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Strategic Success in Joint Venture Management

Joint Venture Management

A joint venture represents the prospect of two businesses that believe that they can collaborate to accomplish marketplace goals that neither could achieve single-handedly. Joint venture partnerships are essential to how multinational companies can best achieve their global business objectives and improve top-line and bottom-line growths. Alliances and joint ventures provide many benefits, including filling gaps in capabilities or facilitating entry to new markets. Through carefully structured joint venture partnerships and international alliances, businesses can combine mutual strengths and capabilities to gain the benefits of scale that they would be unable to realize without help.

Each company must strive to be exceptional in how it develops, manages, operates, and evaluates joint venture partnerships. Joint ventures frequently go wrong due to neglect of the first stage (development of strategy) and operating implementation. A frequent and detailed joint venture assessment can determine if the company’s partnerships are being operated and managed in a way that provide real value to end customers and the joint venture partners and to determine ongoing improvements to ensure that the joint venture represents a rapid and very effective mechanism for strategic growth.

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Statements of Joint Venture Management Excellence

The JV partners and the joint venture recognize the needs of the end-customers in order to present tangible business value.
The joint venture partnership is structured and leveraged to generate multiple sources of economic value for each JV partner.
JV partners pay particular attention to the ownership and governance arrangement of the joint venture.
Business objectives, strategies, and processes of the joint venture partnership are aligned with the objectives, strategies, and processes of the respective JV partners.
The support mechanisms and processes of each JV partner that are significant to the success of the joint venture partnership are documented, synchronized and controlled to generate measurable results.
The JV partners set priorities, convey the underlying principle behind them, advocate them even when the outcomes are undefined, and provide the support that the management of the joint venture needs to stand behind those choices as well.
Business and functional leaders of each JV partner offer best practices and capable processes, tools and people to sustain the joint venture partnership.
The joint venture partnership is managed using best practices, processes, tools, and quality standards as established by the JV partners.
Confidential information received or created by the joint venture partnership is defined and maintained in a confined environment.
Regular and consistent communication and flow of information occur within the joint venture partnership and between all parties at numerous levels.
Representatives of the JV partners engage in shared activities that develop mutual trust.
The parties openly define the roles of the JV partners, the Board and operating management of the joint venture partnership, and then they authorize the management and operate according to the agreed definitions.
Managements of cross-border joint venture partnerships consist of a diverse mix of local managers and locally capable expatriates. Companies that survive the experience of doing business in other countries can learn from this experience and develop a distinctive competitive advantage that will serve them well when entering comparable challenging markets around the world.
The right environment within the joint venture partnership is established based on reciprocated trust and shared respect. By understanding the changing nature of business and the potential pitfalls of joint venture partnerships, businesses can collaborate stronger alliances that benefit both JV partners.
JV partnerships operate in conformity with all governmental laws, regulations, environmental standards, and safety standards and with the codes of conduct of the JV partners.
JV partners are treated as customers and favored suppliers. Profitable exploratory actions hold more meaningful lessons for companies than failures do.
Joint venture partnerships use shared problem-solving tools as reciprocally agreed by the partners. Lean manufacturing and other reliable management principles are used to identify and deliver process improvements.

Businesses pursuing joint ventures would do well to contemplate on the lessons of other companies that have engaged in joint ventures to improve the chances of success.

Airbus A340 Passenger Compartment Cross-section: Typical Seat Configurations

The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engine wide-body commercial passenger jet airliner manufactured by European aircraft company Airbus. The A340 aircraft was designed concurrently with the Airbus A330, a medium-range twin-engine wide-body similar in design. The four-engine A340 was built for long-haul, trans-oceanic routes due to its immunity from ETOPS. Over the years, the dramatic improvement in the reliability of jet engines, rising cost of jet fuel, and elevated maintenance costs of four engines vis-a-vis two engines led to the economic attractiveness of the twin-jet Airbus A330 and the twin-jet Boeing 777 aircraft. Eventually, Airbus stopped offering the A340 in 2011 due to the dearth of new orders.

Typical 6-Abreast Seat Configuration in First Class

A340 Passenger Compartment Cross-section in First Class: Typical 6-Abreast Seat Configuration

Typical 6-Abreast Seat Configuration in Business Class

A340 Passenger Compartment Cross-section in Business Class: Typical 6-Abreast Seat Configuration

Typical 8-Abreast Seat Configuration in Economy Class

A340 Passenger Compartment Cross-section in Economy Class: Typical 8-Abreast Seat Configuration

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Tells Stories: The Vastness of God’s Creation or the Parable of the Frog in the Well

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836–1886,) the eminent Hindu mystic of 19th-century India, used stories and parables to portray the core elements of his philosophy. The meaning of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s stories and parables are usually not explicitly stated. The meanings are not intended to be mysterious or confidential but are, in contrast, quite uncomplicated and obvious.

In the Hindu and other traditions of the major religions of the world, parables form the language of the wise for enlightening the simple, just as well as they form the language of the simple for enlightening the wise.

The Parable of the Frog in the Well

A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time. It was born and brought up there. Moreover, it was a small little frog.

One day another frog that lived in the sea came upon the first frog. The frog of the well asked the newcomer, “Whence are you?”

The frog of the sea replied, “I am from the sea.”

The frog of the well questioned, “The sea! How big is that?”

The frog of the sea said, “It is very big.”

The frog of the well stretched its legs and questioned, “Ah! Is your sea so big?”

The frog of the sea said, “It is much bigger.”

The frog of the well then took a leap from one side of the well to the other and asked, “Is it as big as this, my well?”

“My friend,” said the frog of the sea, “how can you compare the sea with your well?”

The frog of the well asserted, “No, there can never be anything bigger than my well. Indeed, nothing can be bigger than this! This fellow is a liar, he must be turned out.”

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa concluded, “Such is the case with every narrow-minded man. Sitting in his own little well, he thinks that the whole world is no bigger than his well.”

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once said, “If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.”

Recommended Books

‘Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna’ by Lex Hixon
‘Vivekananda: A Biography’ by Swami Nikhilananda
‘Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda’ by Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita
‘Ramakrishna Paramahamsa: The Sadhaka of Dakshineswar’ by Amiya P. Sen
‘Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings’ by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’ by Swami Nikhilananda

Standard Household Towel Sizes: Bath Towels, Wash Clothes

Standard Household Towel Sizes: Bath Towels, Wash Clothes Department stores offer towel collections that come with a variety of sizes, knitting style, cotton quality, and personalization details to fit the space, budget and personal preferences of buyers. Common household towels are made from cotton, rayon, bamboo, non-woven fibers or other organic materials. Most homes use three types of towels for each person in the household: bath towels, hand towels, and wash towels.

Bath Towel: Size: 27 by 52 square inches (about 69 by 132 square centimeters.) The bath towel is the indispensable, do-it-all towel used for drying after bathing, showering or swimming.
Bath Sheet: Size: 35 by 60 square inches (about 89 by 152 square centimeters.) Bigger and more indulgent that a standard bath towel, a bath sheet can provide more coverage after a shower or a bath.
Hand Towel: Size: 16 by 30 square inches (about 41 by 76 square centimeters.) Hand towels are used for drying the hands after washing them.
Wash Towel or Wash Cloth: Size: 13 by 13 square inches (about 33 by 33 square centimeters.) Wash towels are used both in and out of a shower or bath by wetting, applying soap to the towel, and then using the towel to apply the soap to wash the face, hands, and the rest of the body. The particular utility of a hand towel is in its increased abrasion that can remove dead skin cells more effectively than direct application of soap on the skin and manual rubbing. Also called wash towel, face cloth, flannel, and face-washer (in Australia.)
Fingertip Towel: Size: 11 by 18 square inches (about 28 by 46 square centimeters.) Fingertip towels are smaller than hand towels and placed in guest bathrooms at refined residences as a replacement for hand towels.
Foot Towel or Tub Mat: Size: 27 by 52 square inches (about 69 by 132 square centimeters.) A foot towel or tub mat is a medium-size rectangular towel placed onto a bathroom floor to dry the feet for those coming out of a shower or a bath. Foot towels and tub mats are tightly woven and very absorbent. The foot towel or tub mat is usually a substitute for a floor rug, carpet, or bathroom mat. One of the difficulties with using a foot towel is that it might slip and slide around on tiled floors. Most foot towels cannot provide the friction and grip of a floor rug, carpet, or bathroom mat; hence, improved designs consist of an under-surface clutching design to improve grip.

Cruises Towel Animals Creations

Recommended Resources: ‘Towel Creations’ by Holland America Line. Carnival Cruises claims to have introduced considers towel animals as part of its trend-setting “Fun Ship” experience. Currently, Carnival Cruises, Holland America, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, and Disney Cruise Line serve up towel creations to their guests. Each evening, as part of the turndown service, cabin attendants fold terry-cloth towels and washcloths into various shapes. These cruise lines also offer guidebooks filled with descriptive illustrations to help guests replicate these towel animal creations at home. Also recommended: ‘Carnival Towel Creations’ by Carnival Cruises.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Tells Stories: Omnipresence or The Parable of Ganesh and the Divine Mother

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Once Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was asked why he did not lead the life of a householder with his wife. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is supposed to have related the following story.

The Parable of Ganesh and the Divine Mother

One day, Lord Ganesh (son of Lord Shiva) happened to scratch a cat with his nail.

Upon returning home, Lord Ganesh observed that there was a mark of a scratch on the cheek of his divine mother, Goddess Parvati. Seeing this Lord Ganesh asked her, “Mother, how did you get this ugly scar on your cheek?”

Goddess Parvati, regarded in Hindu mythology as the Mother of the universe, replied, “This is the work of your hand; it is the scratch of your nail, Ganesh.”

Lord Ganesh asked in wonder, “How is it, Mother? I do not remember to have scratched you at any time.”

The Mother replied, “Darling, have you forgotten the fact of your having scratched a cat, this morning?”

Lord Ganesh said “Yes, I did scratch a cat, but how did your cheek get the scar?”

The Mother replied, “Dear child, nothing exists in this world but me. The whole creation is I; whomsoever you may hurt you only hurt me.”

Lord Ganesh was greatly surprised to hear this and then he determined never to marry. For, whom could he marry? Every woman was mother to him. Realizing thus the motherhood of woman, he gave up marriage.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa concluded, “I am like Lord Ganesh. I consider every woman as my Divine Mother.”

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once said, “A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle — pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.'”

Recommended Books

‘Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings’ by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
‘Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna’ by Lex Hixon
‘Vivekananda: A Biography’ by Swami Nikhilananda
‘Ramakrishna Paramahamsa: The Sadhaka of Dakshineswar’ by Amiya P. Sen
‘Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda’ by Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita
‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’ by Swami Nikhilananda

The Very Best of GS Elevator Gossip’s Tweets

If you think twitter is just a waste of time, think again. One could argue that twitter is first and foremost just noise and clutter—merely, one more time drain. Twitter can actually be good for something beyond revealing, in less than 140 characters, your whereabouts, posting unintelligent commentary, or which of your friends needs to get out more.

Consider @GSElevator, GS Elevator Gossip, a twitter account. Obscuring the thin line between the hysterically preposterous and extremely realistic, this twitter claims to dish the dirt on the happenings in the elevators at Goldman Sachs’s offices. “The first few were either conversations that I have overheard directly, or that have been told to me by colleagues,” he claims in this interview with NYT’s Deal Book column.

Here’s a sampling of some of the very best of GS Elevator Gossip’s tweets:

The most and least successful people all share the same trait: thinking they’re never wrong.
Don’t worry, some people are their own punishment in life.
#1: A lot of people who start their own business do it because they’re unemployable.
#2: Yup. Look at Meredith Whitney.
Most people don’t understand that God cast them as extras in this movie.
You’ll never feel special if 100% of your friends are in the top 1%.
Handshakes and tie knots. I don’t have time for someone who can’t master those basic skills.
Relationships are like a seesaw. If one of you gets too bored or too fat, the fun is over.
The difference between us and everybody else is that, even in a bad year, we still make the playoffs.
Listening is part waiting for your turn to speak and part reminding yourself to change facial expressions every 10 seconds.
Only idiots get bored when we’ve all got handheld devices containing infinite knowledge at our fingertips.
Before people are allowed to opine about Syria, they should have to locate it on a map.
Too many people are smart enough to be angry, but not smart enough to be successful.
Let’s be honest. There’s no way your guess is as good as mine.
Don’t apologize for being late with a Starbucks latte in your hand.
Most celebrities barely have high school diplomas so who gives a shit what they think on substantive issues.
And sometimes, people who don’t say much, don’t say much for a reason.
It’s okay to trade the possibility of your 80s and 90s for more guaranteed fun in your 20s and 30s.
98% of people making comments about Nelson Mandela on social media would fail a history quiz on Nelson Mandela.
I never said I was better than anyone, just more successful.
When I hear, “Got a minute?” I know I’m about to lose a half hour of my life that I can never get back.
I never give money to homeless people. I can’t reward failure in good conscience.
I don’t even remember how I managed to ignore my wife at dinner before the Blackberry era.
Checking your phone after someone else pulls out their phone is the yawn of our generation.
Date women outside your social set. You’ll be surprised.
In life, as in sports, the boos always come from the cheap seats.
It’s not the lie that bothers me. It’s the insult to my intelligence that I find offensive.
Do 50 push-ups, sit-ups, and dips before you shower each morning.
Some of the best moments in life are the ones you can’t tell anyone about.
Being spotted in economy class must be like having your parents visit you at boarding school in a shitty rental car.
Pretty women who are unaccompanied want you to talk to them.
For people who believe everything happens for a reason, that reason is that they’re idiots who make shitty decisions.
Act like you’ve been there before. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the end zone at the Super Bowl or on a private plane.
You shouldn’t retire until your money starts making more money than you made in your best year.
Money might not buy happiness, but I’ll take my chances!
I start every cell conversation with “my phone’s about to die” so they don’t waste my time.
I doubt alcohol kills more people than it creates.
There are only 2 paths to happiness in life. Stupidity or exceptional wealth.
If life’s a game, money is how you keep score.
Clearly the NSA doesn’t monitor Facebook. That’s where all the experts are solving this Government standoff.
Black Friday is the Special Olympics of Capitalism.
People who always fly business class don’t post photos of themselves flying business class.
Skirt #1: I can always tell a banker within the first 2 minutes of meeting him in a bar… because he tells me.
Feminists are just ugly underachievers who need an excuse for their failures.
It’s too bad stupidity isn’t painful.
Flowers and an apology are a lot easier than actually changing.
If she expects the person you are 20% of the time, 100% of the time, then she doesn’t want you.
There are no feminists when the ship hits an iceberg.
You can never awaken a man who Is pretending to be asleep.
Bribery, corruption… It’s the cost of doing business in emerging markets. As Mao said, “no fish can live in pure water.”
Stop talking about where you went to college.
I don’t care if any one comes to my funeral. It’s not like I’ll be there.
Too many people still answer the phone like they don’t know who’s calling.
If you abstain from smoking, drinking, and using drugs, you don’t actually live longer. It just seems longer.
#1: “The only reason I have a home phone is so I can find my cell phone.”
#2: “Our maid does that.”
If you brag about starting at the bottom and making it to the top, you are probably still closer to the bottom.
The fact that most people are too stupid to know how dumb they really are is the fabric holding our society together.
The difference between petting and hitting a dog is it’s tolerance for pain. Same goes for 1st year analysts.
The Cheesecake Factory looks like a restaurant poor people think rich people might eat at.
I’d rather be me now, than have been the quarterback in high school.
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it tried to do better, but decided to just settle with you.
Don’t confuse friends, work friends, and friends of convenience.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.
Getting an idea around is as important as getting an idea.
If riding the bus doesn’t incentivize you to improve your station in life, nothing will.
The lottery is just a way of taxing poor people who don’t know math.
In sensitivity training, they say we should avoid sports analogies bc they’re sexist… Which seems even more sexist.
It’s sweet how my wife thinks the silent treatment is a punishment for me.
Getting rich isn’t hard. Any hot girl with questionable morals can do it.
Work hard. Eat right. Exercise. Don’t drink too much. And only buy what you can afford. It’s not rocket science.
Guys who mime golf swings in the office never break 100 on the course.
One of the biggest problems with todays society is that we’ve run out of colonies to send our undesirables to.
I wish I loved anything as much as I hate almost everything.
Truly intelligent people don’t feel compelled to talk about their IQ. In fact, I don’t even know what mine is.
#1: “A year from now, he’ll be the guy that starts off every sentence with “When I was at Goldman Sachs …””
#2: “I hate those people.”
“Just be yourself” is good advice to probably 5% of people.
Blacking out is just your brain clearing it’s browser history.
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Remember, “rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.”
Skirt #1: “It really hurts my feelings when an ugly guy hits on me.”
When you tell a story, all I can think about is how much shorter it should be.
Right now is the oldest you’ve ever been & the youngest you’ll ever be again.
If you can only be good at one thing, be good at lying… because if you’re good at lying, you’re good at everything.
Most people wouldn’t even be the main character in a movie about their own lives.
My favorite part of dinner with my fiance is when she goes to the bathroom and I can check my Blackberry.
I say “keep the change” purely for my own convenience.

Recipe: Make Basmati Rice the Traditional Way

Traditional Basmati Rice Recipe

Arguably the most famous rice in the world, basmati rice is a variety of long grain rice renowned for its fragrance and delicate flavor. In Hindi, basmati literally means “queen of fragrance.” Characteristically, the grains of basmati rice are longer than usual forms of rice. The grains grow longer as they cook. They aren’t sticky and remain firm and separate.

The lyohe fertile plains in the Indian subcontinent have cultivated basmati rice since the dawn of civilization. The best basmati rice grows in the foothills of the Himalaya range of mountains in Northern India, where the rice crops are fed by the mineral-rich rivers sourced in the melting snow of the Himalaya mountains. The best of basmati rice, traditionally aged for several years before it is milled and sold, consists of lower moisture content and therefore rice cooks better.

Basmati Rice Recipe: Traditional Method

Clean the rice. Soak it in water for five to seven minutes. Never soak Basmati for too long since the grains are softer than most varieties of rice and over soaking makes it soggy when you cook.
Boil water first and then add the rice to it.
Cook till the grains get tender. This generally does not take much time. You have to check repeatedly to make sure that the rice is not overcooked. Now, since I cook rice such that there is water to be drained, I have a specific measurement for water. But generally I pour enough to ensure that the rice is completely soaked and if the water gets less due to evaporation, I add some more so that it does not get sticky or dry.
Drain the extra water. You can do this by letting the rice settle first at the bottom of the container and then drain as much water as you can on the top. There will be some water still remaining. Cover the container with a dish of the same size as the rim of the container and gradually pour out the rest of the water. Now, with the mouth covered with the dish/lid invert the container completely and let it rest on the kitchen slab near the sink for a while so that most of the water drains out and flows into the sink. (you don’t want a mess right! Also remember to be careful while draining the water. Hold the dish/lid with a cloth so that you don’t burn yourself.
To ensure that the grains are completely separated add some cold (room temperature) water into the rice again and repeat step 4. I have found that this really helps and separates the grain.

I always cook rice by draining the extra water and thus the starch.

Love of Parents and Love of God: Sense of Security

Love of Parents and Love of God Sense of Security

The sense of security is an indispensable need for emotional health. We need to feel secure on several practical dimensions: financial, physical, social, interpersonal, & emotional. We also need to feel secure at a much deeper level—this is called existential insecurity.

The question to ponder is, what is it that can make a person feel secure and protected in the world? Our parents have often been held responsible for developing it in us. The love of a father and a mother creates in the child the feeling of being wanted, filling the child’s world with warmth and loving kindness. In this manner is engendered the sense of security which we all need for a happy response to the rigorous demands of everyday living.

There is no uncertainty that parental love will add to the child’s feeling of security in the world, particularly for the very young child. Yet parental love is an inadequate anchor for emotional security. For our parents are worldly and mortal, and we are bound to lose them. And even while we have them, they do not always offer us enough anchorage in life, for as we grow in emotional and worldly perception, we comprehend that our parents are but finite creatures. We are limited in the resources of wisdom and strength with which to support our own lives. We need another love to bolster parental love if we are to have durable sources of security for living.

The love which time cannot undermine, and which is available to under-gird us in our need for feeling at home in the world, is the love of God. The Holy Quran (2:165) says, “Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides God, as equal (with God): They love them as they should love God. But those of Faith are overflowing in their love for God.”

One who recognizes God’s love is psychologically prepared for the arduous business of living. For His sense of security is based on unwavering foundations. The Holy Bible says, “The steadfast love of God endures all the day” (Psalm 52:1.)

During what periods of your life have you felt secure and insecure? How have you learned to live with a certain degree of existential insecurity?

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Tells Stories: Thagya and Vairagya or the Parable of Akbar and the Fakir

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

The Parable of Akbar and the Fakir

During the reign of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, there lived a Fakir (a Muslim ascetic) in a particular forest near Delhi. Many used to resort to the cottage of this holy man. However, he had nothing to show hospitality to these visitors. He was in need of some money for this purpose and went for help to Akbar Shah, who was well known for his kindness towards holy men.

Akbar Shah was then saying his prayers and the Fakir took his seat in the prayer room. In the course of his prayers, the Fakir heard Akbar ask, “O Lord, do Thou grant me more wealth, more power, more territories!”

At once the Fakir rose and was about to depart from the waiting room when the Emperor beckoned him to be seated again.

At the end of the prayer, Akbar asked the Fakir, “Sir, you came to see me. How is it then that you wanted to depart without saying anything to me?”

The Fakir said, “The purpose of my visit to your Majesty, I need not concern you with that.”

When Akbar repetitively pressed him to say what he wanted, the Fakir at last said, “Your Majesty, many people come to me to be taught, but for want of money I am unable to see to their comforts. So I thought it well to come to your Majesty for help.”

Akbar then asked why he was about to go away without having told him the purpose of his visit.

The Fakir replied, “Why should I go begging to a person who is himself a beggar? I had better beg of the Lord Himself, if indeed it is not possible for me to do without begging altogether.”

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was born Gadadhar Chattopadhyay and initiated a religious school of thought that guided the formation of the Ramakrishna Order of monks that transformed into the Ramakrishna Mission under the leadership of his principle disciple Swami Vivekananda. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa initially attracted several monastic and household disciples as a priest at the Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once said, “To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.”

Recommended Books

‘Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna’ by Lex Hixon
‘Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda’ by Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita
‘Ramakrishna: His Life and Sayings’ by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
‘Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna’ by Swami Nikhilananda
‘Ramakrishna Paramahamsa: The Sadhaka of Dakshineswar’ by Amiya P. Sen
‘Vivekananda: A Biography’ by Swami Nikhilananda

The Graceful Sharklet of Airbus A350 XWB

Sharklet of Airbus A350 XWB

The “sharklets,” the signature blended winglets, on the new Airbus A350-XWB sweep 5.20m from its leading-edge attachment to its rear tip and give the aircraft a total wingspan of 64.8m (212ft).

Customarily, wingtip devices are arrow-shaped surfaces attached to the tip of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. They improve the overall efficiency of aircraft by reducing aerodynamic drag through partial recovery of the tip vortex energy. This results in saving fuel, lowering noise emissions, and improving take-off performance. Wingtip devices also enhance aircraft handling characteristics and improve safety for aircraft following the aircrafts with wingtip devices.

Airbus A350 Sharklets reduce aerodynamic drag

Blended winglets are special types of wingtip devices that are attached to the wing with smooth curve instead of a sharp angle. Blended winglets aim to reduce interference drag at the seams between the wings and the winglets.

Airbus pioneered the use of wingtip devices beginning with the Airbus A300 and Airbus A310 jetliner programs. Both the Airbus A300 and the Airbus A310 aircraft were fitted with wingtip fences that helped trim down the effects of the aerodynamic drag created by the spiral-shaped vortices at the wingtips of any aircraft during flight.

Airbus A350 Sharklets Blended winglets

Year: 2014

Strategic Success in Joint Venture Management

Statements of Joint Venture Management Excellence

Airbus A340 Passenger Compartment Cross-section: Typical Seat Configurations

Typical 6-Abreast Seat Configuration in First Class

Typical 6-Abreast Seat Configuration in Business Class

Typical 8-Abreast Seat Configuration in Economy Class

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Tells Stories: The Vastness of God’s Creation or the Parable of the Frog in the Well

The Parable of the Frog in the Well

Recommended Books

Standard Household Towel Sizes: Bath Towels, Wash Clothes

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Tells Stories: Omnipresence or The Parable of Ganesh and the Divine Mother

The Parable of Ganesh and the Divine Mother

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The Very Best of GS Elevator Gossip’s Tweets

Recommended Reading on the Farcical and Factual World of Work

Recipe: Make Basmati Rice the Traditional Way

Basmati Rice Recipe: Traditional Method

Love of Parents and Love of God: Sense of Security

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Tells Stories: Thagya and Vairagya or the Parable of Akbar and the Fakir

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