The evaluation of critical transition loads in a wear system of metal matrix composites (MMCs) was attempted with the aid of the wear knowledge established using fuzzy rule based modelling. The model presumes that the membership function of the inputs and the rule base are proper. The membership function of the output is adjusted to minimise the error between the predicted output and the experi...

Chlorogenic acid, found in robusta green coffee beans, is an antidiabetic agent. It made into bean extract tablets which are varied with 3 concentrations of sodium starch glycolate (SSG) as a disintegrant. This paper aimed to determine the effect variations concentration (4%, 6%, 8%) on physical characteristics granules (particle size distribution, flow properties, angle repose and compressibil...

A growth trial and a digestibility trial were conducted to examine the effect of feed particle size on the performance, nutrient digestibility, gastric ulceration and intestinal morphology in pigs fed barley-based diets. Barley was processed through a hammer mill to achieve four diets varying in particle size (average particle size±standard deviation): coarse (1,100±2.19 μm), medium (785±2.23 μ...

The influence of including 20% whole corn, differing in grain hardness, on the performance, nutrient utilization and gut characteristics of broiler starters was investigated. The experimental design was a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments evaluating corn hardness (hard, semi hard or soft) with diets based on ground corn or 20% of ground corn replaced by whole corn. The 3 corn cultivars ...

A total of one hundred and fifty, a day-old keets were used in an experiment arranged Completely Randomized design (CRD) with the aim determining effect feed particle size on performance keets. The randomly divided into three treatment groups viz; 1, 2 3mm sizes having 45 each. These further subdivided replications 15 per replicate. reared for 56 days post 21days brooding. They fed watered ad l...

Preliminary researches were carried out to study the effects of particle size on the wear behavior of a-C coating. The used nanoparticles are W (W-NPs), which have similar bulk hardness with ZrO2 (W: 7.5, ZrO2: 6.5, Mohs scale), but contain larger particles with the diameter of submicron and micron scale (Figure S1). The tribo-tests were performed under the same conditions with the ones used fo...