This paper presents, the experimental study has been made to optimize the process parameters during machining of H-13 by wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) using Taguchi L9 orthogonal array method. Following input process parameters of WEDM [Pulse-On time (TON), Pulse-Off time (TOFF) and Wire Speed rate (WS) and Wire Tension (WT)] were chosen as variables to study the process output in ...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different luting agents on fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth restored with casting post. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this experimental study, forty extracted human maxillary central incisors teeth with the mean length of 23mm were randomly assigned in to four groups. All the studied teeth were caries free without...

Flying insects sense the speed and direction of the wind to provide directional information used in chemical plume tracking. To model this plume tracking using a mobile robot, an appropriate wind sensor is required. This paper initially describes the design of a wind sensor for this purpose. The sensor utilises three wind speed measurement devices, thermal anemometers, to determine wind speed a...

This paper reports on the results of an investigation to minimize and control the distribution of porosity in edge-gated copper rotor die castings. A Flow 3-D computer modeling exercise was used to simulate shot profiles that result in formation of large pores in the end rings, as well as to predict improved profiles that will reduce or eliminate the residual porosity. These model results were ...

Textures of AZ31 Mg alloy sheets were evaluated by using neutron diffraction method in this study. The AZ31 sheets were fabricated either by conventional casting and subsequent hot rolling or strip casting. The effect of warm rolling was investigated using the AZ31 Mg alloy sheet produced by conventional casting. Warm rolling of 30% thickness reduction per pass was possible without any side-cra...

The behavior of the slag layer between the oscillating mold wall, the slag rim, the slag/liquid steel interface, and the solidifying steel shell, is of immense importance for the surface quality of continuous-cast steel. A computational model of the meniscus region has been developed, that includes transient heat transfer, multi-phase fluid flow, solidification of the slag, and movement of the ...

Bifurcated nozzles are used in continuous casting of molten steel, where they influence the quality of the cast steel slabs. The present study performs two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3D) simulations of steady turbulent (K-e) flow in bifurcated nozzles, using a finite-element (FIDAP) model, which has been verified previously with water model experiments. The effects of nozzle desig...

A 1-D, transient mathematical model (MIX1D) has been developed to simulate the final composition distributions produced within continuous-cast slabs and blooms during an arbitrary grade transition. This work applies the model to investigate the effect of process variables on the extent of intermixing during a typical ladle change operation, where mixing occurs in both the tundish and the liquid...

A two-dimensional heat transfer model for transient simulation and control of a continuous steel slab caster is described. Slab thermal and solidification conditions are computed by the model as a function of time-varying casting speed, secondary spray cooling water flow rates and temperature, slab thickness, steel chemistry, and pouring and ambient temperatures. A solidification model that inc...

Objective: This investigation intended to evaluate anterior and posterior tibial arteries at the ankle joint level in congenital clubfoot, by using color Doppler ultrasound (CDU). Material and Method: Twenty patients with idiopathic clubfoot were selected, from which 18 had unilateral involvement and two had bilateral involvement. Of the 18 patients with unilateral clubfoot, 16 went through sur...