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Item Effect of fiber weight fraction on mechanical properties of carbon–carbon composites(2012) Naik, Padmayya Shaniyara; Surendranathan A.O.; Londe, Neelakantha V.Item Highly steerable microwave beamforming system near Ku band based on the application of linearly CFBG(Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020) Raghuwanshi, Sanjeev Kumar; Srivastava, Nimish Kumar; Singh, MandeepIn this study, the authors present theoretical and experimental results of wideband beamforming networks steered by a single linear chirped fibre Bragg grating (CFBG). The standard single-sideband modulation technique is followed to validate the wideband (at 18 GHz) operation of the proposed system. CFBG has been fabricated by phase mask technology for the desired specification to be compatible with the antenna array. To the authors knowledge, the effect of dispersion slope feature of fabricated FBG on the performance of beam-steering capability of the antenna is reported for the first time in this study. Theoretically preceded by experimental testing, it was found that the scanning angle increased with the rise in the number of antenna elements and the frequency of modulating microwave signal.Item Utilization of low computational cost two dimensional analytical equations in optimization of multi rings permanent magnet thrust bearings(2017) Bekinal, S.I.; Doddamani, M.; Dravid, N.D.Replacement of conventional bearings by passive magnetic bearings for high-speed applications, in terms of their performance will be effective, if the design is carried out by optimizing the geometrical dimensions in the given control volume. Present work deals with modification and utilization of two-dimensional (2D) analytical equations in optimization of multi rings permanent magnet (PM) thrust bearing configurations. Conventional and rotational magnetized direction (RMD) configurations are selected in optimizing the design variables for maximum bearing characteristics in a given volume with a constant aspect ratio. The design variables chosen for optimization are axial offset of rotor, number of rings, radial air thickness and inner diameter of the rotor and stator PM rings. MATLAB codes for solving 2D equations are developed in optimizing configuration variables. Further, optimized parameter values of the two configurations are compared. Finally, optimized results obtained using 2D and three-dimensional (3D) equations for the conventional configuration with same aspect ratio are compared, and conclusions are presented. � 2017, Electromagnetics Academy. All rights reserved.Item Use of cellulose acetate/polyphenylsulfone derivatives to fabricate ultrafiltration hollow fiber membranes for the removal of arsenic from drinking water(2019) Kumar, M.; RaoT., S.; Isloor, A.M.; Ibrahim, G.P.S.; Inamuddin; Ismail, N.; Ismail, A.F.; Asiri, A.M.Cellulose acetate (CA) and cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) were used as additives (1 wt%, 3 wt%, and 5 wt%) to prepare polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) hollow fiber membranes. Prepared hollow fiber membranes were characterized by surface morphology using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), surface roughness by atomic force microscopy (AFM), the surface charge of the membrane was analyzed by zeta potential measurement, hydrophilicity by contact angle measurement and the functional groups by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Fouling resistant nature of the prepared hollow fiber membranes was evaluated by bovine serum albumin (BSA) and molecular weight cutoff was investigated using polyethylene glycol (PEG). By total organic carbon (TOC), the percentage rejection of PEG was found to be 14,489 Da. It was found that the hollow fiber membrane prepared by the addition of 5 wt% of CAP in PPSU confirmed increased arsenic removal from water as compared to hollow fiber membrane prepared by 5 wt% of CA in PPSU. The removal percentages of arsenic with CA-5 and CAP-5 hollow fiber membrane was 34% and 41% with arsenic removal permeability was 44.42 L/m 2 h bar and 40.11 L/m 2 h bar respectively. The increased pure water permeability for CA-5 and CAP-5 hollow fiber membrane was 61.47 L/m 2 h bar and 69.60 L/m 2 h bar, respectively. � 2019 Elsevier B.V.Item Use of iron ore mine tailings in infrastructure projects(2019) Shubhananda, Rao, P.; Gayana, B.C.; Ram Chandar, K.Utilisation of iron ore tailings in bricks as a replacement for sand will help in sustainable and greener development. The literature shows the potential use of iron ore tailings as a replacement of natural fine aggregates. As natural sand reserves are depleting day by day, there is a need for substitution for sand in bricks. A comprehensive overview of the published literature on the use of iron ore tailings and other industrial waste is being presented. The effects of various properties such as compressive strength, thermal conductivity and durability of bricks have been presented in this paper. � 2019 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.Item Unified semi-local convergence for k-Step iterative methods with flexible and frozen linear operator(2018) Argyros, I.K.; George, S.The aim of this article is to present a unified semi-local convergence analysis for a k-step iterative method containing the inverse of a flexible and frozen linear operator for Banach space valued operators. Special choices of the linear operator reduce the method to the Newton-type, Newton's, or Stirling's, or Steffensen's, or other methods. The analysis is based on center, as well as Lipschitz conditions and our idea of the restricted convergence region. This idea defines an at least as small region containing the iterates as before and consequently also a tighter convergence analysis. � 2018 by the authors.Item Unified convergence analysis of frozen Newton-like methods under generalized conditions(2019) Argyros, I.K.; George, S.The objective in this article is to present a unified convergence analysis of frozen Newton-like methods under generalized Lipschitz-type conditions for Banach space valued operators. We also use our new idea of restricted convergence domains, where we find a more precise location, where the iterates lie leading to at least as tight majorizing functions. Consequently, the new convergence criteria are weaker than in earlier works resulting to the expansion of the applicability of these methods. The conditions do not necessarily imply the differentiability of the operator involved. This way our method is suitable for solving equations and systems of equations. Numerical examples complete the presentation of this article. � 2018 Elsevier B.V.Item Unified Convergence for Multi-Point Super Halley-Type Methods with Parameters in Banach Space(2019) Argyros, I.K.; George, S.We present a local convergence analysis of a multi-point super-Halley-like method in order to approximate a locally unique solution of an equation in a Banach space setting. The convergence analysis in earlier works was based on hypotheses reaching up to the third derivative of the operator. In the present study we expand the applicability of the Super-Halley-like method by using hypotheses only on the first derivative. We also provide: A computable error on the distances involved and a uniqueness result based on Lipschitz constants. The convergence order is also provided for these methods. Numerical examples are also presented in this study. � 2019, Indian National Science Academy.Item Ultra-low voltage, power efficient continuoustime filters in 180 nm CMOS technology(2019) Rekha, S.; Harishchandra, V.M.; Laxminidhi, T.The authors propose circuit techniques to implement integrated continuous-time filters for low voltage and low power applications. A fourth order Gm-C filter and a fifth order active-RC Chebyshev filter are used as test vehicles to validate the ideas. Basic building blocks are bulk driven transconductors. Gm-C filter and active-RC filter offer bandwidth of 1 MHz and 750 kHz, respectively while exhibiting a good figure of merit thus ensuring that the designs are energy efficient. Both the filters, fabricated on the same chip in 180 nm CMOS technology, operate on 0.5 V power supply. They offer a dynamic range of 45 and 46.6 dB, respectively. � The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2019.Item Two-Dimensional CS Adaptive FIR Wiener Filtering Algorithm for the Denoising of Satellite Images(2017) Suresh, S.; Lal, S.In the recent years, researchers are quite much attracted in designing two-dimensional (2-D) adaptive finite-impulse response (FIR) filters driven by an optimization algorithm to self-adjust the filter coefficients, with applications in different domains of research. For signal processing applications, FIR Wiener filters are commonly used for noisy signal restorations by computing the statistical estimates of the unknown signal. In this paper, a novel 2-D Cuckoo search adaptive Wiener filtering algorithm (2D-CSAWF) is proposed for the denoising of satellite images contaminated with Gaussian noise. Till date, study based on 2-D adaptive Wiener filtering driven by metaheuristic algorithms was not found in the literature to the best of our knowledge. Comparisons are made with the most studied and recent 2-D adaptive noise filtering algorithms, so as to analyze the performance and computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm. We have also included comparisons with recent adaptive metaheuristic algorithms used for satellite image denoising to ensure a fair comparison. All the algorithms are tested on the same satellite image dataset, for denoising images corrupted with three different Gaussian noise variance levels. The experimental results reveal that the proposed novel 2D-CSAWF algorithm outperforms others both quantitatively and qualitatively. Investigations were also carried out to examine the stability and computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm in denoising satellite images. � 2008-2012 IEEE.