Gaurav Gupta, Virendra Rajput, Bhavana Ayachit, M. P. Satpathy, Pravat Ranjan Pati, Vivek Mishra, A. Agrawal
{"title":"Sliding wear behaviour of micro-sized Kota stone dust reinforced epoxy composites using Taguchi method and Grey Wolf optimisation algorithm","authors":"Gaurav Gupta, Virendra Rajput, Bhavana Ayachit, M. P. Satpathy, Pravat Ranjan Pati, Vivek Mishra, A. Agrawal","doi":"10.1177/09544062231219578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062231219578","url":null,"abstract":"Kota stone dust (KSD) is an unwanted material engendered throughout the process of manufacturing Kota stone. The present work comprises the appropriate consumption of KSD for evolving a composite system with epoxy as the base matrix material. The samples are developed by the hand lay-up technique. The micrographs clearly show that KSD is uniformly distributed within the epoxy matrix and establishes good adhesion with it. With the inclusion of filler, density unwillingly increases by 21.86%, but voids generated are limited to only 4.98% for a maximum filler content of 40 wt. %. A very low water absorption rate of 0.81% for maximum filler loading is observed. The compressive strength and micro-hardness increased by 31.8% and 26.25% respectively. Tensile strength, as well as flexural strength, improves for low filler loading of 20 wt. % and decreases thereafter. The sliding wear tests of the fabricated composites are studied in this research employing fairly advanced nature-inspired Grey wolf optimisation (GWO). The wear tests are based on a real-world issue that is framed in Taguchi L25 OA. A simple linear regression equation demonstrates adequate agreement between predicted and experimental values. The inclusion of KSD decreases the wear rate. Further, it is found that the KSD loading is the utmost significant factor, whereas normal load is the least significant factor that administrates the sliding wear rate of the composite system. Using the grey wolf optimiser, the optimal settings are 2500 m sliding distance, 40 wt.% KSD content, 52 cm/s sliding velocity, and 10 N normal load. The validation test results suggest that GWO is superior to the classical Taguchi approach. The wear loss mechanism is examined under the scanning electron microscope.","PeriodicalId":509477,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science","volume":"40 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139386933","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":"Research on snow prevention in the bogie region based on active blowing method","authors":"Hong Lan, Lu Cai, Jiye Zhang, Gufu Xu","doi":"10.1177/09544062231207700","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062231207700","url":null,"abstract":"To reduce excessive snow accumulation on bogie surfaces during high-speed train operations in cold regions, two active blowing schemes are designed in this study based on the shape of the bogie cavity and the relative position of the brake caliper. The unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes algorithm coupled with a discrete phase model was used to calculate the airflow and snow flow under the train. Moreover, the algorithm is employed to explore the impact of active blowing on the flow field characteristics and snow accumulation in the bogie region. Results show that active blowing changes the upward airflow in the bogie region, causing air at the bottom of the train to flow outwards, carrying off numerous snow particles from the bogie region. Active blowing accelerates the surface friction velocity on the bogie, increases the shear force on snow particles, and effectively reduces the snow accumulation on the bogie surface. The foregoing observation indicates that active blowing has considerable potential for snow accumulation prevention.","PeriodicalId":509477,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science","volume":"66 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139385572","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":"Design and analysis of three-dimensional braiding machine with track change interlocking","authors":"Gaowei Cai, Zhuo Meng, Yujing Zhang, Zhuang Guo","doi":"10.1177/09544062231218806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09544062231218806","url":null,"abstract":"When performing three-dimensional braiding, the carrier base of a conventional braiding machine can only be move on a single track, but cannot be switched between tracks. In this study, a three-dimensional braiding machine with orbital change interlocking is designed to realize the carrier track change. Aiming at the crucial components in track change interlocking mechanism, the track change process is separated into seven periods, and the driving function of slider and electric rotary are obtained. The kinematics model of track change interlocking mechanism is established, the velocity, position and trajectory of carrier base are analyzed on ADAMS simulation software. The results show that the carrier base maximum velocity is −226.51 mm/s, the carrier base maximum position is 68.30 mm, and the carrier base maximum vibration is 0.14 to 1.08 mm in track change process, prototype test indicate that three-dimensional braiding machine with track change interlocking is feasible, provides reference for the future design of three-dimensional braiding machine.","PeriodicalId":509477,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science","volume":"32 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139385251","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}