Number of Articles: 21
The Role of Bio-Analogy in Contemporary Architecture
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 616-631
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Human's attitude to nature has been changing through history. This was reflected on architecture, associated with each historical period, connected to availability of appropriate technology, ... Read More ...Quality Control System for Rehabilitation of Defected Reinforced Concrete Structures
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 632-643
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The construction sector is facing many responsibilities and most importantly ensure implementation according to specifications and plans in order to ensure the safety of the structure ... Read More ...Behavior of Khassa Chai Earth Dam under Earthquake Excitation
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2784-2795
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An earth dam is built of suitable available soils obtained from borrow areas or required excavation which are then distributed and compacted in layers using mechanical means. Earth ... Read More ...Prediction of Surface Roughness and Material Removal Rate for 7024 AL-Alloy in EDM Process
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2796-2804
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This paper studies prediction the values of MRR and surface roughness in Electrical discharge operations. It is a operation in which the material removal rate is machined with elevation ... Read More ...Comparison between Sand Columns and Sand Columns Stabilized with Lime or Cement with Stone Columns Embedded in Soft Soil
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2805-2815
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Sand and stone columns are used to improve bearing capacity of soft clayey soils… because of their stiffness which is higher than the soil was replaced, the compacted columns… ... Read More ...On the use of GIS Technique to Analyze the Distribution of Primary Schools in Holy Karbala City
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2816-2827
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This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of primary schools in Karbala city based on geographic information system (GIS). GIS has the ability to solve numerous geographic problems ... Read More ...Thermo-mechanical Fatigue (TMF) Behavior of Three Different Steel Alloys
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2828-2837
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This paper presents the effect of temperature on the fatigue properties of carbon steel containing three different content of carbon: 0.758%C, 0.539%C and 0.319%C. The tests were conducted ... Read More ...Investigation of Hardness and Flexural Properties of PMMA Nano Composites and PMMA Hybrids Nano Composites Reinforced by Different Nano Particles Materials used in Dental Applications
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2838-2853
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Poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA), widely used as a prosthodontic denture base, the denture base materials should exhibit good mechanical properties and dimensional stability in moist ... Read More ...Binary and Ternary Nanoceramic Coatings to Protect Carbon Steel in Artificial Seawater
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2854-2863
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Binary and Ternary nanoparticles coatings have been applied on carbon steel using atomization method (cold spraying) to corrosion control in seawater. Nanoparticles were included Nano ... Read More ...Proportioning of Foamed Concrete Reinforced with Carbon Fibers
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2864-2876
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This paper shows the production of foamed concrete reinforced with carbon fibers. Firstly, different mortar mixes were prepared by varying ratio of sand/cement. Continuously, the selected ... Read More ...Health Monitoring System for Ambulance Emergency System Using Wireless Sensor Network
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2877-2890
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The health sensor is one of the technologies of the Wireless Sensor Network for Medical (WSNFM), which has a wide range of sensors that can be used to check a person’s health ... Read More ...Effect of The Reinforcing by WC on Microhardness, Roughness and Corrosion Behavior of Al-12Si Alloy
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2891-2896
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This work investigated the effect of Tungsten Carbide as reinforcement with 1, 2 and 3 wt.% on some properties of matrix Al-12Si alloy. Al-12Si/WC composites were fabricated by stir ... Read More ...Development of a Swing-Tracking Sliding Mode Controller Design for Nonlinear Inverted Pendulum System via Bees-Slice Genetic Algorithm
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2897-2910
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A new development of a swing-tracking control algorithm for nonlinear inverted pendulum system presents in this paper. Sliding mode control technique is used and guided by Lyapunov ... Read More ...Experimental Study of Spiral Heat Exchanger Performance in V- Trough Tube Collector by using Mono and Hybrid Nanofluids
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2911-2923
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This article presents an experimental study of the performance of spiral heat exchanger in V – trough tube collector by using mono Nano fluid (metal and oxide metal) (Zn(30)+Dw),(ZrO2(60)+Dw) ... Read More ...Optimal and Robust Tuning of State Feedback Controller for Rotary Inverted Pendulum
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2924-2939
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This paper presents the design and implementation of optimal and robust state feedback controller for rotary inverted pendulum system. The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method is ... Read More ...Effect of Pulse on Time and Pulse off Time on Material Removal Rate and Electrode Wear Ratio of Stainless Steel AISI 316L in EDM
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2940-2949
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The electrical discharge machining (EDM) is one of the non-traditional cutting processes, used in many important applications such as dies and auto industry. This thesis focuses on ... Read More ...Distance Estimation Based on RSSI and Log-Normal Shadowing Models for ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2950-2959
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In the last few years, a mobile wireless sensor and its application in wireless sensor network (WSN) are commonly used. Localization of a mobile sensor node is considered a critical ... Read More ...Optimization of Electrochemical Machining Process Based on Artificial Neural Network Technique
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2960-2970
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Electrochemical machining (ECM) is one of nonconventional machining process used to operation the most harsh materials that difficult to operate in conventional machining. This search ... Read More ...Nitrogen Compounds Distribution in Diyala River Opposite Al-Rustimiyah Sewage Treatment Plants
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2971-2981
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The reach of Diyala River just before its confluence with Tigris River south of the capital city Baghdad was taken as a case-study. This segment of Diyala River is exposed to multiple ... Read More ...Study of Stress Intensity Factor in Corrugated Plate Using Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2982-2992
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The presence of crack with different lengths and locations in structure of corrugated plate is studied. XFEM is along with enrichment function based on partition of unity is used for ... Read More ...A Comparison Between Static and Dynamic Load Tests on Bored Piles
Volume 34, 15A , December 2016, Page 2993-3004