World Journal of Engineering: Volume 11 Issue 1

Effect of nanoclay addition on mechanical and thermal behavior of vinyl ester based nanocomposites obtained by casting

Harun Sepet, Necmettin Tarakçıoğlu

This paper presents the experimental study of mechanical and thermal properties of organically modified montmorillonite clay (Nanoclay) (0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 wt.%) in the vinyl…

Effect of small amount of alumina on structure, wear and mechanical properties of 3Y-TZP ceramics

Igor Danilenko, Serhii Prokhorenko, Tetyana Konstantinova, Leonid Ahkozov, Valerii Burkhovetski, Valentina Glazunova

The use of ceramic instead of metallic parts in devices that operate in aggressive conditions increases the service life of machines and equipment for chemical, metallurgical and…

Investigation of the mechanical properties of e-glass fabric reinforced SMC around hole on fiberglass reinforced composites materials

Y. Karacaer, N. Tarakçioğlu, M. Taşyürek

In this study, mechanical properties and fatigue damage behavior of E-Glass fiber - polyester perforated SMC and perforated SMC +Glass fabric were investigated. Middle of the…

Effect of different cooling methods on the corrosion behaviour at welded area of aluminium alloy

W. Wan Nik, R. Rosliza, M. Zulkifli, D. Hui

The effect of different cooling methods on the corrosion behaviour at welded area of aluminium alloy 5083 was investigated by using weight loss study, potendynamic polarization…

Multifunctional and specific interactions of CNTs in NBR and HNBR

Chougule Harishkumar, Ulrich Giese, Robert Schuster

There are different techniques in practice to disperse multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in elastomers. In the present work, commercially available MWCNTs NANOCYL NC 7000™ are…

Structural evaluation of coaxial joints for FRP rebars using winding wet fabrics composites

G. Yuan, G. Dong, J. Ma, Luciano Feo, David Hui

Owing to limit in transportation and production, the connection of FRP rebars is an unavoidable problem. A coaxial joining scheme for FRP rebars using winding wet fabrics and…

Simultaneous measurement of temperature and concentration during faceted cellular array growth under microgravity

Yuko Inatomi, Motohiro Ashida, Kaoruho Sakata, Takeshi Okutani

The authors performed FACET (Investigation on Mechanism of Faceted Cellular Array Growth) experiments under long duration microgravity on the International Space Station (ISS) in…

Theoretical modeling of horizontal-vertical loading of circular foundation in the offshore Niger Delta of Nigeria

S. Akpila, I. Omunguye

Theoretical modeling on the performance of offshore circular foundation installed on clay and subjected to combined horizontal-vertical load in the Niger Delta has been attempted…

Design of water shock tube for testing shell materials

H. Ji, M. Mustafa, H. Khawaja, B. Ewan, M. Moatamedi

This paper presents design considerations for a shock tube experimental rig used to investigate the dynamic failure mechanisms of shell geometries subjected to water shock impact…

Calculations of in-cylinder flow of a controlled auto-ignition (CAI) engine

J. Beauquel, S. Ibrahim, R. Chen

After validation of the numerical model against published laser doppler anemometry (LDA) experimental data (Pitcher et al., 2003), numerical calculations have been carried out to…

The mathematical model of crown height in hedgerow orchard on southern hill slope

Yongchao Liu, Baoguo Ma

In the hedgerow orchard of hilly land, the crown height changes with ground slope so as to meet the condition of the sun light. Using astronomical trigonometric formulas, this…

Adsorption treatment of coal washery effluent (CWE) for the removal of suspended and dissolved particle (SDP) by chrysophylum albidium seed shell

M. Menkiti, C. Nwoye, O. Onukwuli

Chrysophylum albidium seed shell was utilized as an adsorbent for suspended and dissolved particle removal from coagulated coal washery effluent. Several parameters were…

Color difference formulae evaluation by method of adjustment

A. Abbasi, M. Vik, M. Vikova

This experiment was carried out to test color difference formulae by method of adjustment. 6 different color centers (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue-Green, Blue and Violet) were chosen…