Journal of Applied Research and Technology
October 2017 Volume 15, Number 5
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 10
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Carica papaya peel mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its antibacterial activity against human pathogens
J. Balavijayalakshmi & V. Ramalakshmi
Metallic nanoparticles are traditionally synthesized by wet chemical techniques, in which the chemicals used are quite often toxic and flammable. Ripe carica papaya peel is found to be a suitable... More
pp. 413-422
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Optical constants characterization of As30Se70−xSnx thin films using neural networks
Attia A. Attia, Thin Films Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt; Mohammed S. El-Bana, Nano-Science & Semiconductor Laboratories, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt; Doaa M. Habashy, Theoretical Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt; Suzan S. Fouad, Nano-Science & Semiconductor Laboratories, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt; Mahmoud Y. El-Bakry, Theoretical Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Egypt
This paper uses an artificial neural network (ANN) and resilient back-propagation (Rprop) training algorithm to determine the optical constants of As More
pp. 423-429
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Investigations on mechanical and machinability behavior of aluminum/flyash cenosphere/Gr hybrid composites processed through compocasting
Soorya Prakash Kumarasamy, Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, India; Kavimani Vijayananth, Titus Thankachan & Gopal Pudhupalayam Muthukutti, Research scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus, India
This work focuses on characterization of a novel hybrid Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite (AMMC) developed through two-step compocasting method by reinforcing constant amount of flyash cenosphere (10... More
pp. 430-441
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Equivalent strain at large shear deformation: Theoretical, numerical and finite element analysis
Nima Pardis & Ramin Ebrahimi, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran (Islamic Republic Of); Hyoung Seop Kim, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea (South)
In this study, effective strain is evaluated for large simple/pure shear deformations and new expressions are derived. The validity of these relations was checked by numerical calculations. In... More
pp. 442-448
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Mechanical properties of Ni-based solid solution alloys: A first principles study
Ashish Pathak & Ashok Kumar Singh
Present work describes the structural stability and mechanical properties of Ni-based binary and ternary alloys. These alloys have been evaluated using first principles density functional theory ... More
pp. 449-453
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Fixed bed adsorption of tetracycline on a mesoporous activated carbon: Experimental study and neuro-fuzzy modeling
Mojtaba Hedayati Marzbali & Mohamad Esmaieli
This study investigates the use of synthesized mesoporous carbon in the fixed bed adsorption, as a promising process, to eliminate tetracycline from wastewater. In order to study the adsorptive... More
pp. 454-463
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Double stratification effects on unsteady electrical MHD mixed convection flow of nanofluid with viscous dissipation and Joule heating
Yahaya Shagaiya Daniel, Zainal Abdul Aziz & Zuhaila Ismail, Department of Mathematical Science, Faculty of Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, Malaysia; Faisal Salah, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Kordofan, Sudan
The problem of unsteady mixed convection electrical magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and heat transfer induced due to nanofluid over a permeable stretching sheet using Buongiorno model is... More
pp. 464-476
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Multi-objective simultaneous placement of DG and DSTATCOM using novel lightning search algorithm
Yuvaraj Thangaraj, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha University, India; Ravi Kuppan, SELECT, VIT University, India
In this proposed study, a new long term scheduling is proposed for simultaneous placement of Distributed Generation (DG) and Distribution STATic COMpensator (DSTATCOM) in the radial distribution... More
pp. 477-491
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Online tuning of fuzzy logic controller using Kalman algorithm for conical tank system
G.M. Tamilselvan & P. Aarthy
In a non-linear process like conical tank system, controlling the liquid level was carried out by proportional integral derivative (PID) controller. But then it does not provide an accurate result.... More
pp. 492-503
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Semantics preserving SQL-to-SPARQL query translation for Nested Right and Left Outer Join
Nassima Soussi & Mohamed Bahaj
Despite the emergence of semantic web due to its high performance in managing a large amount of data through semantic filters, the relational databases are still the most used. Therefore... More
pp. 504-512