World Journal of Engineering: Volume 14 Issue 4

Turbulent forced convection flow of nanofluids over triple forward facing step

Nawar Mohammed Ridha Hashim, Mohd. Zamri Yusoff, Hussein Ahmed Mohammed

The purpose of this paper is to numerically study the phenomenon of separation and subsequent reattachment that happens due to a sudden contraction or expansion in flow geometry…

Preparation of TiO2/ZnO composite catalysts and their photocatalytic activity for degradation of pentachlorophenol

Juan Xie, Yongjing Hao, Meixia Li, Yiwei Lian, Li Bian

This paper aims to report a novel preparation method of titanium dioxide (TiO₂)/zinc oxide (ZnO) composites with different mole ratios of TiO₂:ZnO and their photocatalytic…

Demonstrating existence of one suitable oxide phase concurrent with formation of Ti/p-Si Schottky junction by comparing direct calculation with analysis

Mehran Shahryari, Mohammad Homayoon Shakib, Mohammad Bagher Askari, Shahryar Nanekarani, Sanaz Saeidi Nejad, Sedigheh Bagheri

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the existence of one suitable oxide phase concurrent with deposition for fabricating a titanium (Ti)/p-silicon (Si) Schottky diode by…

Finite element method simulation of phase transformations during cooling of 55SiMnMo steel

Tao Yan, Liang Ma, Shuo Zhao, Enlin Yu

This study aims to focus on numerical simulation investigations of phase transformation during cooling of 55SiMnMo steel, which is commonly applied to improve mechanical…

Development of a path follower in real-time environment

B.B.V.L. Deepak, M.V.A. Raju Bahubalendruni

The purpose of this paper is to study the path-planning problem of an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in a predefined, structured environment.

Evaluation and zoning of various urban land spaces based on restrictive indicators: the case of Shanghai, China

Hefeng Wang, Yuan Cao, Xinxia Liu, Yantao Yang

Using Shanghai as an example, the purpose of this paper is to perform grade evaluation and zoning for different land use spaces by GIS by identifying the major restrictive factors…

Video data image retrieval using – BRICH

Saravanan Devaraj

Data mining is the process of detecting knowledge from a given huge data set. Among the data set, multimedia is the data which contains diverse data such as audio, video, image…

The shift step optimization of belt conveyor in self-advancing semi-continuous mining technology based on SIMIO

Xinwang Li, Li Li, Huayong Lv, Tianqiang Guan

This paper aims to develop a computer simulation processing method to simulate the mining operation of self-advancing semi-continuous mining technology and optimize the shift step…

Shallow learning model for diagnosing neuro muscular disorder from splicing variants

Sathyavikasini Kalimuthu, Vijaya Vijayakumar

Diagnosing genetic neuromuscular disorder such as muscular dystrophy is complicated when the imperfection occurs while splicing. This paper aims in predicting the type of muscular…

Study on the measurement of paste flow based on the optical fiber system

Weiwei Pan, Dongsheng Wang

Flow measurement plays an important role in modern industrial production. Flow measurement methods based on optical fiber systems have become a main research focus.

Impact of non-perfect reference plane on multi-gigabit transmission

Chang Fei Yee, Asral Bahari Jambek, Azremi Abdullah Al-Hadi

This paper aims to analyze the impact of non-perfect reference plane on the integrity of microstrip differential signals at multi-gigabit transmission on a printed circuit board…

Comparative performance studies on DI diesel engine with neem de-oiled cake and Jatropha methyl ester diesel blends

Sendilvelan S., Bhaskar K.

Alternative sources for petroleum fuels have been the prime concern of most of the environmentalists. It is also a concern for economists due to the depletable nature of the…