18 articles in this issue
Ahmad Hussein Abdul Hamid
ABSTRACT : Fuel injector for liquid rocket is a very critical component since that small difference in its design can dramatically affect the combustion efficiency. The primary function of the injector is to break the fuel up into very small droplets. Th... see more
Mohd Hafiz Mohd Noh
The need for low-thrust propulsion systems for small scale spacecraft is growing. Low thrust characteristics generally lead to low Reynolds number flows from propulsive devices that utilize converging-diverging nozzle. In the present work, seven choked co... see more
MOHD FAISAL ABDUL HAMID
In the efforts to investigate the performance of Coanda Jet in enhancing lift of an airfoil, a numerical study is carried out. Tangential jets that take advantage of Coanda effect to closely follow the contours of the body are considered to be simple and ... see more
Abdulkareem Shafiq Mahdi Al-Obaidi
This paper introduces an attempt to enhance the accuracy of panel methods. A low-order panel method is selected and coupled with semi-empirical methods to enhance the accuracy of drag prediction of flying bodies at supersonic speeds. The semi-empirical me... see more
Nawaf Hazim Saeid
In the present study the three-dimensional numerical simulation is selected as a tool to investigate the effectiveness of a cross flow heat exchanger. Water is selected to be mixed with nano-particles and flow inside a circular pipe while a pure air is fl... see more
Hiroshi Okubo
A 50-kg-class microsatellite “MAIDO-1 (SOHLA-1)” was launched, along with six other piggyback subsatellites, by a Japanese H-2A rocket on January 23, 2009. The fundamental and detailed designs of the satellite were developed by university students under t... see more
Mohd Hilman Mohd Akil Tan
This paper presents an experimental investigation of two different kinds of plates of materials namely glass and stainless steel by experimental modal analysis. The materials are excited by an impact hammer to perform resonant vibration where the characte... see more
Dr. Shubhashis Sanyal
Inversions are various structural possibilities of a kinematic chain. The number of inversions depends on the number of links of a kinematic chain. At the stage of structural synthesis, identification of distinct structural inversions of a particular type... see more
Ahmed y Qasim, Ryspek Usubamatov, Zuraidah Zain
The new global development for wind turbines obliged inventors to create new wind turbine designs that have high efficiency and better than known designs. This paper proposes the impeller wind turbine, which uses more effectively the wind energy and depen... see more
Fairuz Izzuddin Romli, Kian Hou Cheang, Junxian Chew
Redesigning an aircraft is hardly a straightforward task. Due to its high susceptibility to change effects propagation, it becomes very important to select the right initiating change components to minimize redesign development risks. With realization tha... see more
arunachala umesh chandavar
The performance of Flat plate Solar Water Heater deteriorates within five to twelve years of their installation due to factors related to manufacturing, operating conditions, lack of maintenance etc. Especially, problem due to scaling is significant as it... see more
Edi Azali Hadzri, Kahar Osman, Mohamed Rafiq Abdul Kadir, Azian Abdul Aziz
In this study, a three dimensional (3D) model of the third ventricle and aqueduct of Sylvius derived from MRI scans was constructed by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling. Cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) can be modeled as a Newtonian Fluid and its ... see more
Yagoub Nassar Al-Nassar
This paper focuses on the interaction of SH elastic waves in a plate with a tapered free end. The plate is modeled as a semi-infinite elastic structure, which was assumed to have traction-free surfaces. The results of the analysis based on mode matching a... see more
Farhad Ismail
Separation of magnetic particles in sand processing is very important for many industrial purposes. This paper presents an automation process to separate the magnetic particles from a non-homogeneous solid-solid mixture (sea sand). Here a magnetic force i... see more
Ahmad Yusuf Ismail
The micro-perforated panel (MPP) is recently well-known as an alternative ‘green‘ sound absorber replacing the conventional porous materials. Constructed from a solid panel which provides a non-abrassive structure and also an optically attractive surface,... see more
Kidong Kim, Kijung Kwon
Surface pressure distributions on a rotating blade were measured by using pressure sensitive paint (PSP) to understand aerodynamic characteristics of a rotor blade. The present study was conducted to investigate the PSP techniques for measuring the pressu... see more
Meftah Hrairi, Salah B. M. Echrif
Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) is a promising sheet-metal-forming process that permits the manufacturing of small to medium-sized batches of complex parts at low cost. It allows metal forming to work in the critical ‘necking-to-tearing' zone whic... see more
Mohiuddin AKM
Swirl is the rotational flow of charge within the cylinder about its axis. The engine used in this investigation is a basic Double Overhead Camshaft (DOHC) which has a capacity of 1597 cc and installed with a total of 16 valves developed by Malaysian car ... see more