Six maize hybrids; Khumal Hybrid-2, KML-5(A) × KYM-33, KML-8(A) KWM-91 KWM-93, KWM-92 Super-951 were evaluated in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications at Bhotechaur (Sindhupalchowk), Mandan Deupur (Kavrepalachowk), and Khumaltar (Lalitpur), Nepal to identify stable superior hybrids. Hybrids found significant (p<0.01) for grain yield. The effects of environment ge...

In hybrid carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)/Ti machining, the bi-material interface is the weakest region vulnerable to severe damage formation when the tool cutting from one phase to another phase and vice versa. The interface delamination as well as the composite-phase damage is the most serious failure dominating the bi-material machining. In this paper, an original finite element (FE) ...

The penetration of renewable energy in modern power system, microgrid has become a popular application worldwide. In this paper bidirectional converters for AC and DC hybrid microgrid application are proposed as an efficient interface. To reach the goal of bidirectional power conversion, both rectifier and inverter modes are analyzed. In order to achieve high performance operation and single-ph...

This study investigates a new hybrid energy storage system (HESS), which consists of a battery bank and an ultra-capacitor (UC) bank, and a control strategy for this system. The proposed topology uses a bi-directional DC-DC converter with a lower power rating than those used in the traditional HESS topology. The proposed HESS has four operating modes, and the proposed control strategy chooses t...

Nowadays, with the growth of technology and the industrialization of societies, work-related accidents, and consequently the threat of human capital and material resources are among the problems of the countries of the world. The most important legal solution in most countries to control occupational accidents and illnesses is to conduct periodic site visits and identify hazardous sites. To the...

Constrained optimization is a computationally difficult task, particularly if the constraint functions are non-linear and nonconvex. As a generic classical approach, the penalty function approach is a popular methodology which degrades the objective function value by adding a penalty proportional to the constraint violation. However, the penalty function approach has been criticized for its sen...