World Journal of Engineering: Volume 16 Issue 6

Fundamentals and review on material science, control theory and parametric inter-dependencies during friction stir welding of aluminium metal matrix composites

Rahul S.G., Sharmila A.

The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive review of the fundamental concepts and terminologies pertaining to different types of aluminium metal matrix composites…

Dynamic balancing of cleaning unit used in agricultural thresher using Jaya algorithm

Prem Singh, Himanshu Chaudhary

The purpose of this paper is to propose the dynamically balanced mechanism for cleaning unit used in the agricultural thresher machine using the system of point masses.

Double-diffusive MHD convective flow of heat and mass transfer over a stretching sheet embedded in a thermally-stratified porous medium

Bidemi Olumide Falodun, Adeola John Omowaye

This paper aims to address the problem of double-diffusive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) non-Darcy convective flow of heat and mass transfer over a stretching sheet embedded in a…

An auxiliary control aided modified sliding mode control for a PMSG based wind energy conversion system

Shubhranshu Mohan Parida, Pravat Kumar Rout, Sanjeeb Kumar Kar

This study proposes a modified sliding mode control technique having a proportional plus integral (PI) sliding surface aided by auxiliary control applied to a wind turbine driven…

Effect of nano-enriched emulsified Pongamia biodiesel on combustion, performance and emission parameters of a compression ignition engine

Hariram Venkatesan, Joshua Lionel Fernandes, Seralathan Sivamani

Compression ignition engines are being used in transportation, agricultural and industrial sectors due to its durability, fuel economy and higher efficiency. This paper aims to…

Investigation of combined effects of wax, calcites and clay on emulsion stability using response surface methodology

Abubakar Abubakar Umar, Ismail Mohd Saaid, Rashidah Mohd Pilus, Aliyu Adebayor Sulaimon, Berihun Mamo Negash, Nurul Suhana Abd Rahim

This paper aims to examine the effect of wax, calcites and clay on the stability of petroleum emulsions. It proposes a proxy model that takes into cognizance the presence of…

Pressure drop calculation for fly ash slurry using rheological model

Kanwar Pal Singh, Arvind Kumar, Deo Raj Kaushal

This paper aims to the transportation of high concentration slurry through pipelines that will require thorough understanding of physical and rheological properties of slurry, as…

Corrosion and wear analysis of HVOLF sprayed WC-10CO-4Cr coating on geothermal turbine blade

Manoj Kumar, Rohit Upadhyaya

The purpose of this paper is to develop the high pressure high-velocity oxy-liquid fuel sprayed WC-10Co-4Cr coatings on geothermal turbine 9Cr-1Mo steel for protection against…

Performance improvement of resonant multi-loop controller with odd harmonic injection for standalone three-phase inverter

Mohsen Karimi, Mohammad Pichan, Mehdi Sadri, Seyed Morteza Seyedjafari

This paper aims to investigate an improved control method and digital signal processor-based (DSP-based) digital implementation of three-phase standalone inverter. The proposed…

Influence of chemically radiative nanoparticles on flow of Maxwell electrically conducting fluid over a convectively heated exponential stretching sheet

Atul Kumar Ray, Vasu B.

This paper aims to examine the influence of radiative nanoparticles on incompressible electrically conducting upper convected Maxwell fluid (rate type fluid) flow over a…

Limit elastic analysis of rotating annular disks having sigmoid-FGM composition based on MROM

Royal Madan, Kashinath Saha, Shubhankar Bhowmick

The limit elastic speed of rotating disk is an important design criterion, as it defines the limit before onset of yielding initiates. The purpose of this paper is to establish…

Effect of current pulsing on super 304HCu weld joints

Vinoth Kumar M., Balasubramanian V.

Super 304HCu super austenitic stainless steel tubes containing 2.3 to 3 (Wt.%) of copper (Cu) is used in superheaters and reheater tubings of nuclear power plants. In general…

Evaluation of acoustic-based particle separation methods

Mansoor Ahmad, Ayhan Bozkurt, Omid Farhanieh

This paper aims to Separation and sorting of biological cells is desirable in many applications for analyzing cell properties, such as disease diagnostics, drugs delivery…