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Purpose: The subject of the research and investigation is a new ceramic foundry composite based on a spherical form of aluminium oxide. It is intended to limit the occurrence of technological problems related to the appropriate selection of auxiliary refractory materials, such as cracking, high heat capacity and variable coefficient of thermal expansion. Design/methodology/approach: A composite ceramic...
Purpose: The influence of UV radiation on the antibacterial properties of titanium oxide nanoparticles was examined using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for this purpose. Design/methodology/approach: Nanopowders were made with sol-gel method. Surface morphology studies of the obtained materials were made using Zeiss's Supra 35 scanning electron microscope. In order to confirm the chemical composition...
Purpose: The paper aims to determine the values of the main morphological characteristics of nanopatterns, which can be considered as the reference for use as surfaces of solar cells. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses an approach based on the definition of reference indicators of nanopatterns for solar cells by analysing the main parameters of solar cells and comparing them with the possible...
Purpose: Many printers are tempting at low prices, but later their accuracy turns out to be insufficient. The study has included checking the accuracy of printing and reproducing details of 3D printers used in dental technology and dentistry such as MultiJet Printing (ProJet MP3000, 3D Systems) and Fused Deposition Modelling (Inspire S2000, Tiertime). Design/methodology/approach: The 3D prints were...
Purpose: To investigate the strength of tees with regard to their erosion wear, it is necessary to consider the complex three-dimensional geometric shape of the erosion worn inner surface of the tee. In addition, the study of the strength of the erosion worn tees of the main gas pipelines is complicated by the occurrence of additional stresses caused by changes in the direction of movement of the...
Purpose: PAN/GO nanocomposites are gaining more and more interest from research and industrial environments. According to theoretical studies and experimental tests, PAN/ GO exhibits excellent properties such as tensile strength, good thermal and electrical conductivity, excellent thermal and tribological properties. Thanks to this property, the composite is considered the ideal successor to the nanocomposites...
Purpose: Comparative study of various agar-agar (C14H24O9) percentage and different salts concentration in the salt bridge is carried out to check the efficiency of microbial fuel cell. Design/methodology/approach: Dual chambered microbial fuel cell was used for the overall experiments. Anode and cathode chambers were made of 500 ml plastic jar. Salt bridge was fabricated with agar-agar technical...
Purpose: Determine the possibility of modifying aluminium alloys of the Al-Si system with an ultrafine SiC modifier with a particie size of 3-5 pm. Design/methodology/approach: Processing of the Al-Si alloy was carried out by introducing an ultrafine modifier in the amount of 0.1, 0.2, or 0.3 wt.%. Silicon carbide (SiC) with a particle size in the range of 3-5 pm was used as a modifier. To study the...
Purpose: The proposed research aims to determine the expediency of surface treatment of vanadium alloys of V-Cr and V-Ti systems due to irradiation of their surfaces with low- temperature nitrogen plasma using plasma torch NO-01. Design/methodology/approach: The investigation of microstructure and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) of the samples were performed using an electron microscope TESCAN Vega3...
Purpose: The paper is a literature review indicating the importance of powder engineering in the modern stage of Industry 4.0 development. 47 technologies for the manufacturing and use the powders of metal and their alloys and ceramic in the manufacturing of products are indicated. All those technologies were compared in terms of their potential and attractiveness, pointing to their development trends...
Purpose: Due to an increase in a number of bridges being constructed, scour depth around bridge piers is gradually being recognized as one of the possible reasons for bridge failure. According to [1] about 53% of bridge failures in the US were caused due to floods and corresponding scour in the rivers. Lots of work has been carried out around the single pier but in the case of group piers, the work...
Purpose: The paper is a comprehensive review of the literature on additive and hybrid technologies for products manufacturing using powders of metals, their alloys and ceramics. Design/methodology/approach: Extensive literature studies on conventional powder engineering technologies have been carried out. By using knowledge engineering methods, development perspectives of individual technologies were...
Purpose: To develop and implementation in practice an algorithm for smart monitoring of workplace environmental physical factors for occupational health and safety (OSH) management. Design/methodology/approach: A brief conceptual analysis of existing approaches to workplace environmental physical factors monitoring was conducted and reasonably suggest a decision-making algorithm to reduce the negative...
Purpose: Analysis and the review of 3D scanning methods, methods of combining 3D scans and tables available on the market (rotary, tilt and turn) as non-destructive testing systems of polymer materials. As the problem of deformation testing of elements produced by 3D printing is relatively novel, so far a small number of publications on this subject have been observed in terms of current solutions...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse the modelling of exhaust gas flow patterns with variations in pressure, number, and shape of filters on the catalytic converter. Design/methodology/approach: The research method used is a simulation using ANSYS, which starts by creating a converter catalytic model with pressure variations: (0.5-1.5 atm), number of filters: (2-5), and the form of filter-cut/filter-not-cut...
Purpose: of this paper was to analyse clinicians’ views on the management and handling procedures of the Biodentine tricalcium silicate cement with the following evaluation of the real setting time of the material with two independent physical tests. Design/methodology/approach: A survey study included 174 clinicians who answered the questionnaire designed to collect opinions on the Biodentine management...
Purpose: Experimental investigations assessment and comparison of different classical models and machine learning models employed with Gaussian process regression (GPR) and artificial neural network (ANN) in the estimation of the depth of penetration (Hp) of plunging hollow jets. Design/methodology/approach: In this analysis, a set of data of 72 observations is derived from laboratory tests of plunging...
Purpose: The present study aims to apply soft computing techniques, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and M5P model tree, to predict the ultimate bearing capacity of the H plan shaped skirted footing on the sand Design/methodology/approach: A total of 162 laboratory test data for the regular plan shaped (square, circular, rectangular, and strip (up to L/B = 2.5) skirted footing were collected from the...
Purpose: The article is devoted to the determination of the fractal dimension of cellular concrete, in particular foam concrete, and the further clarification of the relationship between fractal dimension and porosity and average density of cellular concrete. Design/methodology/approach: In the theoretical description of disordered systems, the fundamentals of fractal theory are actively used, which...
Purpose: of the research is to physically modify the composition of bone cements with glassy carbon and cancellous bone to improve its performance, reduce polymerization temperature and reduce the ability of cements the effect of admixture on the phenomenon of relaxation. Design/methodology/approach: SpinePlex bone cement was modified with glassy carbon powder with 20-50 pm granulation with Maxgraft®...
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