Magnesium alloy AZ31 was caliber rolled at different temperatures viz.523K,573K,623K,673K and 723K imposing a total cumulative reduction of 92%and a cumulative strain of 2.6.The associated microstructure and texture e...Magnesium alloy AZ31 was caliber rolled at different temperatures viz.523K,573K,623K,673K and 723K imposing a total cumulative reduction of 92%and a cumulative strain of 2.6.The associated microstructure and texture evolution were studied using Electron Back Scattered Diffraction(EBSD)and X-ray macro-texture observations respectively.Grain refinement was observed in all the caliber rolled bars indicating the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization.Asymmetry parameter and texture index were used to study the evolution of texture.Near doubling of the yield strength at room temperature was observed by caliber rolling at a temperature of 573K.The improvement in mechanical properties was explained on the basis of the fine grain microstructures and suitable development of crystallographic texture.Based on the present study,warm caliber rolling can be used as a good production method for obtaining long bars of high strength magnesium alloy AZ31.展开更多
Nanoparticles are increasingly being recognized for their potential utility in biological applications including nanomedicine.Here,we have synthesized zinc oxide(ZnO)nanorods using zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetram...Nanoparticles are increasingly being recognized for their potential utility in biological applications including nanomedicine.Here,we have synthesized zinc oxide(ZnO)nanorods using zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetramine as precursors followed by characterizing using X-ray diffraction,fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.The growth of synthesized zinc oxide nanorods was found to be very close to its hexagonal nature,which is confirmed by X-ray diffraction.The nanorod was grown perpendicular to the long-axis and grew along the[001]direction,which is the nature of ZnO growth.The morphology of synthesized ZnO nanorods from the individual crystalline nucleus was confirmed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy.The length of the nanorod was estimated to be around 21 nm in diameter and 50 nm in length.Our toxicology studies showed that synthesized ZnO nanorods exposure on hela cells has no significant induction of oxidative stress or cell death even in higher concentration(10μg/ml).The results suggest that ZnO nanorods might be a safer nanomaterial for biological applications.展开更多
The present progress of visual-based detection of the diseased area of a malady plays an essential part in the medicalfield.In that case,the image proces-sing is performed to improve the image data,wherein it inhibits ...The present progress of visual-based detection of the diseased area of a malady plays an essential part in the medicalfield.In that case,the image proces-sing is performed to improve the image data,wherein it inhibits unintended dis-tortion of image features or it enhances further processing in various applications andfields.This helps to show better results especially for diagnosing diseases.Of late the early prediction of cancer is necessary to prevent disease-causing pro-blems.This work is proposed to identify lung cancer using lung computed tomo-graphy(CT)scan images.It helps to identify cancer cells’affected areas.In the present work,the original input image from Lung Image Database Consortium(LIDC)typically suffers from noise problems.To overcome this,the Gaborfilter used for image processing is highly enhanced.In the next stage,the Spherical Iterative Refinement Clustering(SIRC)algorithm identifies cancer-suspected areas on the CT scan image.This approach can help radiologists and medical experts recognize cancer diseases and syndromes so that serious progress can be avoided in the early stages.These new methods help to remove unwanted por-tions of the CT image and better utilization the image.The subspace extraction of features approach is beneficial for evaluating lung cancer.This paper introduces a novel approach called Contiguous Cross Propagation Neural Network that tends to locate regions afflicted by lung cancer using CT scan pictures(CCPNN).By using the feature values from the fourth step of the procedure,the proposed CCPNN tends to categorize the lesion in the lung nodular site.The efficiency of the suggested CCPNN approach is evaluated using classification metrics such as recall(%),precision(%),F-measure(percent),and accuracy(%).Finally,the incorrect classification ratios are determined to compare the trained networks’effectiveness,through these parameters of CCPNN,it obtains the outstanding per-formance of 98.06%and it has provided the lowest false ratio of 1.8%.展开更多
Our aim is to study the Hopf bifurcation and synchronisation of a fractional-order butterfly-fishchaotic system. First, we derived the existence of a chaotic attractor in the fractional-order systemand also synchronis...Our aim is to study the Hopf bifurcation and synchronisation of a fractional-order butterfly-fishchaotic system. First, we derived the existence of a chaotic attractor in the fractional-order systemand also synchronisation problem between two identical fractional-order chaotic systems isstudied. Also, control design for the synchronisation with a suitable linear controller is tested inthe response system. Finally, numerical simulation results are provided to confirm the theoreticalanalysis.展开更多
The general corrosion and environmental cracking resistances of Al-Cu-Li alloy AA2195 were investigated in 3.5% NaCl environment and compared with those of another high strength alloy AA2219. The general corrosion re...The general corrosion and environmental cracking resistances of Al-Cu-Li alloy AA2195 were investigated in 3.5% NaCl environment and compared with those of another high strength alloy AA2219. The general corrosion resistance of these alloys was examined using immersion corrosion and potentiodynamic polarization tests, while the stress corrosion cracking （SCC） resistance was evaluated by slow strain rate test （SSRT） method. The tested samples were further characterized by SEM-EDS and optical profilometry to study the change in corrosion morphology, elemental content and depth of corrosion attack. The reduction in ductility was used as a parameter to evaluate the SCC susceptibility of the alloys. The results indicated that the corrosion resistance of AA2195 alloy was better than that of AA2219 alloy as it exhibited lower corrosion rate, along with lower pit depth and density. However, the SCC index （εNaCl/εair） measured was greater than 0.90, indicating good environmental cracking resistance of both the alloys. Detailed fractography of the failed samples under SEM？EDS, in general, revealed a typical ductile cracking morphology for both the alloys.展开更多
In this work,we present the design of a polarization independent broadband absorber in the terahertz(THz)frequency range using a metasurface resonator.The absorber comprises of three layers,of which,the top layer is m...In this work,we present the design of a polarization independent broadband absorber in the terahertz(THz)frequency range using a metasurface resonator.The absorber comprises of three layers,of which,the top layer is made of a vanadium dioxide(VO_(2))resonator with an electrical conductivity of a=200000 S/m;the bottom layer consists of a planar layer made of gold metal,and a dielectric layer is sandwiched between these two layers.The optimized absorber exhibits absorption greater than 90%from 2.54-5.54 THz.Thus,the corresponding bandwidth of the designed absorber is 3 THz.Further,the thermal tunable absorption and reflection spectra have been analyzed by varying the electrical conductivity of VO_(2).The impact of the various geometrical parameters on the absorption characteristics has also been assessed.The physics of generation of broadband absorption of the proposed device has been explored using field analysis.Finally,the absorption characteristics of the unit cell has been studied for various incident and polarization angles.展开更多
This technical brief proposes a new approach to multi-dimensional linear time invariant discrete systems within the unity shifted unit circle which is denoted in the form of characteristic equation. The character...This technical brief proposes a new approach to multi-dimensional linear time invariant discrete systems within the unity shifted unit circle which is denoted in the form of characteristic equation. The characteristic equation of multi–dimensional linear system is modified into an equivalent one- dimensional characteristic equation. Further formation of stability in the left of the z-plane, the roots of the characteristic equation f(z) =0 should lie within the shifted unit circle. Using the coefficients of the unity shifted one dimensional equivalent characteristic equation by applying minimal shifting of coefficients either left or right and elimination of coefficient method to two triangular matrixes are formed. A single square matrix is formed by adding the two triangular matrices. This matrix is used for testing the sufficient condition by proposed Jury’s inner determinant concept. Further one more indispensable condition is suggested to show the applicability of the proposed scheme. The proposed method of construction of square matrix consumes less arithmetic operation like shifting and eliminating of coefficients when compare to the construction of square matrix by Jury’s and Hurwitz matrix method.展开更多
This paper addresses the new algebraic test to check the aperiodic stability of two dimensional linear time invariant discrete systems. Initially, the two dimensional characteristics equations are converted into equiv...This paper addresses the new algebraic test to check the aperiodic stability of two dimensional linear time invariant discrete systems. Initially, the two dimensional characteristics equations are converted into equivalent one-dimensional equation. Further Fuller’s idea is applied on the equivalent one-dimensional characteristics equation. Then using the co-efficient of the characteristics equation, the routh table is formed to ascertain the aperiodic stability of the given two-dimensional linear discrete system. The illustrations were presented to show the applicability of the proposed technique.展开更多
Utility of geochemistry in mineral exploration is known since more than half-a-century.In reconnaissance diamond exploration,regolith geochemistry is a well known tool worldwide and helps in distinguishing bedrock
The use of programming online judges(POJs)has risen dramatically in recent years,owing to the fact that the auto-evaluation of codes during practice motivates students to learn programming.Since POJs have greater numb...The use of programming online judges(POJs)has risen dramatically in recent years,owing to the fact that the auto-evaluation of codes during practice motivates students to learn programming.Since POJs have greater number of pro-gramming problems in their repository,learners experience information overload.Recommender systems are a common solution to information overload.Current recommender systems used in e-learning platforms are inadequate for POJ since recommendations should consider learners’current context,like learning goals and current skill level(topic knowledge and difficulty level).To overcome the issue,we propose a context-aware practice problem recommender system based on learners’skill level navigation patterns.Our system initially performs skill level navigation pattern mining to discover frequent skill level navigations in the POJ and tofind learners’learning goals.Collaborativefiltering(CF)and con-tent-basedfiltering approaches are employed to recommend problems in the cur-rent and next skill levels based on frequent skill level navigation patterns.The sequence similarity measure is used tofind the top k neighbors based on the sequence of problems solved by the learners.The experiment results based on the real-world POJ dataset show that our approach considering the learners’cur-rent skill level and learning goals outperforms the other approaches in practice problem recommender systems.展开更多
Large engineering plants （LEPs） have certain unique features that necessitate a maintenance strategy that is a combination of both time and condition based maintenance. Although this requirement is appreciated to va...Large engineering plants （LEPs） have certain unique features that necessitate a maintenance strategy that is a combination of both time and condition based maintenance. Although this requirement is appreciated to varying degrees by asset owners, applied research leading to a systematic development of such a maintenance strategy is the need of the day. Such a strategy should also adopt a wholesome ＂systemic＂ approach so that the realization of the overall objectives of maintenance is maximized. E-maintenance has several potential benefits for large engineering plants. In this paper, a three pronged strategy is suggested for the successful implementation of e-maintenance for LEPs. Firstly, an integrated condition and time based maintenance framework is proposed for LEPs. Secondly, reference is drawn to models for condition and time based maintenance at systemic levels. As a part of the ab initio development of a condition monitoring system for a LEP, one of the characteristics of the condition monitoring system, namely, predictability, is discussed in detail as a sample for a systemic study. Thirdly, emphasis is laid on the information and expertise available in the domain of plant design, operation and maintenance and the same is tapped for incorporation in maintenance decision making.展开更多
文摘Magnesium alloy AZ31 was caliber rolled at different temperatures viz.523K,573K,623K,673K and 723K imposing a total cumulative reduction of 92%and a cumulative strain of 2.6.The associated microstructure and texture evolution were studied using Electron Back Scattered Diffraction(EBSD)and X-ray macro-texture observations respectively.Grain refinement was observed in all the caliber rolled bars indicating the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization.Asymmetry parameter and texture index were used to study the evolution of texture.Near doubling of the yield strength at room temperature was observed by caliber rolling at a temperature of 573K.The improvement in mechanical properties was explained on the basis of the fine grain microstructures and suitable development of crystallographic texture.Based on the present study,warm caliber rolling can be used as a good production method for obtaining long bars of high strength magnesium alloy AZ31.
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文摘Nanoparticles are increasingly being recognized for their potential utility in biological applications including nanomedicine.Here,we have synthesized zinc oxide(ZnO)nanorods using zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetramine as precursors followed by characterizing using X-ray diffraction,fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.The growth of synthesized zinc oxide nanorods was found to be very close to its hexagonal nature,which is confirmed by X-ray diffraction.The nanorod was grown perpendicular to the long-axis and grew along the[001]direction,which is the nature of ZnO growth.The morphology of synthesized ZnO nanorods from the individual crystalline nucleus was confirmed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy.The length of the nanorod was estimated to be around 21 nm in diameter and 50 nm in length.Our toxicology studies showed that synthesized ZnO nanorods exposure on hela cells has no significant induction of oxidative stress or cell death even in higher concentration(10μg/ml).The results suggest that ZnO nanorods might be a safer nanomaterial for biological applications.
文摘The present progress of visual-based detection of the diseased area of a malady plays an essential part in the medicalfield.In that case,the image proces-sing is performed to improve the image data,wherein it inhibits unintended dis-tortion of image features or it enhances further processing in various applications andfields.This helps to show better results especially for diagnosing diseases.Of late the early prediction of cancer is necessary to prevent disease-causing pro-blems.This work is proposed to identify lung cancer using lung computed tomo-graphy(CT)scan images.It helps to identify cancer cells’affected areas.In the present work,the original input image from Lung Image Database Consortium(LIDC)typically suffers from noise problems.To overcome this,the Gaborfilter used for image processing is highly enhanced.In the next stage,the Spherical Iterative Refinement Clustering(SIRC)algorithm identifies cancer-suspected areas on the CT scan image.This approach can help radiologists and medical experts recognize cancer diseases and syndromes so that serious progress can be avoided in the early stages.These new methods help to remove unwanted por-tions of the CT image and better utilization the image.The subspace extraction of features approach is beneficial for evaluating lung cancer.This paper introduces a novel approach called Contiguous Cross Propagation Neural Network that tends to locate regions afflicted by lung cancer using CT scan pictures(CCPNN).By using the feature values from the fourth step of the procedure,the proposed CCPNN tends to categorize the lesion in the lung nodular site.The efficiency of the suggested CCPNN approach is evaluated using classification metrics such as recall(%),precision(%),F-measure(percent),and accuracy(%).Finally,the incorrect classification ratios are determined to compare the trained networks’effectiveness,through these parameters of CCPNN,it obtains the outstanding per-formance of 98.06%and it has provided the lowest false ratio of 1.8%.
文摘Our aim is to study the Hopf bifurcation and synchronisation of a fractional-order butterfly-fishchaotic system. First, we derived the existence of a chaotic attractor in the fractional-order systemand also synchronisation problem between two identical fractional-order chaotic systems isstudied. Also, control design for the synchronisation with a suitable linear controller is tested inthe response system. Finally, numerical simulation results are provided to confirm the theoreticalanalysis.
文摘The general corrosion and environmental cracking resistances of Al-Cu-Li alloy AA2195 were investigated in 3.5% NaCl environment and compared with those of another high strength alloy AA2219. The general corrosion resistance of these alloys was examined using immersion corrosion and potentiodynamic polarization tests, while the stress corrosion cracking （SCC） resistance was evaluated by slow strain rate test （SSRT） method. The tested samples were further characterized by SEM-EDS and optical profilometry to study the change in corrosion morphology, elemental content and depth of corrosion attack. The reduction in ductility was used as a parameter to evaluate the SCC susceptibility of the alloys. The results indicated that the corrosion resistance of AA2195 alloy was better than that of AA2219 alloy as it exhibited lower corrosion rate, along with lower pit depth and density. However, the SCC index （εNaCl/εair） measured was greater than 0.90, indicating good environmental cracking resistance of both the alloys. Detailed fractography of the failed samples under SEM？EDS, in general, revealed a typical ductile cracking morphology for both the alloys.
文摘In this work,we present the design of a polarization independent broadband absorber in the terahertz(THz)frequency range using a metasurface resonator.The absorber comprises of three layers,of which,the top layer is made of a vanadium dioxide(VO_(2))resonator with an electrical conductivity of a=200000 S/m;the bottom layer consists of a planar layer made of gold metal,and a dielectric layer is sandwiched between these two layers.The optimized absorber exhibits absorption greater than 90%from 2.54-5.54 THz.Thus,the corresponding bandwidth of the designed absorber is 3 THz.Further,the thermal tunable absorption and reflection spectra have been analyzed by varying the electrical conductivity of VO_(2).The impact of the various geometrical parameters on the absorption characteristics has also been assessed.The physics of generation of broadband absorption of the proposed device has been explored using field analysis.Finally,the absorption characteristics of the unit cell has been studied for various incident and polarization angles.
文摘This technical brief proposes a new approach to multi-dimensional linear time invariant discrete systems within the unity shifted unit circle which is denoted in the form of characteristic equation. The characteristic equation of multi–dimensional linear system is modified into an equivalent one- dimensional characteristic equation. Further formation of stability in the left of the z-plane, the roots of the characteristic equation f(z) =0 should lie within the shifted unit circle. Using the coefficients of the unity shifted one dimensional equivalent characteristic equation by applying minimal shifting of coefficients either left or right and elimination of coefficient method to two triangular matrixes are formed. A single square matrix is formed by adding the two triangular matrices. This matrix is used for testing the sufficient condition by proposed Jury’s inner determinant concept. Further one more indispensable condition is suggested to show the applicability of the proposed scheme. The proposed method of construction of square matrix consumes less arithmetic operation like shifting and eliminating of coefficients when compare to the construction of square matrix by Jury’s and Hurwitz matrix method.
文摘This paper addresses the new algebraic test to check the aperiodic stability of two dimensional linear time invariant discrete systems. Initially, the two dimensional characteristics equations are converted into equivalent one-dimensional equation. Further Fuller’s idea is applied on the equivalent one-dimensional characteristics equation. Then using the co-efficient of the characteristics equation, the routh table is formed to ascertain the aperiodic stability of the given two-dimensional linear discrete system. The illustrations were presented to show the applicability of the proposed technique.
文摘Utility of geochemistry in mineral exploration is known since more than half-a-century.In reconnaissance diamond exploration,regolith geochemistry is a well known tool worldwide and helps in distinguishing bedrock
文摘The use of programming online judges(POJs)has risen dramatically in recent years,owing to the fact that the auto-evaluation of codes during practice motivates students to learn programming.Since POJs have greater number of pro-gramming problems in their repository,learners experience information overload.Recommender systems are a common solution to information overload.Current recommender systems used in e-learning platforms are inadequate for POJ since recommendations should consider learners’current context,like learning goals and current skill level(topic knowledge and difficulty level).To overcome the issue,we propose a context-aware practice problem recommender system based on learners’skill level navigation patterns.Our system initially performs skill level navigation pattern mining to discover frequent skill level navigations in the POJ and tofind learners’learning goals.Collaborativefiltering(CF)and con-tent-basedfiltering approaches are employed to recommend problems in the cur-rent and next skill levels based on frequent skill level navigation patterns.The sequence similarity measure is used tofind the top k neighbors based on the sequence of problems solved by the learners.The experiment results based on the real-world POJ dataset show that our approach considering the learners’cur-rent skill level and learning goals outperforms the other approaches in practice problem recommender systems.
文摘Large engineering plants （LEPs） have certain unique features that necessitate a maintenance strategy that is a combination of both time and condition based maintenance. Although this requirement is appreciated to varying degrees by asset owners, applied research leading to a systematic development of such a maintenance strategy is the need of the day. Such a strategy should also adopt a wholesome ＂systemic＂ approach so that the realization of the overall objectives of maintenance is maximized. E-maintenance has several potential benefits for large engineering plants. In this paper, a three pronged strategy is suggested for the successful implementation of e-maintenance for LEPs. Firstly, an integrated condition and time based maintenance framework is proposed for LEPs. Secondly, reference is drawn to models for condition and time based maintenance at systemic levels. As a part of the ab initio development of a condition monitoring system for a LEP, one of the characteristics of the condition monitoring system, namely, predictability, is discussed in detail as a sample for a systemic study. Thirdly, emphasis is laid on the information and expertise available in the domain of plant design, operation and maintenance and the same is tapped for incorporation in maintenance decision making.
