World Journal of Engineering: Volume 17 Issue 6

Modeling and simulation of frictional disc/pad interface considering the effects of thermo-mechanical coupling

Ali Belhocine, Oday Ibraheem Abdullah

This study aims to investigate numerically a thermomechanical behavior of disc brake using ANSYS 11.0 which applies the finite element method (FEM) to solve the transient thermal…

Effects of rotation and varying gravity on the onset of convection in a porous medium layer: a numerical study

Dhananjay Yadav

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of rotation and varying gravitational strength on the onset of thermal convection in a porous medium layer numerically. The…

Conventional and underwater friction stir welded AA2024-T351 aluminium alloy – a comparative analysis

Swathi Balaji, Sujay Aadithya B., Balachandar K.

Friction stir welding (FSW) and underwater friction stir welding (UWFSW) of aluminium alloy 2024-T351 was carried out, with a chosen set of parameters, namely, rotational speed of…

Performance analysis of multi-scaling voltage level shifter for low-power applications

Vaithiyanathan D., Megha Singh Kurmi, Alok Kumar Mishra, Britto Pari J.

In complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) logic circuits, there is a direct square proportion of supply voltage on dynamic power. If the supply voltage is high, then more…

Real-time parking slot availability for Bhavnagar, using statistical block matching approach

Janak D. Trivedi, Sarada Devi Mandalapu, Dhara H. Dave

The purpose of this paper is to find a real-time parking location for a four-wheeler.

Physicochemical characterization of cow horn ash and its effect as filler material on the mechanical property of polyester-banana fibre composite

Ernest Mbamalu Ezeh, O.D. Onukwuli

The purpose of this paper is to observe the effect of cheap cow horn ash particles (CHAp) filler as a possible replacement for expensive fillers on the mechanical properties of…

Vibratory weld conditioning during gas tungsten arc welding of al 5052 alloy on the mechanical and micro-structural behavior

M. Vykunta Rao, Srinivasa Rao P., B. Surendra Babu

Vibratory weld conditioning parameters have a great influence on the improvement of mechanical properties of weld connections. The purpose of this paper is to understand the…

The effect of vibratory conditioning on tensile strength and microstructure of 1018 mild steel

Venkata Suresh Bade, Srinivasa Rao P., Govinda Rao P.

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prominence of mechanical excitations at the time of welding. In the past years, the process of welding technology has expanded its…

The structural efficiency of tapered steel section with perforation under lateral torsional buckling behaviour

Fatimah De'nan, Nor Salwani Hashim, Lim Cheng Kuan

Tapered section can resist maximum stress at a single location while the stresses are considerably lower at the rest of the member; therefore, it could have higher structural…

Effect of Graphene nanoparticles on microstructural and mechanical properties of aluminum based nanocomposites fabricated by stir casting

Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Brijesh Sharma, Bismin R. Saju, Arpit Shukla, Ambuj Saxena, Nagendra Kumar Maurya

The development of a new class of engineering materials is the current demand for aircraft and automobile companies. In this context metal, composite materials have a widespread…

Numerical modelling of coupled seepage-deformation subjected to rainfall infiltration in unsaturated slope

Edgar Jr Joe, Nazri Ali, Siti Norafida Jusoh

This study aims to propose another alternative numerical modelling tool, i.e. ABAQUS, to simulate a fully coupled seepage-deformation analysis in unsaturated slope subjected to…

Quantification of airfield pavement condition using soft-computing technique

Vidhi Vyas, Ajit Pratap Singh, Anshuman Srivastava

The purpose of this study is the development of an objective approach to prioritize and rank airfield pavement sections based on their condition and justify their funding…

Stress and coupled electromagnetic-thermal analysis of field excited flux switching machine

Muhammad Umair, Faisal Khan, Wasiq Ullah

Field excited flux switching machines (FEFSM) are preferred over induction and synchronous machines due to the confinement of all excitation sources on the stator leaving a robust…