Volume 11, Issue 4 (2018) | American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Chilled Water VAV System Optimization and Modeling Using Artificial Neural Networks

Rand Talib — 2018-10-23

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 October 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1188.1198

in 2016, It was estimated that about 40% of total U.S. energy consumption was consumed by the residential and commercial sectors. According to EIA, in 2009, the energy consumption in U.S. homes was 48...

Influence of Bitumen Addition on Sabkha Soil Shear Strength Characteristics under Dry and Soaked Conditions

Fahad A. Alotaibi — 2018-11-13

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 13 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1199.1208

High salt content in sabkha soils means they are significantly affected by changes in water content. Dissolution of salts within sabkha soil mass decreases their shear strength upon inundation with wa...

Automatic Identification of Molecules in a Thin-Film Extract Combined with Laser

Theodore Guié Toa Bi — 2018-11-14

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 14 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1209.1219

This paper presents the automation of the thin-layer chromatography technique whose separation and identification of molecules present in a mixture are currently done manually and laboriously. We have...

Some New Gears Aspects

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu — 2018-11-22

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1220.1241

In today's mechanical transmissions most widely used, the gears, are spread across all industries. For this reason, their importance has become overwhelming, which is why we want to recall in this pap...

Dynamic Models of Rigid Memory Mechanisms

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu — 2018-11-22

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1242.1257

Rigid memory mechanisms have played an important role in the history of mankind, contributing greatly to the industrial, economic, social changes in society, thus leading to a real evolution of mankin...

Contributions to the Stirling Engine Study

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu — 2018-11-22

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1258.1292

In the process of transforming thermal energy into mechanical work, among the known thermal machines, the Stirling engine is the one that can achieve the highest yield (theoretically up to the maximum...

About the Triton Structure

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu — 2018-11-23

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1293.1297

To better understand the structure of matter, it is not enough to study atoms and molecules. For living matter it is necessary to study the cell, including the mitochondrial and for matter in general,...

Synthesis and Characterization of Bio-based Polyurethane Polymers

Jahangir Emrani — 2018-11-28

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 28 November 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1298.1309

This paper describes the development of new biobased Polyurethanes (PU) starting from swine manure bio-resin and diisocyanates. The bio-resin is produced from swine manure via a hydrothermal process. ...

Identification of Cancer: Mesothelioma’s Disease Using Logistic Regression and Association Rule

Avishek Choudhury — 2018-12-07

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 7 December 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1310.1319

Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) or malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an atypical, aggressive tumor that matures into cancer in the pleura, a stratum of tissue bordering the lungs. Diagnosis of MPM i...

Evaluating Patient Readmission Risk: A Predictive Analytics Approach

Avishek Choudhury — 2018-12-07

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 7 December 2018; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2018.1320.1331

With the emergence of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on October 1, 2012, forecasting unplanned patient readmission risk became crucial to t...