ANALYSIS OF GRE PIPES WITH EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MATERIAL TEST SPECIFICATION

At present scenario composite materials has been extensively used in variety of fields right from house holds to aircrafts for its superior properties like lower specific weight, strength to weight ratio and modulus to weight ratio. In this project effort has been made to extend its application to pipes. Conventional pipes have its own disadvantages such as higher specific weight, low corrosion resistance and low strength which can be replaced by the composite pipes .Design of composite pipe has been done as conventional pipe for its inner diameter and its wall thickness. Structural analysis has been made with ANSYS 12 for its deformation and stress. Comparative study of ANSYS results for M.S.PIPES, and GRE pipes were done to justify the usage of GRE pipes.Filament winding process has been adopted to manufacture GRE pipes in a conventional lathe by implementing a winding setup. Hardness test and compressive test of GRE pipes to be done to assess its strength, leak and corrosion test for its ability to carry liquids.   Key words:- {?} ij -Stress component,    [C]    ijkl- Stiffness marix,  {? } ij -        Strain component ,                     [S]ijkl -  Compliance matrix ,   GRE - Glass reinforced epoxy,  PAN -  Poly acrylo nitrile

കന്നുകാലികൾക്ക് പ്രോബിയോട്ടിക്‌സും, ബൈപാസ് കൊഴുപ്പും

ദഹന വ്യൂഹത്തിലുള്ള ഉപകാരികളായ അണുക്കളുടെ ഉത്‌പാദനം കൂട്ടി കാലികളുടെ വളർച്ചയ്ക്കും, രോഗപ്രതിരോധശക്തിക്കും സഹായിക്കുന്ന പദാർത്ഥങ്ങളാണ് പ്രോബയോട്ടിക്കുകൾ. പ്രോബയോട്ടിക്കുകളിൽ ബാക്ടീരിയ, ഫംഗസ്, യീസ്റ്റ് എന്നിവയാണുള്ളത്

കർഷക പങ്കാളിത്ത സംരംഭങ്ങൾ

എറണാകുളം ജില്ലാ കൃഷി വിഞ്ജാന കേന്ദ്രം കർഷകരുമായി സഹകരിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് ശാസ്ത്രീയ രീതിയിലുള്ള കരിമീൻ വിത്തുൽപ്പാദനം, മുയൽ കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളുടെ ഉത്പാദനം എന്നിവ വ്യാവസായിക അടി സ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നടത്തുവാൻ തീരുമാനിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. മേൽ പറഞ്ഞവയുടെ വിപണനം കെ.വി.കെ. വഴി നടത്തുന്നതുകൊണ്ട് പങ്കാളിയായ സംരംഭകർക്ക് ലാഭകരമായ സംരംഭമായും കർഷകർക്ക് ഗുണമേന്മയുള്ള കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളെ ലഭ്യമാക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള അവസരമായും ഈ പദ്ധതി വർത്തിക്കുന്നു. ഈ പദ്ധതിയിൽ താൽപര്യമുള്ള കർഷകൻ അപേക്ഷ സമർപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനനുസരിച്ച് കെവികെയിലെ സാങ്കേതിക വിദഗ്‌ദർ സ്ഥലം സന്ദർശിച്ച് സാഹ്യചര്യങ്ങളും സ്ഥലസൗകര്യങ്ങളും അനുയോജ്യമാണോ എന്ന് ഉറപ്പാക്കുന്നതാണ്. തുടർന്ന് അനുയോജ്യരായ കർഷകർക്ക് സാധ്യതാ പഠന റിപ്പോർട്ടും, സാങ്കേതികാ വിവര റിപ്പോർട്ടും, എസ്റ്റിമേറ്റും തയ്യാറാക്കി നൽകുന്നതാണ്. മേൽ പറഞ്ഞ റിപ്പോർട്ടുകൾ പ്രകാരം സൗകര്യങ്ങൾ ഒരുക്കുന്ന കർഷകരുമായി ഒരു സംയുക്ത ഉടമ്പടിയിൽ ഏർപ്പെടുന്നതും ഇവരെ കെ.വി.കെ.യുടെ വിത്തുൽപാദന പങ്കാളിയായി അംഗീകരിക്കുന്നതുമാണ്. ഇത്തരം യൂണിറ്റുകളെ കെ.വി.കെ.യുടെ ഉപഗ്രഹ വിത്തുല്‌പാദന കേന്ദ്രങ്ങൾ എന്നായിരിക്കും നാമകരണം ചെയ്യുക

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Highly cited articles in the field of male infertility and antioxidants: a scientometric analysis

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Ultrafast All-Polymer Paper-Based Batteries

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