World Journal of Engineering: Volume 10 Issue 5

Plasticised cellulose acetate-natural fibre composite

C. Pang, R. Shanks, K. Ing, F. Daver

Due to positive impact on the environment, biodegradable composite materials are of growing interest. This study used cellulose acetate, a derivative of cellulose, as the matrix…

Future view on fibres

Jiří Militký, Arun Aneja, Dana Křemenáková

In this century, textiles will not only offer the best functional features of natural and synthetic fibres, but will be highly engineered systems targeted to provide complex…

Optoelectronic properties of improved GaN semiconductor on Si (111) using growth approaches and different interlayer's

Bablu Ghosh, Norfarariyanti bte. Parimon, Akio Yamamoto

The crystalline quality of wider direct band gap semiconductor (3.4 eV) h-GaN epilayer grown on Si (111) is evaluated by different growth approaches and by using different…

Analysis of toughness on notched specimens by volumetric method

M. Moussaoui, S. Meziani

In the present work, an analysis of influence of the notch on the toughness of material K_I is presented. A notched plate made out of structural steel is considered and subjected…

Dynamic properties of polyethylene-copper oxide composite melts

Tiam-Ting Tee, Tin-Sin Lee, Soo-Tueen Bee, Yew-Sing Chin

The objective of this research is to investigate the effects of copper oxide on the rheological properties of low density polyethylene (LDPE) such as viscosity, storage and loss…

Stability analysis of thermohaline convection in ferromagnetic fluid in densely packed porous medium with Soret effect

R. Sekar, D. Murugan, K. Raju

The study of ferrothermohaline convection, double diffusive convection with Soret and Dufour effects have drawn the attention of researchers for the past four decades due to their…

Behaviour study of monitored embankment founded on compressible soil

A. Aissi, S. Bensihamedi, A. Bouafia, A. Saihia, L. Belagra

This paper presents continuous monitoring results of an instrumented embankment behaviour built on compressible soil. In order to better understand of the embankment behaviour and…

Experimental study of indirect tensile strength of calcareous coal gangue mixture

Yapeng Zhang, Wenqing Meng, Zhifei Zhang

The calcareous coal gangue, fly ash, lime powder and a small amount of cement mixture, which are selected from the Hanxing area, are mixed into a calcareous coal gangue mixture…

Geochemical characteristics of hazardous trace elements in the coal from the Pingshuo mine district, China

Jinxi Wang, Pei Ling, Jingjing Yang, Jing Zhao

A total of 283 coal and parting samples were taken from the Pingshuo mine district, Ningwu coalfield, China. The contents, distribution and enrichment mechanism of 12 hazardous…

A new analytical approach for the solution of optimization problem with cubic objective function

S. Kavitha, Nirmala Ratchagar

A new analytical approach based on dynamic programming method for the solution of cubic objective function with equality and inequality constraints is presented in this paper. A…

Some interactive control modes for planar cable-driven robots

Abdelouahab Zaatri, Billel Bouchemal

This paper presents the design and the implementation of a multimodal operator interface dedicated for planar cable-based robots. Three interactive robot control modes which have…

Riverview on ant colony optimization algorithms

Yancang Li, Chenguang Ban, Rouya Li

Ant colony algorithm is widely used in recent years as a heuristic algorithm. It provides a new way to solve complicated combinatorial optimization problems. Having been…