Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology
Volume 1, Issue 2-3 (2011)
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A Novel Approach in the Formulation of a Direct Contact Heat Exchanger
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The paper is concerned with the development of a mathematical approach for a direct contact heat exchanger. An air washer has been considered for the analysis and a one dimensional model using mass and energy balance equation has been developed. The new solution presented for the model shows an excellent agreement with the literature available in the air conditioning. The effect on …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 2-3, 2011 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Finite Element Simulation of the Cold Open-Die Forging of Sintered Aluminum Metal Powder Trapezoidal Preforms
Abstract: This paper presents finite element simulation of the forging of sintered aluminium metal powder trapezoidal preforms at cold conditions. It involves basic experimental investigations followed by the finite element simulation of the forging process under consideration by the use of DEFORM. The basic experimental work includes the fabrication of compaction die-sets, production of aluminum metal powder trapezoidal preforms and simple compression test to obtain load-deformation data. The stress-strain data was …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 2-3, 2011 · pp. 18–28 Read article
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Competitive Foundry Through Integration of TIPS (Technology, Innovation, Product Design, and Process Systems)
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Development of a sound product, which satisfies given criteria with least pain, is a common challenge, most unusually, haunting the foundryman. The domain of competition is quite large because Foundries compete at inter-manufacturing and intra-firm levels, producing near perfect shapes. The customer desires a component which promises functions most reliably, while addressing socio-techno-environmental attributes. This work is designed to bring out …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 2-3, 2011 · pp. 9–17 Read article