{"title":"Performance Assessment and Optimization Studies of a Modified MR Damper Prototype","authors":"Yashpal Marutirao Khedkar, Sunil Bhat, H. Adarsha","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i6.23465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i6.23465","url":null,"abstract":"Vibrations are known to cause problems in many automotive systems and industrial equipment. Therefore, vibration control devices such as traditional hydraulic dampers are used to minimize the vibrations. Off late, MR dampers, in which MR fluid is used to enhance the vibration reduction performance, are introduced. An electromagnetic piston is positioned within the MR damper cylinder that creates the magnetic field necessary to operate the MR fluid. However, due to the internal electromagnetic piston arrangement in the conventional MR damper, some serious issues like remenance phenomenon, clumping and heat effect are observed. Consequently, a modified MR damper with an external permanent magnet assembly is proposed. Viability of modified MR damper concept is checked vis-à-vis conventional MR damper. After a successful check, a handy prototype of the modified MR damper is fabricated. The performance of the modified MR damper prototype is tested by changing the MR fluid configuration, the excitation frequency of exciter, the excitation current, and the magnetic flux density. A test rig is designed and fabricated for this purpose. The MR effect on velocity and damping force in the prototype is recorded and the observations are utilised in performance optimization. The Overall Evaluation criterion is employed in the optimization process with MR fluids of 76%, 80% and 82% weight percentage of ferromagnetic particles (AMT-Dampro, AMT-Magnaflo and AMT-Smartech MR fluids respectively). The regression analysis for most suitable MR fluid configuration is also undertaken. The modified MR damper prototype is found to work effectively as confirmed by optimization and regression analysis results. The idea of the modified MR damper can be suitably applied to number of existing practical systems to handle intense vibrations.","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136364281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Plaza, Olga Ramos, Dario Amaya, Alvaro Espinel
{"title":"Autonomous Robot Prototype for Grass Mowing","authors":"Christian Plaza, Olga Ramos, Dario Amaya, Alvaro Espinel","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i6.23422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i6.23422","url":null,"abstract":"The use of autonomous devices is becoming a common practice, mainly because it does not require human intervention and it can be applied in various fields such as agriculture, surveillance, security, exploration, personal assistance, among others. An autonomous mobile robot should be capable of determining the appropriate course of action based on the environmental information it can gather in its vicinity. This entails the ability to modify a pre-established trajectory when encountering an obstacle, while still accomplishing the assigned task through the utilization of multiple sensors and sophisticated algorithms. These sensors enable the robot to navigate, avoid obstacles, and carry out specific tasks. This document will present the implementation of an autonomous mobile robot designed for grass mowing, which utilizes various sensors including encoders, IMU, laser, and GPS for navigation from an initial point to a final destination, ensuring obstacle avoidance. The system uses a Raspberry PI 4 with ROS Melodic framework.","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136364282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voltage Stabilization Using Supervisory-Fuzzy Logic Control in Wind Farm","authors":"M. Asy’ari, K. Indriawati, A. Musyafa","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48324561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Djamaluddin, Dony Hidayat, F. A. Wandono, Riki Ardiansyah
{"title":"Optimization of Two-Side Door Beams Under Bending Load","authors":"F. Djamaluddin, Dony Hidayat, F. A. Wandono, Riki Ardiansyah","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23277","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48250234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelvin Ribeiro de Faria Santos, Marco Tulio Correa de Faria Faria
{"title":"Jerk Reduction in the Thread Take-Up Lever Mechanism of a Sewing Machine","authors":"Kelvin Ribeiro de Faria Santos, Marco Tulio Correa de Faria Faria","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45729885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contribution to the Reliability Analysis of Slope Stability Against Sliding","authors":"Fatima Dadouche, L. Belabed","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i5.23279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45511027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Rassai, A. El Idrissi, W. Ayrir, N. Boutammachte
{"title":"Study and Design of Stirling Motor Cogeneration System Powered by Olive Cake","authors":"N. Rassai, A. El Idrissi, W. Ayrir, N. Boutammachte","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i4.23239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i4.23239","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41799293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Approximate Methods for the Analysis of Non-Linear Systems Reduced to Linear Equivalent Systems: Application to Multi-Layer Plates","authors":"A. Sekhri, M. Amrani, A. Mebarki","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i4.22694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i4.22694","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41433291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanang Purnomo, Agus Ahmad Masroeri, W. Nugroho, E. Suwarni
{"title":"A Comparison of Performance Simulation Between PID and Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Autonomous Trajectory of a Floater Glider","authors":"Nanang Purnomo, Agus Ahmad Masroeri, W. Nugroho, E. Suwarni","doi":"10.15866/ireme.v17i4.23688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15866/ireme.v17i4.23688","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39251,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Mechanical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47334631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}