World Journal of Engineering: Volume 15 Issue 2

Combustion and emission characteristics of an esterified linseed oil-fuelled variable compression ratio diesel engine

Ganesh S. Warkhade, A. Veeresh Babu

The purpose of this study is to get much insight about the combustion and emission characteristics of partially processed high free fatty acid linseed oil, i.e. esterified linseed…

Fuzzy logic-based real-time control for a twin-rotor MIMO system using GA-based optimization

Arpit Jain, Satya Sheel, Piyush Kuchhal

The purpose of this paper is to study the application of entropy based optimized fuzzy logic control for a real-time non-linear system. Optimization of the fuzzy membership…

Investigating the performance of powder mixed electric discharge machining of Nimonic 75 by using different tool materials

Ramesh S., Jenarthanan M.P.

This study aims to focus on experimenting the performance of aluminum (Al) powder mixed electric discharge machining (PMEDM) of two different materials viz plastic mould die steel…

Standard tables of truncated standard normal distribution using a new summarizing method

Mohammad M. Hamasha, Mohammad Al-Rabayah, Faisal Aqlan

The single- and double-sided truncated normal distributions have been used in a wide range of engineering fields. However, most of the previous research works have focused…

An efficient method for exploded view generation through assembly coherence data and precedence relations

M.V.A. Raju Bahubalendruni

Three-dimensional exploded view is a schematic representation of a product anticipated for performing assembly or disassembly operations. Exploded view is found in many…

Preventive maintenance scheduling using analysis of variance-based ant lion optimizer

Umamaheswari Elango, Ganesan Sivarajan, Abirami Manoharan, Subramanian Srikrishna

Generator maintenance scheduling (GMS) is an essential task for electric power utilities as the periodical maintenance activity enhances the lifetime and also ensures the reliable…

Performance improvement of a STATCOM using fuzzy controller for isolated generator

Swagat Pati, Kanungo Barada Mohanty, Sanjeeb Kumar Kar

This paper aims to demonstrate the efficacy of fuzzy logic controller (FLC) over proportional integral (PI) and sliding mode controller (SMC) for maintaining flat voltage profile…

A sliding mode controller-based STATCOM for voltage profile improvement of micro-grids

Swagat Pati, Kanungo Barada Mohanty, Sanjeeb Kumar Kar

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the suitability and robustness of sliding mode controller (SMC) for maintaining flat voltage profile at the load bus of two different…

Chitosan-smectite composite on the urea adsorption–desorption study for slow-release fertilizer application

Is Fatimah, Dwiarso Rubiyanto, Septian Perwira Yudha, Gunarti Pratiwi, Ayu Puspita

The purpose of this study is to prepare composite of chitosan-modified smectite clays consisting of montmorillonite and saponite clay minerals and their urea adsorption–desorption…

3D numerical simulation of laminar water hammer considering pipe wall viscoelasticity and the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method

Masoud Morvarid, Ali Rezghi, Alireza Riasi, Mojtaba Haghighi Yazdi

Analysis of fast transient flow in water pipe systems is an important issue for the prevention of unfavorable pressure oscillations and severe damage to the pipelines. This paper…

Improved frog leap inspired protocol (IFLIP) – for routing in cognitive radio ad hoc networks (CRAHN)

Ramkumar J., Vadivel R.

End-to-end latency in network affects the overall performance in number of ways. It is one of the major tasks to minimize the end-to-end latency in cognitive radio ad hoc networks…

Effect of nanoclay, glass fiber volume and orientation on tensile strength of epoxy-glass composite and optimization using Taguchi method

Shanti Kiran Zade, Suresh Babu V., Sai Srinadh K.V.

The purpose of this study is to manufacture test boards for re-enacting plant or field situations where vacuum chamber for expelling gas bubbles and autoclave equipment would not…