Several studies aim to reduce surface temperatures and improve the performance of hot mix asphalt. These studies have occurred to reduce the global warming phenomena and economic concerns. We're researching how organic materials affect the viscosity of modified asphalt. Asphaltan A, Asphaltan B, Asphaltan C, and T-grade are organic additives. temperatures with the asphalt binder were employed in the current study. These organic additives were used to improve the characteristics of hot-mix asphalt. In addition, it increases the durability, and lifespan of pavement and reduces mixing and compaction temperatures. A penetration grade bitumen of 40/50 was used in this study. Then, pure bitumen was added to the organic additives to modify binders containing varying concentrations of each additive. Physical properties were performance at different levels of additives. In the research, conventional bitumen/asphalt should be adjusted due to climate conditions, strong traffic loads, and growing axial loads. As a result, asphalt mixtures comprehending bitumen with a high penetration index are less prone to low-temperature cracking and irreversible deformation. Traditional asphalt studies found that bitumen samples with the softening point of warm mix asphalt additives were greater rate, and were less susceptible to temperature changes. The introduction of organic compounds increased the penetration and softening point of the asphalt substantially. This indicated that the stiffness and thermal expansion of the binder had gotten better.
一些研究旨在降低表面温度,提高热拌沥青的性能。这些研究是为了减少全球变暖现象和经济问题。我们正在研究有机材料如何影响改性沥青的粘度。Asphaltan A、Asphaltan B、Asphaltan C 和 T 级都是有机添加剂。 这些有机添加剂用于改善热拌沥青的特性。此外,它还能提高路面的耐久性和使用寿命,降低搅拌和压实温度。本研究中使用了渗透等级为 40/50 的沥青。然后,将纯沥青添加到有机添加剂中,对含有不同浓度添加剂的粘结剂进行改性。不同添加剂浓度下的物理性能表现各不相同。在研究中,传统的沥青/沥青应根据气候条件、强大的交通负荷和不断增长的轴向负荷进行调整。因此,包含高渗透指数沥青的沥青混合料不易出现低温开裂和不可逆变形。传统的沥青研究发现,具有温拌沥青添加剂软化点的沥青样品的渗透率更高,更不易受温度变化的影响。有机化合物的引入大大提高了沥青的渗透性和软化点。这表明粘结剂的刚度和热膨胀得到了改善。
{"title":"ASPHALT BINDERS EMPLOY VARIOUS ORGANIC ADDITIVES: PHYSICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL QUALITIE","authors":"Omar Adel Ismael, Siham Idan Salih","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.28.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.28.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Several studies aim to reduce surface temperatures and improve the performance of hot mix asphalt. These studies have occurred to reduce the global warming phenomena and economic concerns. We're researching how organic materials affect the viscosity of modified asphalt. Asphaltan A, Asphaltan B, Asphaltan C, and T-grade are organic additives. temperatures with the asphalt binder were employed in the current study. These organic additives were used to improve the characteristics of hot-mix asphalt. In addition, it increases the durability, and lifespan of pavement and reduces mixing and compaction temperatures. A penetration grade bitumen of 40/50 was used in this study. Then, pure bitumen was added to the organic additives to modify binders containing varying concentrations of each additive. Physical properties were performance at different levels of additives. In the research, conventional bitumen/asphalt should be adjusted due to climate conditions, strong traffic loads, and growing axial loads. As a result, asphalt mixtures comprehending bitumen with a high penetration index are less prone to low-temperature cracking and irreversible deformation. Traditional asphalt studies found that bitumen samples with the softening point of warm mix asphalt additives were greater rate, and were less susceptible to temperature changes. The introduction of organic compounds increased the penetration and softening point of the asphalt substantially. This indicated that the stiffness and thermal expansion of the binder had gotten better.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"9 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139126396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Qasim Rdhaiwi, Ali Khoshfetrat, Amirhossein Fathi
As non-linear weirs with a high flow rate, Piano Key Weirs (PKWs) have attracted the attention of water engineers in recent years. Given the limited information available on the energy losses of these weirs, it is important to investigate the energy losses and discharge capacity of these weirs. In this research, two trapezoidal PKWs, i.e., type-B and -C, with a height of 0.2 m were used. The studied flow rates were 0.025, 0.03, 0.035, and 0.04 m3/s. The results showed that energy loss decreased by increasing the flow velocity and upstream depth. The average energy loss in the type-B trapezoidal PKW was about 10.9% lower than that in the type-C PKW. The type-B weir had a higher discharge coefficient of about 5.6% compared to that of the type-C weir. Finally, an equation was presented to calculate the energy loss of these two weirs with a correlation coefficient of 97.42%.
琴键堰(PKW)作为流量较大的非线性堰,近年来引起了水利工程师的关注。鉴于有关这些堰塞湖能量损失的信息有限,研究这些堰塞湖的能量损失和泄流能力就显得尤为重要。本研究使用了两个梯形 PKW,即高度为 0.2 米的 B 型和 C 型。研究的流量分别为 0.025、0.03、0.035 和 0.04 立方米/秒。结果表明,能量损失随着流速和上游深度的增加而减少。B 型梯形 PKW 的平均能量损失比 C 型 PKW 低约 10.9%。与 C 型堰口相比,B 型堰口的排泄系数高出约 5.6%。最后,提出了一个方程来计算这两种堰的能量损失,相关系数为 97.42%。
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Because of developments in high-power converters, it has become crucial to investigate how effective inverter performance is. consequently, via being aware of the temperature value of the junction for the inverter switch. The rise in the switching frequency of the inverter, as well as the kind of control technique used, all have an impact on the value of junction temperature. The traditional methods for determining the junction temperature are imprecise and challenging to use. Therefore, a novel approach was used in this study to compute the junction temperature in a simple manner utilizing the MATLAB/Simulation SIMSCAPE environment. The junction temperature of the inverter's switches is easily estimated, where the heat conveyed over the layers of the IGBT can be indicated by using the simple thermal model of Foster. Because the semiconductors within the SIMSCAPE environment exhibit boosted design together with a direct thermal port. As a result, the estimation of the junction temperature is more precise and direct. This feature is only openable in the newest categories of the MATLAB program (2019-2023) This paper presents the losses formed in an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors, and thermal behavior analysis to represent IGBT's layers. The simulation included the influence of various operating switching frequencies on the temperature value of the junction. The results show that the temperature value of the junction increases as the switching frequency value increases and the Space Vector pulse width modulation technique has a value of junction temperature lower than the Sinusoidal pulse width modulation technique at the same switching frequency.
{"title":"INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR TEMPERATURE CALCULATION USING SIMSCAPE/SIMULINK ENVIRONMENT WITH VARIOUS SWITCHING FREQUENCY","authors":"Ahmed Shihab Ahmed, Riyadh Ghanim Omar","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.28.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.28.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Because of developments in high-power converters, it has become crucial to investigate how effective inverter performance is. consequently, via being aware of the temperature value of the junction for the inverter switch. The rise in the switching frequency of the inverter, as well as the kind of control technique used, all have an impact on the value of junction temperature. The traditional methods for determining the junction temperature are imprecise and challenging to use. Therefore, a novel approach was used in this study to compute the junction temperature in a simple manner utilizing the MATLAB/Simulation SIMSCAPE environment. The junction temperature of the inverter's switches is easily estimated, where the heat conveyed over the layers of the IGBT can be indicated by using the simple thermal model of Foster. Because the semiconductors within the SIMSCAPE environment exhibit boosted design together with a direct thermal port. As a result, the estimation of the junction temperature is more precise and direct. This feature is only openable in the newest categories of the MATLAB program (2019-2023) This paper presents the losses formed in an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors, and thermal behavior analysis to represent IGBT's layers. The simulation included the influence of various operating switching frequencies on the temperature value of the junction. The results show that the temperature value of the junction increases as the switching frequency value increases and the Space Vector pulse width modulation technique has a value of junction temperature lower than the Sinusoidal pulse width modulation technique at the same switching frequency.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"134 50","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139128340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sinan Saeed Jasim Alsaadi, Atalya Kocakusak, S. Helhel
Natural woods as a raw material have been taking a considerable interest topic by industries such as the forest industry, furniture manufacturing, and nowadays suitable electronics. One of the most essential steps of manufacturing for those industry purposes is RF heating/drying of raw wood material nowadays. However, knowing the electrical properties, such as the dielectric constant of wood-based material before processing is tremendously important. It is well-known that the moisture content and density levels of material directly affect the dielectric properties. Moisture and density conditions are different in each material because it’s related directly to the absorption and affection of material towards moisture sources. Therefore, in this study of wood material under varying conditions, proper empiric models have been generated to express this relationship. This study is based on three different softwood specimens widely used in the forest industry. The dielectric properties were determined in the frequency range of 2.17 GHz-6.0 GHz as a function of moisture content and density for wood species. Each measurement contains 500 raw data points; a vector network analyzer collected 49,500 S-parameter data. Each wood specimen consists of six samples; the average of data obtained from these samples was considered as a dielectric measure for the examined wood specimen. The proposed empiric models have RMSE better than 0.05 for the relation between loss tangent and density, while the proposed empiric models for dielectric permittivity have better than 0.90 with density relation, which is considered an acceptable ratio for model generation.
{"title":"THE EFFECT OF MOISTURE CONTENT ON ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF SELECTED SOFTWOODS; CEDAR, JUNIPER, AND PINE","authors":"Sinan Saeed Jasim Alsaadi, Atalya Kocakusak, S. Helhel","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.28.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.28.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Natural woods as a raw material have been taking a considerable interest topic by industries such as the forest industry, furniture manufacturing, and nowadays suitable electronics. One of the most essential steps of manufacturing for those industry purposes is RF heating/drying of raw wood material nowadays. However, knowing the electrical properties, such as the dielectric constant of wood-based material before processing is tremendously important. It is well-known that the moisture content and density levels of material directly affect the dielectric properties. Moisture and density conditions are different in each material because it’s related directly to the absorption and affection of material towards moisture sources. Therefore, in this study of wood material under varying conditions, proper empiric models have been generated to express this relationship. This study is based on three different softwood specimens widely used in the forest industry. The dielectric properties were determined in the frequency range of 2.17 GHz-6.0 GHz as a function of moisture content and density for wood species. Each measurement contains 500 raw data points; a vector network analyzer collected 49,500 S-parameter data. Each wood specimen consists of six samples; the average of data obtained from these samples was considered as a dielectric measure for the examined wood specimen. The proposed empiric models have RMSE better than 0.05 for the relation between loss tangent and density, while the proposed empiric models for dielectric permittivity have better than 0.90 with density relation, which is considered an acceptable ratio for model generation.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"24 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139129819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Qasim Rdhaiwi, Ali Khoshfetrat, Amirhossein Fathi
In recent years, engineers have focused on finding a solution to reduce scouring downstream of piano key weirs. Piano key weirs have high efficiency in flood flow and a higher discharge coefficient. In this research, a type C trapezoidal piano key weir with a type 1 stilling basin was used. Three discharges and three water depths were also used. The results showed that the existence of the stilling basin reduces scour. In the weir with the stilling basin, the maximum scour depth is reduced and the scouring hole becomes more elongated. The maximum distance of the scouring depth increases compared to the toe of the weir. The maximum scour depth and the maximum scour depth distance in the weirs with the stilling basin are about 63.4% less and 20.4% more, respectively than in the weirs without the stilling basin. Additionally, by increasing the flow rate and decreasing the depth of the downstream flow, the amount of scour increases.
{"title":"EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SCOUR DOWNSTREAM OF A C-TYPE TRAPEZOIDAL PIANO KEY WEIR WITH STILLING BASIN","authors":"Ali Qasim Rdhaiwi, Ali Khoshfetrat, Amirhossein Fathi","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.27.6.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.27.6.2","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, engineers have focused on finding a solution to reduce scouring downstream of piano key weirs. Piano key weirs have high efficiency in flood flow and a higher discharge coefficient. In this research, a type C trapezoidal piano key weir with a type 1 stilling basin was used. Three discharges and three water depths were also used. The results showed that the existence of the stilling basin reduces scour. In the weir with the stilling basin, the maximum scour depth is reduced and the scouring hole becomes more elongated. The maximum distance of the scouring depth increases compared to the toe of the weir. The maximum scour depth and the maximum scour depth distance in the weirs with the stilling basin are about 63.4% less and 20.4% more, respectively than in the weirs without the stilling basin. Additionally, by increasing the flow rate and decreasing the depth of the downstream flow, the amount of scour increases.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"178 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135321429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
None Gregor Alexander Aramice, None Abbas H. Miry, Tariq M. Salman
In this paper, the effect of Long-Range wireless technology parameters on signal propagation in suburban environments is investigated. Wireless propagation modeling provides information about the wireless channel and its impact on communication links. Received signal strength and coverage area are evaluated to determine signal path loss. The operating frequency of 433 MHz Long Range Wireless Area Network is utilized with different spreading factors, bandwidths, and code rates. Empirical propagation models are utilized to predict a mathematical model based on measured empirical signal strength in a suburban site in Baghdad City. The measured signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio values were obtained through drive tests in an Internet of Vehicles environment to design a network that could accurately report vehicle locations. The LoRa parameters affected the calculated path loss exponent, leading to various predictions in the network design. The path loss exponent exhibited instability due to the presence of obstacles and different long-range parameter settings. Path loss exponent deviation fluctuates due to bandwidth and spreading factor variations. Path loss exponent reduced at higher coding rates for more protection purposes. Packet ratio reception improved as the coding rate increased. To minimize the impact of the path loss on network design, an optimization policy was employed to determine the best parameters that resulted in the lowest path loss. The optimal path loss obtained at LoRa configuration parameters settings with spreading factor (7), bandwidth (500 kHz), and code rate (4/5).
{"title":"OPTIMAL LONG-RANGE-WIDE-AREA-NETWORK PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION FOR INTERNET OF VEHICLES APPLICATIONS IN SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENTS","authors":"None Gregor Alexander Aramice, None Abbas H. Miry, Tariq M. Salman","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.27.6.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.27.6.7","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the effect of Long-Range wireless technology parameters on signal propagation in suburban environments is investigated. Wireless propagation modeling provides information about the wireless channel and its impact on communication links. Received signal strength and coverage area are evaluated to determine signal path loss. The operating frequency of 433 MHz Long Range Wireless Area Network is utilized with different spreading factors, bandwidths, and code rates. Empirical propagation models are utilized to predict a mathematical model based on measured empirical signal strength in a suburban site in Baghdad City. The measured signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio values were obtained through drive tests in an Internet of Vehicles environment to design a network that could accurately report vehicle locations. The LoRa parameters affected the calculated path loss exponent, leading to various predictions in the network design. The path loss exponent exhibited instability due to the presence of obstacles and different long-range parameter settings. Path loss exponent deviation fluctuates due to bandwidth and spreading factor variations. Path loss exponent reduced at higher coding rates for more protection purposes. Packet ratio reception improved as the coding rate increased. To minimize the impact of the path loss on network design, an optimization policy was employed to determine the best parameters that resulted in the lowest path loss. The optimal path loss obtained at LoRa configuration parameters settings with spreading factor (7), bandwidth (500 kHz), and code rate (4/5).","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"114 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135320785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Abdullah Hasan, Ilham Al-Obaidi, Ali F. Hassoon
In this article, jar and alum technologies were used as treatment materials. Similar synthetic models have been prepared for wastewater from dairy products. The chemical treatment was performed using the jar inspection method. The laboratory temperature, which was between 20-25 degrees Celsius, is a reference in completing the experiments. Experiments have shown that alum can remove phosphorous by up to 95% according to parameters such as the speed of rotation of the oar and the temperature reached in the research. The value of velocity gradient (G) was 1076.915 sec.-1, which represents the potential energy that could make a better crash between particles to achieve an increase in particle size and then settle. This resulted in an optimum aluminum dose equal to 0.5 mg / L at 20 ± 2 ° C. The role of calcium ions in the removal of pollutants has been observed as a catalyst to complete the treatment process, however, it will reduce the aluminum ion concentration necessary to achieve the treatment, it is not possible to risk adding salts over the salinity of water sources to achieve the treatment.
{"title":"THE ABILITY OF CALCIUM ION IN THE TREATMENT OF DAIRY WASTEWATER","authors":"Ali Abdullah Hasan, Ilham Al-Obaidi, Ali F. Hassoon","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.27.6.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.27.6.9","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, jar and alum technologies were used as treatment materials. Similar synthetic models have been prepared for wastewater from dairy products. The chemical treatment was performed using the jar inspection method. The laboratory temperature, which was between 20-25 degrees Celsius, is a reference in completing the experiments. Experiments have shown that alum can remove phosphorous by up to 95% according to parameters such as the speed of rotation of the oar and the temperature reached in the research. The value of velocity gradient (G) was 1076.915 sec.-1, which represents the potential energy that could make a better crash between particles to achieve an increase in particle size and then settle. This resulted in an optimum aluminum dose equal to 0.5 mg / L at 20 ± 2 ° C. The role of calcium ions in the removal of pollutants has been observed as a catalyst to complete the treatment process, however, it will reduce the aluminum ion concentration necessary to achieve the treatment, it is not possible to risk adding salts over the salinity of water sources to achieve the treatment.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"121 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135320771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The environmental behavior of rock and oil pollutants in soil has long been a focus of environmental protection research. In this research, a laboratory model was established to study the oil pollutant transfer process in two stages. Two samples from porous media of sandy soil and agricultural soil (organic) were used with oil as a pollutant. The oil is pumped through a system consisting of two pipes with a length of 4 m and a diameter of 0.07 m. Each pipe is assigned to a specific type of soil. The results showed that the organic soil needs a long time for the pollutants to travel over greater distances, while the sandy soil showed its ability to absorb and drain the pollutants and get rid of them faster. However, it was also found that both soils contain a small percentage of the pollutant after the water washing process, which lasts for more than (5 hours). The remaining oil percentage is estimated at about (0.1 ml), which is a very small percentage, and it is possible to get rid of it by increasing the washing time. It was found that the physical properties of the soil such as permeability and porosity have a significant effect on slowing down the speed of the pollutant and its transmission through the porous medium.
{"title":"A LABORATORY MODEL FOR THE TWO-PHASE FLOW CONTAMINANT TRANSIENT IN MULTI-POROUS MEDIA","authors":"Zahraa Akram Thijeel, Sadiq Salman Muhsun","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.27.6.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.27.6.6","url":null,"abstract":"The environmental behavior of rock and oil pollutants in soil has long been a focus of environmental protection research. In this research, a laboratory model was established to study the oil pollutant transfer process in two stages. Two samples from porous media of sandy soil and agricultural soil (organic) were used with oil as a pollutant. The oil is pumped through a system consisting of two pipes with a length of 4 m and a diameter of 0.07 m. Each pipe is assigned to a specific type of soil. The results showed that the organic soil needs a long time for the pollutants to travel over greater distances, while the sandy soil showed its ability to absorb and drain the pollutants and get rid of them faster. However, it was also found that both soils contain a small percentage of the pollutant after the water washing process, which lasts for more than (5 hours). The remaining oil percentage is estimated at about (0.1 ml), which is a very small percentage, and it is possible to get rid of it by increasing the washing time. It was found that the physical properties of the soil such as permeability and porosity have a significant effect on slowing down the speed of the pollutant and its transmission through the porous medium.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"171 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135321248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wael Jasim Mohammed, Nagham Tariq, Zainab M. Hussein
With the rapid growth of high-rise buildings and large-scale structures, there is a need to preserve natural resources and reduce loads on buildings by using lightweight concrete to achieve better performance for structures. In the study, four groups were prepared; the first group included one mix containing natural aggregate, and the second mix replaced all the natural aggregates with lightweight pumice aggregates. These mixes are reinforced with carbon fiber with a 0.5% volume fraction. In the second group, a variable volume fraction of carbon fiber of (0.0 and 1%) of mixes. In the third group, the mixes have different lengths of carbon fiber (20mm, 30mm) and a volume fraction of carbon fibers 0.5%. Finally, the fourth group partially replaces sand as a variable with a percentage of lightweight fine aggregates (10% and 30%) reinforced with fibers. Adding carbon fibers to the concrete specimens by 0.5% and 1% improved splitting tensile strength and flexural strength compared to the specimens containing carbon fibers with a length of 5mm. Also, enhanced samples containing fibers by 0.5% and lengths of 20 mm or 30 mm, compared to the sample containing carbon fibers with a length of 5 mm. Also, the specimens containing lightweight fine aggregates as a replacement with a percentage of sand have a lower splitting tensile strength and flexural strength than the reference mix.
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In this paper, a small MIMO antenna with a semi-hexagonal form is developed for use in terahertz applications. The suggested antenna consists of four radiating components printed on a Silicon Dioxide substrate that is 90 ×90 with a thickness of 10 µm. The radiating components have been positioned in an orthogonal orientation to produce excellent isolation and miniaturization of the MIMO system. The suggested MIMO antenna works for all the (0.1-10)THz bands with different values of chemical potential with wide impedance bandwidth (S11 ≤ -10dB) in the frequency range of 2.4 to more than 10 THz, With a co-reflection coefficient less than -20 dB over the whole operating band, with a return loss -50 dB. The MIMO antenna has a maximum gain of 8.4 dBi and a steady diversity performance across all the working bands. According to the high-performance characteristics, the suggested graphene MIMO antenna design can be used for many applications in the THz band, including 6G high-speed wireless communication systems, security scanning, biomedical applications, IoT (Internet of Things), and sensing.
{"title":"RECONFIGURABLE GRAPHENE-BASED MULTI-INPUT-MULTI-OUTPUT ANTENNA FOR SIXTH GENERATION AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION","authors":"Reem Hikmat Abd, Hussein Ali Abdualnubi","doi":"10.31272/jeasd.27.6.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31272/jeasd.27.6.10","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a small MIMO antenna with a semi-hexagonal form is developed for use in terahertz applications. The suggested antenna consists of four radiating components printed on a Silicon Dioxide substrate that is 90 ×90 with a thickness of 10 µm. The radiating components have been positioned in an orthogonal orientation to produce excellent isolation and miniaturization of the MIMO system. The suggested MIMO antenna works for all the (0.1-10)THz bands with different values of chemical potential with wide impedance bandwidth (S11 ≤ -10dB) in the frequency range of 2.4 to more than 10 THz, With a co-reflection coefficient less than -20 dB over the whole operating band, with a return loss -50 dB. The MIMO antenna has a maximum gain of 8.4 dBi and a steady diversity performance across all the working bands. According to the high-performance characteristics, the suggested graphene MIMO antenna design can be used for many applications in the THz band, including 6G high-speed wireless communication systems, security scanning, biomedical applications, IoT (Internet of Things), and sensing.","PeriodicalId":33282,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development","volume":"208 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135321609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}