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{"title":"Investigation of a new methodology for the prediction of drawing force in deep drawing process with respect to dimensionless analysis","authors":"Saeed Hajiahmadi,&nbsp;Majid Elyasi,&nbsp;Mohsen Shakeri","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0110-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0110-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this research, geometric parameters were given in dimensionless form by the Buckingham pi dimensional analysis method, and a series of dimensionless groups were found for deep drawing of the round cup. To find the best group of dimensionless geometric parameters, three scales are evaluated by commercial FE software. After analyzing all effective geometric parameters, a fittest relational model of dimensionless parameters is found. St12 sheet metals were used for experimental validation, which were formed at room temperature. In addition, results and response parameters were compared in the simulation process, experimental tests, and proposed dimensionless models. By looking at the results, it very well may be inferred that geometric qualities of a large scale can be predicted with a small scale by utilizing the proposed dimensionless model. Comparison of the outcomes for dimensionless models and experimental tests shows that the proposed dimensionless models have fine precision in determining geometrical parameters and drawing force estimation. Moreover, generalizing proposed dimensionless model was applied to ensure the estimating precision of geometric values in larger scales by smaller scales.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0110-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5575416","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 review of challenges and solutions in the preparation and use of magnetorheological fluids","authors":"James Sathya Kumar,&nbsp;P. Sam Paul,&nbsp;Girish Raghunathan,&nbsp;Divin George Alex","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0109-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0109-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This review of MRF (magnetorheological fluids or MR fluids) brings out the challenges in methods of preparation, difficulties encountered in storage and use, and possible solutions to overcome the challenges.</p><p>Magnetorheological fluid in the rheological fluid domain has found use due to its ability to change its shear strength based on the applied magnetic field. Magnetorheological fluids are composed of magnetizable micron-sized iron particles and a non-magnetizable base or carrier fluid along with additives to counter sedimentation and agglomeration.</p><p>Magnetorheological fluids can respond to external stimuli by undergoing changes in physical properties thus enabling several improved modifications in the existing technology enhancing their application versatility and utility. Thus, magnetorheological fluid, a rheological material whose viscosity undergoes apparent changes on application of magnetic field, is considered as a smart material. Such materials can be used for active and semi-active control of engineering systems.</p><p>Many studies on the designs of systems incorporating MR fluids, mainly for vibration control and also for other applications including brakes, clutches, dynamometers, aircraft landing gears, and helicopter lag dampers, have emerged over last couple of decades. However, the preparation as well as the maintenance of magnetorheological fluids involves several challenges. Sedimentation is a major challenge, even when stored for moderate periods of time. A comprehensive review is made on the problems confronted in the preparation of magnetorheological fluids as well as sustenance of the properties, for use, over a long period of time. Other problems encountered include agglomeration and in-use thickening (IUT) as well as rusting and crusting. Of interest is the mitigation of these problems so as to prepare fluids with satisfactory properties, and such solutions are reviewed here. The control of magnetorheological fluids and the applications of interest are also reviewed.</p><p>The review covers additives for overcoming challenges in the preparation and use of magnetorheological fluids that include incrustation, sedimentation, agglomeration, and also oxidation of the particles. The methodology to prepare the fluid along with the process for adding selected additives was reviewed. The results showed an improvement in the reduction of sedimentation and other problems decreasing comparatively. A set of additives for addressing the specific challenges has been summarized. Experiments were carried out to establish the sedimentation rates for compositions with varying fractions of additives.</p><p>The review also analyzes briefly the gaps in studies on MR fluids and covers present developments and future application areas such as haptic devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0109-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"5575417","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":"Rayleigh wave propagation in transversely isotropic magneto-thermoelastic medium with three-phase-lag heat transfer and diffusion","authors":"Iqbal Kaur,&nbsp;Parveen Lata","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0108-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0108-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present research deals with the propagation of Rayleigh wave in transversely isotropic magneto-thermoelastic homogeneous medium in the presence of mass diffusion and three-phase-lag heat transfer. The wave characteristics such as phase velocity, attenuation coefficients, specific loss, and penetration depths are computed numerically and depicted graphically. The normal stress, tangential stress components, temperature change, and mass concentration are computed and drawn graphically. The effects of three-phase-lag heat transfer, GN type-III, and LS theory of heat transfer are depicted on the various quantities. Some particular cases are also deduced from the present investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0108-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4660220","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":"Characterization the effects of nanofluids and heating on flow in a baffled vertical channel","authors":"Ali Assim Al-Obaidi,&nbsp;Ali J. Salman,&nbsp;Ali Raheem Yousif,&nbsp;Dalya H. Al-Mamoori,&nbsp;Mohamed H. Mussa,&nbsp;Tayser Sumer Gaaz,&nbsp;Abdul Amir H. Kadhum,&nbsp;Mohd S. Takriff,&nbsp;Ahmed A. Al-Amiery","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0105-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0105-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The laminar 2-D blended convection of the nanofluids at different volume fractions has gained interest in the last decade due to an enormous application in technology. The laminar-flow stream system can be further modified by changing the geometry of the channel, adding an external heating source, and changing the initial conditions at which the stream is being influenced. The investigation of this system includes the variation of the geometrical parameters of the channel, Reynolds number, Nusselt number, and type of the nanoparticles used in preparing the nanofluid with water as the base fluid. These parameters constitute a very successful leading to utilize the numerical solutions by using a finite volume method. Regarding heat flow, one side of the channel was supplied by the heat while the temperature of the other side was kept steadily. The upstream walls of the regressive confronting step were considered as adiabatic surfaces. The nanofluids were made by adding aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃), copper oxide (CuO), silicon dioxide (SiO₂), or zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles to various volume fractions in the scope of 1 to 4% and diverse nanoparticle diameters of 25 to 80?nm. The calculations were performed with heat flux, Reynolds numbers (<i>Re</i>), and step height (<i>S</i>) at a range of 100?&lt;??&lt;?600?W/m², 100?&lt;??<i>Re</i>??&lt;?500, and 3?≤?<i>S</i>?≤?5.8, respectively. The numerical study has shown that the nanofluid with SiO₂ has the highest value of the Nusselt number (<i>Nu</i>). The distribution area and the <i>Nu</i> increase as Reynolds number increases and diminish as the volume fraction diminishes with the increase of the nanoparticle diameter. The outcome of this paper has shown that assisting flow has shown superiority over the opposing flow when <i>Nu</i> increases.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0105-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4736891","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":"Transversely isotropic thermoelastic thin circular plate with constant and periodically varying load and heat source","authors":"Iqbal Kaur,&nbsp;Parveen Lata","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0107-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0107-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The present research deals with the deformation in transversely isotropic thermoelastic (TIT) thin circular plate. Rotation effect is studied under thermally insulated as well as isothermal boundaries. The Laplace and Hankel transform techniques have been used to find the solution to the problem. The displacement components, conductive temperature distribution, and stress components with the radial distance are computed in the transformed domain and further calculated in the physical domain using numerical inversion techniques. The effects of rotation and two temperatures are represented graphically. Some specific cases are also figured out from the current research.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0107-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4881933","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 research design of graphene inclusion on LDPE characterization","authors":"Maziyar Sabet,&nbsp;Hassan Soleimani","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0106-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0106-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A progressive trend in instructional materials is the analytical plan and manufacture of fundamental operating equipment. LDPE/Gr nanocompounds were researched using various techniques such as Raman spectra (RS), XRD, SEM, and TEM based on Gr distribution, morphology, and crystal structure. The results presented by SEM showed that the addition of Grs was distributed homogeneously in the LDPE matrix and improved the crystallinity of the LDPE/Gr nanocompounds. Inclusion of Grs to LDPE launches crystallization by reducing the activation energy accompanied by increasing crystallization. Gr distribution in LDPE has considerably enhanced the nucleation of LDPE crystallization in nanocompound LDPE/Gr. The crystallization rates clearly increased to 0.5?wt% and continued to rise up to 3?wt% with Gr loading. Adding Gr to LDPE makes LDPE/Gr nanocompounds develop crystallinity Gr as a nucleating agent advances the process of crystallization, the size of crystallite, and the percentage of LDPE/Gr crystallinity throughout the nanocompounds with an additional Gr to the polymer matrix. This research also demonstrates that by further incorporation of Gr in the LDPE matrix, the activation energy of crystallinity is lowered. The inclusion of Gr extends crystallinity level and simultaneously creates local nanocompound lattice uniformity.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0106-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4856355","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":"Enhancement of metallic machine parts mechanical properties by the use of vibratory processing for oxide coated films formation and MoS2 solid lubricant coating deposit","authors":"Dieudonné Essola,&nbsp;Jean Chills Amba,&nbsp;Claude Valery Ngayihi Abbe,&nbsp;Joseph Nkongho Anyi,&nbsp;Vladimir Vitalevich Ivanov","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0103-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0103-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Experimental studies have been carried out to establish the possibility of using vibratory machining technology through shock-wave transmission for oxide coating preparation on aluminum-alloyed machine components and also to discuss the technological possibilities of applying vibration mechanochemical solid lubricant coatings based on MoS₂ to improve the surface quality and performance properties of machine component parts. The coating characteristics are determined by measuring and comparing certain tribological properties of the samples before processing, after normal coating, and after vibratory coating process. A deeper study with a scanning microscope was made by comparing result of normal and vibratory coating. The vibratory coating shows a reduction of grain sizes, a regular orientation of the grain, and a dense grain structure leading to the formation of a thin layer covered by a film orientated parallel to the surface of friction giving an imparted surface finish. The reduction of microroughness is also accompanied with good performances in terms of increasing in wear resistance and decreasing in coefficient of friction. This reflects the presence of complex influence of mechanical and chemical components in the formation of coating on superficial layers during lower shock-wave vibration giving at the end structured ameliorated state of surface that leads to an increase in the part lifespan and equally shows technological opportunities that can be used to improve surface quality and performance properties of machine component parts.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0103-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4613949","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":"Comparison of varieties of numerical methods applied to lid-driven cavity flow: coupling algorithms, staggered grid vs. collocated grid, and FUDS vs. SUDS","authors":"A. A. Boroujerdi,&nbsp;M. Hamzeh","doi":"10.1186/s40712-019-0104-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40712-019-0104-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The effectiveness of different methods, schemes, algorithms, and approaches is of substantial challenging problems in numerical modeling of transport phenomena. In the present paper, a lid-driven cavity problem is modeled via two basically different approaches of spatial discretization: collocated and staggered. The non-dimensionalized governing equations are semi-discretized by using a finite volume approach. Then, the full discretization is performed in each of collocated and staggered grids, separately. Upwind and central difference schemes are implemented in order to discretize the convective and diffusion terms of equations, respectively. After mesh independency study, the performances of collocated and staggered grids in comparison with the reference benchmark are presented. Next, the effectiveness of the first and the second order upwind schemes are presented, as well as different coupling algorithms of SIMPLE, SIMPLEC, and SIMPLER. Finally, an overall comparison of the methods is provided and acceptable agreements with benchmark are attained.</p>","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1186/s40712-019-0104-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"4460591","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":"Assessment of Analytical Equations for the Derivation of Young’s Modulus of Bonded Rubber Materials","authors":"Z. Haji, S. Oyadiji, H. Samami, O. Farrell","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.3300388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.3300388","url":null,"abstract":"The prediction of the vibration response of rubber products by analytical or numerical method depends mainly on the predefined intrinsic material properties such as Young’s modulus, damping factor and Poisson’s ratio. Such intrinsic properties are determined experimentally by subjecting a bonded rubber sample to compression tests. The compression tests on such a sample yield an apparent Young’s modulus which is greater in magnitude than the intrinsic Young’s modulus of the rubber. As a result, many analytical equations have been developed to determine Young’s modulus from an apparent Young’s modulus of bonded rubber materials. In this work, the applicability of some of these analytical equations is assessed via experimental testing. The assessment is based on testing of vulcanized nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR70) samples using tensile test and compression test methods. The analytical equations are used to determine the intrinsic Young’s modulus from the apparent modulus that is derived from the compression test data of the bonded rubber samples. Then, these Young’s moduli are compared with the actual Young’s modulus that is derived from the tensile test data. The results show significant discrepancy between the Young’s modulus derived using the analytical equations and the actual Young’s modulus. Keywords—Bonded rubber, quasi-static test, shape factor, apparent Young’s modulus.","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"28 1","pages":"462-466"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87464792","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":"Simulation-Based Optimization of a Non-Uniform Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with Stack Boundary","authors":"Alireza Keshmiri, Shahriar Bagheri, N. Wu","doi":"10.5281/ZENODO.3300616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.3300616","url":null,"abstract":" Abstract — This research presents an analytical model for the development of an energy harvester with piezoelectric rings stacked at the boundary of the structure based on the Adomian decomposition method. The model is applied to geometrically non-uniform beams to derive the steady-state dynamic response of the structure subjected to base motion excitation and efficiently harvest the subsequent vibrational energy. The in-plane polarization of the piezoelectric rings is employed to enhance the electrical power output. A parametric study for the proposed energy harvester with various design parameters is done to prepare the dataset required for optimization. Finally, simulation-based optimization technique helps to find the optimum structural design with maximum efficiency. To solve the optimization problem, an artificial neural network is first trained to replace the simulation model, and then, a genetic algorithm is employed to find the optimized design variables. Higher geometrical non-uniformity and length of the beam lowers the structure natural frequency and generates a larger power output. a parametric study for the energy harvester with different design parameters simulation-based optimization technique used to the optimization an artificial neural computationally simulation model bigger genetic values of the design variables. This paper presents a design and analytical model for energy harvesting applications. In addition, a simulation-based optimization technique is utilized to find the optimum","PeriodicalId":592,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering","volume":"10 1","pages":"500-505"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2019-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75118168","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}