Volume 8, Issue 3 (2015) | American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Facile Synthesis of AgCl Hollow Nanospheres for Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties

Jing Chen — 2015-05-22

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 22 May 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.285.290

AgCl hollow nanospheres have been synthesized successfully via a hard-template approach using silica nanospheres as hard template for the first time. The phase, size and morphology of the as-prepared ...

Integrating PowerWorld and MatLab for Optimal Dispatch and Unit Commitment Study of Competitive Electric Power Markets

Dong Zhang — 2015-05-23

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 May 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.291.301

The transition to competitive wholesale and retail markets for electric utilities around the world has been a difficult and controversial process. One of the difficulties that hindered the development...

Optimization of Total Phenolic from Cleistocalyx nervosum by Microwave-Assisted Extraction

Nukrob Narkprasom — 2015-05-29

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 29 May 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.302.309

The objective of this research was to extract phenolic compounds from Makiang (Cleistocalyx nervosum) seeds waste obtained from the elaboration of makiang beverages using the microwave assisted extrac...

pH Mediated Control Synthesis of Lanthanide-Doped YPO4 Upconversion Nano/Microcrystals

Meiling Tan — 2015-06-01

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 1 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.310.317

A pH-mediated rational control over the phase transformation, morphology and size of lanthanide doped YPO4 nano/microcrystals has been accomplished using a hydrothermal route. The morphology of the re...

Deposition and Characterization of CdS Nano Thin Film with Complexing Agent Triethanolamine

K. Manikandan — 2015-06-01

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 1 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.318.327

The equimolar concentration thin films of Cadmium Sulfide (CdxSx) with the complexing agent TEA were deposited on a glass substrate by the SILAR technique. The crystalline nature with face centered cu...

Finite Element Formulation for Active Composite Laminates

Dragan Marinkovic — 2015-06-02

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 2 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.328.335

Smart structures are characterized by a synergistic integration of active materials into a passive structure connected by a control system to enable an automatic adaptation to changing environmental c...

Modelling the Interaction between the Antenna and the Human Head by the Technique of Artificial Neural Network

Nizar Sghaier — 2015-06-03

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 3 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.336.344

The purpose of this study is the study and modeling of phenomenon 'interaction between the antenna and the human body' by the Artificial Neural Network (ANN). This technique is based on math...

The Architecture of Fuzzy Agent in Rescuer Monitoring System

Azwin Hazrina Ahmad — 2015-06-08

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.345.353

Malaysia is a developing country and currently experiences a new emerging safety issue, which considered as critical. Country likes Malaysia is in aggressive mission to develop its country by year 202...

Fracture Initiation at the Zirconia/Veneer Interface-A Finite Element Simulation

Mirsayar M. M. — 2015-06-08

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 8 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.354.359

Zirconia/veneer bilayered components are extensively used in dental restoration technology to improve resistance of tooth's surface from decay. The direction of the fracture propagation at the in...

Digital High-Pass Filters with Milder High-Pass Effect on Digital Images

Issa A. Al-Shakhrah — 2015-06-11

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 11 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.360.370

Image filtering consists of modifying the original image by logically "reimaging" it with a mathematical imaging device in which spatial response can be controlled by the user. Image filtering is perf...

Spinel NiCo₂O₄ Nanorods for Supercapacitor Applications

Surjit Sahoo — 2015-06-12

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 12 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.371.379

Herein, we report successful synthesis method of spinel NiCo2O4 nanorods by a low-cost and facile hydrothermal route. Cyclic Voltametry (CV) and galvanostatic Charge-Discharge (CD) measurements deduce...

Experimental Investigation on CRDI System Assisted Diesel Engine Fulled by Diesel with Nanotubes

C. Syed Aalam — 2015-06-17

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 17 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.380.389

This paper reports on the use of carbon multiwalled nanotubes as additive to the diesel fuel and the effects of their operational characteristics and performance, emission and combustion characteristi...

Change in Temperature of Skin, Blood, Muscle and Bone Tissues Due to Mobile Phone Radiations at Frequencies 800, 900, 1800 and 2450 MHz

Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat — 2015-06-21

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 21 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.390.398

The mathematical calculation of change in temperature of skin, blood, muscle and bone tissues of human being working at the frequency of 800, 900, 1800 and 2450 MHz is done in this manuscript. The pow...

Development of a Magnetorheological Finishing Machine for Small-Bore Part of Irregular Shape and Experimental Study

Wang Tingzhang — 2015-06-26

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 26 June 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.399.404

Magnetorheological finishing machine tool with small ball-end permanent-magnet polishing head is proposed as a method to solve the problem that small-bore parts of irregular shape with small curvature...

Insulating Properties of Low Density Polyethylene/Alumina Nanocomposites

Si-Jiao Wang — 2015-07-04

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 4 July 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.405.409

High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable has become an important factor in the development of HVDC transmission. However, there are still difficulties such as space charge distribution in the developm...

Identification of Human Emotions via Univariate and Multivarite Multiscale Entropy

Kawser Ahammed — 2015-07-23

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 July 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.410.416

This work analyzes the emotions of human in terms of complexity. This analysis is achieved by applying both univariate and multivariate multiscale entropy methods on a multimodal dataset. Most of the ...

Uncertainty Impact of the Effective Diffusion Coefficient on the Concrete Chemical Degradation

A. Badaoui — 2015-07-23

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Published online: 23 July 2015; doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2015.417.421

Reinforced concrete is the construction material widely used in civil engineering. However, knowledge of its long-term performance and the uncertain impact of the environment on his behaviour make it ...