World Journal of Engineering: Volume 16 Issue 1

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A gray wolf optimized FPD plus (1+PI) multistage controller for AGC of multisource non-linear power system

Prakash Chandra Sahu, Ramesh Chandra Prusty, Sidhartha Panda

The paper has proposed to implement gray wolf optimization (GWO)-based filter-type proportional derivative with (FPD) plus (1+ proportional integral) multistage controller in a…

Design and fabrication of transfer seat system for disabled drivers

Sampath S., Chithirai Pon Selvan M., Mohamed Ameen K., Mohamed Amin I.

The purpose of this paper is to present the design and development of transfer seat system which aids the disabled drivers to get in and out of the car without outside help…

Economic emission dispatch using an advanced particle swarm optimization technique

Hamid Rezaie, Mehrdad Abedi, Saeed Rastegar, Hassan Rastegar

This study aims to present a novel optimization technique to solve the combined economic emission dispatch (CEED) problem considering transmission losses, valve-point loading…

Evaluating the impact resistance of roller compacted concrete containing crumb rubber and nanosilica using response surface methodology and Weibull distribution

Musa Adamu, Bashar S. Mohammed, Mohd Shahir Liew, Wesam Salah Alaloul

Roller compacted concrete (RCC) pavement is used in areas subjected to heavy impact loads; therefore, higher impact resistance is a desirable property of consideration. This study…

Soil water and salt distribution characteristics with sand pipe

Liang Liu, Yuling Zhao, Dongjuan Cheng, Baoguo Ma

Hydraulic conductivity is very low in saline-sodic soil, which decreases water infiltration. For saline-sodic soil, increasing infiltration water has a special meaning. Increasing…

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Investigation on Magneto Eyring-Powell nanofluid flow over inclined stretching cylinder with nolinear thermal radiation and Joule heating effect

S.S. Ghadikolaei, Kh. Hosseinzadeh, D.D. Ganji

The purpose of this study is, mixed convection on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of Eyring–Powell nanofluid over a stretching cylindrical surface in the presence of thermal…

Mechanical properties and erosive behaviour of 10TiO2-Cr2O3 coated CA6NM turbine steel under accelerated conditions

Khushdeep Goyal

This paper aims to evaluate the mechanical properties and slurry erosion behaviour of 10TiO2-Cr2O3 coated turbine steel.

Reduction in components using modified topology for asymmetrical multilevel inverter

Kanungo Barada Mohanty, Kishor Thakre, Aditi Chatterjee, Ashwini Kumar Nayak, Vinaya Sagar Kommukuri

This study aims to propose a modified topology for an asymmetric multilevel inverter as a basic module that generates 13-level output voltage waveform. The basic module consists…

Asymmetric cyclic deformation behavior of SA 333 steel at elevated temperatures

Girendra Kumar, Ashok Kumar, H.N. Bar

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of mean stress and stress amplitude on the asymmetric cyclic deformation behavior of SA333 Gr-6 C-Mn steel. Such type of loading…

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Performance improvement of CSS over imperfect reporting using diversity reception in cognitive radio networks

Girraj Sharma, Ritu Sharma

This paper aims to discuss over imperfect reporting channel the performance of cooperative spectrum sensing (CSS). It is investigated that imperfect reporting channel introduces…

Effects of various biodiesel blends on LHR engine

Senthur N.S., Ravikumar T.S.

This paper aims to compare the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of E20 biodiesel with diesel-water emulsion and eucalyptus water emulsion.

The role of delayed water curing in improving the mechanical and microstructural properties of alkali activated fly ash based geopolymer paste blended with slag

Debabrata Dutta, Somnath Ghosh

This paper aims to investigate the effect of delayed water curing on the mechanical and microstructural properties of fly ash-based geopolymer paste-blended with Ground Granulated…

MHD free convection flow of power-law nanofluid film along an inclined surface with viscous dissipation and joule heating

Vasu B.

The purpose of this study is to present the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and heat transfer in an accelerating film of a non-Newtonian pseudo-plastic nanofluid along an inclined…

Numerical study on evaporation heat transfer characteristics of water in inclined microchannels with varying inlet vapor quality

Vivekanand SVB, Raju VRK

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of gravity on the heat transfer behavior of the two-phase flow of water undergoing phase change. Most of the earlier…

An overview of use of nanoadditives in enhancing the properties of pavement construction binder bitumen

Deepa P., Meena Laad, Sangita , Rina Singh

The purpose of this paper is to study the recent work carried out in enhancing the properties of bitumen using nano-additives. Bitumen is a by-product obtained from the refining…

Optimum two-plane balancing of rigid rotor using discrete optimization algorithm

Prem Singh, Himanshu Chaudhary

This paper aims to present the optimum two-plane discrete balancing procedure for rigid rotor. The discrete two-plane balancing in which rotor is balanced to minimize the residual…

A review of field methods for suspended and bedload sediment measurement

Nda Muhammad, Mohd Shalahuddin Adnan, Mohd Azlan Mohd Yosuff, Kabiru Abdullahi Ahmad

Sediment measurement is usually accessible on a periodic or distinct basis. The measurement of sediment (suspended and bedload), especially in the field, is vital in keeping…

Review of pipeline span analysis

Abdulhakim Adeoye Shittu, Fuat Kara, Ahmed Aliyu, Obinna Unaeze

The purpose of this paper is to mainly review the state-of-the-art developments in the field of hydrodynamics of offshore pipelines, identifying the key tools for analysis of…

Field and numerical analysis on effect of axial load on the lateral response of a pile

Yogendra Tandel, Gaurang Vesmawala

Piles often carry combination of axial and lateral. Currently, piles are designed separately for axial and lateral load. In the literature, few information is available on the…

A novel non-isolated positive output voltage buck-boost converter

Tapas Kumar Mohapatra, Asim Kumar Dey, Krushna Keshab Mohapatra, Binod Sahu

A two switches non-isolated DC-DC novel buck-boost converter for charging the battery of electric vehicle is projected in this paper. The performance of the converter is compared…

Cover of World Journal of Engineering

ISSN:

1708-5284

Online date, start – end:

2011

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor YuZhuang Sun