Volume 11, Issue 3 (2018) | American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

3D Printing of Porous Scaffolds for Medical Applications

Ablah Aljohani — 2018-06-19

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 19 June 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1076.1085

Custom engineered scaffolds that mimic the physiology of native tissue is an emerging need for successful regenerative medicine. One of the key challenges in current manufacturing methods is the lack ...

Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Infill Walls Under Cyclic Loading Strengthening with CFRP

Mojtaba Fallahi — 2018-07-06

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 July 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1086.1099

Nowadays, using infill isolators in Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures is very common. In earlier research this infill isolators are usually considered as non-structural elements, but in recent resea...

Investigating the Behavior of Steel Composite Shear Wall with Corrugated Plate under Lateral Load

Seyedeh Asma MirfazliJirdehi — 2018-07-14

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1100.1113

The steel shear wall system has been considered as a structural system over the past few decades. This issue deals with wind and earthquake lateral forces due to its hardness, loading capacity and pla...

A Survey on Recent Applications of Machine Learning with Big Data in Additive Manufacturing Industry

Micheal Omotayo Alabi — 2018-07-14

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 July 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1114.1124

Additive Manufacturing (AM) which is also known as 3D printing technology; is recognized as a new paradigm for manufacturing industry. Additive manufacturing is rapidly expanding across different sect...

Numerical Study on Coupling Beam Retrofitted Using CFRP and GFRP Sheets

Saeideh Hakimi — 2018-08-06

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 6 August 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1125.1129

One of the most useful way to resist against earthquake is using coupling beam of steel shear walls. The steel shear wall’s behavior depends on several factors such as stiffness, ductility, strength...

Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Steel Sandwich Panels under Blast Loading

Sayed M. Soleimani — 2018-08-24

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 24 August 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1130.1140

Honeycomb sandwich panels are commonly preferred in structural engineering as a design element meant to protect against blast loading, and this owes primarily to the fact that they are light in weight...

Geometric-Cinematic Synthesis of Planetary Mechanisms

Nicolae Petrescu — 2018-08-28

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 August 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1141.1153

The simple planetary mechanism is geometrically synthesized by determining the four tooth numbers of the component wheels. There are four main conditions that if not obeyed the mechanism will be block...

Healthcare Driven by Big Data Analytics

Cheryl Ann Alexander — 2018-09-28

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 September 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1154.1163

Text messages and social network posts are often included in big data and are frequently invaluable sources of health data. When machine learning or data mining is used, it is important to perform an ...

Real-Time Data Capture Model for Accelerated Payment of Small-Scale Farmers

Natasha Mwansa — 2018-09-29

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 29 September 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1164.1177

Most developing countries especially in Africa face a number of challenges in the area of food security. These challenges include proliferation, theft, poor inventory system, poor transport and commun...

Conversion of a Conventional Vehicle into a Battery-Super Capacitor Hybrid Vehicle

Anuradha Herath — 2018-10-11

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 11 October 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1178.1187

The use of a super capacitor pack parallel with a battery pack in electric vehicles can have effects on the battery life as well as on the driving range of the vehicle. In this research a conventional...