World Journal of Engineering: Volume 20 Issue 4

Reliability analysis to improve performance of multi-pin glass fiber-epoxy laminated composite joints using Weibull distribution

Akash Gupta, Manjeet Singh

The purpose of this study is to check the reliability of a multi-pin joint to be a fail-safe joint by considering different geometric and material parameters. The pin joints are…

Dynamics modeling of a 2-DoFs cable-driven continuum robot

Leila Bousbia, Ammar Amouri, Abdelhakim Cherfia

Continuum robots modeling, be it from a hard or soft class, is giving rise to several challenges compared with rigid robots. These challenges are mainly due to kinematic…

Energy and exergy analysis of hybridization of solar, intercooled reheated gas turbine trigeneration cycle

Manish Kumar, Arun Arora, Raghwendra Banchhor, Harishankar Chandra

This paper aims to analyze energy and exergy analysis of solar-based intercooled and reheated gas turbine (GT) trigeneration cycle using parabolic trough solar collectors (PTC…

Experimental investigation of reclaimed asphalt foamed bituminous mix: a cold mix technique

Lokesh Gupta, Rakesh Kumar

Natural good-quality sources of aggregates are depleting, whereas large amount of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is produced annually. Safe disposal and use of RAP in the cold…

Comparative performance analysis of AES encryption algorithm for various LVCMOS on different FPGAs

Neeraj Bisht, Bishwajeet Pandey, Sandeep Kumar Budhani

Privacy and security of personal data is the prime concern in any communication. Security algorithms play a crucial role in privacy preserving and are used extensively. Therefore…

Simulating sediment yield by SWAT and optimizing the parameters using SUFI-2 in Bilate river of Lake Abaya in Ethiopia

Mesfin Amaru Ayele, Tarun Kumar Lohani, Kinfe Bereda Mirani, Muluneh Legesse Edamo, Abebe Temesgen Ayalew

Prediction of sediment yield for a particular river is essential to study the river morphology, agricultural land management and the lake/reservoir sedimentation investigation…

Analytical modelling of ultra-thin white topping cement concrete overlay on bituminous concrete pavement using ANSYS

U. Siva Rama Krishna, Naga Satish Kumar Ch

The ultra-thin white topping (UTW) is a cement concrete overlay of the thickness of 50–100 mm on bituminous concrete pavements with surface failures. This is a long-lasting…

Experimental and simulation analysis of fatigue life of aluminum 6061-T6 alloy

Nitesh Jain, Rajesh Kumar

The majority of machine component failures are caused by load conditions that change with time. Under those circumstances, the component can function effectively for a long time…

Surfactant-assisted sol-gel synthesis of zinc ferrite magnetic nanoparticles for oil spills cleanup from seawater and antibacterial activity applications

Ibrahim A. Amar, Sarah S. Kanah, Hibah A. Hijaz, Mabroukah A. Abdulqadir, Shamsi A. Shamsi, Ihssin A. Abdalsamed, Mohammed A. Samba

The purpose of this research is to assess the removal of oil spills from the seawater surface as well as the antibacterial activity of ZnFe₂O₄-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide…

Effect of plastic aggregates addition on accelerated carbonation of sand concrete

Aissa Boucedra, Madani Bederina

This study aims to the framework of the development of a new sand concrete, essentially manufactured with river/dune sand and recycled plastic aggregates (PAs; 0/3.15 mm). This…

Structural behavior of small-scale reinforced concrete secant pile wall

Maher Taha El-Nimr, Ali Mohamed Basha, Mohamed Mohamed Abo-Raya, Mohamed Hamed Zakaria

To predict the real behavior of the full-scale model using a scale model, optimized simulation should be achieved. In reinforced concrete (RC) models, scaling can be substantially…

Aptness of nano alumina (Al2O3) with high range water reducer-incorporated concrete

Mudasir Peerzada, Khan Adnan, Basrah Bilal, Riyaz Janees, Bazila Qazi, Naqash Ahmed Javed

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of nano alumina (Al₂O₃) on the properties of fresh concrete, hardened concrete and microstructure of concrete incorporated with…

Performance analysis of shell and helical tube heat exchanger using CuO/water and Al2O3/water nanofluids

Palash Soni, Fanindra Kumar Verma, Ranjeet Ranjan, Vivek Kumar Gaba

A computational fluid dynamics based parametric analysis for shell and helical tube heat exchanger (SHTHE) using CuO/water and Al₂O₃/water nanofluids is the main purpose of the…

GIS mapping used as supplementary tool to experimentally investigated subgrade soil for robust pavement design in rural area of Ethiopia

Eldana Ayka Anka, Defaru Katise Dasho, Democracy Dilla Dirate, Tarun Kumar Lohani

This paper aims to present physical and geotechnical study in terms of experimental field and laboratory investigations of the subgrade soils in severely damaged and highly…

Comparison of adaptive pitch control strategies for a wind turbine benchmark model

Shrabani Sahu, Sasmita Behera

The wind turbine (WT) is a complex system subjected to wind disturbances. Because the aerodynamics is nonlinear, the control is thus challenging. For the variation of wind speed…

Change detection filter technique-based fault analysis of HVDC transmission line

Rajesh Babu Damala, Ashish Ranjan Dash, Rajesh Kumar Patnaik

This research paper aims to investigate the change detection filter technique with a decision tree-based event (fault type) classifier for recognizing and categorizing power…