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<#LINE#>Measuring Biodegradability of Industrial Wastewater by a Low-cost differential Respirometer<#LINE#>M.S.@Rahman,M.A.@Islam,Habib@S.,J.@Sarker<#LINE#>1-4<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-028.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, BANGLADESH @ Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, BANGLADESH<#LINE#>3/3/2013<#LINE#>4/4/2013<#LINE#>A low-cost differential manometric respirometer was fabricated to assess the biodegradability of industrial wastewater. Test samples were collected from four different industrial sources i.e. dairy, tannery, pharmaceutical and dyeing industry. In this study, various parameters such as ultimate oxygen uptake (OU∞), reaction rate constant (k), seed dependent biodegradability (αs) and relative oxygen uptake rate (R%) were calculated to assess the overall biodegradation criteria of the wastewater samples. Respirograms were plotted to evaluate the oxygen uptake rate (OUR) profile. Rate of biodegradation was found maximum for dairy industrial source while sample from dyeing industry exhibited retardation effects on the microbial biodegradation process.<#LINE#> @ @  Ladwani Kiran D., Ladwani Krishna D., Manik Vivek S. and Ramteke Dilip S., Impact of Industrial Effluent Discharge on Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Agricultural Soil, I. Res. J. Environment Sci, 1(3), 32-36 (2012) @No $ @ @  Mir Tariq A., Manderia S., Manderia K., Influence of dye industrial effluent on physico-chemical characteristics properties of soil at Bhairavgarh, Ujjain, MP, India, I. Res. J. Environment Sci, 1(1), 50-53 (2012) @No $ @ @  Mashhood A. K. and Arsalan M. G., Environmental Pollution: Its effects on Life and its Remedies, Journal of Arts, Science & Commerce, II (2), 276 (2011) @No $ @ @  Roppola K., Environmental applications of manometric respirometric methods, PhD Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, Finland (2009) @No $ @ @  Xia W., Li J. and Zheng X., Biodegradability assessment of industrial wastewater by Warburg Respirometer. The 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 16-18 May 2008, 3738 – 3740 (2008) @No $ @ @  Rajor A., Reddyand A.S. and Singh B., Determination of BOD kinetic Parameters and evaluation of alternate methods, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of biotechnology & environmental Science, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (2004) @No $ @ @  Grady C., Dang J., Harvey D., Jobbagy A. and Wang X.L., Determination of biodegradation kinetics through use of electrolytic respirometer, Water Science and Technology, 21, 957–968 (1989) @No $ @ @  Mahendraker V. and Viraraghavan T., Respirometry in environmental engineering, Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A. Environmental Science and Engineering, 30, 713–734 (1995) @No $ @ @  Young J.C., Fundamentals of respirometry: Instrument types and basis of operation, 51st Perdue Industrial Waste Conference Proceedings, Ann Arbor Press Inc. 441-45 (1996) @No $ @ @  APHA, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 20th Edition, American Public Health Association, Washington, USA (2005) @No $ @ @  Kok B., Veltkamp G.W. and Gelderman W.P., on differential mano-and volumetric methods, Biochem Biophys Acta. 11(1), 7-16 (1953) @No $ @ @  Metcalf and Eddy Inc, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, 4th Edition, New York, USA (2003) @No
<#LINE#>Performance analysis of Rotary Cotton Seed dryer with One and Three Segment Flights<#LINE#>P.@YeoleShrikant,M.M.@Deshmukh<#LINE#>5-9<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-038.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Mechanical Engineering, GCOE Amravati (MH), INDIA<#LINE#>12/3/2013<#LINE#>2/4/2013<#LINE#>his paper presents the performance analysis of rotary cottonseed dryer. Experiments were performed on cottonseeds, at inlet air temperatures of 100, 110, 120&deg;C, and drying air mass flow rates of 0.00563, 0.0064, 0.00709 kg/s by using two different flights. The performance of dryer was evaluated by checking effect of operating variable on weight loss of dried products, specific energy consumption (SEC) and pick-up efficiency. Image analysis method was used for determining design loading of drum. Weight loss of cottonseeds was found to be in the range of 0.446-0.788 kg. The pick-up efficiency and SEC varied between range of 7.19-19.52% and 0.219-0.399 kW-h/kg respectively. <#LINE#> @ @ Aghbashlo M., Kianmehr M.H. and Samimi Akhijahani H., Influence of drying conditions on the effective moisture diffusivity, energy of activation and energy consumption during the thin-layer drying of berberis fruit (Berberidaceae), Energy Conversion and Management,49, 2865–2871 (2008) @No $ @ @ Ertekin C. and Yaldiz O., Drying of eggplant and selection of a suitable thin layer drying model, Journal of Food Engineering,63, 349–359 (2004) @No $ @ @ Raouzeos G.S. and Saravacos G.D., Solar drying of raisins, Drying Technology,, 633–649 (1986) @No $ @ @ Sahin A.Z. and Dincer I., Graphical determination of drying process and moisture transfer parameters for solids drying. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,45(16), 3267–3273 (2002) @No $ @ @  Dennis R. and Van Puyvelde, Modelling the hold up of lifters in rotary dryers, chemical engineering research and design,87, 226–232 (2009) @No $ @ @  Ajayi O.O. and Sheehan M.E., Design loading of free flowing and cohesive solids in flighted rotary dryers, Chemical Engineering Science,73, 400 –411 (2012) @No $ @ @ Mortaza Aghbashlo, Mohammad Hossien Kianmehr and Akbar Arabhosseini, Performance analysis of drying of carrot slices in a semi-industrial continuous band dryer, Journal of Food Engineering,91, 99–108 (2008) @No $ @ @ Bansal Pradeep, Sumana Islam and Sharma Karishma, A novel design of a household clothes tumbler dryer, Applied Thermal Engineering,30, 277–285 (2010) @No $ @ @ Lamnatou Chr., Papanicolaou E., Belessiotis V. and Kyriakis N., Experimental investigation and thermodynamic performance analysis of a solar dryer using an evacuated-tube air collector, Applied Energy, 94, 232–243 (2012) @No $ @ @ Revol D., Briens C.L. and Chabagno J.M., The design of flights in rotary dryers, Powder Technology,121, 230–238 (2001) @No $ @ @ Forson F.K., Nazhab M.A.A., Akuffo F.O. and Rajakaruna H., Design of mixed-mode natural convection solar crop dryers: Application of principles and rules of thumb, Renewable Energy,32, 2306 – 2319 (2007) @No
<#LINE#>Comparative Study on Distortional Buckling Strength of Cold-Formed Steel Lipped Channel Sections<#LINE#>M.@Vijayasimhan,V.@Marimuthu,G.S.@Palani,RamaMohan@RaoP.<#LINE#>10-15<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-051.pdf<#LINE#>Vijayasimhan M, Marimuthu V., Palani G.S. and Rama Mohan Rao P. @ CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai, INDIA VIT University, Vellore, INDIA <#LINE#>26/10/2012<#LINE#>25/1/2013<#LINE#>  Usage of cold formed steel structural components for buildings and structures is gaining popularity in India for a decade. Hot rolled steel member behaviour and design are well developed, whereas the cold formed steel member behaviour and design is not developed fully compared to the rest of the world. The Indian code for cold-formed steel design, IS 801 was revised during 1975, which is in line with 1968 edition of AISI standard. Bureau of Indian standards is in the process of revision of IS 801 to catch up with the latest developments and design methods with the other codes of practices in the world. As a background for the development of codal provisions, the design provisions developed in the various codes of practices have been reviewed and a comparative study has been carried out on design flexural strength of cold formed steel lipped channel sections. For this purpose, experimental results are collected from the literature. Based on the comparative study, direct strength method (DSM), which gives flexural strength closer to experimental results has been chosen for further parametric studies. There are several failure modes among which distortional buckling is one such failure mode that affects the strength of the section. In order to assess the influence of distortional buckling, a parametric study has been conducted by varying the lip depth, which is the influencing factor for distortional buckling strength. This paper presents the details of the studies carried out and the conclusions arrived. <#LINE#> @ @ Dinar C. and Pedro B.D., Coupled instabilities with distortional buckling in cold-formed steel lipped channel columns, Thin-Walled Structures,49, 562–575 (2011) @No $ @ @ Teng J.G., Yao J. and Zhao Y.,  Distortional buckling of channel beam-columns, Thin-Walled Structures,41, 595–617 (2003) @No $ @ @ Tadeh Zirakian, Hossein Showkati, Distortional buckling of castellated beams, Urmia university, J. of Cons Steel Re.,s62, 863–871(2006) @No $ @ @ Ashkan S. and Yong C.W., Direct Strength Method for calculating distortional buckling capacity of cold-formed thin-walled steel columns with uniform and non-uniform elevated temperatures, University of Manchester, 2012, Thin-Walled Structures,53, 188–199 (2012) @No $ @ @ AISI Standard – North American specification for the design of cold formed steel structural members (2007) @No $ @ @ Cheng Yu and Benjamin W.S., Simulation of Cold-formed steel beams in local and distortional buckling with applications to the direct strength method,” Johns Hopkins University, J. of Constructional Steel Research63, 581–590 (2007) @No $ @ @ BS: 5950 part 5 - Code of practice for design for cold formed thin gauge sections (1998) @No $ @ @ IS: 801 –Draft Code of practice for use of cold formed light gauge steel structural members in general building construction (2010) @No $ @ @ Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures, Part 1-3: General rules- Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting (2006) @No $ @ @ Direct Strength method of design AS/NZS 4600 –(2005) @No $ @ @ Australian/New Zealand standard @No $ @ @ Moreyra and Pekoz., Experiments on lipped channel flexural members, 12th International specialty conference on cold formed steel structures, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., (1994) @No $ @ @ CUFSM (V 3.12) – Cornell University Finite Strip Method – Elastic Buckling Analysis of thin walled members by Finite Strip Analysis (2011) @No
<#LINE#>Study the Efficiency of adsorption Leshman's Stain Dye on the surface of some metal oxides<#LINE#>H.@Al-MaamoriMohammad,I.Al-Mosawi@Ali,Khudhair@ShaymaaH.,M.K.@Muttaleb<#LINE#>16-21<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-59.pdf<#LINE#>College of Materials eng, Babylon University, IRAQ @ Technical Institute-Babylon, Babylon, IRAQ @ College of Education, Babylon University, IRAQ @ College of Science, Babylon University, IRAQ <#LINE#>10/9/2012<#LINE#>22/1/2013<#LINE#>The adsorption behaviors ofLeshman's Stain in aqueous solution an germanium oxide and yttrium oxide as an adsorbent were studied. A series of experiments were undertaken in a batch adsorption technique to access the effect of the process variables i.e. initial dye concentration, contact time, initial pH, adsorbent dose, temperature (298K), adsorbent dosage (0.1gm) higher values of the initial pH(7.0)for GeOand Y respectively. The equilibrium in the solution was observed within (30min)of Leshman's Stain on GeO2 and Y. The equilibrium isotherm for Leshman's Stain was determined to describe the adsorption processes. The results showed that the equilibrium data were fitted by both of the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms on GeO2 and Ysurfaces. Also the results obtained shows the isotherms were (S) on GeO and (S) on Y according to Giles classification. The thermodynamic parameters at compound such as H, G and S of adsorption were calculated. <#LINE#> @ @ WHO. Guide Lines for drinking-water quality, 2WHO, Geneva, (1984) @No $ @ @ G.M. Walker & L.R Weatherley, Process Biochem, 32,327-335 (1997) @No $ @ @ Moreika R.F. ,M.G.Peruch andN.C.Kuhene, Braz. J. Chem. Eng., 15, (1998) @No $ @ @ safarik I., Nymburska K. and safarikova M., J.Chem. Tech. Biotechnol., 69, 1-4  (1997) @No $ @ @ Lee J., Ryn S. and Kim S.K., Surface Science, 481, 163-171 (2001) @No $ @ @ Svetla D., Oyvind B., Elsebeth S. and Lundqvist I.B., Physical Review, B74, 155402 (2006) @No $ @ @ Adamson H.W., Physical Chemistry of Surface ,4th edition , Wiley –Inter Science, New York,  (1982) @No $ @ @ Giles C.H., Adsorption form Solution at the Solid-liquid Interface, eds, E.D. Parfitt . Academic Press, London (1983) @No $ @ @ R.K., J.Chem.Tech.Biotchnol35A, 195-207 (1985) @No $ @ @ Rytwo G., Serban C. and Margulies L., Clays clay Miner, 39, 551-555 (1991) @No $ @ @ Hang P.T. and Brindley G.W., Clays clay Miner, 18, 203-212 (1970) @No $ @ @ Gregg J. and Sing W., Adsorption surface area and porosity, 2nd  edition, Academic press London, 61-84 (1982) @No $ @ @ Oguz I. and Fatma T., Turk. J. Chem, 24, 9-19 (2000) @No $ @ @ Hussain M.J., Abbas H. and Lekaa K.H. (2006) @No $ @ @ Panday K.K., Gup P., Singh V.N. Wat., Res., 19(7), 869 (1985) @No $ @ @ Weber W.J., Asce A.M. and Morris D. Div. Am, soc. Civ, Eng, 31, 89 (1963) @No $ @ @ Dancan J., BSC., Introduction to colloid and surface chemistry.3rd Ed, (1980) @No $ @ @ Chu C.H. and Chen K.M., Process Biochem, 37, 595-600 (2010) @No $ @ @ Ahmed N.M. and Ram R.N., Environ Pollut. 77, 79-86 (1992) @No $ @ @ Al-Asheh B.F.S. and Al-Makhadmeh L., Process Biochem, 39, 193-202 (2003) @No $ @ @ Y.HO and Mckay, Trans. Chem76, 183-191(1998) @No
<#LINE#>Energy loss for a highly Meandering open Channel Flow<#LINE#>S@DashSaine,K.K.@Khatua,B.@Naik,P.K.@Mohanty<#LINE#>22-27<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-60.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Civil Engineering, N.I.T. Rourkela, INDIA<#LINE#>26/10/2012<#LINE#>15/1/2013<#LINE#>Flow in meandering channel is quite ubiquitous for natural flow systems such as in rives. Rivers generally follow this pattern for minimization of energy loss. However, several factors such as environmental condition, roughness are responsible for generation of this path for rivers. Selection of proper value of Roughness coefficient is essential for evaluating the actual carrying capacity of Natural channel. An excessive value underestimates the discharge and a low value can over estimates. Suggested values for Manning's n are found tabulated in many standard articles. The resistance to the flow in a river is dependent on a number of flow and surface and geometrical parameters. The usual practice in one dimensional analysis is to select a value of n depending on the channel surface roughness and take it as uniform for the entire surface for all depths of flow. The influences of all the parameters are assumed to be lumped into a single value of Manning’s n .It is seen that Manning’s coefficient n not only denotes the roughness characteristics of a channel but also the energy loss in the flow. The larger the value of n, the higher is the loss of energy within the flow. Experimental investigations concerning the loss of energy of flows for a highly meandering channel for different flow condition, geometry are presented.<#LINE#> @ @ Patra K.C., Flow Interaction of Meandering River With Floodplains, Ph.D thesis submitted at IIT Kharagpur (1999) @No $ @ @ Patra K.C. and Kar S.K., Flow Interaction of Meandering River with Flood plains, Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 126(8), 593–604 (2000) @No $ @ @ Pang B., River flood flow and its energy loss, J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 124(2), 228–231(1998) @No $ @ @ Willetts B.B. and Hardwick R.I., Stage dependency for overbank flow in meandering channels, Proc. Inst. Of Civ. Engrs. Water Maritime and Energy, London, 101(March), 45–54(1993) @No $ @ @ Chow V.T., Open-Channel Hydraulic, McGraw- Hill, New York (1959) @No $ @ @ Henderson E.M. Open Channel Flow, Macmillan, New York (1966) @No $ @ @ Jarrett R.D., Hydraulics of high gradient streams, J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 110(11), 1519–1539 (1984) @No $ @ @ Limerinos J.T., Determination of Manning’s coefficients from measured bed roughness in natural channels, U.S. Geological survey Water-Supply paper 1898 (19709.Barnes H.H., Roughness characteristics of natural channels, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper1849, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC (1967) @No $ @ @ Cowan W.L., Estimating Hydraulic roughness Coefficients, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 37(7), 473-475 (1956) @No $ @ @ Acrementand Schneider. Guide for selecting Manning’s roughness coefficients for natural channels and flood plains.US Geological survey Water-Supply paper 2339 (1989) @No $ @ @ Sellin R.H. J., Ervine D.A. and Willetts B.B., Behavior of meandering two stage channels, Proc. ICE, Journal of Water Maritime Energy, 101(2), 99-111 (1993) @No $ @ @ Pang B., River flood flow and its energy loss, J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 124(2), 228–231 (1998) @No
@Research Article
<#LINE#>Branding of Clothing Fashion products:Fashion Brand Image Development by Marketing Communication Approach<#LINE#>Md.Mazedul@Islam,AdnanMaroof@Khan<#LINE#>28-33<#LINE#>6.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-06.pdf<#LINE#> Department of Textile Engineering, Daffodil International University, BANGLADESH<#LINE#>22/1/2013<#LINE#>18/2/2013<#LINE#>The preference of consumers for readymade branded apparels is fast changing which is caused by the creation of personality and status with the quality and comfort they deliver. Customers have become highly brand conscious presently. Hence, brand image is a significant factor in choosing the product or brand to buy. Driven by the competitive environment in fashion business, marketers have realized that creating a favorable brand image is a key to win larger market share in its market niche. An understanding of brand image can provide better foundation for developing a more effective marketing program. The understanding of consumers’ desires, behavior and of the purchase process of fashion products is extremely important to the design of fashion products collections as well as to the placement of these products in the market. A fashion product must satisfy the demands of the target customers, so the main idea (message) behind the brand (sender) must reach the consumer (receiver). The key issues are: a) how to develop the brand images through the main idea; b) how does the message, created in the very beginning of the marketing plan get through to the final consumer. This paper presents some approaches on how brands of fashion products can reinforce their fashion image and how the image of fashion products can, by itself, become a utility tool in the development and communication of the brand image. <#LINE#> @ @ Agins T.,The end of Fashion: the Mass Marketing of Clothing Business, New York: William Morrow and Company (1999) @No $ @ @ Asseal H.,Consumer Behavior and Marketing ActionNew York: International Thomson Publishing @No $ @ @ Nam et al. The fashionfemale consumers, International Journal of Consumer Studies, 102–108(2007) @No $ @ @ Lee T.S., Leung and Zhang Z.M., Fashion Brand Image Marketing: Brand Image and Brand Personality4(2), 60-67 (2010) @No $ @ @ Bearden W.O., Ingran T.N. and La Forge R.W. Principles and Perspe(1998) @No $ @ @ Barnard M., Fashion as CommunicationLondon: Routledge (2002) @No $ @ @ Dickerson K.G., Textiles and Apparel in Global Economy3rd edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall (1982) @No $ @ @ Frings G.S., Fashion from Concept to Consedition, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall (2000) @No $ @ @ Kotler P., Marketing Management: The Millennium Edition, 10th edition. London: Prentice-Hall (2000) @No $ @ @ Packard S., winters A.A. and Axelrod N.,and Merchandising, New York: Fairchild Publicati(1983) @No $ @ @ Rogers D.S., Gamans L.R., Approach, New York: CBS College Publishing,12.Sommier É., Mode, le Monde en MouvementÉditions Village Mondial (2000) @No $ @ @  Voli U., Semiótica da Publicidade: A Criação do Texto Publicitário. Lisboa: Edições Comunicação (2003) @No $ @ @ @No $ @ @ Wolfe M., The World of Fashion Merchandising,The Goodheart-Wilcox Company (2003) @No $ @ @ Grundey Delineating Values, Emotions and Motives in Consumer Behaviour: An Interdisciplinary ApproachTransformations in Business and Economics,(2006) @No $ @ @ Keller, Strategic brand management: Building, measuring and managing brand equity (2nd ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc (2003) @No
<#LINE#>Innovative Plasma Technology in Textile Processing: A Step towards Green Environment<#LINE#>J.N.@Shah,S.R.@Shah<#LINE#>34-39<#LINE#>7.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-58.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Textile Chemistry, Faculty of Tech. and Engg.,The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA<#LINE#>17/8/2012<#LINE#>25/1/2013<#LINE#>  Langmuir I. invented plasma terminology in 1926 as 4th state of the matter. Plasma is a special state of matter in which existing at the same time positive ions, negative ions, electrons... and the total positive charge is equal to negative charge. Since plasma is related to high energy charged particles, so people can use plasma to give energy to other compounds for surface treatment, etching, cleaning, sputtering. This technology can be explored in the field of textile processing as an unconventional process. The conventional wet treatments applied in textile processing for fibre surface modification and others are associated with many constraints. These treatments mainly concern with energy, cost and environmental issues. Application of Plasma technology at low temperature in textile processing can prove to be the best alternative for these issues. Various machines and techniques have been developed for generation and application of plasma to the textile materials. The innovative reactions mainly occur on the fibre surface, forming free radicals resulting in surface modification. Plasma technology can be explored in various areas of textile processing e.g. surface modification of fibres, removal of natural/added impurities from the textile material, improvement of wettability of textiles and imparting functional finishing which have been reviewed considerably in this communication. <#LINE#> @ @ Kan C.W., The effect of descaling process on the properties of wool fibres, Ph D Thesis, Hongkong Polytechnic University, (1999) @No $ @ @ Kan C.W. et al, Development of low temperature plasma technology on wool, The 6th Asian Textile Conference, Proceedings, August 22-24, 2001, Hongkong (2001) @No $ @ @ Ganapathy R., Immobilization of alpha chymotryption and papain on plasma functionalized polymer surfaces, Ph D Thesis, University of Wisconsin-madison, (2000) @No $ @ @ Allan G., et al, The use of plasma and neural modeling to optimize the application of a repellent coating to disposable surgical garments, AUTEX research Journal, 2(2), (2002) @No $ @ @ Anita Desai, Plasma technology: a review, Indian textile Journal, January (2008) @No $ @ @ www.textilelearner.com/2012/04/application-of-plasma-technology-in(2012) @No $ @ @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plasma_jacobs_lader.jpg(2012) @No $ @ @ Kan C.W., et al, Plasma Pretreatment for Polymer deposition- Improving antifelting properties of wool, Plasma Sciences, IEEE Transactions, 38(6), 1505-1511 (2010) @No $ @ @ Millard M.M., Proc. 5th Int. Wool Text. Res. Conf., Aachen, 11, 44 (1975) @No $ @ @ Klausen T., Diplom-Arbeit RWTH, Aachen, (1992) @No $ @ @ http://www.plasma.org(2012) @No $ @ @ Pane S., et al, Acrylic fabrics treated with plasma for outdoor applications, Journal of Industrial Textiles, 31(2), 135-145 (2001) @No $ @ @ Abidi N. and Hequet E., Cotton fabric copolymerization using microwave plasma, Universal attenuated total reflectance-FTIR study, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 93, 145-154 (2004) @No $ @ @ Nair G.P. and Pandian S.P., Spotlight on Textile Machinery, Colourage, , (2011) @No
<#LINE#>Analysis of Flexural Members using an Alternative approach<#LINE#>Rakesh@Patel,@DubeyS.K,K.K.@Pathak<#LINE#>40-42<#LINE#>8.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-053.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal,MP, INDIA @ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NITTTR, Bhopal, MP, INDIA <#LINE#>20/11/2012<#LINE#>14/1/2013<#LINE#>  An alternative approach used for the analysis of flexural members is method of initial functions (MIF). The equations of two dimensional elasticity have been used for deriving the governing equations. Numerical solutions of the governing equations have been presented for simply supported orthotropic beam. The method of initial function (MIF) is an analytical method of elasticity theory. The method makes it possible to obtain exact solutions of different types of problems, i.e., solutions without the use of hypotheses about the character of stress and strain. This method has applications in various fields of structural engineering such as plates, shells and beams. It is very useful in case of thick, sandwich, and layered beams. <#LINE#> @ @ Iyengar K.T.S., Chandrashekhara K. and Sebastian V.K., Thick Rectangular Beams, Journal of the Engineering Mechanics Division,100(6), 1277-1282 (1974) @No $ @ @ Iyengar K., Raja, T.S., and Raman P.V., Free vibration of rectangular beams of arbitrary depthActa Mechanica,32(1), 249-259 (1979) @No $ @ @ Sargand S.M., Chen H.H. and Das Y.C., Method of initial functions for axially  symmetric elastic bodies, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 29(6), 711-719 (1992) @No $ @ @ Galileev S.M. and Matrosov A.V., Method of initial functions: stable algorithms in the analysis of thick laminated composite structures, Composite Structures 39(3), 255-262, (1997) @No $ @ @ Dubey S.K., Analysis of composite laminated deep beams, Proceedings of the third International Conference on Advances in Composites, Bangalore, 30-39, (2000) @No $ @ @ Dubey S.K., Analysis of homogeneous orthotropic deep beams, Journal of Structural Engineering,32(2), 109-166 (2005) @No $ @ @ Ghugal Y.M.and Sharma Rajneesh, A refined shear deformation theory for flexure of thick beams, Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures, (8), 183–195 (2011) @No $ @ @ Patel Rakesh Dubey S.K. and pathak K.K., Method of initial functions for composite laminated beams, ICBEST-12 Proceedings published by International Journal of Computer applications, 4-7 (2012) @No $ @ @ Patel Rakesh, Dubey S.K. and Pathak K.K., Analysis of Composite Beams using Method of Initial Functions, International Journal of Advanced Structures and Geotechnical Engineering,1(2), 83-86 (2012) @No
<#LINE#>Implementation of GSM Based Heart Rate and Temperature Monitoring System<#LINE#>M.@SubhaniSk.,G.N.V@Sateesh,Ch.@Chaitanya,G.@PrakashBabu<#LINE#>43-45<#LINE#>9.ISCA-RJEngS-2013-022.pdf<#LINE#>Department of ECE, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla-522101, Bapatla, INDIA <#LINE#>25/2/2013<#LINE#>25/3/2013<#LINE#>  There is a vast growth of VLSI technology and GSM communication in these days. This project deals about the implementation of GSM technology in Medical applications. This wireless communications would not only provide them with safe and accurate monitoring but also the freedom of movement.  In this, heart beat and temperature of patient are measured by using sensors as analog data, later it is converted into digital data using ADC which is suitable for wireless transmission using paging messages through GSM modem. AT89S52 micro controller device is used for temporary storage of the data used for transmission. <#LINE#> @ @ Chaya Khandelwal S. and Manish Patil M., Implementation of Patient Monitoring System Using GSM Technology, International Journal of Electronics and Communication technology ,) 18-24 (2013) @No $ @ @ Qun Hou, Research and Implementation of Remote Heart Rate Monitoring System Based on GSM and MCU,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 978-1-4244- 7618-3 (2010) @No $ @ @ Edwards S., Heart rate Monitor Book”, Leisure systems international, 1(3), 122-134 (1993) @No $ @ @ Weeraporn P., Basic diagnosis of heart disease using wireless sensor network for telemedicine," Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut's University of TechnologyNorth Bangkok, 1(3),(2007) @No $ @ @ Peter Csordas, Balazs Scherer Development and Applications of A Home Health Monitoring Device, Proc. of International Carpathian Control Conference (ICCC), May 29-31 (2006) @No $ @ @ Prabhu M. and Yamenesh R., Heartbeat Monitoring System, International Journal of Arts and Technology, ), 110-113 (2012) @No $ @ @ Chiranjeevini Kumari B. and Rajasekar K., Implementation of SMS based Heartbeat monitoring system using PSoC Microcontroller, 2230-7109, International Journal of Electronics and Communication technology, 2(1),(2011) @No $ @ @ Warsuzarina Mat Jubadi and Siti Faridatul Aisyah Mohd Sahak, Heartbeat Monitoring Alert via SMS,  IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 4-6, (2009) @No $ @ @ Mohammad Ari Mazidi and Janci Gillispie, The 8051 Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, (2), 5-17 (2007) @No $ @ @ Lee. W.C.Y, Mobile Cellular Telecommunications, (2),463-467 (1995) @No
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