World Journal of Engineering: Volume 13 Issue 4

Experimental analysis of stresses in weld metal subjected to tensile load

Sampath S.S., Nethri Rammohan, Reema Shetty, Sawan Shetty, Chithirai Pon Selvan M.

Stainless steel is one of the most important elements in structural design and application, and due to its excellent properties, it is widely used in industries for conventional…

Effect of mechanical activation on mullite formation in an alumina-silica ceramics system at lower temperature

David O. Obada, David Dodoo-Arhin, Muhammad Dauda, Fatai O. Anafi, Abdulkarim S. Ahmed, Olusegun A. Ajayi, Ibraheem A. Samotu

This work aims to analyze the effect of mechanical activation on structural disordering (amorphization) in an alumina-silica ceramics system and formation of mullite most notably…

Mathematical modelling and experimental validation of mono-tube shock absorber

Lalitkumar Jugulkar, Shankar Singh, Suresh Sawant

The work presented in this paper is concerned with mathematical modeling and experimental validation of mono-tube shock absorber. This paper aims to create damper model to predict…

Spatial comparative analysis of parabolic trough collectors and photovoltaic systems in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Azhar Ali Khan, Baqir Muhammad

The aim of this study is to develop a mathematical model for solar power generation system which starts with the quantification of solar resources on different characteristic…

TEM study of fine particles from coal-fired power plant ambient air

Wei Pian, Wenjing Cheng, Hongya Niu, Jingsen Fan

This study aims to focus on the submicron particles (with diameter of 0.2-1.0 μm) of the ambient air from a coal-fired power plant. A systematic examination of their morphology…

Mapping of optimum placement of distributed generation in meshed power networks with appropriate technologies

Warid Sayel Warid, Hashim Hizam, Norman Mariun, Noor Izzri Abdul-Wahab

This study aims to propose a sensitivity-based methodology for the optimum accommodation of distributed generation (DG) units in meshed power networks with appropriate…

Depositional facies of gas shale and its impact on shale reservoir of the Permian Shanxi Formation, Northern Ordos Basin

Wei Guo, Honglin Liu, Chaoli Lan

Based on core description, gas logging and laboratory analysis, this paper aims to study the controlling effect of the types of shale sedimentary microfacies in coal formations…

An algorithm for energy consumption reduction of air cooler through a convenient control system and effects on GHG emissions

Mohammad Zardoshti Zadeh Yazdi, Esmaeil GhasemiKafrudi, Hamidreza Javdan

This paper aims to study the minimizing of energy consumption in air cooled-heat exchanger through a convenient control system. Thus, the performance of a given air cooler has…

Development and validation of a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry method for the determination of α- and ß-2, 7, 11-cembratriene-4, 6-diols in tobacco

Wei Gao, Naiying Wu, Wenliang Sun

This paper aims to present a robust method for the determination of α- and ß-2, 7, 11-cembratriene-4, 6-diols (α, ß-CBT-diol) in tobacco samples which was developed and validated…

Energy management and optimization: case study of a textile plant in Istanbul, Turkey

Murat Tunc, Kayhan Kaplan, Sedat Sisbot, Unal Camdali

This paper aims to present the results of energy management and optimization studies in one Turkish textile factory. In a case study of a print and dye factory in Istanbul, the…

Investigating optimal operating parameters of DI diesel engine: a CFD approach using CONVERGETM

Ganji Prabhakar Rao, Vipin Dhyani, Deepak Kumar, V.R.K. Raju, S. Srinivasa Rao

This paper aims to present the effects of varying different operating parameters such as Start of Injection (9 to 21 deg bTDC), compression ratio (16 to 12.5), fuel injection…

Stability analysis in prey–predator system with mixed functional response

V. Madhusudanan, S. Vijaya

This paper aims to propose and analyse a two-prey–one-predator system with mixed functional response.

Efficient bus based router for NOC architecture

Anurag Shrivastava, Sudhir Kumar Sharma

Increase in the speed of processors has led to crucial role of communication in the performance of systems. As a result, routing is taken into consideration as one of the most…

Evaluation of some mathematical models of solar radiation received by a ground collector

Abdelouahab Zaatri, Norelhouda Azzizi

Using modeling approaches, this paper aims to propose different mathematical models for estimating the different components of the solar radiation as well as the received solar…