Haseeb Ali, Fayyaz Alam, K. Akhtar, Muhammad Azed Abbas, Nasir Shah, Faraz Ahmad, Sahar Noor
{"title":"NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINK WITH NOVEL OGIVE SHAPE RIBS","authors":"Haseeb Ali, Fayyaz Alam, K. Akhtar, Muhammad Azed Abbas, Nasir Shah, Faraz Ahmad, Sahar Noor","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0180","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, three-dimensional numerical conjugate heat transfer modeling is used to investigate the thermal and hydraulic characteristics of the microchannel heat sink (MCHS) with different configurations of novel ogive shape ribs on channel walls. It was found that new proposed MCHS configurations with ogive ribs have a high Nusselt number as compared to the smooth microchannel heat sink because ogive ribs enhance the heat dissipation between channel walls and fluid by continuously interrupting the thermal boundary layer development. MCHS configuration with ogive ribs mounted on bottom wall improves the Nusselt number of smooth MCHS by 1.13-1.87 times, while MCHS with ogive ribs mounted on both side walls and MCHS with ogive ribs mounted on bottom channel wall improve Nusselt number by 1.12-1.70 and 1.08-1.59 times respectively at Re 100-1000. In terms of thermal enhancement factor criterion, the MCHS with ogive ribs on side walls shows superior performance at Re 100-300 and has the highest thermal enhancement factor. While MCHS with ogive ribs on bottom wall outperformed other configurations in terms of thermal enhancement factor at Reynold numbers greater than 300. A maximum thermal enhancement factor of 1.42 is reported for MCHS with bottom wall ribs ogive at Re=1000.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42383931","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}
A. Sherratt, M. Ghazimoradi, J. Montesano, A. Straatman, C. DeGroot, F. Henning
{"title":"A Model for Permeability in Fibre Reinforced Plastics","authors":"A. Sherratt, M. Ghazimoradi, J. Montesano, A. Straatman, C. DeGroot, F. Henning","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0084","url":null,"abstract":"Increased use of continuous fibre reinforced plastics (CoFRP) is being seen in the automotive industry due to their high strength specific properties. The manufacturing process, however, is still expensive due to the number of critical steps and material cost. Cost reduction is being combated by computational modeling of the infiltration and curing process to predict void formation and other potential defects. The accuracy of these simulations is highly dependent on capturing the presence of the carbon sheets in the mold due to the large differences in permeability between flow parallel and normal to the fibre tows. This work presents a geometry based method for locally orienting the fibre and thickness direction for 2D extruded CoFRP components. The capabilities of these methods will be presented by comparing the fibre orientation prediction for two geometries (i.e., hat channel and double dome) using 3 difference draping schemes (i.e., 0°, 45°, 90°) against the results of a validated draping simulation developed in LS-DYNA.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45542327","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}
Honghong Yan, Xiaoyu Li, Zheng Fu, Zhiwei Bai, Hong Zhang
{"title":"Uniform exhaust characteristics of new-type airbox components of continuous miner","authors":"Honghong Yan, Xiaoyu Li, Zheng Fu, Zhiwei Bai, Hong Zhang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0096","url":null,"abstract":"When the dust removal system of the continuous mining machine works, the exhaust air volume cannot meet the design requirements due to the different pressure and uneven air speed in the exhaust duct. These will lead to an increase in the energy consumption of the fan. In this paper, the uniform exhaust mathematical model was established. A novel resistance plate member was developed on the basis of a uniform exhaust pipe with variable cross sections. The uniform exhaust characteristics of two different exhaust ducts were discussed. The influence of adding a resistance plate on the vibration characteristics of airbox components was analyzed. The results show that adding resistance plate members could significantly reduce the airflow resistance, deviation, and unevenness of the exhaust rate. When the excitation frequency is 130 Hz, the vibration response of the airbox components is stronger, and operation at this frequency should be avoided.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41763513","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":"Residual life prediction of aluminum alloy plates under cyclic loading using an integrated prognosis method","authors":"Talaz Baral, Sajad Saraygord Afshari, Xihui Liang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Structures under cyclical loading are prone to fatigue-induced cracks. These cracks reduce structures’ residual life and increase their risk of failure. Historically, engineers have used degradation models like Paris’ law to estimate crack length when planning repair and maintenance on such structures. In this study, we developed a method to estimate Paris’ law parameters that are useful for predicting the fatigue life of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy plates under cyclic loading. A new optimization model is developed to estimate Paris’ law parameters’ mean and standard deviation. The research also considers the case in which the magnitude of the applied load is unavailable. Using Bayesian updating, the optimized parameters are further updated based on condition monitoring data to increase crack length estimation accuracy. The proposed method is validated with the help of Virkler crack propagation data for an aluminum alloy plate. According to the validation results, the average error in structure’s lifetime prediction based on crack length is 1.5% when the crack reaches 71% of the failure threshold.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44404741","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":"An in vitro experiment for remote health monitoring of implanted cardiac pacemakers using Petri nets","authors":"Shang-Kuo Yang, Chih-Min Yang, Kai-Jung Chen","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0035","url":null,"abstract":"For heart disease patients with an implanted artificial pacemaker, monitoring the operational status of the pacemaker is a crucial and challenging issue. This study aims to design a transcutaneous optic telemetry (TOT) system that transmits light signals from a human body through the skin to a receiving circuit and carries pacemaker status information via the light signals to achieve transcutaneous telemetry. Petri net method is used to analyze the simulated pacemaker. Petri nets are constructed to illustrate the process of the pacemaker. Furthermore, the Petri nets for the process with four checkpoints deployed on the pacemaker are also constructed. The TOT system uses near-infrared signals generated by a light-emitting diode as a transmission medium, and the Pork skin animal model is used to validate the TOT system's feasibility and efficiency. The correct sequence of checkpoints determines the normal state of the pacemaker, and the information from these checkpoints is transmitted in vitro for interpretation through the TOT system. This study designed and implemented the TOT system. Experiments showed that the TOT system's design is effective in transmitting the checkpoints information through the pigskin layer without any significant interference. The results proved that the TOT system can transmit checkpoints information outside the body to achieve the transcutaneous telemetry diagnosis of the pacemaker. This study provides an alternative means to surgical operation for implanted pacemakers examination.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48394881","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":"Design of ABS fuzzy sliding mode control system based on pavement recognition","authors":"Shuaiwei Zhu, Xiao-bin Fan, Pan Wang, Xinbo Chen","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0098","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: A fuzzy sliding mode variable structure control method based on road surface recognition was proposed to solve the problem that the Anti-lock Braking system (ABS) effect of current ABS algorithm was not ideal on complex road surface. In the road recognition module, real-time estimation of 5 typical road surfaces using fuzzy logic control. Dynamic calculation of optimal slip ratio for different road surfaces based on identified road conditions. Design of ABS sliding mode variable structure controller with optimal slip ratio and actual slip ratio as input. Aiming at the chattering problem of sliding mode control, a fuzzy controller is designed to reduce chattering. An 8-DOF dynamic simulation model of a four-wheel hub motor is established. The effectiveness of the controller is verified by braking simulation experiments on medium and low adhesion road. By comparing the simulation test with the traditional sliding mode controller under the condition of high adhesion road, the suppression effect of the system chattering is verified, and its excellent control performance is proved.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43867760","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":"Speed control strategy for power line inspection robot servo system considering time-varying parameters","authors":"Dongyang Shang, Xiaopeng Li, Fanjie Li, Hexu Yang","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0123","url":null,"abstract":"Most servo systems in power line inspection robots consist of a motor, an independent joint, and a load. In the process of crossing obstacles, the parameters in the servo systems have conspicuous time-varying properties due to the posture changes. The time-varying properties of dynamic parameters and the flexibility of the load would cause the rotation speed of the inspection robot to fluctuate, thereby affecting the motion accuracy. In this paper, the pole placement strategy was proposed to optimize the parameters in the proportional integral (PI) controller. The optimal controller parameters were selected in different postures to ensure steady speed output in the inspection robot servo system. First, the dynamic equations of the inspection robot servo system were established. Both joint flexibility and load flexibility were considered in the modeling process. Then, the Arnoldi algorithm was used to reduce the order of the servo system, and the transfer function from the speed to the drive torque was obtained. Next, the controller parameters were optimized using the pole placement method. By reasonably selecting the pole damping coefficient, the inspection robot could obtain a stable speed output. Finally, the numerical analysis and speed control of the inspection robot in different postures were analyzed. The results showed that the control strategy of pole placement could achieve a stable rotation speed for the inspection robot.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44664670","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":"GA-LQR for vehicle semi-active suspension with BiLSTM inverse model of magnetic rheological damper","authors":"C. Chen, R. Ma, Wan Ma","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0027","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a magnetic rheological (MR) semi-active control method based on Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM) neural network, linear quadratic regulator (LQR) control algorithm and genetic algorithm (GA). The LQR algorithm with GA optimizing the weight coefficients generates the expected damping force. Due to the nonlinear hysteresis characteristics of the MR damper (MRD) and the fact that its input and output have certain time dependence, an inverse model of MRD is established by BiLSTM. The control current is predicted by BiLSTM and then the current is input to the MR damper to obtain the damping force that is infinitely close to the expected damping force. The damping force is then applied to the suspension system to form a complete closed-loop feedback control, which realizes the damping effect and generates a real-time control. The simulation results show that the MRD inverse model can accurately predict the required control current, and the GA-optimized LQR control algorithm has a good suppression effect on the vertical vehicle acceleration (VVA), dynamic tire load (DTL) and suspension dynamic stroke (SDS).","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42626023","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":"Research and application of nodal stress correction at stiffness mutation position for fatigue life evaluation","authors":"Wenfei Liu, Ling Zhang, Liwen He, Zhixiong Gao","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2022-0163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0163","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a two-level stress correction method to overcome the limitations of the element stress average method that is typically used to calculate the nodal stress in finite element analyses and increase the fatigue life evaluation accuracy at the stiffness mutation positions of large-scale structure. In the first stage, a standard-deviation-weighted stress smoothing method is used to address the high element stress dispersion at the stiffness mutation point. The second stage involves a stress gradient correction method established based on the theory that the nodal stress is affected by other nodal stresses on the stress gradient path. The nodal stresses of the key points of an 80 tons gondola car body are extracted using the two-level stress correction method, and the fatigue life of the key points is evaluated considering the load spectrum of the Daqin coal line. The fatigue lives corresponding to the measured stress spectrum at the key points are compared with the simulated values. Compared with that obtained by the traditional method, the fatigue life of the key joints obtained by the proposed method is closer to the actual fatigue life. Additionally, the nodal stress at the stiffness mutation position obtained by the proposed method is more accurate. Therefore, the two-level stress correction method is a promising platform for the fatigue life evaluation of large-scale structures.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46707371","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":"Magnetic circuit design of MR controller for improving the performance of the suspension","authors":"C. Chen, R. Ma, Wan Ma","doi":"10.1139/tcsme-2023-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2023-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Magnetorheological damper (MRD) is widely used in civil engineering, heavy-duty vehicles to speed up safely and so on. In this paper, a MR controller for adjusting the stiffness and damping of a semi-active air suspension is designed to improve the vibration resistance of the Electric Multiple Units (EMU) suspension system. The 3D magnetic field simulations of the MR controller are carried out. The influences of factors such as shaft material, damping channel width, cylinder wall thickness on the magnetic induction intensity at the damping channel are studied. An orthogonal experiment is carried out and the optimal combination of the structural parameters is determined. Then, the four working conditions of the MR controller are simulated and analyzed respectively, and its structure is improved to ensure its stability. Finally, using fluid simulation software analysis, it can be seen that due to the fluidity of magnetorheological fluids (MRFs), the heat generated by the coil has little effect on MRFs.","PeriodicalId":23285,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44741956","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}