Nivin Joy, A. M, Jayaprabakar Jayaraman, V. Jayaprakash, Sahaya Susmi, P. Bency
{"title":"The effects of nanoparticles as a biodiesel ingredient on the performance of a VCR diesel engine","authors":"Nivin Joy, A. M, Jayaprabakar Jayaraman, V. Jayaprakash, Sahaya Susmi, P. Bency","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0077","url":null,"abstract":"The combustion, efficiency, and emission properties of a single-cylinder variable compression ratio diesel engine are examined in this research (B100A30C30). To create a homogeneous solution, the ultrasonicator is used in conjunction with a 30 part per million (ppm) concentration of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Carbon Nanotubes(CNT),two common nanoparticles found in fuel combinations. The increased mixing and chemical reactivity offered by nanoparticles' greater surface area to volume ratio during combustion has improved the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of diesel engines. The engine with nanoparticles (B20A30C30) has a thermal efficiency of braking that is 20 % higher than the engine with regular particles (B100). Following that, nitrogen oxide emissions reduced by 38%, carbon monoxide emissions by 68%, hydrocarbon emissions by 52%, and smoke emissions by 48%.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43490122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoming Yuan, Weiqi Wang, Xuan Zhu, Bing Du, Lijie Zhang
{"title":"Analysis on parametric vibration of hydraulic opposing cylinders controlled by a servo valve considering pressure pulsation","authors":"Xiaoming Yuan, Weiqi Wang, Xuan Zhu, Bing Du, Lijie Zhang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2021-0192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2021-0192","url":null,"abstract":"During the working process of the system of hydraulic opposing cylinders controlled by a servo valve, the fluid equivalent stiffness changes dynamically due to the pressure pulsation of the pump source. Therefore, the transmission system has obvious nonlinear effects, and its dynamic performance is difficult to improve further. Thus, a nonlinear dynamic model of the system of hydraulic opposing cylinders controlled by a servo valve was established. By using the multiscale method, the steady-state approximate solutions of the primary resonance and the combination resonance of the system were derived to reveal their characteristic laws. The results showed that the dominant frequency of the system's primary resonance is the frequency of the external excitation source, and the dominant frequency of the system's combination resonance is the sum of the natural frequency of each order and the fluctuation frequency of the fluid equivalent stiffness. The amplitude of the combination resonance was smaller than that of the primary resonance. The maximum error between the theoretical natural frequency and the experimental modal frequency was 3.77%, which verified the correctness of the system's nonlinear dynamic model. The research can provide a theoretical reference for the dynamics optimization design of the hydraulic transmission system.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46764054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of mold flow analysis to the study of plastic gear rack injection molding warpage","authors":"Dyi-Cheng Chen, Rihui Yang, Shang-Wei Lu, Hong-Yao Guo","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0048","url":null,"abstract":"This study employed the Taguchi method, analysis of variance, and response surface methodology for plastic gear rack injection molding parameters followed by a factorial quality validation. This study was expected to reduce the time cost of mold design and injection molding by making different combinations of the molding parameters, designing an experimental method, and performing the data simulation experiment by computer-aided engineering (CAE). With the research tool of polymer (polyacetal) for plastic material, computer-aided design mold design, and CAE mold flow analysis software, a numerical analysis of plastic molding flow was conducted. Taguchi L16 (45) orthogonal array designed 16 experimental combinations including injection molding conditions of filling time, holding pressure, holding time, plastic temperature, and mold temperature. The experimental results of molding analysis of software (Moldex3D) determined the optimum molding essentials of plastic injection: filling time 0.2 s, holding pressure 98 MPa, plastic temperature 195 °C, and mold temperature 65 °C. In this study, the parameters of the response surface method were used for the actual injection verification. The CAE simulation software can greatly improve the mold design and injection molding parameter testing time to enhance the overall working efficiency and cost control.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44463559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VARTM process of composites using double-bag air cushion method","authors":"Chih-Yuan Chang, Jen-Tsung Huang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0086","url":null,"abstract":"This article introduced the double-bag air cushion method (DBACM) as an economical and efficient manufacturing process of polymer composites associated with the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) process. The method utilizes an improved double-bag along with several air cushions to create distribution channels for enhancing the resin flow during infusion. Experimental evaluation on resin infusion behavior and mechanical properties, including ultimate strength, void content, surface finish, and thickness uniformity, is performed for composites reinforced with both jute fibers and glass fibers. Results showed that the DBACM reduces the infusion time by more than 26.0% as compared with traditional VARTM. The difference in ultimate strength of the part between the DBACM and the VARTM is about 2.9%–3.9%. The void content of the E-glass composites is 1.3%–1.5% due to the few fissure-like microvoids, whereas the void content of the jute composites is high, about 2.4%–4.0%, because of the sparse spherical macrovoids. Additionally, there are no major differences in surface finish and thickness uniformity between the parts fabricated by DBACM and by conventional VARTM.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44994955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single- and multi-objective optimization of internal gear flowforming process based on increasing tooth height and reducing force and built-up edge","authors":"M. Khodadadi, K. Khalili, A. Ashrafi","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0073","url":null,"abstract":"Flowforming is an incremental metal forming process in which deformation occurs gradually between the roller and mandrel. This process has been widely used for manufacturing of high-precision tubular parts and seamless tubes. Internal gear flowforming process is a new method for manufacturing an internal gear that requires no additional machining process. In this study, the design of experiment method and regression analysis were used to obtain tooth height, force, and built-up edge as functions of the effective parameters, including feed rate, roller diameter, attack angle, and thickness reduction percentage. Next, the simulated annealing and genetic algorithm were used for, respectively, single- and multi-objective optimization of the obtained functions. The goal of optimization was to reduce the force and built-up edge and increase the tooth height. In single-objective optimization, the maximum tooth height was 0.576 mm, the minimum force was 1606.63 N, and the minimum built-up edge was 0.448 mm. In multi-objective optimization, an optimal set of tooth height, force, and built-up edge (Pareto front) is obtained.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47889589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal design of robust control based on compound form: steady-state performance and control cost","authors":"Han Zhao, Fei Lin, Kang Huang, Chenming Li","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0058","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an optimal robust control for dealing with the uncertain fuzzy dynamical systems. First, a dynamical system is established with uncertainty. The uncertainty is nonlinear, time varying, and is regarded as bounded. The bound exists within a specified fuzzy set. Then, a robust control is proposed to ensure the system performance. The proposed control is deterministic, which is not on the basis of the IF-THEN rule. Besides, to achieve better performance, a performance index, including both the steady-state performance measurement and the control cost measurement of the system, is proposed. Furthermore, a fuzzy dynamical model of the robot joint module system is established with parameters uncertainty and external disturbance. By using the proposed optimal robust control, the performance of the dynamical system is not only definitely ensured but also optimized.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42497306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultimate strength analysis of pitted plates with transverse cracks","authors":"A. R. Ranji, Farzaneh Ahmadi, S. Alirezaee","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0028","url":null,"abstract":"Numerical analysis using computer code ANSYS was employed to analyze the ultimate strength of pitted plates with transverse cracks under uniaxial compression. It was found that pitting was more critical in the thick plate and cracking in the thin plate, and the plate with a center crack had the lowest effect on the reduction of the ultimate strength, regardless of the crack length and thickness of the plate. For small cracks, plates with two edge cracks had a lower reduction factor than plates with a single edge crack, while for long cracks it was vice versa. The maximum reduction factor of the ultimate strength of the cracked plate occurred in thin plates with two edge cracks. The results showed that the combined effect of cracking and pitting reduced the ultimate strength of the plate by up to 400% and 50% with respect to cracking and pitting alone, respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that cracking of plates prior to pitting is more detrimental, since sharp decreases of the ultimate strength.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41657404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the influence of the superfinishing process on the residual stress of the raceway","authors":"Zhou Chang, L. Hu","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0063","url":null,"abstract":"The residual stress of bearing inner race after superfinishing machining along the axial direction is usually measured by using an X-ray analyzer. The experimental results show that the residual stress on the surface of the bearing raceway is compressive stress with an average value of −266 to −438 MPa, and the circumferential residual stress on the bottom surface of the bearing raceway is greater than the axial residual stress. The obtained results reveal that the oilstone pressure has a significant effect on the residual compressive stress. It is found that increasing the oilstone pressure can significantly improve the residual compressive stress on the surface of the bearing raceway.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45438843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoming Yuan, Ning Wang, Wen Wang, Lijie Zhang, Yong Zhu
{"title":"Nozzle resonance mechanism and cooperative optimization of self-excited oscillating pulse cavitation jet","authors":"Xiaoming Yuan, Ning Wang, Wen Wang, Lijie Zhang, Yong Zhu","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2021-0092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2021-0092","url":null,"abstract":"The peak value and pulsation amplitude of the self-excited oscillating pulse cavitation jet nozzle are essential indices to evaluate the jet performance. We established a simulation model of the jet process of the nozzle to investigate the evolution mechanism of the inner and outer flow fields. We used the chamber fillet, chamber diameter, chamber length, and outlet-tube diameter as the design variables, and the peak value of the striking force and the amplitude of the pulsation of the striking force as the target variables. The collaborative optimization design method of the nozzle was determined by combining the orthogonal test method, the back propagation neural network, and the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm. As indicated by the results, when the inlet pressure was 3 MPa, the factors ranked as follows in terms of their effects on the jet performance of the nozzle: the chamber fillet, the outlet-tube diameter, chamber diameter, and the chamber length. To verify the feasibility of the collaborative optimization method, the nozzle was fabricated via 3D printing, and the simulation model was verified by testing. This study provides support to the development of design theory for self-oscillating pulsed cavitation jet nozzles.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45595034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Anto Alosius, Pushparaj Thomai, Vikas Sharma, B. Chandrasekaran
{"title":"Effects of injection parameters on CRDI-equipped stationary diesel engine fuelled with neat biodiesel mix derived from waste feedstocks","authors":"M. Anto Alosius, Pushparaj Thomai, Vikas Sharma, B. Chandrasekaran","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0061","url":null,"abstract":"This present work deals with the effects of injection parameters such as pilot-main injection mass ratio and dwell time on combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of a diesel engine. A single cylinder diesel engine is used in this research work with the flexibilities to modify different variables via open electronic control unit. Biodiesel mix (BDM) used in the present work is derived from waste feedstocks of used cooking oil and chicken fat. Throughout the experiment, engine load and speed were maintained constantly at 4.51 brake mean effective pressure and 1500 rpm, respectively. Different pilot mass ratios (10%, 20%, and 30%) and dwell times (20° crank angle (CA), 30° CA, and 40° CA) were tested and results were compared with conventional mode combustion. The results indicated that the pilot injections helped to reduce the ignition lag period and also shortened the combustion duration. The highest brake thermal efficiency of 34.78% was identified with the lowest pilot mass of 10%. According to the results, increased dwell time decreased the oxides of nitrogen emissions but increased the hydrocarbon emissions. The experiment revealed that BDM made of waste feedstocks could be an effective alternative for engine applications with optimized engine operating conditions.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41300785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}