iosr-JMCE   Volume-13 ~ Issue-3 ~ May-June 2016

Abstract: The concept of the All-Terrain Vehicle is that has a capability to be driven on any kind of terrain (road). It is a type of vehicle which is accomplished of driving on and off paved or gravel surface. It is generally categorized by having bulky tires with profound, open treads and a stretchy suspension.This paper deals with the detailed description ofdesigning a roll cage by taking inputs from SAE BAJA rule book 2016, suspension and steering of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV)...........

Key words: SAE-BAJA, All-Terrain Vehicle, Roll cage, Design, Finite Element Analysis, Suspension.

[1] Asst. Prof. N.Vivekanandan; AbhilashGunaki; ChinmayaAcharya; Savio Gilbert; RushikeshBodake; (2014) IPASJ International Journal of Mechanical Engineering (IIJME)
[2] 2016 BAJA Rule Book, http://www.bajasaeindia.org/
[3] Matsumoto, K.; T. Matsumoto; Y. Goto (1975). "Reliability Analysis of Catalytic Converter as an Automotive Emission Control System". SAE Technical Paper 750178.doi:10.4271/750178
[4] Arabian-Hoseynabadi, H, Oraee, H, Tavner, P.j. 2010 "Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) for Wind Turbines", International Journal of electrical power and energy system.32 (7), pp-817-824.
[5] John C. Dixon; Suspension analysis and computation geometry; ISBN: 978-0-470-51021-6; October 2009

Abstract: The quantity surveyors are referred to as the construction cost consultants, construction economists or cost engineers. These are the professional experts in construction cost management. The construction activities being managed ranges from building; civil, industrial and other heavy engineering works. Meanwhile, no matter how vital a profession is to the economic development of the nation; if such profession is not well marketed, it would not achieved her desired goal. Marketing is the act of promoting one's image or integrating to the system............

Key words: construction industry, marketing, project costs, quantity surveying.

[1] Adegbile, M .(2008). Prominence of marketing among firms J. Quant surveyors, 55 (1) pp 6 –10

[2] Arslan G, Kivrak S, andTankisi M (2009). Factors affecting marketing success for construction companies in the housing sector, Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V), Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology, May 20-22, Istanbul, Turkey.

[3] Ashworth, A. (2010). Cost Studies of Building 5th edition. England: Pear Education Limited.

[4] Ashworth, A. and Wills, J., (1987).Practice and procedure for the quantity surveyor, 9th ed, Blackwell science ltd, Oxford.

[5] Ashworth, A., and Hogg, K. (2002). Willis's practice and procedure for the quantity surveyor (11th ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Science.

Abstract: Project delivery has become a vital tool to nation's economic measurement and evaluation. Project success is valued in terms of delivered time, executed cost, work quality and environmental sustainability. Meanwhile, the actualization of the listed objectives may be hindered by factors identified as risks like poor estimation, poor construction management, and variation and so on. Risk management is the most effective project management practices in order to achieve the project delivery and sustainability.......

Keywords: construction projects, project delivery, project objectives, risk, risk management.

[1] BS 6079 (British Standard Institution 1996) BS (2000) BS 6079-12: 000 Project management-Part1 : Guide to project management, British Standards Institution, Milton Keynes, UK.
[2] Cleland, D. I., and Gareis, R., (2006). Global Project Management Handbook: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling International Projects, 2nd Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill PMI, 2004
[3] Edwards, P.J. & Bowen, P.A. (2005). Risk Management in project organizations. Australia. Elsevier.
[4] Leedy, P. & Ormrod, J. (2005). Practical Research Planning and Design. 8th edition. New Jersey: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
[5] Mahesh, G. & Kumaraswamy, M.M. (2007). Risk Management: A bottom-up-approach to ascertain responsibility. CIB World Building Congress.

Abstract: A Tiltrotor is an aircraft which has a capability of vertical takeoff landing (like in helicopters) and fixed wing aircraft. The great advantages of this aircraft are high maneuverability, energy efficient, high operational speed. It has both the advantages of a fixed wing and a rotary wing aircraft. A Tilt rotor aircraft consist of coaxial rotatory wing which are controlled by a heavy duty servo motor in the central part of fuselage where all other electronics part are fabricated inside it.So in this paper we represent the first tilt rotor aircraft, so that it can use for the sake of military..........

Key words: SAE-BAJA, All-Terrain Vehicle, Roll cage, Design, Finite Element Analysis, Suspension.

[1] Computational Fluid Dynamic", by Solid works 2013.
[2] Coefficient of lift "CL Cal" https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/liftco.html

Abstract: Solar energy is a renewable energy and drying of products in sun is the oldest way. It has been used for the preservation of agricultural products since a long time. There are three types of drying- open sun drying, direct drying and indirect drying. Open sun drying is drying of product openly in sun but it has some demerits to overcome these, various drying techniques have been proposed in recent years. Direct drying and indirect drying can be done using greenhouse dryer which can further be classified as greenhouse dryer with natural convection (passive mode) or with forced convection (active mode)..........

Key words: ...........

[1]. Mustayen A.G.M.B., Mekhilef S., Saidur R., Performance study of different solar dryers: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol. 34 (2014) pp 463-470
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[4]. Wankhadea P.K., SapkalaDr. R.S., SapkalbDr. V.S.,Drying Characteristics of Okra slices on drying in Hot Air Dryer. Chemical, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Tracks of 3rd Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE 2012). Procedia Engineering Vol. 51 ( 2013 ) pp 371-374

Abstract: Pressure vessels are used in variety of industries like petroleum refining, oil and gas, chemical, power, fertilizers etc. In this paper the rupture phenomenon occurring in the ductile failure has been studied using the Fracture Mechanics approach. The material selected for this study is the low carbon steel (SA-516 Grade 70) widely used for making pressure vessels...........

Key words: Ductile failure, Fracture toughness, J-Integral, Energy Release Rate, Stress Intensity Factor

[1] Prashant Kumar, Elements of fracture mechanics (Tata McGraw Hill, Vol 3, 2011).
[2] TL Anderson, Fracture mechanics fundamentals and applications. (CRC Press New York, Vol 3, 1995).
Journal Papers:
[3] ASTM E1823, Standard Terminology Relating to Fatigue and Fracture Testing, American Society for Testing and Materials, 2011.
[4] ASTM E399, Standard Test Method for Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness KIc of Metallic Materials, American Society for Testing and Materials, 2009.
[5] S. Chand, SBL Garg, Crack propagation under constant amplitude loading, Engineering fracture mechanics, 21, 1985, 1-30.

Abstract: In this paper work is carried out on modelling and analysis of spring used in two wheeler and some modification is also done. In this paper a comparative study of different material is carried out by statics analysis and try to suggest a optimized material. The modelling of spring is done in CATIA and Analysis is carried out in ansys15.This works helps to designer developed better suspension. Spring is always a interest area for researcher. The Mechanical energy is stored in spring, by applying force it can be pulled, stretched, compressed. It return to its orignal shape when force is released, follows elasticity

Key words: Helical Spring, CATIA, Ansys,

[[1] Design of helical coil compression spring" a review" by P.S.Valsange / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, ISSN: 2248-9622.
[2] "Static analysis of helical compression spring used in two wheeler horn" by S.S. Gaikwad, P.S. Kachare, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) ISSN: 2249 – 8958, Volume-2, Issue-3 February 2013.
[3] IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSRJMCE) ISSN: 2278-1684 Volume 2, Issue 3 (Sep-Oct. 2012), PP 24-29
[4] V. B. Bhandari (1994), "Design of machine elements", New York, Tata McGraw-Hill
[5] T.D. Gillespie (1992), "Suspensions in fundamentals of vehicle dynamics", society of automotive engineers,USA, pp.97-117 & pp.237-247.

Abstract: Electrical discharge machining, commonly known as EDM, is a process that is used to remove metal through the action of an electrical discharge of short duration and high current density between the tool and work piece. There are no physical cutting forces between the tool and work piece. This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation carried out to study the effects of machining parameters such as current, voltage and pulse on time on material removal rate in electrical discharge machining of Inconel 718, by using copper as an electrode...........

Key words:Electrical discharge machining, current, voltage, pulse on time, response surface methodology, Inconel 718, material removal rate.

[1] Shankar Singh, S. Maheshwari , P.C. Pandey "Some investigations into the electric discharge machining of hardened tool steel using different electrode materials" Journal of Materials Processing Technology 149 (2004) 272–277
[2] A.K. Khanra , B.R. Sarkar , B. Bhattacharya ,L.C. Pathak , M.M. Godkhindi "Performance of ZrB2–Cu composite as an EDM electrode", Journal of Materials Processing Technology 183 (2007) 122–126
[3] Prakash R.cheke, D.S.Khedekar, "Experimental investigation of machining parameter for wet and near-dry EDM finishing", international journal of design and manufacturing technology (IJDMT), ISSN 0976-6995(Print), ISSN 0976-7002 (Online) volume 2, Number 1, May- October (2011),pp.28-33
[4] N.Arunkumar, H.Shareef Abdur Rawoof and R.Vivek, " Investigation on the Effect Of Process Parameters For Machining Of EN31 (Air Hardened Steel) By EDM", International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) Vol. 2, Issue4, July-August 2012, pp.1111-1121

Abstract: Real estate is one of the fastest growing sector nowadays in our country. With increasing population, demand and foreign investments and flexibly in rules and regulations by various organizations e.g. housing bank loans schemes etc. have further added to its growth rate. Today most of the cities are facing non–uniform growth. If one wants to invest in real estate then, where to invest? , how much to invest? Are some of the few questions that comes to our mind at first glimpse............

Key words: GIS, Real estate, Investment analysis, Fuzzy AHP, Fuzzy TOPSIS.

[1]. Heng Li Ling Yu Eddie W. L. Cheng, (2005),"A GIS-based site selection system for real estate projects", Construction Innovation, Vol. 5 Issue 4 pp. 231 – 241 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14714170510815276
[2]. Wade Fransson, David Nelson, (2000),"Management information systems for corporate real estate", Journal of Corporate Real Estate, Vol. 2 Iss 2 pp. 154-169 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14630010010811284
[3]. Claire Anumba, A.R.J. Dainty, S.G. Ison, Amanda Sergeant, (2005),"The application of GIS to construction labour market planning", Construction Innovation, Vol. 5 Issue 4 pp. 219-230
[4]. Elli Pagourtzi, Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Vassilios Assimakopoulos, (2006),"Architecture for a real estate analysis information system using GIS techniques integrated with fuzzy theory", Journal of Property Investment & Finance, Vol. 24 Issue 1 pp. 68-78 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14635780610642971

Abstract: In this paper, a single cylinder, 4 stroke diesel engine was modified to operate as a dual fuel engine using biogas as the primary fuel and diesel as the pilot fuel. The engine was operated at different compression ratios; 14:1, 16:1 and 18:1 and the performance and emission characteristics were studied. Brake thermal efficiency and mechanical efficiency were found to be highest at compression ratio of 18:1.Brake specific fuel consumption was also found to be lowest at compression ratio of 18:1. Engine exhaust gases were measures for different compression ratios...........

Key words: Biogas, Compression Ratio, Dual fuel engine, Emission, Engine performance

[1] World Energy Council, "World Energy Resources," World Energy Counc. Rep., p. 468, 2013.

[2] United Nations, Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 1998.

[3] I. E. Agency, "Carbondioxide Emissions From Fuel Combustion," 2014.

[4] N. P. Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Ravindra Randa, "Experimental Study on Utilization of Biogas in IC Engine," Int. J. Eng. Sci. Res. Technol., vol. 9655, no. 8, pp. 827–835, 2015.

[5] A. Anbarasu and A. Karthikeyan, "Performance and Emission Characteristics of Direct Injection Diesel Engine Running On Canola Oil / Diesel Fuel Blend," Int. J. Eng. Trends Technol., vol. 15, no. 08, pp. 82–93, 2014.

Abstract: Recent fire disasters in European road tunnels have shown that fires in a tunnel represent high risks. The users and the rescue services are endangered by heat and smoke while the tunnel is often damaged considerably. In the event of fire the temperature in tunnel rises extremely rapidly within a short amount of time. Large scale fire tests that maximum of 1200ºC or even above could occur. The result is an increased risk of concrete spalling of the tunnel lining...........

Key words: Glass/Vinyl Ester, Epoxy resin, concrete spalling, FDS code, Pyrolysis

[1]. Grant, G.B., Jagger, S.F. & Lea, C.J. "Fires in tunnels" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London. A 356:2873-2906 (1998).
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[3]. Carvel RO. Fire size in tunnels, PhD Thesis, Division of Civil Engineering, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Richardton, Edinburgh, 2004.
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Abstract: In this article the simulation and forecasting of solar sterling engine performance has been done, using the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). The analytical data of measured previous references have been utilized for training the neural network. Input parameters contain the angular velocity, temperature, heat resistance, course length, piston diameter, tank volume, heat buffer, gas tank volume and the output parameter is the maximum output power. Utilized training algorithm has been the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm that is a kind of Recurrent/Feedback networks. Multi neural networks with various neurons have been utilized in hidden layer for simulation and then the best network has been chosen for prediction, surveying their performance. ........

Key words: Solar Thermal lag Sterling Engine, Artificial Neural Networks, Output power performance forecasting.

[1]. http://solargis.info/doc/free-solar-radiation-maps-GHI#I.

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[3]. Cheng, C.H., Yang, H.S., Theoretical model for predicting thermodynamic behavior of thermal-lag Stirling engine, Energy, 49, pp. 218-228, 2013.

[4]. Altamirano, C.F-A., Moldenhauer, S., Bayón, J.G., Verhelst, S., De Paepe, M., A two control volume model for the Thermal Lag Engine, Energy Conversion and Management, 78, pp. 565–573, 2014.

[5]. Xie, H., Liu, L., Ma, F., Fan, H., 2009. “Performance Prediction of Solar Collectors Using Artificial Neural Networks”. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence.

Abstract: The quality control of concrete is the most important issue in achieving its desired strength and durability.The principal aim of the study was to investigate the existing practices on the quality control of concrete production in Dhaka city. In doing so the key factors involved quality control of concrete production were identified. Various questions on the factors that affect quality control of concrete production were prepared for the purpose of this study...........

Key words: Concrete, Strength, Aggregate, Quality Control and Durability

[1]. M.L. Ghambhir. Concrete Technology. Third edition. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 2004, New Delhi, India.
[2]. M.S. Shetty. Concrete Technology, Theory and Practice. Multicolor illustrative edition. S CHAND & COMPANY LTD, 2005, New Delhi, India.
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Abstract: Rice husk ash (RHA) is a pozzolanic material that could be potentially used in various geotechnical aspects .RHA is an agricultural industrial waste which is nearly 100 million tons, requires huge quantities of land for its disposal. To utilize these huge quantities in several civil engineering applications, physical and engineering properties has been identified to study the quantities of RHA. In this connection Gradation, Seepage, compaction, strength, chemical composition tests and also influence of water contents on shear strength at various drinage conditions were performed .Test results show these are non-plastic, porous, elongated light weight materials..........

Key words: Rice Husk Ash, Shear strength, Seepage conditions, Embankment fill.

[1]. Ali M, Sreenivasulu V (2004). "An Experimental Study on the Influence of Rice Husk Ash and Lime on Properties of Bentonite", Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference, Warangal (India) pp:468-471.
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[5]. Sabat A.K and Nanda R.P. (2011), "Effect of marble dust on strength and durability of Rice Husk Ash stabilized Expansive soil", International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 4,pp:939-948..

Abstract: Fighter and Attack aircrafts represent some of the most exciting machines in the sphere of military power because of their design, speed, and weaponry. The sheer diversity of this category of aircraft, their evolution through military history, and the modern race to produce the most advanced and lethal fighter and attack aircraft yield a great deal of information and generates more interest than any other category of military aircraft. A design of a ground attack aircraft meeting the given requirements is presented in this paper..........

Key words: Aircraft design, Aerodynamics, Thrust, Figure of merit analysis, Mission Profile

[1]. Sadraey M., Aircraft Design: A Systems Engineering Approach, 2012, Wiley Publications.
[2]. Raymer, Daniel P., Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, 5th Edition, AIAA Education, 2012.
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Abstract: This paper displays an attempt to examine the suitability of the NCHRP-1-28 prediction model for estimating the Resilient Modulus (MR) of blended unbound granular materials from MR test data. The blending process was mechanically done using two natural coarse Wadi sand and pure crushed basaltic stones. An experimental testing program was performed on these typical blends involving the basic tests as well as the dynamic triaxial tests for resilient modulus (MR)..........

Key words: Unbound gravel, gradation, gradation correction, prediction, resilient modulus

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Abstract: This Research focuses on the concepts of intelligent / brilliancy from several aspects in an attempt to access to intelligent solutions of various types. The problem and objectives of the research have been identified to include accessibility to interrelated design, structural solutions and buildings designed in a manner that respects the environment, and taking into account reduction of energy and resources consumption, as well as minimizing the effects of the construction and use on environment and also taking into consideration the existence of the technological excellence and development..........

Key words: Intelligent solution, Architectural design, Structural design

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