Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

Intro -- Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering -- Preface and Committees -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Vehicles Engineering -- A Review of Current Development in Natural Fiber Composites in Automotive Applications -- An Analytical Model of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine for Performance Prediction -- Application of Shape Optimization Method on Steel Wheel Rim -- Current Status of Audit on Board Ferry Services Operating between Labuan and Mainland (Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei) -- Design Improvement of Automatic Transmission System for Remote Controlled Car -- Effects of Geometrical Shapes and Orientations of Metal Foams Subjected to Impact Loading -- Energy Absorption of Partially Filled Side Member Subjected to Oblique Crash -- Engine Map and Optimal Operation Path Construction for an Engine-CVT Powertrain System -- Lateral Collision with Side Airbag: A Literature Review -- New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries: Current Status and Future Developments -- Numerical Investigations of Membrane Surface Effects on NACA 643- 218 Airfoil -- Performance and Emission of a Common Rail Passenger Car Engine Fuelled with Palm Oil Biodiesel -- Risk Evaluation Approach in Failure Mode and Effect Analysis of Automotive Headlamp Assembly -- Simulation and Analysis on the Effect of Gross Vehicle Weight on Braking Distance of Heavy Vehicle -- Single-Grade Engine Lubricant: Introduce Viscosity Index Numerical Order (VIno) -- Problems Evaluation for TRIZ Method Using AHP: Case Study on Car's Dashboard Improvement Design Concepts -- Design of a Three Wheeler Vehicle's Driver's Seat Considering Ergonomics -- Development of an Ergonomic Infant Seat with Restraint System for Use in an Aircraft -- Cab Transfer Process Improvement at an Automotive Manufacturing Facility.

Generic Theoretical and Experimental Development of Micro Aerial Vehicle Using Fundamental Principles -- Overview of Coănda Jet and Vortex Cell Circulation Control -- Chapter 2: Sound and Vibration -- A Study of the Acoustics and Speech Intelligibility Quality of Mosques in Malaysia -- Application of a Multipole Secondary Source for Propeller Active Noise Control -- Efficient Vibration Control with a Semi-Active Vibration Absorber in a Semiconductor Fab -- The Transmission of Vibration through Gloves to the Hand and to the Fingers: Effects of Material Dynamic Stiffness -- Chapter 3: Structural Health Monitoring and Detection -- A Review on the Self-Energize Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) System -- An SHM View of a CFD Model of Lillgrund Wind Farm -- Envelope Analysis Using the Teager-Kaiser Energy Operator for Condition Monitoring of a Wind Turbine Bearing -- Identification of Corrosion on a Hollow Tube Using Vibration -- Vibration Gear Fault Diagnostics Technique Using Wavelet Support Vector Machine -- Implementing Neural Network for Damage Severity Identification of Natural Kenaf Fibre Composites -- Chapter 4: Applied Thermodynamics and Fluid Engineering -- An Experimental Study of Heat Transfer and Friction Factor Characteristics of Finned Flat Tube Banks with In-Line Tubes Configurations -- An Experimental Study on Double-Glazed Flat Plate Solar Water Heating System in Turkey -- CFD Analysis of Temperature Imbalance in Full Scale Tangentially Fired Coal Boiler -- Effect of Nozzle Angleson Spray Losses Reduction -- Effects of Physicochemical Parameters on Colloidal Potentials -- Evaluation of Indoor Thermal Environment in a Radiant-Cooled-Floor Office Building in Malaysia -- Experimental and Simulation Study on the Effects of Twisted Coil Plates on the Performance of Fire Tube Boiler.

Flame Temperature Distribution from ISO2685 Standard Propane-Air Burner Using CFD -- Measurement of Indoor Air Quality Parameters in Daycare Centres in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia -- Monitoring of Selected Indoor Air Quality Parameters and Cooling Energy Usage in Hotel Restaurant Malaysia -- Numerical Simulation of Microwave Heating for Soot Oxidation -- Simulation of Thermal Comfort Conditions of an Air-Conditioned Cafeteria in the Tropics -- The Effect of Nozzle Configuration on Characteristics of Fluidic Excited Jets -- Use of Fuzzy Logic to Control Air Intake for Increase in Boiler Efficiency -- Validation of Flow Impact to Detect the Energy Loss in Ball Valve -- Wind Tunnel Study on the Pressure Coefficient Performance of Different Venturi Shaped Roof Configurations for Wind Induced Natural Ventilation -- Heat Exchanger Network Optimization by Differential Evolution Method -- Performance Improvement of Tubular-Ice Making Machine by Reducing the Feed Water Temperature with Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger -- Attaining Soot Oxidation Temperature by Inductive Coils Exposed to Electromagnetic Waves -- Application of Microwave Heating in Aerospace Composite Processing -- Effect of Operating Temperatures on Thermal Conductivity of Polystyrene Insulation Material: Impact on Envelope-Induced Cooling Load -- Chapter 5: Applied Materials Science -- An Overview of the Impacts of Material Parameters on Springback -- Crushing Behavior of Hybrid Composite Fuselage-Shape Tubes -- Densification Behavior and Hardness Evaluation of Consolidated W-25Cu Composite Powder by Re-Compaction Method -- Design Analysis of Two Ways Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuated Aerofoil -- Effect of Fiber Loading on Tensile Properties of Cocoa Pod Husk Fibers Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composites.

Effect of Fiber Loading on the Mechanical Properties of Millet Husk Filled High Density Polyethylene Composites -- Effects of PVA-PEG Binders System on Microstructure and Properties of Sintered Alumina -- Experimental Quasi-Static Axial Crushing of Non-Woven Kenaf Fibre/Epoxy Hexagonal Composite Tubes -- Fabrication Technique for Bio-Composite Patch Repair on Laminated Structures of CFRP Plate -- HA/Ti6Al4V Powder with Palm Stearin Binder System - Feedstock Characterization -- High Velocity Impact Test on Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Using a Single Stage Gas Gun (SSGG) - An Experimental Based Approach -- Impact Damage Analysis for Glass Reinforced Epoxy Laminated Plates Using Single Stage Gas Gun -- Microstructural Evaluation of Bi-Ag and Bi-Sb Lead-Free High-Temperature Solder Candidates on Copper Substrate with Multiple Reflow Number -- Optimization of Processing Parameters and Fiber Content of Cocoa Pod Husk Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composites by Taguchi Method -- Selection of Natural Fibre for Hybrid Laminated Composites Vehicle Spall Liners Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) -- Simulation of Low Velocity Impact on Composite Hemispherical Shell -- Tensile Properties of Kenaf Yarn Fibre Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites at Different Fibre Orientations -- The Effect of Additives on Bending Strenght of Pultruded Hybrid Reinforced Resol Type Phenolic Composite -- The Effect of Alkali Treatment on Impact Strength of Woven Kenaf Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composite Using Vacuum Infusion Process -- The Effect of Layers and Bullet Type on Impact Properties of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Using a Single Stage Gas Gun (SSGG) -- The Ejection and Strength of Binary Iron-Cellulose Powder Compacts.

Thermoplastic Matrix Material Selection Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Method for Hybrid Polymer Composites -- Local-Overall Flexural Interaction of Pinned-Ended Thin-Walled I-Section Columns -- Characterisation of Aluminium Matrix Syntactic Foams Dynamic Loading -- Experimental Investigation on Thermal Conduction of Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Copper Matrix Composites -- Thermal Stability of CK60 Steel Nano-Crystallized By Drilling Method -- Chapter 6: Technologies of Materials Processing -- An Investigation of Lapping Characteristics for Mirror-Like Finish Using a Lathe with Linear Motor -- Analysis on Tool Life and Surface Characteristic in Milling Stavax Supreme Material -- Determining Optimum Electro Discharge Machining Parameters for Drilling of a Small Hole by Utilizing Taguchi Method -- Development of Microstructure and Fracture Toughness of AL-6063 Alloy Using Equal Channel Angular Extrusion -- Effect of Machining Process on Surface Microhardness of Titanium Carbide Reinforced Aluminium LM6 Composite -- Effects of Twist Drill Point Angle on Thrust Force and Delamination Factor in Hybrid Fiber Composites Drilling -- Machinability Improvement in Turning of Titanium Alloy (gr2) Using Cubic Boron Nitride (cBN) Cutting Tool -- Microhardness Characteristics of Al-6063 Alloy Processed by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion -- Minimization of Residual Stresses in Submerged Arc Welding Process of Oil and Gas Steel Pipes by Committee Machine -- Modeling and Simulation of Forward Al Extrusion Process Using FEM -- Review of the Machining Difficulties of Nickel-Titanium Based Shape Memory Alloys -- Machining of Injection Mould Materials for Different Cutting Flute in Low-Speed End Milling -- Analysis of Flat and Dry Polishing Parameter Influence on Surface Roughness for Robotic Polishing Cell.

Correlation between Welding Parameter and Bead Geometry of Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW) in Horizontal Position (2F).

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (ICAM2E 2013), November 25-28, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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