Volume 1, Issue 3 (2014)
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Mechanical Design and Analysis of a SCO2 Renewable Energy Cycle Expansion Engine
Abstract: The development of renewable energy green technologies continue to challenge the limits on conventional hardware such as engines, compressors, heat exchangers, and generators This paper presents the results of a mechanical design and analysis of an expansion engine to be used as a renewable energy Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (SCO2) low waste heat to energy conversion device. Included in this paper are the results of a detailed mechanical design, stress analysis, …
Published in Trends in Machine design · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 34–49 Read article
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A Stress Distribution Model along the Tooth Mating Surface of a Non-Metallic Spur Gear using the Hertz's
Abstract: A low cost cement reinforced polymeric composite material is designed and developed for fabrication of non-metallic automotive components such as gear. 10 wt% cement fillers are mixed up with pure polypropylene and injection-molding process is followed to fabricate the composite gear. Several experiments have been conducted to study the composite gear failure mechanism and resulting stress distribution along the tooth contact surface. For this, experimental data are used and Hertzian …
Published in Trends in Machine design · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 50–58 Read article
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Investigation and Evaluation of Wear Characteristics of A Nonmetallic Spur Gear
Abstract: A thermoplastic composite material designed and developed for fabrication of nonmetallic composite spur gear. The composite is fabricated using Portland Pozzolanic Cement (PPC) as filler material into the polypropylene matrix followed by injection molding technique. However, geometrical structure of the developed product depends on the parameter like loading-unloading condition and temperature fluctuation that severely influence the material performance and shorten the product life. In the present work, the composite spur …
Published in Trends in Machine design · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 73–78 Read article