{"title":"Integration of pricing and inventory decision in a supply chain under vendor-managed inventory with defective items and inspection errors","authors":"Esmat Taghipour, M. Seifbarghy, Mostafa Setak","doi":"10.30765/er.1610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1610","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the production-inventory-marketing model for a two-stage manufacturer-retailer supply chain under VMI policy with a price-sensitive demand is studied. An imperfect production at the manufacturer and inspection process involving with Type I and II errors at the retailer are considered. We assume that the manufacturer gives products to the retailer in a number of equal-sized shipments. This model is formulated as a Stackelberg game in which the retailer retains a certain degree of autonomy by reserving the right to choose the retail price and the manufacturer determines replenishment frequency, replenishment quantity and wholesale price. The critical supply chain decision factors including the manufacturer’s wholesale price, the retailer’s price, shipment frequencies and number of shipments are determined maximizing the total profit of each member of the supply chain. A solution procedure is proposed to find the Stackelberg game equilibrium. The performance of the model is assessed by a numerical example. The numerical shows that it is more beneficial for both the manufacturer and the retailer when the demand is less price sensitive.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598238","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":"A novel AMFMEA approach to identify most critical component and decision making approach for combining NDTS for screw compressor","authors":"Ashish Khaira, R. Dwivedi","doi":"10.30765/er.1685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1685","url":null,"abstract":"To ensure higher reliability, it is necessary to identify the most prominent cause of failure. It was observed in multiple works that most of the researchers used failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) and failure mode and effect criticality analysis (FMECA) but these approaches contain lots of hindrances. Alternatively, the MATRIX FMEA approach applied to identify the most prominent cause of failure and critical sub-component prone to that particular failure. The matrix FMEA developed for design engineers so that they can identify the potential cause of failures and design-out them in new product design. The central idea of this research is to apply this approach to maintenance, since the potential failure mode and the affected components were known. In most research, a single component such as a cylinder or turbocharger is used for analysis, but this research targets an entire machine. Multiple researchers also highlighted that the combination of non-destructive testing (NDT) provides better results instead of single NDT. Multiple researchers also highlighted the suitability of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) for decision making (DM). Therefore, this work covered firstly, a novel AMFMEA (AHP-Matrix FMEA) to identify the most critical component of particular machinery located in a heavy industrial setup and secondly, DM approach for combining NDTs. It was observed that the incorporation of AHP in Matrix-FMEA improved its analytical ability and reduced overall computation time. This work also provided the guideline with a detailed procedure for combining NDTs.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598054","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":"Fire safety design of pressure vessels","authors":"K. Jármai, I. Sebe, G. Szepesi","doi":"10.30765/er.1615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1615","url":null,"abstract":"A calculation of welded pressure vessels for fire safety is shown in this paper. At the first step, the temperature of the steel walls has been investigated, and the inner liquid pressure and the temperature increase. It is assumed that the safety valve is out of work and cannot reduce the increasing pressure. At the second step, the growing pressure and softening steel represent danger after a critical time. The result will be a safe time when the damage will occur. Three different alternatives have been calculated: the increase of the vessel wall thickness, the increase of the applied steel yield stress, the effect of the thermal coating. The thermal coating was the best alternative. This kind of calculation helps to find the best safe solution.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69597793","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":"The method of parametric decision trees in the analysis of automatic transmission","authors":"A. Deptuła","doi":"10.30765/er.1802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1802","url":null,"abstract":"Current applications of graph theory involve gear modeling for dynamic analysis, kinematic analysis, synthesis, structural analysis, optimization of gear chains, and automatic design based on the so-called graph grammars. Some tasks can be solved only with methods from graph theory, for example, the enumeration of design solutions. The purpose of modelling an automatic transmission with graphs can be versatile, namely: determining the ratio of individual gears, analyzing the speed and acceleration of individual rotational elements. At a later stage, the methods of decision logical trees can be used to analyze the functional schemes of selected gears. However, for graphs that are transmission models, tree structures that play parametrically can be used. This allows for the generalization and extension of the algorithmic approach.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598399","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":"Proposition of a method to design tailor-made knowledge management systems for small and medium enterprises","authors":"Tapissier Edouard, Mantelet Fabrice, Aoussat Améziane","doi":"10.30765/er.1379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1379","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to propose a knowledge management system design method for small and medium enterprises that addresses the problems encountered on the existing ones. A literature review highlighted 5 main concepts that have a crucial role in knowledge management system design. To take these recommendations into account, a knowledge management system design method was designed. It uses the small and medium enterprises characteristics, needs and problems to select adapted knowledge management tools and practices, and offers a comprehensive and tailor-made knowledge management system. This method was used to design a knowledge management system for a high-tech small and medium enterprises from the navigation sector. It allowed to choose from the adapted knowledge management tools and practices and to write a set of requirements for the knowledge management system while taking the user into account, thus easing the knowledge management system implementation and ensuring its sustainability.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69597572","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}
Yurianto Yurianto, A. E. Purkuncoro, Padang Yanuar, Taufiqur Rokhman
{"title":"Effect of normalization on ductility and corrosion resistance of API 5L-X65 PIPE","authors":"Yurianto Yurianto, A. E. Purkuncoro, Padang Yanuar, Taufiqur Rokhman","doi":"10.30765/er.1652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1652","url":null,"abstract":"This research studies the effect of normalization on ductility and corrosion resistance of API 5L X65 pipe. Normalization conducted at a temperature of 900 °C with a holding time of 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 minutes, followed by cooling down to a room temperature by using an external air. Corrosion testing of normalized specimens was performed using seawater as a corrosive environment, -and specimens were also tested for microhardness to determine their mechanical properties. Then, these test specimens were compared with specimens that did not undergo normalization in terms of their microstructure, hardness, and other mechanical properties. The specimens were analyzed by using an Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) Spectroscopy to determine the microstructure grain boundary, chemical composition and microcracking of the metal specimens. The results showed that the base metal hardness of API 5L X65 steel pipe fluctuated and tended to decrease. The highest hardness was obtained in specimens without normalizing, and the lowest in normalizing specimens. The highest corrosion rate occurred in specimens without normalizing, and the lowest in specimens with normalizing. Typical corrosion results of seawater on APL 5L-65 pipe are cracking and pitting.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69597955","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":"A sector in-plane finite element for analysis of multi-layer cylinders exposed to pressure and thermal loading","authors":"Asma Bouzeriba, C. Bouzrira","doi":"10.30765/er.1698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1698","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, analysis of multi-layer cylinders exposed to pressure and thermal loading is considered using a sector element based on the strain approach. Materials in cylinder layers have been assumed to be linearly elastic, homogeneous, and isotropic. The sector in-plane finite element employed is defined in the polar coordinate system with three degrees of freedom at each corner node (the two translations and the in-plane rotation). The results of displacement and stresses obtained in the present paper are compared with the analytical solutions, and a good accuracy shown.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598097","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":"The effects of ultrasound and electrocoagulation on removal of manganese from wastewater","authors":"H. Posavčić, D. Vouk, I. Halkijevic","doi":"10.30765/er.1734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1734","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper the effect of ultrasound and electrocoagulation on the removal of manganese from synthetic wastewater was investigated. It was shown that 20 kHz ultrasound alone is not very efficient for manganese removal, but it enhances the efficiency of electrocoagulation. It was also shown that settling has a great effect on the electrocoagulation process because it stabilizes the flocs. A total of four laboratory-scale experiments were conducted, and the optimal experiment included 10 minutes of ultrasound and 10 minutes of electrocoagulation with iron electrodes. Under these conditions, 89.0 % of the manganese was removed with an operating cost of 0.13 EUR/mg Mn. Adding the cost of replacing the immersed ultrasonic probe, the total operating cost increased 3000-fold, making the immersed ultrasonic probe method unviable for large-scale application.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598120","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}
Željko Vrcan, V. Ivanov, Angel Alexandrov, M. Isametova
{"title":"Size and efficiency based comparison of kinematically equivalent two-carrier planetary gear trains","authors":"Željko Vrcan, V. Ivanov, Angel Alexandrov, M. Isametova","doi":"10.30765/er.1989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1989","url":null,"abstract":"The subject of this paper is a two-carrier planetary gear train (PGT) which was developed for a specific purpose. This PGT may be used for applications in which a negative transmission ratio in the range -3…-143 is required. In this case, the mechanical and dimensional properties of the PGT have been analyzed for nominal negative transmission ratios of -30 and -40. All possible combinations of simple component PGT ideal torque ratios providing those transmission ratios were obtained. Only the combinations providing the minimum radial dimensions of the PGT assembly were selected. Subsequent analysis has shown that the PGT radial dimensions will be minimized when the ratio of the reference diameters of the planetary unit ring gears is close to unity, meaning that the PGT casing will be cylindrical rather than stepped. This paper also provides an overview of the DVOBRZ software package used to synthesize the different gearbox layouts for the required transmission ratio, combined with a basic introduction to single speed two-carrier PGTs for better understanding. The DVOBRZ software was used to select all the acceptable gearboxes were selected from the set of generated PGTs according to the criteria of minimum dimensions and acceptable efficiency range. This set of PGTs was checked for kinematic feasibility and construction concepts were created for feasible layouts.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598388","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":"Load frequency control scheme for a microgrid system with the application of hTLO-DE algorithm","authors":"I. Koley, A. Datta, G. Panda","doi":"10.30765/er.1925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30765/er.1925","url":null,"abstract":"Load frequency control (LFC) is a crucial feature of electric power systems to maintain a balance between power supply and load demand, thus avoiding a deviation of the grid frequency. The present work aims to implement an effective LFC scheme for a microgrid system consisting of a diesel generator (DEG), a wind turbine generator (WTG) and a battery storage system. Proportional-integral-double-derivative (PIDD) controllers are used to implement the proposed LFC scheme. The controller parameters are computed using an innovative hybrid teaching-learning-optimization differential-evaluation (hTLO-DE) algorithm. The main scope of the work lies in application of hTLO-DE optimized PIDD controllers in DEG-WTG-battery storage based MG system. The results obtained with PIDD controllers are compared with those obtained with the traditional PI and PID controllers. A critical analysis shows that the PIDD controller can provide better dynamic responses in terms of settling time and magnitude of oscillations compared to PI and PID controllers. The frequency responses of the system are studied under different scenarios of generation and load variations, which establishes the robustness of the proposed PIDD-based LFC scheme.","PeriodicalId":44022,"journal":{"name":"Engineering Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69598615","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}