the Program Chair for the International Conferences on Web Handling (IWEB) that have occurred biennially at OSU since 1991. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and he is a member of TAPPI from which he was honored with the Thomas Busch Award in 2001 for his research in web handling in support of the paper industry. Dr. Good is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the state of Oklahoma.

Web processing involves the transport of thin media (webs) through automated machinery where value is added prior to the web becoming a final product. Thousands of consumer products are made using this manufacturing process which is known for high productivity. Winding is a multiphysics problem which is necessary since the wound roll form is the only convenient form in which literally miles of web material can be stored. The difficulty is winding and unwinding these materials without damaging them. To understand what deformations and stresses that winding machines instill in webs within wound rolls requires the coupling of nonlinear elasticity, thermoelasticity, viscoelasticity, air lubrication, and contact mechanics theories. The mission of this book is to develop the mechanics of winding such that science can be used to eliminate web damage and increase profitability.

Web handling is the science of transporting thin materials (webs) through web process machinery. As consumers we are surrounded by webs. The clothes we wear are textile webs. The body of the automobile we drove today was once a metal or plastic web. Probably one of the first webs was paper which we get to enjoy in books. Web process machinery transport webs at incredible speeds which may be very delicate. OSU is the home of the world's only Web Handling Research Center which was founded as an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in 1986. Every two years since 1991 the WHRC has sponsored an International Conference on Web Handling. We review abstracts from authors around the world who if accepted write journal quality papers for submission and presentation at this conference. Authors from nine countries participated at the ninth conference. Papers are presented on a variety of topics including web dynamics and tension control, lateral mechanics, web instability, winding and other topics. The mission of this conference is to sustain an international dialog for those who perform research in some facet of web handling, probably the most efficient means of manufacturing known.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2010-honorees/james-good

Last Updated: 8 December 2015