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Stress strain characteristics of reinforced hollow concrete block masonry melded with mesh reinforcement
Plain Masonry similar to unreinforced concrete, is resilient in compression and weak in tension. Masonry gains strength with age similar to concrete. Inspite of these resemblances, there exist numerous differences between masonry and concrete. The major difference is the regular pattern of horizontal joints(known as bed joints) at specific intervals along the height of walls introduce due to the method of construction of masonry. These bed joints make masonry a direction dependent material possessing orthotropic properties, unlike concrete which is usually regarded as isotropic atleast in the elastic range. Mechanical properties such as compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength are a pre-requisite as part of the design of masonry walls. The present study deals with the experimental study to evaluate the mechanical properties of hollow concrete block masonry specimens for varying cement mortar proportions melded with mesh reinforcement at bed joints. Parameters such as compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, failure pattern have been studied and compared for reinforced and unreinforced hollow concrete block prisms. The study showed higher compressive strength and improved elastic modulus for specimens with higher grade of mortar Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. -
Analyzing the Performance of Conformable and Non-Conformable Patch Antennas
This paper presents a performance analysis between a conventional triangular shaped patch antenna and a future reconfigurable patch antenna. There are different materials with different electronic properties for the simulation of triangular shaped patch antenna. All the materials for the triangular patch antenna are simulated using FEKO tool. Materials selected for triangular patch antenna are Copper, Single-wall Carbon Nano-tube (SCNT), Multiple-wall Carbon Nano-tube (MCNT) and Graphene. For the futuristic antennas, cotton fabric based reconfigurable patch antenna is also analyzed and compared with triangular shaped patch antenna. Graphene based triangular patch antenna has been analyzed best out of other materials. Reconfigurable cotton fabric-based patch antenna provides better bandwidth and results are validated through simulation and experimental setup. 2024 IEEE. -
Friction stir welding of aluminum alloy 1100 and titanium-al alloy
A intercalating joint between Al and Ti alloy is friction stir welded using a high speed steel tool. The material mixing occurs mainly in the shoulder region while the pin region shows nominal mixing. Microscopy and hardness experiments indicate sporadic formation of intermetallic compounds. The joint region near the shoulder and to some extent below it shows increase in hardness compared to the base Ti alloy. Copyright 2016 by ASME. -
A Fog-Based Retrieval of Real-Time Data for Health Applications
Fog computing is an emerging technology that offers high-quality cloud services by providing high bandwidth, low latency, and efficient computational power and storage capacity. Although cloud computing is an efficient solution so far to store and retrieve the huge data of IoT devices, it is expected to limit its performance due to low latency and storage capacity. Fog computing addresses these limitations by extending its services to the cloud at the edge of the network. In this paper, we use a fog computing network approach for efficiently retrieving the real-time patient data. The performance of our proposed approach has been compared with the cloud computing approach in terms of retrieval time of real-time data. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
Antecedents of Adoption of Peer to Peer (P2P) Lending-A Fintech Innovation in India
This study examines the association between adoption variables and behavioural intention (BI) to adopt Peer to Peer (P2P) lending technology platform in India. A critical review of literature on technological and personal adoption factors led to development of the theoretical framework using multiple technology adoption models. Results support the generalizability of technology adoption readiness (AR), a parsimonious higher-order construct for the use and acceptance of technology context In addition, a personal antecedent, personal innovativeness (PIIT) was shown to positively affect behavioural intentions and technology adoption readiness. 2022 IEEE. -
Innovation Characteristics, Personality traits and their impact on Fintech Adoption-P2P Lending
This paper investigates moderating influence of innovation attributes on the perceptions of Peer-to-Peer or P2P lending users and the influence of innovativeness traits on instrumental beliefs regarding the adoption of P2P lending. Two technology adoption theories were combined to develop the conceptual map denoting antecedent factors. Using 464 responses, structural equation modeling analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and perceived compatibility were salient antecedents of P2P lending adoption. Perceived compatibility moderates the relationship between performance expectancy, facilitating conditions, and buying intentions. Innovativeness trait predicts performance expectancy and effort expectancy of P2P lending users. 2024 IEEE. -
Enhancing Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease through Feature Optimization Methods
cardiovascular diseases are the most common reason for mortality around the world. Early detection of the ailment can help to reduce the mortality rate considerably. The ever-growing technologies like machine learning algorithms and deep learning models can be used for this purpose. The AI models thus developed can be used for health sector for assisting doctors in assessing the stage of the disease and detection and tracking of the clots in the cardio blood vessels. The proposed work uses two benchmark datasets for analysing the performance of various machine learning algorithms including KNN, Nae Bayes, Decision Tree and Random Forest. The performance was compares based on the AUC %. The method feature reduction were used here to reduce the computational complexity of the model. The results show that Random Forest Algorithm gave the best result when compared to other algorithms in case of UCI dataset and MLP classifier gave best results for Kaggle dataset. 2024 IEEE. -
The Quantification of Human Facial Expression Using Trapezoidal Fuzzy Membership Function
Fuzzy Inference System is an interesting approach. Major benefit of the FIS is, it permits the natural narration in linguistic terms of tribulations that can be resolved rather than in requisites of associations between accurate arithmetical points. This helps, handling with the complicated systems in easy way, is the major motive why fuzzy system is broadly incorporated in practice. In the present research paper, an effective approach is proposed that quantifies the human facial expression using Mamdani implication based fuzzy logic system. The recent principle engages in retrieving arithmetical values from persons face and feed them to a fuzzy classifier. Fuzzification and Defuzzification process issues trapezoidal fuzzy membership function for input as well as output. The diverse characteristic of this method is its effortlessness and maximum correctness. Experimental outcome on Image dataset depicts excellent accomplishment of the proposed methodology. In this paper, a legitimate procedure proposed for quantification of human facial expression from the features of the face by means of Mamdani type fuzzy inference system, which is proficient to set up a convenient membership association involving the various dimensions of the happy expression. Values representing features of the face are fed to a Mamdani-type fuzzy classifier. This system recognizes three levels of same happy expression namely Normal, Bit Smiley and Loud Laugh. The total output expressions for this proposed scheme is three. Another discrete element of the proposed methodology is the membership method model of expression outcome which stands on various surveys and readings of psychology. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019. -
A Study and Analysis on Various Types of Agricultural Drones and its Applications
Drones are considered to be the greatest invention of mankind. Drones can be used in many areas widely. Drones can also be used in agriculture and it is called as unnamed aerial vehicles (UAV). In the traditional agriculture methods land vehicles are used to monitor various activities of the agriculture, this was consuming lot of human effort and time. Using drones in agriculture is more beneficial than using traditional methods for the activities. Usage of drones in agriculture provides a huge benefit in terms of economy and time due to their most astonishing features. In recent years many surveys have proved that drones can cover almost 10 to 15 times of the area which can be covered with traditional land based techniques. Drones can be controlled by computers according to their capacities, that is drones can be automated over some range of area, locating remote area, and even can be semi-automated. Drones can be efficiently used in agriculture for performing certain activities such as, studying weather conditions and variations, infection for the crops, land fertility and many more. Because of the efficiency of the drones they can be used in various activities of agriculture. In this paper, a detailed study has been made on various types of agricultural drones based on the feature, capacity, range as well as cost and the area of agriculture where they suit the most, and a statistical analysis about the usage of the drones in the field of agriculture. 2020 IEEE. -
Enhancement of Accuracy Level in Parking Space Identification by using Machine Learning Algorithms
Parking space identification is a crucial component in the development of intelligent transportation systems and smart cities. Accurate detection of parking spaces in urban areas can significantly improve traffic management, reduce congestion, and enhance overall parking efficiency. This proposed model is focuses on enhancing the accuracy of parking space identification through the utilization of Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithms. The proposed methodology involves the following steps. First, a dataset comprising labelled parking space images is collected and pre-processed to ensure optimal quality and consistency. Next, feature extraction techniques are applied to capture certain relevant spatial and textural information from the images in the dataset, enabling the creation of informative feature vectors. These feature vectors are then utilized to train a SVM model, which is well-known for its capability to handle complex classification tasks. To measure the effectiveness of the SVM-based approach, a comprehensive set of experiments is carried out using real-world parking data. The performance metrics is to analysis accuracy level of the parking space identification. Comparative analysis has been done by comparing the proposed SVM approach with other popular machine learning algorithmsto demonstrate the superiority. The results indicate that the SVM-based model achieves a significantly higher accuracy level in parking space identification compared to other existing algorithms. 2023 IEEE. -
Comparative Study on Gasoline and Methanol in a Twin Spark IC Engine
In search of a viable alternative to petrol and diesel, methanol, ethanol and biodiesel play an important role. Methanol and ethanol are traditional alternatives to petrol(gasoline) because of better engine performance and reduced emission of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen (NOx), unburnt hydrocarbon (UBHC) and other harmful gases. This work represents the result of four sets of spark timings on engine performance and engine emissions when run on methanol and petrol. Exhaustive investigations are carried out on a variable compression ratio DTSi engine for both methanol and gasoline. Engine was run at full throttle and at a constant speed of 1600RPM. Theefficiency of the engine found to be enhanced with methanol fuel which has higher octane number and high laminar flame speed. Maximum efficiency was found to be ~25.45% and ~28.7% at compression ratio 10 for gasoline and methanol fuel, respectively. This is observed at 2624 BTDC (before top dead center) spark advance combination. Optimum compression ratio for gasoline and methanol is found to be 6.8 and 7.4, respectively, at this spark advance angle combination. Moreover, methanol fuel eventually emits lesser amount of CO, UBHC and NOx than gasoline under all experimental combinations. 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
Small signal stability in a Microgrid using PSO based Battery storage system
This papers covers, modelling and analysis of a small microgrid with Battery Storage System (BSS). A sample microgrid is considered, it is analyzed for small signal stability, with and without BSS. Voltage, frequency and current THD which are considered to be the major attributes of stability in a microgrid, the behavior of these attributes is observed with and without BSS. The Battery storage system is connected to the considered microgrid through PV array, using PSO algorithm, which improves the stability of the system. Simulation is carried out using MATAB/ Simulink and the results are presented. Microgrid considered consists of PV array, Diesel Generator and Battery storage system. These sources are modelled according to the loads connected to the microgrid. BSS acts as emergency backup to the considered system and also provides small signal stability to the microgrid. Simulation is carried out with BSS and without Battery Storage in the Islanded mode. The obtained results show that microgrid with BSS is more stable during small disturbances and also acts as backup power supply. A Properly modelled microgrid can act as power backup for industries. 2022 IEEE. -
Analysis of Human Physiological Parameters Using Real-Time HRV Estimation from Acquired ECG Signals
The overall healthiness of the heart can be computed from Electrocardiogram. The healthiness of the heart depends on several lifestyle parameters, like as- stress, sleeping pattern, smoking habit etc. In this paper, an algorithm to determine Heart Rate Variability from the acquired ECG signal on a real-time basis is presented. Impacts of above-stated lifestyle parameters on cardiac health using Heart Rate Variability analysis are also computed. ECG signal gets contaminated with different sources of noises while acquisition. Multi-rate FIR Impulse Filter is used for de-noising of the acquired signal. Heart Rate Variability analysis and real-time plotting are done on de-noised output for accurate feature extraction. A simple robust hardware realizable algorithm was developed for analyzing obtained HRV to state different health conditions of the heart. 2019 IEEE. -
Non invasive methods of blood glucose measurement: Survey, challenges, scope
Noninvasive body parameters monitoring and disease detection is one of the emerging research area now a days. In this paper a review on Non-invasive methods of blood glucose measurement has been made. A comparative study has been made which describes the methodology incorporated in the published literatures, research challenges and the used tools. This paper also describes about the factors which highly impacts the non-invasive measurement. Finally, a deep learning based noninvasive measurement method compatible with IOT is mentioned. This paper serves as a proper reference for future researchers working in non-invasive blood glucose measurement domain in selecting appropriate non-invasive method algorithm for glucose monitoring non-invasively. 2019 Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Delhi. Copy Right in Bulk will be transferred to IEEE by Bharati Vidyapeeth. -
Theoretical Framework for Integrating IoT and Explainable AI in a Smart Home Intrusion Detection System
Using IoT devices in smart homes brings benefits and security dangers. This study extensively examines various intrusion detection methods within smart home environments. It also suggests a novel hybrid intrusion detection theoretical framework integrating IoT data with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) approaches. Using information from multiple IoT devices, including motion sensors, door/window sensors, cameras, and temperature sensors, our theoretical framework can create a comprehensive image of the home environment. By effectively detecting new threats, it offers anomaly detection utilizing unsupervised learning approaches to discover potential breaches without tagged data. 2024 IEEE. -
A Comprehensive Investigation of Blockchain Technology's Role in Cyber Security
In recent years, blockchain has become an extremely trending technology, capable of solving a variety of problems. One of these domains is cybersecurity, where blockchain technology has a huge scope. To dive deeper into this topic, we first need to understand the cybersecurity domain, the need for this field, and how it has become crucial to the current Information-Technology industry. Once we have a good understanding of the field of cybersecurity, we next focus on blockchain technology, its basic working process, and what makes it a trending infrastructural technology in today's world. The basic idea about the field of cybersecurity and blockchain technology can help us understand how the two different fields can be integrated to solve several problems in the cybersecurity domain. Eventually, we discuss the pros and cons of blockchain technology in cybersecurity and how the integration of the two different fields can make a difference. This study aims to explore various possibilities where blockchain technology can be utilized in several applications to solve a variety of problems in the field of cybersecurity. 2023 IEEE. -
Diagnosis of Osteoporosis from X-ray Images using Automated Techniques
Osteoporosis is Bone Disease most commonly seen in aged people due to various food habits and life style habits. The bone becomes so brittle and weak which may break just from a fall. So, it is required to attend this Issue as there are various challenges faced by medical domain to identify and treat Osteoporosis. In this paper we focus on identifying and detecting osteoporosis using X-ray images using modified U-net Architecture using Residual Block and skip connections and done comparison study with existing models, as per state-of-art our model outcomes issues in existing model and obtain better accuracy. 2022 IEEE. -
Assesment of bone mineral density in X-ray images using image processing
X-ray application in medical fields has given rise to various research challenges related to bone, due to its wide usage in finding out the disease related to human anatomy. It has lot of research challenges to solve using available wide application of medical imaging techniques and inspired by this, a novel X-ray images based survey was conducted to understand the role of Xray images in medical field. Bone mass density identification is the standard procedure to monitor the risk of fracture in bone using DEXA. Lot of research has been carried out to calculate BMD using X-ray images and it provided prominent results. Since Xray is economically affordable and very economical compared to DEXA, we have decided to work on X-ray images. This paper explains us about various current advancements and disadvantages with respect to X-ray image in medical sector and various techniques related to BMD calculation. X-ray images characteristics and its fundamentals in the medical field for identifying bone related diseases are also discussed. 2021 Bharati Vidyapeeth, New Delhi. Copy Right in Bulk will be transferred to IEEE by Bharati Vidyapeeth. -
Lung Cancer Diagnosis from CT Images Based on Local Energy Based Shape Histogram (LESH) Feature Extration and Pre-processing
Lung cancer as of now is one of the dreaded diseases and it is destroying humanity never before. The mechanism of detecting the lung cancer will bring the level down of mortality and increase the life expectancy accuracy 13% from the detected cancer diagnosis from 24% of all cancer deaths. Although various methods are adopted to find the cancer, still there is a scope for improvement and the CT images are still preferred to find if there is any cancer in the body. The medical images are always a better one to find with the cancer in the human body. The proposed idea is, how we can improve the quality of the diagnosis form using pre-processing methods and Local energy shape histogram to improve the quality of the images. The deep learning methods are imported to find the varied results from the training process and finally to analyse the result. Medical examination is always part of our research and this result is always verified by the technicians. Major pre-processing techniques are used in this research work and they are discussed in this paper. The LESH technique is used to get better result in this research work and we will discuss how the image manipulation can be done to achieve better results from the CT images through various image processing methods. The construction of the proposed method will include smoothing of the images with median filters, enhancement of the image and finally segmentation of the images with LESH techniques. 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. -
A Mathematical Model to Explore the Details in an Image with Local Binary Pattern Distribution (LBP)
Mathematical understanding is required to prove the completeness of any research and scientific problem. This mathematical model will help to understand, explain and verify the results obtained in the experiment. The model in a way will portray the mathematical approach of the entire research process. This paper discusses the mathematical background of proposed prediction of lung cancer with all the parameters. Processes involved analyzing the 2D images, basic quantitative method, from, related equation and fundamental algorithmic understanding with slightly modified versions of prediction are represented in the below section with how the local binary pattern distribution can be modified so that we get reduced run time and better accuracy in the final result. 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.