26 Result(s)
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Assessment of solar thermal monitoring of heat pump by using zeolite, silica gel, and alumina nanofluid
Modern industries utilize solar thermal energy in heat pump applications due to its enhanced performance and improved plant efficiency. The investigation presents the effective utilization of solar thermal ene...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design of Spherical Hop** Terrain Surveillance Robot
This paper deals with the design of rolling, steering and jum** mechanisms of a spherical surveillance robot that can be operated in hilly and rough terrain regions. The driving mechanism of the robot is des...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Explorations on Mechanical Performance of Waste Marble Dust Powder and Banana Fibre Strengthened Hybrid Bio-composites
The reinforcing of natural fibre and fillers in polymer resin is the most recent development in the production of sustainable composites. Banana fibre and marble dust powder (MDP), two naturally occurring ingr...
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Open AccessAssessment and distribution of water quality of Pandoh river basin (PRB), Himachal Pradesh, North India
As the surface water in northern India is the main water resource for regional economic and also supply for drinking and irrigation purposes. However, deficiency of water quality leads to serious water polluti...
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Demonstrating the importance of using total time balance instead of route balance on a multi-objective vehicle routing problem with time windows
‘Route balance’ is the difference between the longest and the shortest among all the route lengths. The route balance is frequently considered in a vehicle routing problem (VRP) for balancing the distance trav...
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Erratum to: Application of particle swarm optimisation in artificial neural network for the prediction of tool life
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Concurrent optimization of machining process parameters and tolerance allocation
With the advent use of sophisticated and high-cost machines coupled with higher labor costs, concurrent optimization of machining process parameters and tolerance allocation plays a vital role in producing the...
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Evolutionary bi-criteria optimum design of robots based on task specifications
The optimum robot structure design problem based on task specifications is an important one, since it has greater influence on manipulator workspace design, vibrations of the manipulator during operation, mani...
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Multi-objective dynamic optimal trajectory planning of robot manipulators in the presence of obstacles
In this paper, a real-world test problem is presented and made available for the use of evolutionary multi-objective community. The generation of manipulator trajectories by considering multiple objectives and...
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Evolutionary optimal trajectory planning for industrial robot with payload constraints
This paper presents a new general methodology based on the evolutionary algorithms—elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) and differential evolution (DE)—for optimal trajectory planning of a...
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Evolutionary collision-free optimal trajectory planning for intelligent robots
This paper presents optimization procedures based on evolutionary algorithms such as the elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) and differential evolution (DE) for solving the trajectory pla...
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Selection of machining parameters for constrained machining problem using evolutionary computation
In this paper, the optimization of cutting parameters for constrained machining operations is reported. Modified genetic algorithm (MGA) is an evolutionary computation technique that has been proposed in this ...
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Application of particle swarm optimisation in artificial neural network for the prediction of tool life
In an advanced manufacturing system, accurate assessment of tool life estimation is very essential for optimising the cutting performance in turning operation. Estimation of tool life generally requires consid...
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Simultaneous scheduling of parts and automated guided vehicles in an FMS environment using adaptive genetic algorithm
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are among various advanced material handling techniques that are finding increasing applications today. They can be interfaced to various other production and storage equipment...
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Simultaneous scheduling of parts and automated guided vehicles in an FMS environment using adaptive genetic algorithm
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are among various advanced material handling techniques that are finding increasing applications today. They can be interfaced to various other production and storage equipment...
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Application of particle swarm optimisation in artificial neural network for the prediction of tool life
In an advanced manufacturing system, accurate assessment of tool life estimation is very essential for optimising the cutting performance in turning operations. Estimation of tool life generally requires consi...
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Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for optimal machining allocation of clutch assembly
Nowadays tolerance optimization is increasingly becoming an important tool for manufacturing and mechanical design. This seemingly, arbitrary task of assigning dimension tolerance can have a large effect on th...
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Optimization of cutting conditions during continuous finished profile machining using non-traditional techniques
Optimum machining parameters are of great concern in manufacturing environments, where economy of machining operation plays a key role in competitiveness in the market. Many researchers have dealt with the opt...
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Optimization of Machining Parameters for Milling Operations Using Non-conventional Methods
In this paper, optimization procedures based on the genetic algorithm, tabu search, ant colony algorithm and particle swarm optimization Algorithm were developed for the optimization of machining parameters fo...
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Scheduling optimisation of flexible manufacturing systems using particle swarm optimisation algorithm
The increased use of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) to efficiently provide customers with diversified products has created a significant set of operational challenges. Although extensive research has bee...
