10 articles in this issue
Sunny Diyaley, Pramod Shilal, Ishwer Shivakoti, Ranjan Kumar Ghadai, Kanak Kalita
Wire electric discharge machining (WEDM) is a nontraditional machining process for machining conductive materials with complex and intricate shapes with a high surface finish and dimensional accuracy. The decision making for the selection of the best set ... see more
Kaddour Bahram, Benattou Bouchouicha, Mohamed Benguediab, Abdelkader Slimane
In this paper we tried to apply the failure assessment diagram method on an API X60 pipeline under two pressures 70 and 90 bar, this work will be divided into two parts; the first part will be devoted to modeling and simulation of a pipeline under pressur... see more
Csaba Budai, László L. Kovács
In this paper, we investigate the combined effect of viscous damping and Coulomb friction on sampled-data mechanical systems. In these systems, instability can occur due the sampling of the applied discrete-time controller which is compensated by the two ... see more
Ján Takács
Slovakia belongs to countries rich in geothermal energy resources with high productiveness. The use of geothermal energy (GE) is diverse, e.g. as source for centralized heating networks. The use of this alternative Energy Sources requires optimized exploi... see more
Krisztián Deák, Imre Kocsis
Tapered roller element bearings are generally applied in machines and transmission gearboxes. In manufacturing outer ring, inner ring and the rollers usually suffer damages. It is a challenging task to reveal and classify the defects. This paper presents ... see more
Bence Rochlitz, Dávid Pammer
3D printing manufacturing process has the possibilities to produce individual medical devices, especially implants and prosthesis with short production time. The aim of this study is to design a 3D printable Energy Storage and Return (ESAR) foot prosthesi... see more
Marhamat Zeinali, Sarallah Abbasi, Abolfazl Hajizadeh Aghdam
Commencement and development processes of unsteadiness, caused by blade row tip leakage flow in a low speed axial compressor, are investigated and results are presented in this paper. Analyses are based on results obtained through numerical simulation of ... see more
Kayode Oyedemi, Patrick McGrath, Hannalie Lombard, Balázs Varbai
This paper presents research work conducted to experimentally establish the process response of two diverse shaped tool-pin profiles for friction stir welding (FSW) AA6082-T6 aluminium. The dwell time was optimised by plunging each tool-pin into a plate s... see more
Hayder Al-Maliki, Gábor Kalácska
The frictional behavior of (PA6 E and PETP) engineering polymers commonly used in the industry were investigated implying 3D surface topography due to Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) source, atmospheric cold plasma surface treatment and compared to the... see more
Vahid Tahouneh
In the present work, vibration characteristics of functionally graded (FG) sandwich rectangular plates reinforced by multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) resting on Pasternak foundation are presented. The response of the elastic medium is formulated by t... see more