International Journal of Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technology
Volume:16 Issue: 1, Mar 2023

Protection of sled systems from destructive vibrations is inevitably under attraction due to the importance of sled testing in the aerospace industry. A pair of SBR dampers were used between the slipper and the sled body to reduce vertical vibrations, so a design of the sled model was studied. Both equivalent stiffness and equivalent damping of the sled system were obtained to reduce the transmission of vibrations from slippers to the body. A combination of analytical, numerical and experimental test methods was utilized and the results were validated. The stiffness values of 370500 and 391000 N⁄m were obtained from numerical and experimental measurements, respectively. Finally, by designing the sled model, first and second natural frequencies of 12.49 and 19.56 Hz and mode shapes of the sled system were obtained. The results show that the dampers used in the sled have an important role in reducing the transmission of vibrations to the sled body by withstanding the tension and pressure on the slippers.

In this study, the size-dependent free vibration analysis of a geometrically imperfect single-layer graphene sheet (SLGS) is studied by an isogeometric approach along with the quasi-3D shear and normal deformation theory. Initial geometric imperfections alter the natural frequencies of the graphene sheets that may exist inherently or purposely created by researchers. The initial curvature is modelled by an analytical function in the governing Equations of the plate. A 4-variable quasi-3D theory with a seventh-order distribution function is used to include both shear deformation and thickness stretching influences. A weak form of a nonlocal plate for free vibration analysis is derived that requires the first-order continuity of the displacement fields. Inherent high-order continuity of non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) basis functions in isogeometric analysis can meet this condition. A comparison between the present study and other published works reveals the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method in imperfect SLGS. The results of the present study show a significant effect of initial geometric imperfection on the natural frequency of single-layer graphene sheets.

The present manuscript gives the description of findings which took importance during the design and analysis of the structure of heavy duty hauler machine ordered by Gol-e-Gohar iron ore complex in Iran. Stress and deformation analysis was indeed the heart of the project and the key of its success. The challenging problem of evaluation of value and behaviour of active loads was taken under consideration precisely and all participated external forces were included in analysis. Since the present case is a moving structure, the loading evaluation should be included in all critical experienced conditions through the operation. The inertial forces due to acceleration and road bump have the governing role and have been evaluated and considered in analysis. After precise and complete evaluation of external loads and applying the correct boundary conditions, the simulations for stress analysis have been performed in ANSYS. The main findings of the present study were the optimized decision for the geometry of several important load carrying elements and appropriate reinforcement of the risky positions which was the result of the correct knowledge of the mechanics of problem. Finally, the structure was manufactured with the total weight of about 38 ton and load carrying capacity of 120 ton including the dynamic effects. After succeeding in the initial loading, the operational loading in real conditions in mine ramp has been carried out gradually and the machine is currently working in desired predicted form.

Parallel Tubular Channel Angular Pressing (PTCAP), as a process of Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD), was employed for improving the strength of commercially pure Titanium (Grade 2). In the present research, the tubular samples of pure titanium were severely deformed by one and two passes of PTCAP at the temperature of 450°C. It was found by the results of tensile tests that the yield and ultimate strengths increased by 24% and 29% after applying the second pass of PTCAP, respectively. It was also showed that the Vickers microhardness increased by 46%. Moreover, the micrographs illustrated that the average grain size decreased from ∼21 μm in the unprocessed condition to ∼143 nm after applying two PTCAP passes. Therefore, applying the technique of PTCAP was successful to produce the nano-structured titanium.

In this paper, an eye-in-hand stereo image-based visual serving controller for industrial 6 degrees of freedom manipulator robots is presented. The visual control algorithms mostly use the relationship between camera speed and changes in image features, to determine the end-effector movement path.  One of the main problems of the classical IBVS method is the inability to estimate the distance of the object related to the camera, which requires peripheral equipment such as a laser rangefinder to estimate the depth. In this study, two cameras were mounted on the end-effector of a 6 DOF manipulator robot. The distance of the object to the camera is estimated by the equations associated with the epipolar plane, and the interaction matrix is updated at any time. For increasing response speed, the image interaction matrix was divided into two separate parts related to translational and rotational motion, and it was found that only the translational motion part is affected by distance. The control method separates the camera motion into three-stage based on pure rotation, pure translation, and hybrid motion, which has a better time response compared to the classical IBVS control methods. Additionally, a method for position prediction and trajectory estimation of the moving target in order to use in a real-time grasping task is proposed and developed using Recursive Least Square as the trajectory estimators in the image plane.  The simulation results show that the proposed method increases the system response speed and improves the tracking performance.

Due to the gold price increases in the Iranian market, the desired buyers have been attracted to LGJ (Lightweight Gold Jewelry). Meanwhile, because of the strength decreases in structure in LGJ., we investigated a structural solution in this research. The proposed solution was Karbandi as a supporting lattice-ordered structure in Iranian architecture. We used five types of primary Iranian architecture arches and a perfectly logical Karbandi plan to create ring-like structures. Arches and ring-like structures were compared based on maximum mises stress, strain, and weight using FEM analyses. The applied load and approximate area of it in analyses, according to the female mean Tip-pinch and the mean of minimum, thumb, and index finger width were chosen. Based on analyses results, a ring-like Karbandi structure was chosen for construction. The models were constructed in four alloys category based on sterling silver standard with Cu-nanoparticles as an admixture. A practical test was done to investigate the mean deformation time for each alloy's model category. A weight was used to investigate the observable deformation time-based capacity of the models. Results showed that the lowest mises max stress value was observed in the 1st arch, although the 3rd arch had the minimum strain among arches. In ring-like Karbandi structures made from 1st and 3rd arches, the minimum value of mises max stress and strain was related to the Karbandi. In the physical load applying process, the category that did not contain cu-nanoparticles had the highest deformation meantime among all categories.

Magnesium and its alloys are attractive materials in industrial applications due to the low density and high strength. The properties of AZ31 magnesium alloy can be much improved by choosing proper sintering conditions. In this study, the microstructure and mechanical properties of AZ31 prepared by mechanical alloying, compaction, and sintering of elemental powder, were studied. The effect of parameters such as compaction pressure, heating rate, and sintering time were investigated to determine the optimal sintering condition of AZ31 magnesium alloys. Previous researches have focused on the specific conditions of sintering, while in this study, various factors of sintering were examined simultaneously. The results showed that sintering time is one of the major variables that have a considerable effect on the final properties of AZ31. In short sintering times, recrystallization leads to small grain formation inside the powder. However, as the sintering time increases, the growth of new grains slows down and no trace of them can be detected in the microstructure. Furthermore, the conditions for recrystallization were also determined, which can be used to provide small grain size and, consequently, better properties after the initial powder milling and sintering. At optimal sintering conditions, the average grain size, porosity percentage and hardness of the samples AZ31 magnesium alloy were obtained as 104 µm and 2.05%, and 79.5 HV, respectively which is expectable result in comparison to the bulk AZ31.

Diamond like Carbon (DLC) was deposited on aluminum substrate using Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (PACVD) route. Spattering, the surface was activated before deposition for increasing adhesion. Deposition time was varied from 60 minutes to 5 hours. Deposit was characterized using with grazing incidence X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscope. The mechanical property was measured using microhardness and roughness tester. The analysis showed that the deposit consisted of columnar growth of submicron and micron meter scale. Compared to substrate material, deposit showed higher hardness and roughness. These results show that growth of DLC layer includes three stages. The first stage is primary growth of nuclei, and then these nuclei join together in second stage. In third stage, secondary growth of these nuclei happens.

In this research, the friction stir process by adding Al2O3 and graphene nanoparticles at two different distances have been investigated. Nanoparticles are inserted in cavities with a diameter of 2 mm and a depth of 3 mm. Nanoparticles of Al2O3, graphene, and equal compositions of Al2O3 and graphene, each with two cavity spacings of 8 and 10 mm, have been performed in six different groups of friction stir process. From each group, Six Charpy specimens were separated. Charpy impact test was performed on six samples, three of which were heat-treated after the friction stir process. Charpy impact test has shown that the specimens have higher fracture energy after heat treatment. Also, in all cases, the fracture energy at the distance between the two cavities are10 mm more than the distance of 8 mm, this is since nanoparticles do not accumulate at a more distance. Also, to observe the resulting microstructures using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy on the friction welding process and the fracture surface of Charpy impact specimens were performed. The results show that the nanoparticles are accumulated in some samples and well dispersed in the materials in others.

In this paper, the multi-objective optimum design of plate fin heat exchangers is investigated. To this end, the efficiency and cost as two important factors for the design of heat exchangers are regarded as the objective functions. Fin pitch, fin height, fin offset length, cold stream flow length, no-flow length and hot stream flow length are considered as six design parameters. The ε-NTU method is applied to estimate the heat exchanger pressure drop and its effectiveness. A case study related to a gas furnace in Barez tire group located in the northwest of Kerman, Iran is considered for the constant parameters. The Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is used to find the optimal design parameters to achieve the maximum thermal efficiency and minimum consumption cost. The method of the weighting coefficients is applied to change the considered multi-objective optimization problem as a single objective one. Furthermore, the effects of variations of the design parameters on the objective functions are independently investigated, and the related graphs are presented.