Multi objective optimization of cutting parameters in turning operation using Taguchi method

This paper refers to parametric optimization of turning process applying Taguchi method in order to improve quality of manufacturing goods, and engineering development of designs for studying variation.SS-304 is used as work-piece for carrying out experiment to optimize material removal rate and surface roughness. There are three machining parameters i.e. spindle speed, feed rate and depth of cut. Different experiments are done by varying one parameter and keeping other two fixed so that optimized value of each parameter can be obtained. In this project dry turning of S. S. 304 graded steel as a work piece and carbide insert tool (SNMG120408MS, SNMG432MS) is performed. The range of cutting parameters are cutting speed (40, 66 and 92 m/min), feed rate (0.05, 0.1 and 0.15 mm/rev), depth of cut (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 mm). Taguchi orthogonal array is designed with three levels of turning parameters with the help of software Minitab version 16. Taguchi method stresses the importance of studying the response variation using the signal to noise (S/N) ratio, resulting in minimization of quality characteristic variation due to uncontrolled parameters. It is predicted that Taguchi method is a good method for optimization of various machining parameters as it reduces number of experiments. The results indicate the optimum values of the input factors and the results are conformed by a confirmatory test

Hand Gesture based Game using MATLAB & Computer Vision Library

Gone are the days when humans could interact with computers only via limited hardware devices like mouse & keyboards. With the recent developments in Virtual Reality, the interaction medium between humans & computers has changed drastically. This paper intends to put some light on the role played by hand gestures to provide inputs to the computer. Detection of gestures do not require any external device other than the webcam. The gameplay is about word formation using hand gestures specified by the user at the start of the game or by the predefined gestures. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.15027

Efficient synthesis of biscoumarins using zinc acetate as a catalyst in aqueous media

Bis-(4-hydroxycoumarin)methanes derivatives (1-9) were synthesized via one pot condensation reaction of various aromatic aldehyde and 4-hydroxycoumarin using zinc acetate as a catalyst in presence of water as a solvent. This mediated reaction of various aromatic and hetero-aromatic aldehydes using catalytic amounts of zinc acetate avoids the use of expensive, corrosive reagents, toxic solvents and provides operational simplicity

Solenoid Operated Gear Shifting Mechanism for Two Wheeler

Solenoid operated gear shifting mechanism is mainly designed for the handicapped persons who unable to shift the gears by their foot. The technique used in this gear shifting mechanism consists of solenoid. Solenoid completes one up and down motion called as one stroke. This stroke time depend on supplied voltage and current. According to stroke length and voltage calculation, solenoids are mounted on both sides of gear shifting pedal at ends. By pressing that switch, person easily shifts the gear with the help of foot which is most efficient to handicapped persons

Morphology and Curie temperature engineering in crystalline La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 films on Si by pulsed laser deposition

Of all the colossal magnetoresistant manganites, La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) exhibits magnetic and electronic state transitions above room temperature, and therefore holds immense technological potential in spintronic devices and hybrid heterojunctions. As the first step towards this goal, it needs to be integrated with silicon via a well-defined process that provides morphology and phase control, along with reproducibility. This work demonstrates the development of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) process parameter regimes for dense and columnar morphology LSMO films directly on Si. These regimes are postulated on the foundations of a pressure-distance scaling law and their limits are defined post experimental validation. The laser spot size is seen to play an important role in tandem with the pressure-distance scaling law to provide morphology control during LSMO deposition on lattice-mismatched Si substrate. Additionally, phase stability of the deposited films in these regimes is evaluated through magnetometry measurements and the Curie temperatures obtained are 349 K (for dense morphology) and 355 K (for columnar morphology)-the highest reported for LSMO films on Si so far. X-ray diffraction studies on phase evolution with variation in laser energy density and substrate temperature reveals the emergence of texture. Quantitative limits for all the key PLD process parameters are demonstrated in order enable morphological and structural engineering of LSMO films deposited directly on Si. These results are expected to boost the realization of top-down and bottom-up LSMO device architectures on the Si platform for a variety of applications. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC

Impact of immobilisation and image guidance protocol on planning target volume margins for supine craniospinal irradiation

Background: The setup errors during supine-CSI (sCSI) using single or dual immobilisation (SM, DM) subsets from two institutions were reviewed to determine if DM consistently decreased the required planning target volumes (PTV) margins and to identify the optimal image guidance environments. Materials and methods: Ours and a sister institutional cohort, each with a subset of SM or DM sCSI and daily 3-dimensional online image verification sets, were reviewed for the cranial and spinal regions translational shifts. Using descriptive statistics, scatter plots and independent sample Mann-Whitney test we compared shifts in each direction for two subsets in each cohort deriving PTV margins (Van Herk: VH, Strooms: St recipes) for the cranial and spinal regions. Three image guidance (IG) protocols were simulated for two regions on the combined cohort with SM and DM subsets to identify the most optimal option with the smallest PTV margin. The IG protocols: 3F, 5F and 5FB where the systematic error correction was done using the average error from the first three, five and in the cranium alone (applied to both the cranium and spine, otherwise) for the first five set-ups, respectively. Results: 6968 image sets for 179 patients showed DM could consistently reduce the PTV margin (VH/St) for the cranium from 6/5 to 4/3.5 (31.8/30.8%) and 6/4 to 4/3.5 mm (30.5/16.8%) for primary and validation cohort, respectively. Similarly, for the spine it was 10/8.5 to 6/5.5 (38.6/38.4%) and 9/7.7 to 7/6 (21.6/21.4%), respectively. The “5F-IG” resulted in the smallest margins for both the cranial (3 mm) and spinal region (5 mm) for DM with estimated 95% CTV coverage probability. Conclusion: DM with 5F-IG would significantly reduce the required PTV margins for sCSI

Coherent J/psi photoproduction in ultra-peripheral PbPb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the CMS experiment

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Cross section measurement of t-channel single top quark production in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV

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Measurement of quarkonium production cross sections in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV

Differential production cross sections of prompt J/psi and psi(2S) charmonium and Upsilon(nS) (n = 1, 2, 3) bottomonium states are measured in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, with data collected by the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb(-1) for the J/psi and 2.7 fb(-1) for the other mesons. The five quarkonium states are reconstructed in the dimuon decay channel, for dimuon rapidity vertical bar y vertical bar <1.2. The double-differential cross sections for each state are measured as a function of y and transverse momentum, and compared to theoretical expectations. In addition, ratios are presented of cross sections for prompt psi(2S) to J/psi, Upsilon(2S) to Upsilon(1S), and Upsilon(3S) to Upsilon(1S) production. (C) 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.Peer reviewe