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Volume 01 - Issue 04 (July 2016)


Title:
Implementation of Last Planner System in Medium Scale Construction: Adoption & Problem Analysis
Authors:
Ms. Kalyani. C. Gajare, Smita Patil
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 01 - 04, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
Indian construction industry is lagging behind as compared to other countries. The main reason for this failure is lack of planning and management which causes cost and time overruns. Last Planner System (LPS) which is the part of Lean Construction (LC) techniques is the suggested solution for avoiding delays. This study focuses on implementation of Last Planner System on medium scale construction. Mainly focusing on Phase scheduling, Look Ahead Plan, Weekly Work Plan (WWP), Percentage Plan Complete (PPC), and Constraint Analysis. By this attempt comparison of the results of LPS with traditional planning methods can be done.
Keywords:
Lean Construction Techniques, Last Planner System (LPS), Phase Scheduling, Look Ahead Plan, Weekly Work Plan, Percentage Plan Complete, Constraint Analysis
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Title:
Ladle Furnace Refractory Lining: A review
Authors:
Dashrath Singh Kathait
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 05 - 12, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
The steel-making process offers a clean, efficient, and flexible way to convert molten iron into steel. There are several types of commercially available ladle on the market according to capacity end-product, economics, reliability, and availability requirement. In many of these ladles, the service life of refractory linings has been considered as a critical barrier to ladle system. For producing higher plant capacity and superior quality a combination of refractory linings plays an important role in steel manufacturing unit. The refractory linings in these ladles are subjected to a severe operating environment and therefore need some preparation for continuous, trouble-free ladle operation. In this paper, the effect of various refractory combinations on the ladle system is reviewed.
Keywords:
Heat loss, Ladle Furnace, Refractory Lining, Optimization, Steel manufacturing.
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Title:
GEOMETRIC NON-PARAMETERIZATION CONSEQUENCES OF TANGENTIALLY DEFECTIVE CONVOLUTIONS IN MULTI-CUTTING TOOLING OPERATIONS
Authors:
E. E. JUMBO, M. ASIMA, A. N. PERRI
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 13 - 20, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
Machining operations set limits of dimensional accuracy, surface quality and surface integrity of work pieces. The ability of any machining system to set these limitations depends on, among others, thermal conductivity of the cutting tools and workpiece, static and dynamic stiffness and vibration of the machine system. In metal cutting, having a knowledge of the effect of asynchronous vibrational frequencies and cutting temperatures at those frequencies on the tool and workpiece is important as excess temperature gradient between workpiece and cutting tool damages the geometry of either or both of them. The simulation method adopted here utilizes the structural conditions of the spindle in terms of its ability to withstand varying imposed vibration signatures. Consequently, results of the simulations show that low stiffness gives unsatisfactory part deformation or relative displacement between parts, thus resulting machined components with low geometric conformations and compromised quality standards. Further investigations indicate that forced vibrations equal to or very close to the machine tool eigen-value of frequency lead to serious vibrations and hence bad surface finishing. Therefore, adequate damping procedure is necessary to alleviate or eliminate the effects of vibrations during cutting operations, thus reducing or eliminating the resulting energy convolutions that are impacted on the finished products.
Keywords:
non-parameterization, convolutions, energy balance, energy envelope, sequestration, orientation errors, functional elements, operational variabilities and transients
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Title:
Size Reduction of Microstrip Patch Antenna by Using Meta-Fractal Technique
Authors:
Ammar Nadal Shareef, Amer Basim Shaalan
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 21 - 27, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
Size reduction of square patch antenna is proposed using meta-fractal technique. This technique implies adding fractal shape (Peano shape here) to the classical square antenna to reduce its size and then a complementary split ring resonator (CSRR) is slotted on the patch as a defect. The defect enforces the antenna to behave as meta-material in a specific frequency range. Peano fractal antenna has three resonances. The complementary split ring resonator affects the upper two x- band frequencies and makes the antenna resonates at 9.5 GHz and 10 GHz rather than 10 GHz and 10.89 GHz. Shifting the resonances of the antenna means size reduction is obtained. Calculations are carried using (HFSS) software, which is based on finite element modeling. Good convergence obtained of measurement and calculated results..
Keywords:
Antenna Miniaturization; Fractal Antenna; Left handed material; Meta-material; Split Ring Resonator
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Title:
ETHIOPIAN Toll GATE Automation System Using RFID &NFC TECHNOLOGY
Authors:
WorkuAbebe
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 28 - 31, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
This article gives an important guideline fort the electronic Ethiopian toll gate collection using RFID & android application is a technology that will allow user to make the payment of highway tolls automatically. This terminology will in turn save the time as well as the money by decreasing the waiting time as well as the queues of vehicles at the tollbooth. The RFID tag will be deployed by the toll authority by embedding unique identification number (UIN) and customer's details into the tag. The deployed active RFID tag will be attached to the windshield of the vehicle. Whenever the vehicle passes through the tollbooth, tag data will be read by RFID reader & same will be sent to the server for verification. Server will check tag details & depending upon the type of the vehicle, the toll amount will be deducted from the user's account. The notification about the toll amount deduction will be sent to the customer via SMS and email as well.The developed android application will be used to recharge the customer's account.NFC is then used to allow the toll tag to communicate with the smartphone, allowing payment to be taken from the user's prepaid account and for invoicing by email. Users can also see a record of tolls paid with the app.
Keywords:
ETG(Electronic Ethiopian Toll Gate),NFC(Near Field Communication), RFID(Radio frequency Identifier).
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Title:
Significant and Accurately Discovery of PacketDropping Attacks in WANET
Authors:
Deepika G K, Mrs.Renukamalge
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 32 - 40, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
Wireless Ad-hoc networking is defined as the art of networking without a network. In remote specially appointed systems the packet misfortune in the most ordinarily confronted issue. Join blunder and pernicious bundle dropping are two hotspots for packet misfortunes in multi-bounce remote specially appointed system. The foundations for this issue are connection mistake or malevolent bundle dropping by traded off hub of system, in some cases mix of both. The packet dropping for this situation is almost equivalent to the typical connection blunder as a result of which existing calculation that depend on distinguishing the bundle misfortune rate can't locate the careful reason for bundle misfortune. Subsequently to enhance the identification precision, the relationships between's lost bundles is identified. To get huge recognition of this assault connections between's lost packets are abused and to figure exactness Advanced Homomorphic straight confirmation based open inspecting design is proposed. The malignant hubs present in insider assailant case specifically drop bundles to debase the system execution. This technology check the exactness of the packet misfortune data reported by hubs and report produced can be put away and spoke with less stockpiling and correspondence overheads. To decrease the calculation overhead of the benchmark conspire, a packet square based system is utilized, which permits one to exchange identification exactness for lower calculation multifaceted nature. The proposed systems accomplish essentially preferable discovery precision over routine systems, for instance, a Advanced Homomorphic Linear Authentication (AHAL) and most noteworthy likelihood based acknowledgment.
Keywords:
Ad hoc networks,packet dropping, AHAL,
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Title:
ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANICAL, MICROSCOPIC AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HYBRID METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE REINFORCED WITH ALUMINA, GRAPHITE AND SILICON CARBIDE
Authors:
T. Dileep, P. N. S. Srinivas
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 41 - 49, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
In the present investigation, studies on microstructure and mechanical properties of Aluminum Hybrid Matrix Composites (AMCs) reinforced with alumina (Al2o3), silicon carbide (SiC) and graphite (Gr) particles. Al6063 alloy is used as the matrix material with varying the reinforcement of alumina varying from 5 to 10%, SiC from 5 to 10 wt% in steps of 5 wt% and fixed quantity of 5 wt% of graphite. The composites were fabricated by stir casting equipment methodology with controlled speed and feed parameters. The fabricated composites were examined for microstructure to know the particle distribution in the matrix material. Hardness and tensile properties were also studied and compared with the aluminum alloy. There was a great advancement in hardness and tensile properties by increasing the weight percentage of SiC particles. In this paper we also aimed to conduct tribological properties of hybrid metal matrix composites by wear testing equipment according to ASTM standards and the manufactured components are compared with already existable hybrid metal matrix composites.. The SiC and Al2O3 resulted in improving the hardness and density of their respective composites. Further, the increased %'age of these reinforcements contributed in increased hardness and density of the composites.
Keywords:
Hybrid metal matrix composites, silicon carbide, tensile strength, hardness
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Title:
QUADROTOR
Authors:
Suraj Bobade, Rohit Bhide, Shreyash Durge, Shrinivas Chavan
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 50 - 58, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
Quadrotor helicopters or simply called as Quadrotors represent a useful class of flying robots and are an emerging popular platform for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research and have applications of their own. Due to their simplicity of construction, easy maintenance, their ability to hover effortlessly, strong abilities of VTOL, vertical take off and landing (VTOL) capabilities, high manoeuvrability and controllability (especially in indoor areas). In this paper, we present the development of an unmanned UAV, called Quadrotor, which has the abilities to perform acrobatic movements like flips, rolls, barrels etc. It is also able to capture real time videos using a RF wireless camera. These videos are converted to snapshots which are then processed using MATLABImage Processing Toolbox to count the number of persons in that specific captured image.
Keywords:
Quadrotor, UAV, Image Processing
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Title:
Biometric Authentication system using gait features as Biometric Trait
Authors:
Vinay Bajaj, Kamna Mahajan
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 59 - 63, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
The style or manner of walking on foot is called gait. Now these days it becomes the one of the most popular research area. Its main purpose to identify the individual walk. Previous gait reorganization captures both motion and appearance information as carrying and clothing. In this paper, we propose a novel temporal representation of Gait using Pal and Pal Entropy (GPPE) for each cycle of the silhouettes. The Principal component analysis is applied to each of the features extracted to create a feature matrix. Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used for training and testing of individuals by the proposed method. Extensive experiments on the Treadmill dataset and the CASIA. We will implement this by using MATLAB.
Keywords:
Gait Reorganization, GPPE, SVM.
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Title:
To See The Impact Of Customers' Satisfaction For Business Growth In Hospital A: A Case Study In Malaysia
Authors:
AR.Abdul Aziz
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 64 - 76, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
A retrospective study was conducted in Hospital A for year 2014 and 2015. Eight indicators were monitored consisting of three indicators for nursing services, two indicators for clinical support and three indicators for support services. The study also include the rating given by patients regarding services provided by nursing, consultants and dietary for year 2014 and 2015. For the nursing indicators, even though the achievement for 2015 was slightly lower than 2014, various actions had been taken to achieve the target such as putting two Medical Officers during peak hours at the A&E services and rescheduling rosters at the Special Diagnostic services to improve the waiting time for clinical procedures. Rating given by patients on services provided by nursing services was higher than the target of 80% for both years of 2014 ( 90.5%) and 88.6% for 2015. Consultants' rating also exceeded the target of 80% for 2014 (90.5%) and 2015 (88.6%). Dietary services exceeded the target of 75% for both years where in 2014 the rating was 80.6% and 77.2% for 2015. Rating of facilities increased from 80.6% in 2014 to 83% in 2015 and both exceeded the target of 80% . By monitoring various indicators and customer service index for various services, the management was able to monitor the satisfaction of patients seeking treatment in this hospital. With higher patients' satisfaction we can see the growth of patients and revenue generated by this hospital. Outpatients had grown by 1.7% from 98,924 in 2014 to 100,637 in 2015. The growth of inpatients was 6% from 16,456 in 2014 to 17,447 in 2015. In tandem with the growth of both outpatients and inpatients, the revenue had grown by 18% from RM 120.6 million in 2014 to RM 142.2 million in 2015
Keywords:
Indicators, Customers' rating, customer service index, revenue growth.
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Title:
Swachh Bharat – A Road Map Ahead Clean India
Authors:
Seema Shokeen, Pooja Singh and Harish Singh
Source:
International Journal of Latest Engineering Research and Applications, pp 77 - 83, Vol 01 - No. 04, 2016
Abstract:
India is suffering from a major problem of open defecation where approximately more than 72 percent of rural population is suffering from the above mentioned problem. It has ultimately resulted in a wide range of problems like untimely deaths of children, vast spread of various dangerous infections and diseases and also a huge increment is seen in the number of rapes among young girls. Out of the total Indian population of 1.2 billion people, 600 million people i.e. 55 percent have no facility to the basic amenities like toilets, clean drinking water, hygienic living conditions etc. Apart from the rural population even the slum dwellers residing in the metropolitan cities also, have no access to the clean running water supply, toilets and other basic civic amenities. Looking into this major problem of rural sanitation and open defecation, the current Government has launched the "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" on 2nd October, 2014 under the leadership of our hon‟ble Prime Minister Sh.Narendra Modi, to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatama Gandhi. The major objectives of this scheme are to make India a "clean" India by:
1. eliminating the problem of open defecation,
2. by building up of toilets for all households,
3. to provide running water supply,
4. treatment of solid and liquid wastes and
5. majorly providing the hygienic facilities to the citizens of the country.
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